From: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 10:20:36 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Correct TABLESAMPLE docs
X-Git-Tag: REL9_6_0~37
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9796882e68367a9259b6d5e84bd0a227b579d586;p=postgresql

Correct TABLESAMPLE docs

Revert to original use of word “sample”, though with clarification,
per Tom Lane.

Discussion: 29052.1471015383@sss.pgh.pa.us
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml
index e0098eb8d3..211e4c320c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml
@@ -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.