doc: in contrib-spi, mention and link to the meaning of SPI

Also remove outdated comment about SPI subtransactions.

Reported-by: gregory@arenius.com
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/151726276676.1240.10501743959198501067@wrigleys.postgresql.org

Backpatch-through: 9.3

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/contrib-spi.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/contrib-spi.sgml
index 3287c18d27d5f9ca0eea46f523646891e9f435a4..a88d99d517cd3f0ba472b68bc491c232cb631cb3 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/contrib-spi.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/contrib-spi.sgml
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 
  <para>
   The <application>spi</> module provides several workable examples
-  of using SPI and triggers.  While these functions are of some value in
+  of using the <link linkend="spi">Server Programming Interface</link>
+  (<acronym>SPI</acronym>) and triggers.  While these functions are of
+  some value in
   their own right, they are even more useful as examples to modify for
   your own purposes.  The functions are general enough to be used
   with any table, but you have to specify table and field names (as described

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/spi.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/spi.sgml
index 86be87c0fdb4597ce5405a31d54e63f17811e9d8..9ce1270d37606f6f7c00c45cdb30d300e62b4e9b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/spi.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/spi.sgml
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@
   have documented error-return conventions.  Those conventions only apply
   for errors detected within the SPI functions themselves, however.)
   It is possible to recover control after an error by establishing your own
-  subtransaction surrounding SPI calls that might fail.  This is not currently
-  documented because the mechanisms required are still in flux.
+  subtransaction surrounding SPI calls that might fail.
  </para>
 
  <para>