[DOCS] The supplementary proposal of pg_ctl reload

2006-09-15 Thread Katsuhiko Okano
Hi. There is the following description in [17.1. Setting Parameters]. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/runtime-config.html#CONFIG-SETTING > The configuration file is reread whenever the postmaster process receives > a SIGHUP signal When I tried 'pg_ctl reload' with some lines comm

Re: [HACKERS] [DOCS] New XML section for documentation

2006-09-15 Thread Tom Lane
"Nikolay Samokhvalov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 8/26/06, Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> "Valid" and "well-formed" have very specific distinct meanings in XML. >> (Note that "check" doesn't have any meaning there.) We will eventually >> want a method to verify both the validi

[DOCS] Proposal for documenting 8.2 VALUES syntax

2006-09-15 Thread Tom Lane
I spent a bit of time thinking about the best way to document 8.2's more powerful VALUES clause. Here's the plan I came up with: * There needs to be some introductory material in Part II, and the only place it seems to fit at all is under Chapter 7, Queries. I think there should be a new page c

Re: [DOCS] Proposal for documenting 8.2 VALUES syntax

2006-09-15 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Tom Lane wrote: > I spent a bit of time thinking about the best way to document 8.2's more > powerful VALUES clause. Here's the plan I came up with: > > * There needs to be some introductory material in Part II, and the only > place it seems to fit at all is under Chapter 7, Queries. I think the

Re: [DOCS] Proposal for documenting 8.2 VALUES syntax

2006-09-15 Thread Tom Lane
Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ... One likely useful example, if not already covered, is > select ... FROM ... WHERE op ANY (VALUES ( ... )) > I tripped over it a couple of days ago and it seems useful and non > obvious. ISTM it beats the current practice of > op ANY(ARRAY[ ... ]