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Knut Anders Hatlen commented on DERBY-6353:
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> I removed a couple of sentences from the end of the Reference Manual version
> of the syntax topic, because they applied to other manuals but not to this
> one.
Not sure I understand what you mean by this comment. The only differences I
found between the the Getting Started Guide version and the Reference Manual
version are the extra blank character in the example and the longer topic
title. No sentences have been removed, as far as I can see.
> Update syntax description in Getting Started, use in Reference Manual too
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> Key: DERBY-6353
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-6353
> Project: Derby
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Documentation
> Affects Versions: 10.10.1.1
> Reporter: Kim Haase
> Assignee: Kim Haase
> Priority: Minor
> Attachments: DERBY-6353.diff, DERBY-6353.stat, DERBY-6353.zip
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> The "SQL Syntax" topic in the Getting Started guide
> (http://db.apache.org/derby/docs/10.10/getstart/rgsdocs10012.html) does not
> describe the curly braces ("{ }") as they are actually used in syntax
> statements, where they actually group required items, normally so choices can
> be separated by vertical bars ("|"). This should be corrected.
> I also plan to adopt the suggestion made in DERBY-6121 that the topic be
> added to the Reference Manual, where syntax is most used.
> Does anything else in the topic need fixing? I am confused by the statement
> that the asterisk "has a special meaning in some SQL statements." What
> special meaning can it have other than marking repeatable items?
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