Hi, You'll find attached a patch for a fixed explanation on parameter_mode column.
Regards. -- Guillaume. <!-- http://abs.traduc.org/ http://lfs.traduc.org/ http://traduc.postgresqlfr.org/ -->
Index: doc/src/sgml/information_schema.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/information_schema.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.23 diff -u -3 -p -c -r1.23 information_schema.sgml *** doc/src/sgml/information_schema.sgml 8 Dec 2005 20:48:10 -0000 1.23 --- doc/src/sgml/information_schema.sgml 17 Jan 2006 22:35:43 -0000 *************** ORDER BY c.ordinal_position; *** 1875,1882 **** <entry><literal>parameter_mode</literal></entry> <entry><type>character_data</type></entry> <entry> ! Always <literal>IN</literal>, meaning input parameter (in the ! future there might be other parameter modes) </entry> </row> --- 1875,1883 ---- <entry><literal>parameter_mode</literal></entry> <entry><type>character_data</type></entry> <entry> ! <literal>IN</literal> for input parameter, ! <literal>OUT</literal> for output parameter, ! and <literal>INOUT</literal> for input/ouput parameter. </entry> </row>
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