Put some kind of grammatical uniformity in the <refpurpose> lines.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/abort.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/abort.sgml
index 017d4d7036eab8899938ced29f948dd0238ba69f..49cd37d277f8d9dc59f6092c49b28e39d7719ddd 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/abort.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/abort.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/abort.sgml,v 1.7 2000/03/27 17:14:42 thomas Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/abort.sgml,v 1.8 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    ABORT
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Aborts the current transaction
+   abort the current transaction
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_group.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_group.sgml
index f7e6a66334df3fad2e648b3e6b951416107b8a5f..415049445fd8d16d5e8384ed47d0edfd4d8abe8c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_group.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_group.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_group.sgml,v 1.4 2001/08/13 15:24:46 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_group.sgml,v 1.5 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    ALTER GROUP
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Add users to a group;  remove users from a group
+   add users to a group or remove users from a group
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
index 87252f74676414f3b1142fe2b094436a88cf2925..f5f22cb85dd5f10f2cd5477c329615358a2bd21d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml,v 1.25 2001/05/30 13:01:08 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml,v 1.26 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    ALTER TABLE
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Modifies table properties
+   change the definition of a table
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_user.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_user.sgml
index 3a502197ab23d265812fb61223bc04d6c62d2c4d..e8258f762d8b22c8a32260d3efd1dc73bbb529ca 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_user.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_user.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_user.sgml,v 1.15 2001/08/15 18:42:14 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_user.sgml,v 1.16 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    ALTER USER
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Modifies user account information
+   change a database user account
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/analyze.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/analyze.sgml
index 57d3213d61473cb2b76df2be056edf2bf7d1ff34..98f38aefb90a029b82c0d95a3af1d5614cdf7640 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/analyze.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/analyze.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/analyze.sgml,v 1.1 2001/05/07 00:43:15 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/analyze.sgml,v 1.2 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    ANALYZE
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Collect statistics about a <productname>Postgres</productname> database
+   collect statistics about a database
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/begin.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/begin.sgml
index cc97c728d3d088e6bcd247402bcac927068c0bd0..b2b9a88d6b1bebc27e6cdef277af5f1b4546f7cc 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/begin.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/begin.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/begin.sgml,v 1.13 2000/12/25 23:15:26 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/begin.sgml,v 1.14 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    BEGIN
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Begins a transaction in chained mode
+   start a transaction block
   </refpurpose>
   
   </refnamediv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/checkpoint.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/checkpoint.sgml
index 5336c3f55298015c9477d9b32f4c91f7aa5ab063..dd15c21038eceec30306ddea7b9b3cb3a5758ff1 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/checkpoint.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/checkpoint.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/checkpoint.sgml,v 1.4 2001/03/13 01:17:05 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/checkpoint.sgml,v 1.5 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <refentry id="sql-checkpoint">
  <docinfo>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>CHECKPOINT</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Force transaction log checkpoint</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>force a transaction log checkpoint</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/close.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/close.sgml
index 1a470c00b8955d1f73f701e0917cd4ff8c54cebc..e56e8031304a3aa7ea38b5143b8e32b3b7d182fb 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/close.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/close.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/close.sgml,v 1.7 1999/07/22 15:09:06 thomas Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/close.sgml,v 1.8 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    CLOSE
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Close a cursor
+   close a cursor
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/cluster.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/cluster.sgml
index c6eda9d5e3a7f4b334d83047557c038197dbdbaf..de6dfa3af6140a5ee641016d77533a3171a5e0ff 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/cluster.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/cluster.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/cluster.sgml,v 1.10 2001/01/13 23:58:55 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/cluster.sgml,v 1.11 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    CLUSTER
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Gives storage clustering advice to the server
+   cluster a table according to an index
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/comment.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/comment.sgml
index c31939bb73c6368dcf4c817c8be8ae89bfb28e1e..0ccff62a30c360d3e66975d7d27f4036d217235d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/comment.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/comment.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/comment.sgml,v 1.8 2001/03/05 19:00:39 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/comment.sgml,v 1.9 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    COMMENT
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Add comment to an object
+   define or change the comment of an object
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/commit.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/commit.sgml
index 97dd13e972aea1b44fcad487711ec9895109328e..301fcd0101e5ae4d9c6e36afced7e037c70c3fb7 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/commit.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/commit.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/commit.sgml,v 1.10 2000/12/25 23:15:26 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/commit.sgml,v 1.11 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    COMMIT
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Commits the current transaction
+   commit the current transaction
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>  
   

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
index d433fbb01c77db18bc33f4e23d66a22c41525277..7727f06cbd58b9b02620b48519b936b5890f8be7 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.22 2001/08/10 23:09:30 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.23 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    COPY
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Copies data between files and tables
+   copy data between files and tables
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_aggregate.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_aggregate.sgml
index 07546a0732b7402efd8521424fba0a2f235f9368..4ef5f983704407dd5a97c6188dd0fc0eb8c241b2 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_aggregate.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_aggregate.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_aggregate.sgml,v 1.13 2001/01/20 20:59:29 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_aggregate.sgml,v 1.14 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    CREATE AGGREGATE
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Defines a new aggregate function
+   define a new aggregate function
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_constraint.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_constraint.sgml
index c8759c8f1845d04a096b71f65b49ac0b4bdea81e..3ffefe4cbd6b4eac1f0ede31760dd0660e1fb5cc 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_constraint.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_constraint.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_constraint.sgml,v 1.2 2000/07/22 04:30:27 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_constraint.sgml,v 1.3 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    CREATE CONSTRAINT TRIGGER
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Create a trigger to support a constraint
+   define a new constraint trigger
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml
index 20477ac191c269038f39352cdd2f296b2b0deb9f..4b5c57bbbb40a6994c102cdca5b07bc11d4dcd48 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml,v 1.18 2001/08/26 16:55:59 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_database.sgml,v 1.19 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    CREATE DATABASE
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Creates a new database
+   create a new database
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml
index aa6552dca7d0bb309100883fb7c19b397088b5c9..a24a4252cf0bb30cb654617fed8a179c87dbad8f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml,v 1.25 2001/08/13 21:34:51 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml,v 1.26 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 -->
 
 <refentry id="SQL-CREATEFUNCTION">
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml,v 1.25 2001/08/13
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>CREATE FUNCTION</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Defines a new function</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>define a new function</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_group.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_group.sgml
index 97c5700b62a49c320e1048d5a791841d64ab6e0a..f88caa6405b2310733068ee144ee139d8a300bf2 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_group.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_group.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_group.sgml,v 1.3 2001/07/12 18:02:58 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_group.sgml,v 1.4 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    CREATE GROUP
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Creates a new group
+   define a new user group
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml
index f2b042d7711f01e2130bb10352626b4c1b56cb45..b6c7b268db5ba9cbac570be3befdfdec624ee5c9 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml,v 1.22 2001/08/21 16:35:59 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml,v 1.23 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    CREATE INDEX
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Constructs a secondary index
+   define a new index
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_language.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_language.sgml
index 73dd7773e813114f398a99d661010bd91e4ead36..bcce7d6c612382be38eb641e653995bf1759e718 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_language.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_language.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_language.sgml,v 1.15 2001/08/13 21:34:51 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_language.sgml,v 1.16 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    CREATE LANGUAGE
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Defines a new language for functions
+   define a new procedural language
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_operator.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_operator.sgml
index a4daba49cbd07a86c682abfff482d87d5273ceb9..e1ae4034d6e33d477e5b7b6a4da552337802f428 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_operator.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_operator.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_operator.sgml,v 1.19 2001/05/08 17:51:30 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_operator.sgml,v 1.20 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    CREATE OPERATOR
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Defines a new user operator
+   define a new operator
   </refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_rule.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_rule.sgml
index a2388b09d1111faf85c7b6c9c78a8318d77e7702..4d682c8899a37ba561e5f9dfbe09f2075676e718 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_rule.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_rule.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_rule.sgml,v 1.24 2001/07/09 23:50:31 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_rule.sgml,v 1.25 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    CREATE RULE
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Defines a new rule
+   define a new rewrite rule
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml
index 4f7b8b296d7e95addf6a6258b85d30fe0ea5f350..ec44b35f1ab0afb66dc9d4db215d689725afc0cf 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml,v 1.18 2001/08/16 20:38:53 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_sequence.sgml,v 1.19 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    CREATE SEQUENCE
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Creates a new sequence number generator
+   define a new sequence
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv> 
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index b7ac1b29552e58506dd1974fafd809fc9fd6b358..759962be0e46acf1d4cc87926d21ba301f07de03 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml,v 1.44 2001/08/10 20:52:24 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml,v 1.45 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    CREATE TABLE
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Creates a new table
+   define a new table
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgml
index 47c5829f153776ee72c88175607dc34e51a0f93f..a0144ab65867a5e0d6280398c2aa463d837b680f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgml,v 1.6 2001/03/20 20:54:41 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgml,v 1.7 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    CREATE TABLE AS
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Creates a new table from the results of a SELECT
+   create a new table from the results of a query
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_trigger.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_trigger.sgml
index 71f26d1c5fad7dbf29ce23043400da3996dd3886..97ee0a7a299b2e37eebc7c6447614df9d9ed00ab 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_trigger.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_trigger.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_trigger.sgml,v 1.14 2001/06/10 03:46:31 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_trigger.sgml,v 1.15 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    CREATE TRIGGER
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Creates a new trigger
+   define a new trigger
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_type.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_type.sgml
index 1693063ad384b1edc452d5df359a7476eca0204c..750fdcfe8991b6ef6046550e95e31b7294f11ba0 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_type.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_type.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_type.sgml,v 1.20 2001/08/03 20:47:40 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_type.sgml,v 1.21 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    CREATE TYPE
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Defines a new base data type
+   define a new data type
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_user.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_user.sgml
index f72b20f59d7e1c2b2e1bfd913f679a12a9e803ab..0abb976179c24dd164792279e110010fbf487ece 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_user.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_user.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_user.sgml,v 1.18 2001/08/15 18:42:14 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_user.sgml,v 1.19 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    CREATE USER
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Creates a new database user
+   define a new database user account
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_view.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_view.sgml
index f13dee1dd425d702c39f65482c829bacc644b791..bb383e41e5e1f1d81a45fac0b9f965d1c16d4cae 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_view.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_view.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_view.sgml,v 1.11 2001/08/10 23:49:20 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_view.sgml,v 1.12 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    CREATE VIEW
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Constructs a virtual table
+   define a new view
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml
index 292700970833543ed556d57eebd8e41c975a34a3..cd1426dea904b0b193a1dd618636459c78bb440b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml,v 1.19 2001/08/29 19:11:00 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml,v 1.20 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Postgres documentation
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>createdb</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Create a new <productname>Postgres</productname> database</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>create a new <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml
index b50873cf7a571d1e1952bd3aadb682fe9b63ee47..d38619e70196f45837de6402e95ac51868e771dc 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml,v 1.16 2001/05/09 22:08:18 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml,v 1.17 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Postgres documentation
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname id="createlang">createlang</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Add a new programming language to a <productname>Postgres</productname> database</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>define a new <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> procedural language</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml
index 157abdd788428bc980ff0a3827a41a484bb048b8..729945de01e72f58b857ac4eb2abb1af647eb2ea 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml,v 1.19 2001/08/26 04:20:36 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/createuser.sgml,v 1.20 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Postgres documentation
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>createuser</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Create a new <productname>Postgres</productname> user</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>define a new <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> user account</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/declare.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/declare.sgml
index e5b1a6d950058888866bda564d4d2fa337bc2bd0..6e00edb4b8d94066fa79698cbbc5851c7f2b4054 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/declare.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/declare.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/declare.sgml,v 1.12 2001/02/15 21:11:17 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/declare.sgml,v 1.13 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    DECLARE
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Defines a cursor for table access
+   define a cursor
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/delete.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/delete.sgml
index 261ac32708061e44cee81b697875c39484e55a1b..3597db386b8746a79f8d3795f33b7162ad7f6a01 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/delete.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/delete.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/delete.sgml,v 1.13 2001/05/27 09:59:28 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/delete.sgml,v 1.14 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    DELETE
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Removes rows from a table
+   delete rows of a table
   </refpurpose>
 
  </refnamediv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_aggregate.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_aggregate.sgml
index 316f3799721e0fb59418eff42703a60a795edc15..6b67a84fb79ed38cf22a10a7def3a4544ac4beab 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_aggregate.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_aggregate.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_aggregate.sgml,v 1.11 2001/05/02 20:35:21 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_aggregate.sgml,v 1.12 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    DROP AGGREGATE
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Removes the definition of an aggregate function
+   remove a user-defined aggregate function
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_database.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_database.sgml
index 7f0d79f57698621a86f165577723adebdb9e07d7..438603229a74d836d25060b03f7519a05eca3c03 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_database.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_database.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_database.sgml,v 1.11 2000/11/11 23:01:43 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_database.sgml,v 1.12 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    DROP DATABASE
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Removes an existing database
+   remove a database
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_function.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_function.sgml
index 2799c5872ef0ddfd3286feb4b95764b177de4394..3e7883e5bf0a65200f182322b66da4c990d5fc63 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_function.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_function.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_function.sgml,v 1.12 2001/05/19 09:01:10 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_function.sgml,v 1.13 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    DROP FUNCTION
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Removes a user-defined C function
+   remove a user-defined function
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_group.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_group.sgml
index 0d7db1ef098bf5c595f88637125ac9b290fdb2e6..e39ff0e18707b847706f2c3bb5ede1d996550571 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_group.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_group.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_group.sgml,v 1.1 2000/01/14 22:11:32 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_group.sgml,v 1.2 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    DROP GROUP
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Removes a group
+   remove a user group
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_index.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_index.sgml
index ad9edd92f11e3604ae360ffb309bcc30a1d30e9e..0fdce31e0fd71f4af4a44fb9faaca18a628d2800 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_index.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_index.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_index.sgml,v 1.10 2001/05/08 17:51:30 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_index.sgml,v 1.11 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    DROP INDEX
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Removes an index from the database
+   remove an index
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_language.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_language.sgml
index 45331c6ae1fdda1f18ba9a7c5be685f626741ca8..5f4b218bfa9c5713b0a905150179b30b43aafb5a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_language.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_language.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_language.sgml,v 1.10 2001/08/13 21:34:51 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_language.sgml,v 1.11 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    DROP LANGUAGE
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Removes a user-defined procedural language
+   remove a user-defined procedural language
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_operator.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_operator.sgml
index 375cd0e596708fc26a29b70a404643b742450c4a..23e39f434b3c06c1b8f93a85d9c1df60c729981f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_operator.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_operator.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_operator.sgml,v 1.10 2001/05/08 17:51:30 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_operator.sgml,v 1.11 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    DROP OPERATOR
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Removes an operator from the database
+   remove a user-defined operator
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
   

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_rule.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_rule.sgml
index 85817a612e55d1f8b01214be41920e251d85594c..6063c114abc7e25f3e241131f75b6aea2313bfe2 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_rule.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_rule.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_rule.sgml,v 1.9 2001/08/13 15:24:46 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_rule.sgml,v 1.10 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    DROP RULE
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Removes rules from the database
+   remove a rewrite rule
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_sequence.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_sequence.sgml
index d38866e6e3adef111bc6292847a92103c3381ac3..5782fdc6a26da9dec66ab72e46a17170f94cda16 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_sequence.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_sequence.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_sequence.sgml,v 1.9 2001/08/13 15:24:46 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_sequence.sgml,v 1.10 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    DROP SEQUENCE
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Removes sequences from a database
+   remove a sequence
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_table.sgml
index f90faee34e2e6cf30c58d12bc7a936af8cea5cdb..0899c5a7d404dbd94fb5a26a744c92380ed21117 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_table.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_table.sgml,v 1.10 2001/08/13 15:24:46 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_table.sgml,v 1.11 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    DROP TABLE
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Removes tables from a database
+   remove a table
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_trigger.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_trigger.sgml
index beb5f2026386a185ad7b78ef4a1aaa860690795e..81a9219f100c87eaa03727c87b0037cf5462e08a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_trigger.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_trigger.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_trigger.sgml,v 1.6 1999/07/22 15:09:11 thomas Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_trigger.sgml,v 1.7 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    DROP TRIGGER
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Removes the definition of a trigger
+   remove a trigger
   </refpurpose> 
  </refnamediv>            
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_type.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_type.sgml
index 59ab791192244461e00ff2816ff43fc1d61c6b89..8e347906b4bf4e87ff09adccc3569f07abb7a2a9 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_type.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_type.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_type.sgml,v 1.9 2001/01/13 23:58:55 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_type.sgml,v 1.10 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    DROP TYPE
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Removes user-defined types from the system catalogs
+   remove a user-defined data type
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_user.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_user.sgml
index e5502d9eaed773774cd737be790b38b52a976df8..9c7cc4c58ca48383d91a821a997ee1cbc1ceefbe 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_user.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_user.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_user.sgml,v 1.11 2000/03/27 17:14:42 thomas Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_user.sgml,v 1.12 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    DROP USER
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Removes a user
+   remove a database user account
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_view.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_view.sgml
index c31ea84c8180bfcb47cb13b8e69f2eab4d51a360..918da7c5e00816bb1d81b172f664c22908288598 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_view.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_view.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_view.sgml,v 1.9 2001/08/13 15:24:46 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_view.sgml,v 1.10 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    DROP VIEW
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Removes views from the database
+   remove a view
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml
index 6b066aee195029088fa89dcee7ee4562c2ebd80d..10fd58321e246001b47d96507660b5c4288813c1 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml,v 1.10 2001/08/13 15:24:46 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropdb.sgml,v 1.11 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Postgres documentation
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>dropdb</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Removes a <productname>Postgres</productname> database</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>remove a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/droplang.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/droplang.sgml
index 6ffbd200e2950bf69598abb9b0b05d09297685f1..1e5198857752a70c64819e16a3f8a8b820b4a79d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/droplang.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/droplang.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/droplang.sgml,v 1.11 2001/08/13 15:24:46 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/droplang.sgml,v 1.12 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Postgres documentation
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname id="droplang">droplang</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Removes a programming language from a <productname>Postgres</productname> database</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>remove a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> procedural language</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml
index c03f5fcbfe0ea033375d7f44df8ba628cd319c82..73c8524999f0003e72e92b9b1cdf9c2a035f10ed 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml,v 1.12 2001/08/13 15:24:46 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/dropuser.sgml,v 1.13 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Postgres documentation
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>dropuser</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Removes a <productname>Postgres</productname> user</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>remove a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> user account</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/ecpg-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/ecpg-ref.sgml
index 83128c23648b7978a61a4bb311b5e6d698194da6..0789c9fa3a7b6b22f49449fdb7a64319c8138feb 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/ecpg-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/ecpg-ref.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/ecpg-ref.sgml,v 1.9 2001/08/24 22:37:36 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/ecpg-ref.sgml,v 1.10 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    <application>ecpg</application>
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Embedded SQL C preprocessor
+   embedded SQL C preprocessor
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/end.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/end.sgml
index 1df5ea2904ad9b7df114e1a53d2af557b6c02bb3..9f3bd5db294d690f79b1169f6ebbdce5257e2683 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/end.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/end.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/end.sgml,v 1.4 2000/12/25 23:15:26 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/end.sgml,v 1.5 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    END
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Commits the current transaction
+   commit the current transaction
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>  
   

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/explain.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/explain.sgml
index 1786cd9a2e7887547bacbcf96533246a6b99c97b..7bccea72ad772eaa1bc0350811ceb4a533965cec 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/explain.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/explain.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/explain.sgml,v 1.11 2000/10/05 19:48:18 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/explain.sgml,v 1.12 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    EXPLAIN
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Shows statement execution plan
+   show the execution plan of a statement
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/fetch.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/fetch.sgml
index bad0c4cdc03008bc93a9dcda7a6d5c4155a3be6c..ee042438675f58f75db7538438ce832557403775 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/fetch.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/fetch.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/fetch.sgml,v 1.14 2000/12/25 23:15:26 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/fetch.sgml,v 1.15 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    FETCH
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Gets rows using a cursor
+   retrieve rows from a table using a cursor
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml
index 98f221cf192c491e512dd80bf8375f86254e8e24..c3abce3b286e1d5afb190b6c3d9d707b78637bc8 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml,v 1.11 2001/06/09 23:21:54 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml,v 1.12 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Postgres documentation
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>GRANT</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Grants access privileges to a user, a group, or all users</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>define access privileges</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
index 954a48c16ac9d0e5d078a147b85578578ca6acb4..9e94eccf76f9fe61281ee6f20c537b3e88cf666b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml,v 1.15 2001/01/20 22:09:24 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/initdb.sgml,v 1.16 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Postgres documentation
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>initdb</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Create a new <productname>Postgres</productname> database cluster</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>create a new <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database cluster</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initlocation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initlocation.sgml
index 732a2d6ef74365de2755b2c0ec6b16007d12059e..a7abfcdb66c2453eda041132c6ddad55a6933d4d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/initlocation.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/initlocation.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/Attic/initlocation.sgml,v 1.11 2000/11/11 23:01:45 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/Attic/initlocation.sgml,v 1.12 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Postgres documentation
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>initlocation</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Create a secondary <productname>Postgres</productname> database storage area</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>create a secondary <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database storage area</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml
index f6ab93f9f59b4d64dc3c97996529d01d46e47c08..aad43dd0107190b43dcfd7bc2d9aaa1a9bdde342 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml,v 1.14 2001/05/27 09:59:28 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml,v 1.15 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    INSERT
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Inserts new rows into a table
+   create new rows in a table
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/ipcclean.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/ipcclean.sgml
index 006bf50ac0381d19f1d93f7e0b41c779cad77657..cb468f8c615c5ecfb49a61b7d9de9ea7a1e40920 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/ipcclean.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/ipcclean.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/Attic/ipcclean.sgml,v 1.3 2000/11/11 23:01:45 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/Attic/ipcclean.sgml,v 1.4 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Postgres documentation
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>ipcclean</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Clean up shared memory and semaphores from aborted backends</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>remove shared memory and semaphores from an aborted <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/listen.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/listen.sgml
index c3110686ad38a58b6c941bd5e34df4a4842256a3..4497f1d67a5df8f6f851549e34206569d0fb074c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/listen.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/listen.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/listen.sgml,v 1.9 2000/12/25 23:15:26 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/listen.sgml,v 1.10 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    LISTEN
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Listen for a response on a notify condition
+   listen for a notification
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/load.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/load.sgml
index 13008586c35e4ce5c79ddccf49617d418b544d30..3c71950f55c2b6e2ff105a3779209f03836057e5 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/load.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/load.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/load.sgml,v 1.8 2001/05/19 09:01:10 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/load.sgml,v 1.9 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 -->
 
 <refentry id="SQL-LOAD">
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/load.sgml,v 1.8 2001/05/19 09:01:10 pet
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>LOAD</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Loads a shared object file</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>load or reload a shared object file</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/lock.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/lock.sgml
index b66f42e7ebc9559c7cd69e3d374e4c997bfbcdb6..c8afdd264333a8d31ac9c37132d0f5366ea5d9c4 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/lock.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/lock.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/lock.sgml,v 1.27 2001/08/10 14:30:14 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/lock.sgml,v 1.28 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    LOCK
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Explicitly lock a table / tables inside a transaction
+   explicitly lock a table
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/move.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/move.sgml
index a97267ec987fb375f57e67323200ae7ae908cc5a..23dec1f6775642160a0f9d54179305d29c8b6633 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/move.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/move.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/move.sgml,v 1.10 2000/12/25 23:15:26 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/move.sgml,v 1.11 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    MOVE
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Moves cursor position
+   position a cursor on a specified row of a table
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>                
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/notify.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/notify.sgml
index 0e5748a736fb1781bed28985a71c2e8b912789f5..02a0e4c3e1dd455d4a1ef3af1dd1b95b9315cb7c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/notify.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/notify.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/notify.sgml,v 1.13 2000/10/05 19:48:18 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/notify.sgml,v 1.14 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    NOTIFY
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Signals all frontends and backends listening on a notify condition
+   generate a notification
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_config-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_config-ref.sgml
index 89fc04fbf7e105fe1d237974e1e505629eb5984b..a61539d162680367a2a88a392988b1542992da3a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_config-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_config-ref.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_config-ref.sgml,v 1.6 2001/08/28 14:20:26 petere Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_config-ref.sgml,v 1.7 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <refentry id="app-pgconfig">
  <docinfo>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>pg_config</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Provides information about the installed version of <productname>PostgreSQL</></refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>retrieve information about the installed version of <productname>PostgreSQL</></refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
index 0b9d3f98469ad54e487720d3de06d42dd905c402..84022f9f695f58f2e224bf4b28d3f7da58d7e22d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml,v 1.7 2001/04/27 01:31:56 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml,v 1.8 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Postgres documentation
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>pg_ctl</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Starts, stops, or restarts postmaster</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>start, stop, or restart a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
index 1da554aa70e5b31c4e28e20209c53a0d7db8f95c..9712ed3aa7411d21f6b993bcbb3f47ab052e284f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml,v 1.35 2001/08/22 20:23:23 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml,v 1.36 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Postgres documentation
   <refname>pg_dump</refname>
 
   <refpurpose>
-   Extract a <productname>Postgres</productname> database into a script file or other archive file 
+   extract a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database into a script file or other archive file 
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
index bf35106c67a06869585bf2a02752ce91d9b2d82e..aff2ac55983c4cdbce488013df0fe99265a44911 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml,v 1.22 2001/05/17 21:12:48 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml,v 1.23 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Postgres documentation
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>pg_dumpall</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Extract all databases into a script file</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>extract all <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> databases into a script file</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_passwd.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_passwd.sgml
index 8e244c237fd609e7649fdbfdd283d44a4179bf93..66d666cc68e21ef40afd0f5acafbd09f015a73b8 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_passwd.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_passwd.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/Attic/pg_passwd.sgml,v 1.7 2001/06/18 16:11:30 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/Attic/pg_passwd.sgml,v 1.8 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Postgres documentation
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>pg_passwd</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Manipulate a secondary password file</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>change a secondary password file</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
index 22f264ceac18a60a638c60519c9459def725f12e..cacb9f9ae8694ae8f7e3b9838fb9225698e7a36f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml,v 1.14 2001/08/22 20:23:23 petere Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_restore.sgml,v 1.15 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <refentry id="APP-PGRESTORE">
  <docinfo>
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
   <refname>pg_restore</refname>
 
   <refpurpose>
-   Restore a <PRODUCTNAME>Postgres</PRODUCTNAME> database from an archive file created by
-<command>pg_dump</command>
+   restore a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database from an archive file created by pg_dump
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgaccess-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgaccess-ref.sgml
index d2aa9782d0c009df59d49798808947dc6e12ec8a..c4bcdb7bbabc6405e6d91e816136f44be2353e5c 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgaccess-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgaccess-ref.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/Attic/pgaccess-ref.sgml,v 1.10 2001/05/17 21:50:18 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/Attic/pgaccess-ref.sgml,v 1.11 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Postgres documentation
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>pgaccess</refname>
-  <refpurpose><productname>PostgreSQL</productname> graphical client</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>a graphical <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> client application</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml
index 83236297bf9c04d18c91b563eae8d0fd59ddc766..fda88ae1d484aa74ea85e113e608adf3ea0f4108 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml,v 1.17 2001/03/17 16:27:31 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/postgres-ref.sgml,v 1.18 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Postgres documentation
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>postgres</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Run a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> single-user backend</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>run a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server in single-user mode</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/postmaster.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/postmaster.sgml
index 2d29cb0832b783dc1382a5714d80457aa2cdaddd..aeb11a6c6d6b2104bc92b77e4fb288baebac42e7 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/postmaster.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/postmaster.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/postmaster.sgml,v 1.19 2000/12/25 23:15:26 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/postmaster.sgml,v 1.20 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Postgres documentation
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname id="postmaster-ref">postmaster</refname>
-  <refpurpose><productname>PostgreSQL</productname> multi-user database server</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose><productname>PostgreSQL</productname> multiuser database server</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Postgres documentation
 
   <para>
    <application>postmaster</application> is the
-   <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> multi-user database server.
+   <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> multiuser database server.
    In order for a client application to access a database it connects
    (over a network or locally) to a running
    <application>postmaster</application>.  The

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
index ef14a9fdd4293aa2d1157c633b5615fbb15abdef..a495160eeedab5c29fed9633005ac8ffc940a37e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.57 2001/07/15 13:45:03 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.58 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Postgres documentation
   <refnamediv>
     <refname><application>psql</application></refname>
     <refpurpose>
-      <productname>Postgres</productname> interactive terminal
+      <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> interactive terminal
     </refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
 

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindex.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindex.sgml
index 6e5722ae85f0d7ce05080944f20e818a4c3f7f4e..bcff1072a58a3c85ae404b81332271f753a374ff 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindex.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindex.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindex.sgml,v 1.3 2000/10/05 19:48:18 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/reindex.sgml,v 1.4 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    REINDEX
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Recover corrupted system indexes under stand-alone Postgres
+   recover a corrupted system index
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reset.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reset.sgml
index 85194663eb2e7baec5d3fc4ce4b7daad01e7d123..59228cc819e8704c2811372d7c1593723898ad89 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/reset.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/reset.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/reset.sgml,v 1.11 2001/06/07 04:50:56 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/reset.sgml,v 1.12 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Postgres documentation
  </refmeta>
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>RESET</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Restores run-time parameters to default values</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>restore the value of a run-time parameter to a default value</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>
   <synopsis>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/revoke.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/revoke.sgml
index f77ed62ea6b728d2db8b1eead6b4538b0f73db6a..e1729b3d72a70a820a792988ceffc7d62a4d2b10 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/revoke.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/revoke.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/revoke.sgml,v 1.15 2001/06/09 23:21:54 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/revoke.sgml,v 1.16 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Postgres documentation
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>REVOKE</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Revokes access privilege from a user, a group, or all users.</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>remove access privileges</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/rollback.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/rollback.sgml
index 25daecb9f52683fcf33d6521e37bb576b7bf9533..527ea8474937fbb39fc322c2ba79f56c3947d856 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/rollback.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/rollback.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/rollback.sgml,v 1.8 2000/12/25 23:15:26 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/rollback.sgml,v 1.9 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    ROLLBACK
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Aborts the current transaction
+   abort the current transaction
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml
index b6bbd7e5d1eedcad9458b2a30781b04f192a8a1d..f24dbc55f4620de55a50d3ad2dd0cc5f22101337 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml,v 1.43 2001/06/10 03:46:31 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml,v 1.44 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    SELECT
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Retrieves rows from a table or view
+   retrieve rows from a table or view
   </refpurpose></refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>
   <refsynopsisdivinfo>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select_into.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select_into.sgml
index 50d2780a6dcbd8d5e9380aacb960ceb765e6e771..05b1e1fc79b820c1f22a47712e9494281f1a3d2a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select_into.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select_into.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/select_into.sgml,v 1.10 2001/03/20 20:54:41 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/select_into.sgml,v 1.11 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    SELECT INTO
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Creates a new table from the results of a SELECT
+   create a new table from the results of a query
   </refpurpose></refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>
   <refsynopsisdivinfo>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml
index 417eb9be3c7ade81a1f8b0d9e4b6079ad5f59b9b..2b3e41a1c948a4b9798b2cca5ff5619cc3c5b373 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml,v 1.52 2001/03/05 19:00:01 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml,v 1.53 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Postgres documentation
  </refmeta>
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>SET</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Set run-time parameters</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>change a run-time parameter</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>
   <synopsis>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/set_constraints.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/set_constraints.sgml
index af8bfcb60ec322d11e7b8b1813093847412b5faf..be0a9eb8fbb9d25e145c4b2c28593016aadaa779 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/set_constraints.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/set_constraints.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/set_constraints.sgml,v 1.2 2000/07/14 15:27:14 thomas Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/set_constraints.sgml,v 1.3 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $ -->
 <refentry id="SQL-SET-CONSTRAINTS">
  <refmeta>
   <refentrytitle id="SQL-SET-CONSTRAINTS-title">SET CONSTRAINTS</refentrytitle>
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  </refmeta>
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>SET CONSTRAINTS</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Set the constraint mode of the current SQL-transaction</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>set the constraint mode of the current transaction</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>
   <refsynopsisdivinfo>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/set_session_auth.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/set_session_auth.sgml
index ba3ec6fb542dbb94b7cf0ab151cffd4c07a82b77..faae220e1d609f0d1ec8781a2af1f2b8618fcea8 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/set_session_auth.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/set_session_auth.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/set_session_auth.sgml,v 1.1 2001/05/08 21:06:42 petere Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/set_session_auth.sgml,v 1.2 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $ -->
 <refentry id="SQL-SET-SESSION-AUTHORIZATION">
  <docinfo>
   <date>2001-04-21</date>
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Set the session user identifier and the current user identifier
-         of the current SQL-session context</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>set the session user identifier and the current user identifier
+         of the current session</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/set_transaction.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/set_transaction.sgml
index aa97b2f7d43e10c6aa61a4663433fd6ad0be22a4..3bb623c3a0cbc3c4412f8c018be573bd04eb83d0 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/set_transaction.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/set_transaction.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/set_transaction.sgml,v 1.4 2001/06/30 22:03:25 petere Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/set_transaction.sgml,v 1.5 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $ -->
 <refentry id="SQL-SET-TRANSACTION">
  <docinfo>
   <date>2000-11-24</date>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>SET TRANSACTION</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Set the characteristics of the current SQL-transaction</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>set the characteristics of the current transaction</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/show.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/show.sgml
index 3674a97c5ba5d57932ea5e32174b5e89187ee7e4..933b6a13abc0e5d3bd02a438034c7ece428852f0 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/show.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/show.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/show.sgml,v 1.12 2001/06/07 04:50:56 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/show.sgml,v 1.13 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Postgres documentation
  </refmeta>
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>SHOW</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Shows run-time parameters</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>show the value of a run-time parameter</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>
   <synopsis>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/truncate.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/truncate.sgml
index 0459c9292187fa9fd49471b07e14e627fd19018b..861c93b1161df108ef7d67398fa6d3564f5a7514 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/truncate.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/truncate.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/truncate.sgml,v 1.2 1999/10/01 15:24:09 thomas Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/truncate.sgml,v 1.3 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    TRUNCATE
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Empty a table
+   empty a table
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/unlisten.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/unlisten.sgml
index 4f4c1cf2b5178f08cffd7a7ec4bb6597d20f5c1a..dd7680404b78c17c4b6e5da4c24cf1381b9057ee 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/unlisten.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/unlisten.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/unlisten.sgml,v 1.14 2001/01/13 23:58:55 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/unlisten.sgml,v 1.15 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    UNLISTEN
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Stop listening for notification
+   stop listening for a notification
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml
index f47b2663ac33e6562af681dd0fd2f442929411ac..f2a20433731c1d1e2dd6dfb1161b1e8b672f6b36 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml,v 1.15 2001/05/27 09:59:28 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml,v 1.16 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    UPDATE
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Replaces values of columns in a table
+   update rows of a table
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuum.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuum.sgml
index 62e47a7086dc2f9e0a2b18a36317b94d9e07c7da..b1483291915a2dab0b171da8a3db6a3d84aa6c83 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuum.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuum.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuum.sgml,v 1.18 2001/08/26 16:55:59 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuum.sgml,v 1.19 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Postgres documentation
    VACUUM
   </refname>
   <refpurpose>
-   Clean and optionally analyze a <productname>Postgres</productname> database
+   garbage-collect and optionally analyze a database
   </refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
index 141d2dcd57bfac2d00567422ed42d390397583a5..a4d1a4c26e41bd03b9dc3a18150b71802cfb2b24 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml,v 1.17 2001/07/10 22:09:28 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/vacuumdb.sgml,v 1.18 2001/09/03 12:57:50 petere Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Postgres documentation
 
  <refnamediv>
   <refname id="vacuumdb">vacuumdb</refname>
-  <refpurpose>Clean and analyze a <productname>Postgres</productname> database</refpurpose>
+  <refpurpose>garbage-collect and analyze a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> database</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml
index 57dcc7ed280e345714e75ae3cae53f0df663a537..e4c85ed699f10b00087b1ef84186b96d0b460b73 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!-- reference.sgml
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml,v 1.17 2001/05/08 21:06:42 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml,v 1.18 2001/09/03 12:57:49 petere Exp $
 
 PostgreSQL Reference Manual
 -->
@@ -12,13 +12,36 @@ PostgreSQL Reference Manual
   &legal;
  </bookinfo>
 
+ <preface id="reference-preface">
+  <title>Preface</title>
+
+  <para>
+   The entries in this <citetitle>Reference Manual</citetitle> are
+   meant to provide in reasonable length an authorative, complete, and
+   formal summary about the respective subjects.  More information
+   about the use of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>, in
+   narrative, tutorial, or example form, may be found in other parts
+   of the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> documentation set.
+   See the cross-references listed on each reference page.
+  </para>
+
+  <para>
+   The <citetitle>Reference Manual</citetitle> entries are also
+   available as traditional <quote>man</quote> pages.
+  </para>
+ </preface>
+
  <reference id="sql-commands">
   <title>SQL Commands</title>
 
   <partintro>
    <para>
-    This is reference information for the <acronym>SQL</acronym>
-    commands supported by <productname>Postgres</productname>.
+    This part contains reference information for the
+    <acronym>SQL</acronym> commands supported by
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.  By <quote>SQL</quote> the
+    language in general is meant; information about the standards
+    conformance and compatibility of each command can be found on the
+    respective reference page.
    </para>
   </partintro>
 
@@ -120,15 +143,20 @@ Disable this chapter until we have more functions documented.
 
   <partintro>
    <para>
-    This is reference information for
-    <productname>Postgres</productname> client applications and
-    utilities.
+    This part contains reference information for
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> client applications and
+    utilities.  Not all of these commands are of general utility, some
+    may require special privileges.  The common feature of these
+    applications is that they can be run on any host, independent of
+    where the database server resides.
    </para>
   </partintro>
 
    &createdb;
+   &createlang;
    &createuser;
    &dropdb;
+   &droplang;
    &dropuser;
    &ecpgRef;
    &pgAccess;
@@ -148,14 +176,14 @@ Disable this chapter until we have more functions documented.
 
   <partintro>
    <para>
-    This is reference information for
-    <productname>Postgres</productname>
-    server applications and support utilities.
+    This part contains reference information for
+    <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> server applications and
+    support utilities.  These commands can only be run usefully on the
+    host where the database server resides.  Other utility programs
+    are listed in <xref linkend="reference-client">.
    </para>
   </partintro>
 
-   &createlang;
-   &droplang;
    &initdb;
    &initlocation;
    &ipcclean;