Re: SGML cleanup - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: SGML cleanup
Date
Msg-id 20040823010932.GA5489@dcc.uchile.cl
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In response to Re: SGML cleanup  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
Responses Re: SGML cleanup  (Oliver Jowett <oliver@opencloud.com>)
Re: SGML cleanup  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
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On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 02:48:23PM -0700, Neil Conway wrote:

While you are at it ...


>         <listitem>
>          <para>
>           A new version of the <application>plperl</> server-side language now
> !         supports a persistent shared storage area, triggers, returning records
> !         and arrays of records, and SPI calls to access the database.
>          </para>
>         </listitem>

"arrays of records" seems inaccurate; how about "set of records"
instead?

>     <para>
> !    The SQL2003 standard specifies that the keyword
> !    <literal>SAVEPOINT</> is mandatory.  <productname>PostgreSQL</> and
> !    <productname>Oracle</> allow the <literal>SAVEPOINT</literal>
> !    keyword to be omitted.  SQL2003 allows only <literal>WORK</>, not

Why are we mentioning Oracle behavior at all?

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Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
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