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<chapter id="functions">
<title>Functions and Operators</title>
<para>
<function>pg_current_xlog_location</> displays the current transaction log write
- location in the same format used by the above functions. Similarly
+ location in the same format used by the above functions. Similarly,
<function>pg_current_xlog_insert_location</> displays the current transaction log
- insertion point. The insertion point is the <quote>logical</> end of transaction log
+ insertion point. The insertion point is the <quote>logical</> end
+ of the transaction log
at any instant, while the write location is the end of what has actually
been written out from the server's internal buffers. The write location
is the end of what can be examined from outside the server, and is usually
(1 row)
</programlisting>
Similarly, <function>pg_xlogfile_name</> extracts just the transaction log file name.
- When the given transction log location is exactly at an transaction log file boundary, both
+ When the given transaction log location is exactly at a transaction log file boundary, both
these functions return the name of the preceding transaction log file.
This is usually the desired behavior for managing transaction log archiving
behavior, since the preceding file is the last one that currently