From: Marc G. Fournier Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 08:39:53 +0000 (+0000) Subject: From: Bruce Momjian X-Git-Tag: REL2_0~548 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ba628ef13d668a9252cbe09d1c1a4fc2cea3a144;p=postgresql From: Bruce Momjian To: Bryan Henderson Cc: Postgres95-development Subject: Re: [PG95-DEV] DELETE statement > > Does the man page for DELETE need to be corrected? It gives as syntax > > DELETE instance_variable [FROM fromlist] [WHERE qual] . > > But the actual syntax appears to be > > DELETE FROM classname WHERE qual . > > -- > Bryan Henderson Phone 408-227-6803 > San Jose, California > This patch fixes the delete manual page in 2.0: --- diff --git a/doc/man/delete.l b/doc/man/delete.l index 5836a4756e..dc567d791c 100644 --- a/doc/man/delete.l +++ b/doc/man/delete.l @@ -1,22 +1,18 @@ .\" This is -*-nroff-*- .\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here.... -.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/man/Attic/delete.l,v 1.1.1.1 1996/08/18 22:14:23 scrappy Exp $ +.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/man/Attic/delete.l,v 1.2 1996/09/23 08:39:53 scrappy Exp $ .TH DELETE SQL 11/05/95 Postgres95 Postgres95 .SH NAME delete \(em delete instances from a class .SH SYNOPSIS .nf -\fBdelete\fR instance_variable [ \fBfrom\fR from_list ] [ \fBwhere\fR qual ] +\fBdelete\fR \fBfrom\fR class_name [ \fBwhere\fR qual ] .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .BR Delete removes instances which satisfy the qualification, -.IR qual , -from the class specified by -.IR instance_variable . -.IR Instance_variable -is either a class name or a variable assigned by -.IR from_list . +.IR qual +from the specified class. If the qualification is absent, the effect is to delete all instances in the class. The result is a valid, but empty class. .PP