</biblioset>
<confgroup>
<conftitle>Eleventh International Conference on Data Engineering</conftitle>
- <confdates>6-10 March 1995</confdates>
+ <confdates>6–10 March 1995</confdates>
<address>Taipeh, Taiwan</address>
</confgroup>
<pubsnumber>Cat. No.95CH35724</pubsnumber>
<address>Los Alamitos, California</address>
</publisher>
<pubdate>1995</pubdate>
- <pagenums>420-7</pagenums>
+ <pagenums>420–7</pagenums>
</biblioentry>
<biblioentry id="ston86">
<biblioset relation="journal">
<title>SIGMOD Record 18(4)</title>
<date>Dec. 1989</date>
- <pagenums>4-11</pagenums>
+ <pagenums>4–11</pagenums>
</biblioset>
</biblioentry>
To find an available OID for a new pre-loaded row, run the
script <filename>src/include/catalog/unused_oids</filename>.
It prints inclusive ranges of unused OIDs (e.g., the output
- line <quote>45-900</quote> means OIDs 45 through 900 have not been
- allocated yet). Currently, OIDs 1-9999 are reserved for manual
+ line <literal>45-900</literal> means OIDs 45 through 900 have not been
+ allocated yet). Currently, OIDs 1–9999 are reserved for manual
assignment; the <filename>unused_oids</filename> script simply looks
through the catalog headers and <filename>.dat</filename> files
to see which ones do not appear. You can also use
</table>
<para>
- Support function numbers 1-10 are reserved for the BRIN internal
+ Support function numbers 1 through 10 are reserved for the BRIN internal
functions, so the SQL level functions start with number 11. Support
function number 11 is the main function required to build the index.
It should accept two arguments with the same data type as the operator class,
<entry><structfield>slot_type</structfield></entry>
<entry><type>text</type></entry>
<entry></entry>
- <entry>The slot type - <literal>physical</literal> or <literal>logical</literal></entry>
+ <entry>The slot type: <literal>physical</literal> or <literal>logical</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Traditional Chinese</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
- <entry>1-2</entry>
+ <entry>1–2</entry>
<entry><literal>WIN950</literal>, <literal>Windows950</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Simplified Chinese</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
- <entry>1-3</entry>
+ <entry>1–3</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Japanese</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
- <entry>1-3</entry>
+ <entry>1–3</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Japanese</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
- <entry>1-3</entry>
+ <entry>1–3</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Korean</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
- <entry>1-3</entry>
+ <entry>1–3</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Traditional Chinese, Taiwanese</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
- <entry>1-3</entry>
+ <entry>1–3</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Chinese</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
- <entry>1-4</entry>
+ <entry>1–4</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Simplified Chinese</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
- <entry>1-2</entry>
+ <entry>1–2</entry>
<entry><literal>WIN936</literal>, <literal>Windows936</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Korean (Hangul)</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
- <entry>1-3</entry>
+ <entry>1–3</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Multilingual Emacs</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
- <entry>1-4</entry>
+ <entry>1–4</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Japanese</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
- <entry>1-2</entry>
+ <entry>1–2</entry>
<entry><literal>Mskanji</literal>, <literal>ShiftJIS</literal>, <literal>WIN932</literal>, <literal>Windows932</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Japanese</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
- <entry>1-2</entry>
+ <entry>1–2</entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Korean</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
<entry>No</entry>
- <entry>1-2</entry>
+ <entry>1–2</entry>
<entry><literal>WIN949</literal>, <literal>Windows949</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><emphasis>all</emphasis></entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
<entry>Yes</entry>
- <entry>1-4</entry>
+ <entry>1–4</entry>
<entry><literal>Unicode</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<para>
The <literal>SQL_ASCII</literal> setting behaves considerably differently
from the other settings. When the server character set is
- <literal>SQL_ASCII</literal>, the server interprets byte values 0-127
- according to the ASCII standard, while byte values 128-255 are taken
+ <literal>SQL_ASCII</literal>, the server interprets byte values 0–127
+ according to the ASCII standard, while byte values 128–255 are taken
as uninterpreted characters. No encoding conversion will be done when
the setting is <literal>SQL_ASCII</literal>. Thus, this setting is not so
much a declaration that a specific encoding is in use, as a declaration
<tip>
<para>
- Gregorian years AD 1-99 can be entered by using 4 digits with leading
+ Gregorian years AD 1–99 can be entered by using 4 digits with leading
zeros (e.g., <literal>0099</literal> is AD 99).
</para>
</tip>
calendar, unrelated to the Julian calendar though it is confusingly
named similarly to that calendar.
The Julian Date system was invented by the French scholar
- Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540-1609)
+ Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540–1609)
and probably takes its name from Scaliger's father,
- the Italian scholar Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484-1558).
+ the Italian scholar Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484–1558).
In the Julian Date system, each day has a sequential number, starting
from JD 0 (which is sometimes called <emphasis>the</emphasis> Julian Date).
JD 0 corresponds to 1 January 4713 BC in the Julian calendar, or
<!-- doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml -->
<chapter id="ecpg">
- <title><application>ECPG</application> - Embedded <acronym>SQL</acronym> in C</title>
+ <title><application>ECPG</application> — Embedded <acronym>SQL</acronym> in C</title>
<indexterm zone="ecpg"><primary>embedded SQL</primary><secondary>in C</secondary></indexterm>
<indexterm zone="ecpg"><primary>C</primary></indexterm>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>%d</literal> - is replaced by the day of the month as a
- decimal number (01-31).
+ decimal number (01–31).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>%e</literal> - is replaced by the day of month as a decimal
- number (1-31); single digits are preceded by a blank.
+ number (1–31); single digits are preceded by a blank.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>%g</literal> - is replaced by the same year as in
<literal>%G</literal>, but as a decimal number without century
- (00-99).
+ (00–99).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>%H</literal> - is replaced by the hour (24-hour clock) as a
- decimal number (00-23).
+ decimal number (00–23).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>%I</literal> - is replaced by the hour (12-hour clock) as a
- decimal number (01-12).
+ decimal number (01–12).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>%j</literal> - is replaced by the day of the year as a
- decimal number (001-366).
+ decimal number (001–366).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>%k</literal> - is replaced by the hour (24-hour clock) as a
- decimal number (0-23); single digits are preceded by a blank.
+ decimal number (0–23); single digits are preceded by a blank.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>%l</literal> - is replaced by the hour (12-hour clock) as a
- decimal number (1-12); single digits are preceded by a blank.
+ decimal number (1–12); single digits are preceded by a blank.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>%M</literal> - is replaced by the minute as a decimal
- number (00-59).
+ number (00–59).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>%m</literal> - is replaced by the month as a decimal number
- (01-12).
+ (01–12).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>%S</literal> - is replaced by the second as a decimal
- number (00-60).
+ number (00–60).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>%U</literal> - is replaced by the week number of the year
- (Sunday as the first day of the week) as a decimal number (00-53).
+ (Sunday as the first day of the week) as a decimal number (00–53).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>%u</literal> - is replaced by the weekday (Monday as the
- first day of the week) as a decimal number (1-7).
+ first day of the week) as a decimal number (1–7).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>%V</literal> - is replaced by the week number of the year
- (Monday as the first day of the week) as a decimal number (01-53).
+ (Monday as the first day of the week) as a decimal number (01–53).
If the week containing January 1 has four or more days in the new
year, then it is week 1; otherwise it is the last week of the
previous year, and the next week is week 1.
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>%W</literal> - is replaced by the week number of the year
- (Monday as the first day of the week) as a decimal number (00-53).
+ (Monday as the first day of the week) as a decimal number (00–53).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>%w</literal> - is replaced by the weekday (Sunday as the
- first day of the week) as a decimal number (0-6).
+ first day of the week) as a decimal number (0–6).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>%y</literal> - is replaced by the year without century as a
- decimal number (00-99).
+ decimal number (00–99).
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Numeric character-entry escapes specifying values outside the ASCII range
- (0-127) have meanings dependent on the database encoding. When the
+ (0–127) have meanings dependent on the database encoding. When the
encoding is UTF-8, escape values are equivalent to Unicode code points,
for example <literal>\u1234</literal> means the character <literal>U+1234</literal>.
For other multibyte encodings, character-entry escapes usually just
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><literal>HH</literal></entry>
- <entry>hour of day (01-12)</entry>
+ <entry>hour of day (01–12)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>HH12</literal></entry>
- <entry>hour of day (01-12)</entry>
+ <entry>hour of day (01–12)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>HH24</literal></entry>
- <entry>hour of day (00-23)</entry>
+ <entry>hour of day (00–23)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>MI</literal></entry>
- <entry>minute (00-59)</entry>
+ <entry>minute (00–59)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>SS</literal></entry>
- <entry>second (00-59)</entry>
+ <entry>second (00–59)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>MS</literal></entry>
- <entry>millisecond (000-999)</entry>
+ <entry>millisecond (000–999)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>US</literal></entry>
- <entry>microsecond (000000-999999)</entry>
+ <entry>microsecond (000000–999999)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>FF1</literal></entry>
- <entry>tenth of second (0-9)</entry>
+ <entry>tenth of second (0–9)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>FF2</literal></entry>
- <entry>hundredth of second (00-99)</entry>
+ <entry>hundredth of second (00–99)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>FF3</literal></entry>
- <entry>millisecond (000-999)</entry>
+ <entry>millisecond (000–999)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>FF4</literal></entry>
- <entry>tenth of a millisecond (0000-9999)</entry>
+ <entry>tenth of a millisecond (0000–9999)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>FF5</literal></entry>
- <entry>hundredth of a millisecond (00000-99999)</entry>
+ <entry>hundredth of a millisecond (00000–99999)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>FF6</literal></entry>
- <entry>microsecond (000000-999999)</entry>
+ <entry>microsecond (000000–999999)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>SSSS</literal>, <literal>SSSSS</literal></entry>
- <entry>seconds past midnight (0-86399)</entry>
+ <entry>seconds past midnight (0–86399)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>AM</literal>, <literal>am</literal>,
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>MM</literal></entry>
- <entry>month number (01-12)</entry>
+ <entry>month number (01–12)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>DAY</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>DDD</literal></entry>
- <entry>day of year (001-366)</entry>
+ <entry>day of year (001–366)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>IDDD</literal></entry>
- <entry>day of ISO 8601 week-numbering year (001-371; day 1 of the year is Monday of the first ISO week)</entry>
+ <entry>day of ISO 8601 week-numbering year (001–371; day 1 of the year is Monday of the first ISO week)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>DD</literal></entry>
- <entry>day of month (01-31)</entry>
+ <entry>day of month (01–31)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>D</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>W</literal></entry>
- <entry>week of month (1-5) (the first week starts on the first day of the month)</entry>
+ <entry>week of month (1–5) (the first week starts on the first day of the month)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>WW</literal></entry>
- <entry>week number of year (1-53) (the first week starts on the first day of the year)</entry>
+ <entry>week number of year (1–53) (the first week starts on the first day of the year)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>IW</literal></entry>
- <entry>week number of ISO 8601 week-numbering year (01-53; the first Thursday of the year is in week 1)</entry>
+ <entry>week number of ISO 8601 week-numbering year (01–53; the first Thursday of the year is in week 1)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>CC</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>RM</literal></entry>
- <entry>month in upper case Roman numerals (I-XII; I=January)</entry>
+ <entry>month in upper case Roman numerals (I–XII; I=January)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>rm</literal></entry>
- <entry>month in lower case Roman numerals (i-xii; i=January)</entry>
+ <entry>month in lower case Roman numerals (i–xii; i=January)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>TZ</literal></entry>
<listitem>
<para>
For <type>timestamp</type> values, the day (of the month) field
- (1 - 31) ; for <type>interval</type> values, the number of days
+ (1–31) ; for <type>interval</type> values, the number of days
</para>
<screen>
<lineannotation>Result: </lineannotation><computeroutput>40</computeroutput>
</screen>
-
-
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term><literal>doy</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The day of the year (1 - 365/366)
+ The day of the year (1–365/366)
</para>
<screen>
<term><literal>hour</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The hour field (0 - 23)
+ The hour field (0–23)
</para>
<screen>
<term><literal>minute</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The minutes field (0 - 59)
+ The minutes field (0–59)
</para>
<screen>
<listitem>
<para>
For <type>timestamp</type> values, the number of the month
- within the year (1 - 12) ; for <type>interval</type> values,
- the number of months, modulo 12 (0 - 11)
+ within the year (1–12) ; for <type>interval</type> values,
+ the number of months, modulo 12 (0–11)
</para>
<screen>
<term><literal>quarter</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The quarter of the year (1 - 4) that the date is in
+ The quarter of the year (1–4) that the date is in
</para>
<screen>
<row>
<entry><literal><function>pg_notification_queue_usage()</function></literal></entry>
<entry><type>double</type></entry>
- <entry>fraction of the asynchronous notification queue currently occupied (0-1)</entry>
+ <entry>fraction of the asynchronous notification queue currently occupied (0–1)</entry>
</row>
<row>
to. <function>pg_notification_queue_usage</function> returns the
fraction of the total available space for notifications currently
occupied by notifications that are waiting to be processed, as a
- <type>double</type> in the range 0-1.
+ <type>double</type> in the range 0–1.
See <xref linkend="sql-listen"/> and <xref linkend="sql-notify"/>
for more information.
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- Query access - <command>SELECT</command>, <command>COPY TO</command>
+ Query access: <command>SELECT</command>, <command>COPY TO</command>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Cursor commands - <command>DECLARE</command>, <command>FETCH</command>, <command>CLOSE</command>
+ Cursor commands: <command>DECLARE</command>, <command>FETCH</command>, <command>CLOSE</command>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Parameters - <command>SHOW</command>, <command>SET</command>, <command>RESET</command>
+ Settings: <command>SHOW</command>, <command>SET</command>, <command>RESET</command>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Transaction management commands
+ Transaction management commands:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Plans and resources - <command>PREPARE</command>, <command>EXECUTE</command>,
+ Plans and resources: <command>PREPARE</command>, <command>EXECUTE</command>,
<command>DEALLOCATE</command>, <command>DISCARD</command>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Plugins and extensions - <command>LOAD</command>
+ Plugins and extensions: <command>LOAD</command>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- Data Manipulation Language (DML) - <command>INSERT</command>,
+ Data Manipulation Language (DML): <command>INSERT</command>,
<command>UPDATE</command>, <command>DELETE</command>, <command>COPY FROM</command>,
<command>TRUNCATE</command>.
Note that there are no allowed actions that result in a trigger
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Data Definition Language (DDL) - <command>CREATE</command>,
+ Data Definition Language (DDL): <command>CREATE</command>,
<command>DROP</command>, <command>ALTER</command>, <command>COMMENT</command>.
This restriction applies even to temporary tables, because carrying
out these operations would require updating the system catalog tables.
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Two-phase commit commands - <command>PREPARE TRANSACTION</command>,
+ Two-phase commit commands: <command>PREPARE TRANSACTION</command>,
<command>COMMIT PREPARED</command>, <command>ROLLBACK PREPARED</command>
because even read-only transactions need to write WAL in the
prepare phase (the first phase of two phase commit).
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Sequence updates - <function>nextval()</function>, <function>setval()</function>
+ Sequence updates: <function>nextval()</function>, <function>setval()</function>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- Data Definition Language (DDL) - e.g. <command>CREATE INDEX</command>
+ Data Definition Language (DDL): e.g. <command>CREATE INDEX</command>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Privilege and Ownership - <command>GRANT</command>, <command>REVOKE</command>,
+ Privilege and Ownership: <command>GRANT</command>, <command>REVOKE</command>,
<command>REASSIGN</command>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Maintenance commands - <command>ANALYZE</command>, <command>VACUUM</command>,
+ Maintenance commands: <command>ANALYZE</command>, <command>VACUUM</command>,
<command>CLUSTER</command>, <command>REINDEX</command>
</para>
</listitem>
<para>
In normal (non-recovery) mode, if you issue <command>DROP USER</command> or <command>DROP ROLE</command>
for a role with login capability while that user is still connected then
- nothing happens to the connected user - they remain connected. The user cannot
+ nothing happens to the connected user — they remain connected. The user cannot
reconnect however. This behavior applies in recovery also, so a
<command>DROP USER</command> on the primary does not disconnect that user on the standby.
</para>
and trimmed in size by 25%. Many internal changes improved
performance and
maintainability. <productname>Postgres95</productname> release
- 1.0.x ran about 30-50% faster on the Wisconsin Benchmark compared
+ 1.0.x ran about 30–50% faster on the Wisconsin Benchmark compared
to <productname>POSTGRES</productname>, Version 4.2. Apart from
bug fixes, the following were the major enhancements:
<sect2>
<title>Author</title>
<para>
- Germán Méndez Bravo (Kronuz), 2004 - 2006
+ Germán Méndez Bravo (Kronuz), 2004–2006
</para>
<para>
<date>2019</date>
<copyright>
- <year>1996-2019</year>
+ <year>1996–2019</year>
<holder>The PostgreSQL Global Development Group</holder>
</copyright>
<title>Legal Notice</title>
<para>
- <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is Copyright © 1996-2019
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is Copyright © 1996–2019
by the PostgreSQL Global Development Group.
</para>
<para>
- <productname>Postgres95</productname> is Copyright © 1994-5
+ <productname>Postgres95</productname> is Copyright © 1994–5
by the Regents of the University of California.
</para>
<!-- doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml -->
<chapter id="libpq">
- <title><application>libpq</application> - C Library</title>
+ <title><application>libpq</application> — C Library</title>
<indexterm zone="libpq">
<primary>libpq</primary>
into equal frequency buckets, so all we have to do is locate the bucket
that our value is in and count <emphasis>part</emphasis> of it and
<emphasis>all</emphasis> of the ones before. The value 1000 is clearly in
- the second bucket (993-1997). Assuming a linear distribution of
+ the second bucket (993–1997). Assuming a linear distribution of
values inside each bucket, we can calculate the selectivity as:
<programlisting>
<!-- doc/src/sgml/plperl.sgml -->
<chapter id="plperl">
- <title>PL/Perl - Perl Procedural Language</title>
+ <title>PL/Perl — Perl Procedural Language</title>
<indexterm zone="plperl">
<primary>PL/Perl</primary>
<!-- doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml -->
<chapter id="plpgsql">
- <title><application>PL/pgSQL</application> - <acronym>SQL</acronym> Procedural Language</title>
+ <title><application>PL/pgSQL</application> — <acronym>SQL</acronym> Procedural Language</title>
<indexterm zone="plpgsql">
<primary>PL/pgSQL</primary>
<!-- doc/src/sgml/plpython.sgml -->
<chapter id="plpython">
- <title>PL/Python - Python Procedural Language</title>
+ <title>PL/Python — Python Procedural Language</title>
<indexterm zone="plpython"><primary>PL/Python</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm zone="plpython"><primary>Python</primary></indexterm>
<!-- doc/src/sgml/pltcl.sgml -->
<chapter id="pltcl">
- <title>PL/Tcl - Tcl Procedural Language</title>
+ <title>PL/Tcl — Tcl Procedural Language</title>
<indexterm zone="pltcl">
<primary>PL/Tcl</primary>
These forms control the application of row security policies belonging
to the table. If enabled and no policies exist for the table, then a
default-deny policy is applied. Note that policies can exist for a table
- even if row level security is disabled - in this case, the policies will
- NOT be applied and the policies will be ignored.
+ even if row level security is disabled. In this case, the policies will
+ <emphasis>not</emphasis> be applied and the policies will be ignored.
See also
<xref linkend="sql-createpolicy"/>.
</para>
are numbered from 0 (<acronym>LSB</acronym>) to 31 (<acronym>MSB</acronym>). Note that
this field is stored in network byte order (most significant byte first),
as are all the integer fields used in the file format. Bits
-16-31 are reserved to denote critical file format issues; a reader
-should abort if it finds an unexpected bit set in this range. Bits 0-15
+16–31 are reserved to denote critical file format issues; a reader
+should abort if it finds an unexpected bit set in this range. Bits 0–15
are reserved to signal backwards-compatible format issues; a reader
should simply ignore any unexpected bits set in this range. Currently
only one flag bit is defined, and the rest must be zero:
Do not throw an error if a relation with the same name already exists.
A notice is issued in this case. Note that there is no guarantee that
the existing relation is anything like the sequence that would have
- been created - it might not even be a sequence.
+ been created — it might not even be a sequence.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
we try to move long column values into TOAST tables, and is also the
target length we try to reduce the length below once toasting begins.
This only affects columns marked as either External or Extended
- and applies only to new tuples - there is no effect on existing rows.
+ and applies only to new tuples; there is no effect on existing rows.
By default this parameter is set to allow at least 4 tuples per block,
which with the default blocksize will be 2040 bytes. Valid values are
between 128 bytes and the (blocksize - header), by default 8160 bytes.
<literal>\<replaceable>o</replaceable></literal>,
<literal>\<replaceable>oo</replaceable></literal>,
<literal>\<replaceable>ooo</replaceable></literal>
- (<replaceable>o</replaceable> = 0 - 7)
+ (<replaceable>o</replaceable> = 0–7)
</entry>
<entry>octal byte value</entry>
</row>
<entry>
<literal>\x<replaceable>h</replaceable></literal>,
<literal>\x<replaceable>hh</replaceable></literal>
- (<replaceable>h</replaceable> = 0 - 9, A - F)
+ (<replaceable>h</replaceable> = 0–9, A–F)
</entry>
<entry>hexadecimal byte value</entry>
</row>
<entry>
<literal>\u<replaceable>xxxx</replaceable></literal>,
<literal>\U<replaceable>xxxxxxxx</replaceable></literal>
- (<replaceable>x</replaceable> = 0 - 9, A - F)
+ (<replaceable>x</replaceable> = 0–9, A–F)
</entry>
<entry>16 or 32-bit hexadecimal Unicode character value</entry>
</row>
<listitem>
<para>
- Linguistic - Ispell dictionaries try to reduce input words to a
+ Linguistic — Ispell dictionaries try to reduce input words to a
normalized form; stemmer dictionaries remove word endings
</para>
</listitem>