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Correct TABLESAMPLE docs
authorSimon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
Fri, 9 Sep 2016 10:19:21 +0000 (11:19 +0100)
committerSimon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
Fri, 9 Sep 2016 10:19:21 +0000 (11:19 +0100)
Revert to original use of word “sample”, though with clarification,
per Tom Lane.

Discussion: 29052.1471015383@sss.pgh.pa.us

doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml

index e0098eb8d3233d0ce417bf149efd988903c2131b..211e4c320ce3ab87e114841bb427d9615e7b699d 100644 (file)
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ TABLE [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [ * ]
         not been changed meanwhile.  But different seed values will usually
         produce different samples.
         If <literal>REPEATABLE</literal> is not given then a new random
-        seed is selected for each query.
+        sample is selected for each query, based upon a system-generated seed.
         Note that some add-on sampling methods do not
         accept <literal>REPEATABLE</literal>, and will always produce new
         samples on each use.