the difference between a run-time type cast and casting a literal string
to a specific type.  Minor editorial work in same area.

Mention SQL9x precision syntax for date/time types.
Use PostgreSQL consistantly throughout docs. Before, usage was split evenly
 between Postgres and PostgreSQL.

and row comparisons.  How'd this manage to slip through the cracks?

Purge "Postgres" in favor of "PostgreSQL" in docs. ref/ not yet done.

output (from pdfjadetex).  Also updated instructions to install documentation
processing toolchain.

the Admin Guide about routine maintenance tasks.  Currently this only
discusses the various reasons for doing VACUUM, but perhaps it could be
fleshed out with topics like log rotation.

default, but OIDS are removed from many system catalogs that don't need them.
Some interesting side effects: TOAST pointers are 20 bytes not 32 now;
pg_description has a three-column key instead of one.

Bugs fixed in passing: BINARY cursors work again; pg_class.relhaspkey
has some usefulness; pg_dump dumps comments on indexes, rules, and
triggers in a valid order.

initdb forced.

tests to return the correct results per SQL9x when given NULL inputs.
Reimplement these tests as well as IS [NOT] NULL to have their own
expression node types, instead of depending on special functions.
From Joe Conway, with a little help from Tom Lane.

example.

--- Postgres now accepts the example we claimed it wouldn't.  Miscellaneous
copy-editing as well.

into new chapter on query (SELECT) syntax.  In the end this should become
a narrative and example-filled counterpart to the SELECT reference page.

Easter <reaster@comptechnews.com>, heavily massaged by me.  Also cleaned up
value expressions a bit.

etc.

SQL type names over internal type names.

were never yet mentioned anywhere in our documentation.  Improve
explanations of the other system attributes, too.

appendix with comprehensive list of key words.

full word "version" where appropriate.

in the docs for arrays.

names for the HTML files (e.g., not x4856.htm).

Add information on SET SESSION CHARACTERISTICS.
Fix references to pg_hba.conf(5) since that is no longer a man page.

> patches are not lost...

Aggregate doc patches:

The patches are attached. Be great if you could check them over to make
sure all relevant content (and markup) is there...

Isaac Wilcox