From 9d9eadea82b49b8bc2c089b2dfa1e19a557bf323 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 02:34:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add FROM to update page, clean up spelling error in select.
---
doc/man/select.l | 4 ++--
doc/man/update.l | 12 +++++++-----
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/man/select.l b/doc/man/select.l
index 8013cede3c..44ad9736c7 100644
--- a/doc/man/select.l
+++ b/doc/man/select.l
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.\" This is -*-nroff-*-
.\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
-.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/man/Attic/select.l,v 1.1.1.1 1996/08/18 22:14:27 scrappy Exp $
+.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/man/Attic/select.l,v 1.2 1996/10/07 02:34:53 momjian Exp $
.TH SELECT SQL 11/05/95 Postgres95 Postgres95
.SH NAME
select \(em retrieve instances from a class
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ select \(em retrieve instances from a class
expression1 [\fBas\fR attr_name-1]
{, expression-1 [\fBas\fR attr_name-i]}
[\fBinto\fR \fBtable\fR classname]
- [\fBfrom\fR from-last]
+ [\fBfrom\fR from-list]
[\fBwhere\fR where-clause]
[\fBgroup by\fR attr_name1 {, attr_name-i....}
[\fBorder by\fR attr_name1
diff --git a/doc/man/update.l b/doc/man/update.l
index 4b7bb25e38..6e034088ee 100644
--- a/doc/man/update.l
+++ b/doc/man/update.l
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.\" This is -*-nroff-*-
.\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
-.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/man/Attic/update.l,v 1.1.1.1 1996/08/18 22:14:28 scrappy Exp $
+.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/man/Attic/update.l,v 1.2 1996/10/07 02:34:54 momjian Exp $
.TH UPDATE SQL 11/05/95 Postgres95 Postgres95
.SH NAME
update \(em replace values of attributes in a class
@@ -8,21 +8,23 @@ update \(em replace values of attributes in a class
.nf
\fBupdate\fR classname \fBset\fR attname-1 = expression-1,
{attname-i = expression-i}
+ [\fBfrom\fR from-list]
[\fBwhere\fR qual]
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR Update
-changes the values of the attributes specified in
-.IR target_list
+changes the values of the attributes specified
for all instances which satisfy the qualification,
.IR qual .
-Only the attributes to be modified need appear in
-.IR target_list .
+Only the attributes to be modified need appear as atributes.
.PP
Array references use the same syntax found in
.IR select(l).
That is, either single array elements, a range of array elements or
the entire array may be replaced with a single query.
+.IR from-list
+is a non-standard extension to allow columns from
+other tables to appear in the target_list.
.PP
You must have write access to the class in order to modify it, as well
as read access to any class whose values are mentioned in the target list
--
2.24.1