This patch fixes a probably harmless write of uninitialized memory in

the statistics collector and makes a number of corrections to the
documentation for SET, SHOW, and COPY.

Neil Conway

doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml

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@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ COPY <replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="
      </varlistentry>
      
 		 <varlistentry>
-      <term><replaceable class="parameter">column list</replaceable></term>
+      <term><replaceable class="parameter">column</replaceable></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
 	An optional list of columns to be copied.  If no column list is
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ COPY <replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="
        <para>
 	Changes the behavior of field formatting, forcing all data to be
 	stored or read in binary format rather than as text. You can not
-	specify DELIMITER or NULL in binary mode.
+	specify <option>DELIMITER</option>, <option>NULL</option>, or
+	a column list in binary mode.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ COPY <replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="
       <term><replaceable class="parameter">delimiter</replaceable></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-	The character that separates fields within each row (line) of the file.
+	The single character that separates fields within each row (line) of the file.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -189,9 +190,7 @@ ERROR: <replaceable>reason</replaceable>
   <para>
    <command>COPY</command> moves data between
    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> tables and standard file-system
-   files.
-
-   <command>COPY TO</command> copies the entire contents of a table
+   files. <command>COPY TO</command> copies the contents of a table
    <emphasis>to</> a file, while <command>COPY FROM</command> copies
    data <emphasis>from</> a file to a table (appending the data to
    whatever is in the table already).
@@ -200,7 +199,7 @@ ERROR: <replaceable>reason</replaceable>
   <para>
    If a list of columns is specified, <command>COPY</command> will
    only copy the data in the specified columns to or from the file.
-   If there are any columns in the table that are not in the file,
+   If there are any columns in the table that are not in the column list,
    <command>COPY FROM</command> will insert the default values for
    those columns.
   </para>
@@ -249,8 +248,8 @@ ERROR: <replaceable>reason</replaceable>
     <para>
     By default, a text copy uses a tab ("\t") character as a delimiter
     between fields. The field delimiter may be changed to any other
-    single character with the keyword DELIMITER. Characters in data
-    fields that happen to match the delimiter character will be
+    single character with the keyword <option>DELIMITER</option>. Characters
+	in data fields that happen to match the delimiter character will be
     backslash quoted.
    </para>
    
@@ -635,15 +634,14 @@ OIDs to be shown as NULL if that ever proves desirable.
    Usage
   </title>
   <para>
-The following example copies a table to standard output,
- using a vertical bar (|) as the field
- delimiter:
+   The following example copies a table to standard output,
+   using a vertical bar (|) as the field delimiter:
   </para>
   <programlisting>
 COPY country TO <filename>stdout</filename> WITH DELIMITER '|';
   </programlisting>
   <para>
-   To copy data from a Unix file into a table country:
+   To copy data from a Unix file into the <literal>country</> table:
   </para>
   <programlisting>
 COPY country FROM '/usr1/proj/bray/sql/country_data';

doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml

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@@ -404,7 +404,8 @@ SELECT setseed(<replaceable>value</replaceable>);
     </varlistentry>
      
     <varlistentry>
-     <term><computeroutput>ERROR:  not a valid option name: <replaceable>name</replaceable></computeroutput></term>
+     <term><computeroutput>ERROR:  '<replaceable>name</replaceable> is not a
+	 valid option name</computeroutput></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        The parameter you tried to set does not exist.
@@ -413,7 +414,8 @@ SELECT setseed(<replaceable>value</replaceable>);
     </varlistentry>
      
     <varlistentry>
-     <term><computeroutput>ERROR:  permission denied</computeroutput></term>
+     <term><computeroutput>ERROR:  '<replaceable>name</replaceable>':
+	 permission denied</computeroutput></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        You must be a superuser to alter certain settings.
@@ -422,7 +424,8 @@ SELECT setseed(<replaceable>value</replaceable>);
     </varlistentry>
      
     <varlistentry>
-     <term><computeroutput>ERROR:  <replaceable>name</replaceable> can only be set at start-up</computeroutput></term>
+     <term><computeroutput>ERROR:  '<replaceable>name</replaceable>' cannot
+	 be changed after server start</computeroutput></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
        Some parameters are fixed once the server is started.

doc/src/sgml/ref/show.sgml

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@@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ SHOW ALL
   <para>
    <command>SHOW</command> will display the current setting of a
    run-time parameter. These variables can be set using the
-   <command>SET</command> statement or are determined at session start.
+   <command>SET</command> statement, by editing the
+   <filename>postgresql.conf</filename>, through the
+   <envar>PGOPTIONS</envar> environmental variable, or through a
+   command-line flag when starting the
+   <application>postmaster</application>.
   </para>
  </refsect1>
 
@@ -64,10 +68,11 @@ SHOW ALL
    <para>
     <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
-      <term><computeroutput>ERROR:  not a valid option name: <replaceable>name</replaceable></computeroutput></term>
+      <term><computeroutput>ERROR: Option '<replaceable>name</replaceable>'
+	  is not recognized</computeroutput></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-	Message returned if <replaceable>variable</replaceable> does
+	Message returned if <replaceable>name</replaceable> does
 	not stand for an existing parameter.
        </para>
       </listitem>
@@ -81,24 +86,25 @@ SHOW ALL
   <para>
    Show the current <literal>DateStyle</literal> setting:
 
-<screen>
+<programlisting>
 SHOW DateStyle;
                DateStyle
 ---------------------------------------
  ISO with US (NonEuropean) conventions
 (1 row)
-</screen>
+</programlisting>
   </para>
 
   <para>
    Show the current genetic optimizer (<literal>geqo</literal>) setting:
+<programlisting>
 <screen>
 SHOW GEQO;
  geqo
 ------
  on
 (1 row)
-</screen>
+</programlisting>
   </para>
 
   <para>

src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  *	Copyright (c) 2001, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
- *	$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c,v 1.22 2002/07/20 05:16:58 momjian Exp $
+ *	$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c,v 1.23 2002/08/04 05:09:36 momjian Exp $
  * ----------
  */
 #include "postgres.h"
@@ -382,10 +382,9 @@ pgstat_beterm(int pid)
 	if (pgStatSock < 0)
 		return;
 
+	MemSet(&(msg.m_hdr), 0, sizeof(msg.m_hdr));
 	msg.m_hdr.m_type = PGSTAT_MTYPE_BETERM;
-	msg.m_hdr.m_backendid = 0;
 	msg.m_hdr.m_procpid = pid;
-	msg.m_hdr.m_databaseid = 0;
 
 	pgstat_send(&msg, sizeof(msg));
 }