From: Michael Meskes <meskes@postgresql.org>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 14:00:32 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Fixed incorrect description of EXEC SQL VAR command.
X-Git-Tag: REL9_1_10~45
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=703bc145f773835637a8a01f2fe4cfb864835bb1;p=postgresql

Fixed incorrect description of EXEC SQL VAR command.

Thanks to MauMau <maumau307@gmail.com> for finding and fixing this.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml
index 17800fc72f..4ffffe96b3 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ecpg.sgml
@@ -7675,9 +7675,9 @@ VAR <replaceable>varname</replaceable> IS <replaceable>ctype</replaceable>
     <title>Description</title>
 
     <para>
-     The <command>VAR</command> command defines a host variable.  It
-     is equivalent to an ordinary C variable definition inside a
-     declare section.
+     The <command>VAR</command> command assigns a new C data type
+     to a host variable.  The host variable must be previously
+     declared in a declare section.
     </para>
    </refsect1>
 
@@ -7709,8 +7709,10 @@ VAR <replaceable>varname</replaceable> IS <replaceable>ctype</replaceable>
     <title>Examples</title>
 
 <programlisting>
-EXEC SQL VAR vc IS VARCHAR[10];
-EXEC SQL VAR boolvar IS bool;
+Exec sql begin declare section;
+short a;
+exec sql end declare section;
+EXEC SQL VAR a IS int;
 </programlisting>
    </refsect1>