From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 02:34:54 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: add FROM to update page, clean up spelling error in select.
X-Git-Tag: REL2_0~488
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9d9eadea82b49b8bc2c089b2dfa1e19a557bf323;p=postgresql

add FROM to update page, clean up spelling error in select.
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diff --git a/doc/man/select.l b/doc/man/select.l
index 8013cede3c..44ad9736c7 100644
--- a/doc/man/select.l
+++ b/doc/man/select.l
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\" This is -*-nroff-*-
 .\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
-.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/man/Attic/select.l,v 1.1.1.1 1996/08/18 22:14:27 scrappy Exp $
+.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/man/Attic/select.l,v 1.2 1996/10/07 02:34:53 momjian Exp $
 .TH SELECT SQL 11/05/95 Postgres95 Postgres95
 .SH NAME
 select \(em retrieve instances from a class
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ select \(em retrieve instances from a class
     expression1 [\fBas\fR attr_name-1]
     {, expression-1 [\fBas\fR attr_name-i]}
     [\fBinto\fR \fBtable\fR classname]
-    [\fBfrom\fR from-last]
+    [\fBfrom\fR from-list]
     [\fBwhere\fR where-clause]    
     [\fBgroup by\fR attr_name1 {, attr_name-i....}
     [\fBorder by\fR attr_name1
diff --git a/doc/man/update.l b/doc/man/update.l
index 4b7bb25e38..6e034088ee 100644
--- a/doc/man/update.l
+++ b/doc/man/update.l
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\" This is -*-nroff-*-
 .\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
-.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/man/Attic/update.l,v 1.1.1.1 1996/08/18 22:14:28 scrappy Exp $
+.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/man/Attic/update.l,v 1.2 1996/10/07 02:34:54 momjian Exp $
 .TH UPDATE SQL 11/05/95 Postgres95 Postgres95
 .SH NAME
 update \(em replace values of attributes in a class
@@ -8,21 +8,23 @@ update \(em replace values of attributes in a class
 .nf
 \fBupdate\fR classname \fBset\fR attname-1 = expression-1,
 	{attname-i = expression-i}
+	[\fBfrom\fR from-list]
 	[\fBwhere\fR qual]
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .BR Update
-changes the values of the attributes specified in
-.IR target_list 
+changes the values of the attributes specified
 for all instances which satisfy the qualification,
 .IR qual .
-Only the attributes to be modified need appear in
-.IR target_list .
+Only the attributes to be modified need appear as atributes.
 .PP
 Array references use the same syntax found in 
 .IR select(l).
 That is, either single array elements, a range of array elements or
 the entire array may be replaced with a single query.
+.IR from-list
+is a non-standard extension to allow columns from
+other tables to appear in the target_list.
 .PP
 You must have write access to the class in order to modify it, as well
 as read access to any class whose values are mentioned in the target list