Re: psql documentation one liner - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: psql documentation one liner
Date
Msg-id 200402130509.i1D59lr14806@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: psql documentation one liner  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Gavin Sherry wrote:
> > This just clears up one aspect of variable handling in psql.
> > [ "variable names are case-sensitive" ]
>
> I honestly wonder why this is suddenly of so much interest.  I hope no
> one is going to question the fact that the command names are
> case-sensitive.  Do we need a note abou that, too?

Patch applied.  I just added a sentence, rather than an new paragraph.
I think the confusion is because SQL variable names aren't case
senstitive, so it is a little confusing.

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Index: doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
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RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql-server/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.105
diff -c -c -r1.105 psql-ref.sgml
*** doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml    12 Feb 2004 19:58:16 -0000    1.105
--- doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml    13 Feb 2004 05:08:46 -0000
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*** 1613,1618 ****
--- 1613,1619 ----
      underscores. See the section <xref
      linkend="APP-PSQL-variables"
      endterm="APP-PSQL-variables-title"> below for details.
+     Variable names are case-sensitive.
      </para>

      <para>

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