Use "alternative" instead of "alternate" where it is clearer.

contrib/dblink/doc/misc

-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/dblink/doc/misc,v 1.4 2006/09/02 21:11:15 joe Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/contrib/dblink/doc/misc,v 1.5 2007/11/07 12:24:23 petere Exp $
 ==================================================================
 Name
 
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ Name
 
 dblink_build_sql_insert -- builds an insert statement using a local
                            tuple, replacing the selection key field
-                           values with alternate supplied values
+                           values with alternative supplied values
 dblink_build_sql_delete -- builds a delete statement using supplied
                            values for selection key field values
 dblink_build_sql_update -- builds an update statement using a local
                            tuple, replacing the selection key field
-                           values with alternate supplied values
+                           values with alternative supplied values
 
 
 Synopsis

contrib/tsearch2/docs/tsearch2-guide.html

@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ simply as a list of lexemes to be included in the vector.
 Their order was lost,
 as was the number of times each lexeme appeared.
 You must keep in mind that directly creating vectors with casting
-is <i>not</i> an alternate means of parsing;
+is <i>not</i> an alternative means of parsing;
 it is a way of directly entering lexemes into a vector <i>without</i> parsing.
 <p>
 Queries can also be created through casting,

doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml

-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.214 2007/11/05 16:45:52 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.215 2007/11/07 12:24:23 petere Exp $ -->
 
  <chapter id="datatype">
   <title id="datatype-title">Data Types</title>
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ SELECT b, char_length(b) FROM test2;
     general, to escape an octet, it is converted into the three-digit
     octal number equivalent of its decimal octet value, and preceded
     by two backslashes.  <xref linkend="datatype-binary-sqlesc">
-    shows the characters that must be escaped, and gives the alternate
+    shows the characters that must be escaped, and gives the alternative
     escape sequences where applicable.
    </para>
 

doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml

-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml,v 1.83 2007/04/17 17:30:35 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml,v 1.84 2007/11/07 12:24:23 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="ecpg">
  <title><application>ECPG</application> - Embedded <acronym>SQL</acronym> in C</title>
@@ -1771,7 +1771,7 @@ int PGTYPEStimestamp_fmt_asc(timestamp *ts, char *output, int str_len, char *fmt
            <literal>%Ow</literal> 
            <literal>%OW</literal> 
            <literal>%Oy</literal> 
-           are supposed to provide alternate representations.
+           are supposed to provide alternative representations.
           </para>
           <para>
            Additionally <literal>%OB</literal> implemented to represent

doc/src/sgml/ref/create_role.sgml

 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_role.sgml,v 1.9 2007/01/31 23:26:03 momjian Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_role.sgml,v 1.10 2007/11/07 12:24:23 petere Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ where <replaceable class="PARAMETER">option</replaceable> can be:
         privileges, but are not users in the usual sense of the word.
         If not specified,
         <literal>NOLOGIN</literal> is the default, except when
-        <command>CREATE ROLE</> is invoked through its alternate spelling
+        <command>CREATE ROLE</> is invoked through its alternative spelling
         <command>CREATE USER</>.
        </para>
       </listitem>

doc/src/sgml/ref/create_rule.sgml

 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_rule.sgml,v 1.51 2007/02/01 19:10:24 momjian Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_rule.sgml,v 1.52 2007/11/07 12:24:23 petere Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] RULE <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> AS
 
   <para>
    The <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> rule system allows one to
-   define an alternate action to be performed on insertions, updates,
+   define an alternative action to be performed on insertions, updates,
    or deletions in database tables.  Roughly speaking, a rule causes
    additional commands to be executed when a given command on a given
    table is executed.  Alternatively, an <literal>INSTEAD</literal>

src/backend/access/common/heaptuple.c

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/common/heaptuple.c,v 1.117 2007/04/06 04:21:41 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/common/heaptuple.c,v 1.118 2007/11/07 12:24:23 petere Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ heap_attisnull(HeapTuple tup, int attnum)
  *
  *		This caches attribute offsets in the attribute descriptor.
  *
- *		An alternate way to speed things up would be to cache offsets
+ *		An alternative way to speed things up would be to cache offsets
  *		with the tuple, but that seems more difficult unless you take
  *		the storage hit of actually putting those offsets into the
  *		tuple you send to disk.  Yuck.

src/backend/access/common/indextuple.c

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/common/indextuple.c,v 1.82 2007/04/06 04:21:41 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/common/indextuple.c,v 1.83 2007/11/07 12:24:24 petere Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ index_form_tuple(TupleDesc tupleDescriptor,
  *
  *		This caches attribute offsets in the attribute descriptor.
  *
- *		An alternate way to speed things up would be to cache offsets
+ *		An alternative way to speed things up would be to cache offsets
  *		with the tuple, but that seems more difficult unless you take
  *		the storage hit of actually putting those offsets into the
  *		tuple you send to disk.  Yuck.

src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c,v 1.243 2007/10/16 17:05:26 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c,v 1.244 2007/11/07 12:24:24 petere Exp $
  *
  *
  * INTERFACE ROUTINES
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ heap_openrv(const RangeVar *relation, LOCKMODE lockmode)
 /* ----------------
  *		heap_beginscan	- begin relation scan
  *
- * heap_beginscan_bm is an alternate entry point for setting up a HeapScanDesc
+ * heap_beginscan_bm is an alternative entry point for setting up a HeapScanDesc
  * for a bitmap heap scan.  Although that scan technology is really quite
  * unlike a standard seqscan, there is just enough commonality to make it
  * worth using the same data structure.

src/backend/catalog/pg_operator.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/catalog/pg_operator.c,v 1.100 2007/01/05 22:19:25 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/catalog/pg_operator.c,v 1.101 2007/11/07 12:24:24 petere Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *	  these routines moved here from commands/define.c and somewhat cleaned up.
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ OperatorCreate(const char *operatorName,
 	/*
 	 * If a commutator and/or negator link is provided, update the other
 	 * operator(s) to point at this one, if they don't already have a link.
-	 * This supports an alternate style of operator definition wherein the
+	 * This supports an alternative style of operator definition wherein the
 	 * user first defines one operator without giving negator or commutator,
 	 * then defines the other operator of the pair with the proper commutator
 	 * or negator attribute.  That style doesn't require creation of a shell,

src/backend/libpq/README.SSL

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ that establishes an SSH tunnel when the program is launched:
   /usr/bin/ssh -1 -i $IDENTITY -n $HOST 'sleep 60' & \
 	/usr/bin/psql -h $HOST -p 5555 $1
 
-Alternately, the system could run a daemon that establishes and maintains
+Alternatively, the system could run a daemon that establishes and maintains
 the tunnel.  This is preferrable when multiple users need to establish
 similar tunnels to the same remote site.
 

src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c,v 1.80 2007/05/18 01:20:16 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c,v 1.81 2007/11/07 12:24:24 petere Exp $
  *
  *	  Since the server static private key ($DataDir/server.key)
  *	  will normally be stored unencrypted so that the database
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ char *SSLCipherSuites = NULL;
  *	unsecured connection without fully informing the user.
  *	Very uncool.
  *
- *	Alternately, the backend could attempt to load these files
+ *	Alternatively, the backend could attempt to load these files
  *	on startup if SSL is enabled - and refuse to start if any
  *	do not exist - but this would tend to piss off DBAs.
  *

src/bin/pg_dump/dumputils.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2007, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/dumputils.c,v 1.37 2007/07/10 00:21:31 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/dumputils.c,v 1.38 2007/11/07 12:24:24 petere Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ AddAcl(PQExpBuffer aclbuf, const char *keyword)
  * schemavar: name of query variable to match against a schema-name pattern.
  * Can be NULL if no schema.
  * namevar: name of query variable to match against an object-name pattern.
- * altnamevar: NULL, or name of an alternate variable to match against name.
+ * altnamevar: NULL, or name of an alternative variable to match against name.
  * visibilityrule: clause to use if we want to restrict to visible objects
  * (for example, "pg_catalog.pg_table_is_visible(p.oid)").	Can be NULL.
  *

src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.h

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *		$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.h,v 1.75 2007/02/19 15:05:06 mha Exp $
+ *		$PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.h,v 1.76 2007/11/07 12:24:24 petere Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ typedef struct _archiveHandle
 	StartBlobPtr StartBlobPtr;
 	EndBlobPtr EndBlobPtr;
 
-	CustomOutPtr CustomOutPtr;	/* Alternate script output routine */
+	CustomOutPtr CustomOutPtr;	/* Alternative script output routine */
 
 	/* Stuff for direct DB connection */
 	char	   *archdbname;		/* DB name *read* from archive */

src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c,v 1.94 2007/10/28 21:55:52 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c,v 1.95 2007/11/07 12:24:24 petere Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ help(void)
 
 	printf(_("\nConnection options:\n"));
 	printf(_("  -h, --host=HOSTNAME      database server host or socket directory\n"));
-	printf(_("  -l, --database=dbname    specify an alternate default database\n"));
+	printf(_("  -l, --database=dbname    specify an alternative default database\n"));
 	printf(_("  -p, --port=PORT          database server port number\n"));
 	printf(_("  -U, --username=NAME      connect as specified database user\n"));
 	printf(_("  -W, --password           force password prompt (should happen automatically)\n"));

src/include/access/htup.h

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2007, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/access/htup.h,v 1.94 2007/09/20 17:56:32 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/access/htup.h,v 1.95 2007/11/07 12:24:24 petere Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ do { \
 
 
 /*
- * MinimalTuple is an alternate representation that is used for transient
+ * MinimalTuple is an alternative representation that is used for transient
  * tuples inside the executor, in places where transaction status information
  * is not required, the tuple rowtype is known, and shaving off a few bytes
  * is worthwhile because we need to store many tuples.	The representation

src/include/utils/datetime.h

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2007, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/utils/datetime.h,v 1.67 2007/06/12 16:01:31 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/utils/datetime.h,v 1.68 2007/11/07 12:24:24 petere Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * String definitions for standard time quantities.
  *
  * These strings are the defaults used to form output time strings.
- * Other alternate forms are hardcoded into token tables in datetime.c.
+ * Other alternative forms are hardcoded into token tables in datetime.c.
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 

src/pl/tcl/pltcl.c

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * pltcl.c		- PostgreSQL support for Tcl as
  *				  procedural language (PL)
  *
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/pl/tcl/pltcl.c,v 1.115 2007/10/05 17:06:11 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/pl/tcl/pltcl.c,v 1.116 2007/11/07 12:24:24 petere Exp $
  *
  **********************************************************************/
 
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ pltcl_call_handler(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 
 /*
- * Alternate handler for unsafe functions
+ * Alternative handler for unsafe functions
  */
 PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(pltclu_call_handler);
 

src/test/regress/expected/timestamptz.out

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL VALUES ('Feb 16 17:32:01 -0097');
 ERROR:  time zone displacement out of range: "Feb 16 17:32:01 -0097"
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL VALUES ('Feb 16 17:32:01 5097 BC');
 ERROR:  timestamp out of range: "Feb 16 17:32:01 5097 BC"
--- Alternate field order that we've historically supported (sort of)
+-- Alternative field order that we've historically supported (sort of)
 -- with regular and POSIXy timezone specs
 SELECT 'Wed Jul 11 10:51:14 America/New_York 2001'::timestamptz;
          timestamptz          

src/test/regress/sql/timestamptz.sql

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL VALUES ('Jan 01 17:32:01 2001');
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL VALUES ('Feb 16 17:32:01 -0097');
 INSERT INTO TIMESTAMPTZ_TBL VALUES ('Feb 16 17:32:01 5097 BC');
 
--- Alternate field order that we've historically supported (sort of)
+-- Alternative field order that we've historically supported (sort of)
 -- with regular and POSIXy timezone specs
 SELECT 'Wed Jul 11 10:51:14 America/New_York 2001'::timestamptz;
 SELECT 'Wed Jul 11 10:51:14 GMT-4 2001'::timestamptz;