Remove erroneous claim about use of pg_locks.objid for advisory locks.

The correct information appears in the text, so just remove the statement
in the table, where it did not fit nicely anyway.  (Curiously, the correct
info has been there much longer than the erroneous table entry.)
Resolves problem noted by Daniele Varrazzo.

In HEAD and 9.1, also do a bit of wordsmithing on other text on the page.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
index 32a51dbd8c650599816f96970ab9531405733b86..c467c8bdae7df7c0f7cdc351517934d50b74c195 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
@@ -6885,6 +6885,8 @@
    in the same way as in <structname>pg_description</structname> or
    <structname>pg_depend</structname>).  Also, the right to extend a
    relation is represented as a separate lockable object.
+   Also, <quote>advisory</> locks can be taken on numbers that have
+   user-defined meanings.
   </para>
 
   <table>
@@ -6985,9 +6987,7 @@
       <entry>any OID column</entry>
       <entry>
        OID of the object within its system catalog, or null if the
-       object is not a general database object.
-       For advisory locks it is used to distinguish the two key
-       spaces (1 for an int8 key, 2 for two int4 keys).
+       object is not a general database object
       </entry>
      </row>
      <row>
@@ -6995,10 +6995,11 @@
       <entry><type>smallint</type></entry>
       <entry></entry>
       <entry>
-       For a table column, this is the column number (the
+       Column number targeted by the lock (the
        <structfield>classid</> and <structfield>objid</> refer to the
-       table itself).  For all other object types, this column is
-       zero.  Null if the object is not a general database object
+       table itself),
+       or zero if the target is some other general database object,
+       or null if the target is not a general database object
       </entry>
      </row>
      <row>
@@ -7015,7 +7016,7 @@
       <entry></entry>
       <entry>
        Process ID of the server process holding or awaiting this
-       lock.  Null if the lock is held by a prepared transaction.
+       lock, or null if the lock is held by a prepared transaction
       </entry>
      </row>
      <row>
@@ -7068,7 +7069,8 @@
 
   <para>
    Advisory locks can be acquired on keys consisting of either a single
-   <type>bigint</type> value or two integer values.  A <type>bigint</type> key is displayed with its
+   <type>bigint</type> value or two integer values.
+   A <type>bigint</type> key is displayed with its
    high-order half in the <structfield>classid</> column, its low-order half
    in the <structfield>objid</> column, and <structfield>objsubid</> equal
    to 1.  Integer keys are displayed with the first key in the
@@ -7078,21 +7080,6 @@
    so the <structfield>database</> column is meaningful for an advisory lock.
   </para>
 
-  <para>
-   The <structname>pg_locks</structname> view displays data from both the
-   regular lock manager and the predicate lock manager, which are
-   separate systems.  When this view is accessed, the internal data
-   structures of each lock manager are momentarily locked, and copies are
-   made for the view to display.  Each lock manager will therefore
-   produce a consistent set of results, but as we do not lock both lock
-   managers simultaneously, it is possible for locks to be taken or
-   released after we interrogate the regular lock manager and before we
-   interrogate the predicate lock manager.  Each lock manager is only
-   locked for the minimum possible time so as to reduce the performance
-   impact of querying this view, but there could nevertheless be some
-   impact on database performance if it is frequently accessed.
-  </para>
-
   <para>
    <structname>pg_locks</structname> provides a global view of all locks
    in the database cluster, not only those relevant to the current database.
@@ -7117,6 +7104,21 @@
    but it continues to hold the locks it acquired while running.)
   </para>
 
+  <para>
+   The <structname>pg_locks</structname> view displays data from both the
+   regular lock manager and the predicate lock manager, which are
+   separate systems.  When this view is accessed, the internal data
+   structures of each lock manager are momentarily locked, and copies are
+   made for the view to display.  Each lock manager will therefore
+   produce a consistent set of results, but as we do not lock both lock
+   managers simultaneously, it is possible for locks to be taken or
+   released after we interrogate the regular lock manager and before we
+   interrogate the predicate lock manager.  Each lock manager is only
+   locked for the minimum possible time so as to reduce the performance
+   impact of querying this view, but there could nevertheless be some
+   impact on database performance if it is frequently accessed.
+  </para>
+
  </sect1>
 
  <sect1 id="view-pg-prepared-statements">