From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 17:18:10 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Update FAQ.
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Update FAQ.
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diff --git a/doc/FAQ b/doc/FAQ
index aa4a1f1ea6..55c229725f 100644
--- a/doc/FAQ
+++ b/doc/FAQ
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
                 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
                                        
-   Last updated: Tue Feb 12 12:14:52 EST 2002
+   Last updated: Tue Feb 12 12:18:09 EST 2002
    
    Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
    
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
    4.15.3) Don't currval() and nextval() lead to a race condition with
    other users?
    4.15.4) Why aren't my sequence numbers reused on transaction abort?
-   Why are there gaps in the numbers of my sequence/SERIAL column?
+   Why are there gaps in the numbering of my sequence/SERIAL column?
    4.16) What is an OID? What is a TID?
    4.17) What is the meaning of some of the terms used in PostgreSQL?
    4.18) Why do I get the error "ERROR: Memory exhausted in
@@ -866,10 +866,10 @@ BYTEA           bytea           variable-length byte array (null-byte safe)
    by all users.
    
     4.15.4) Why aren't my sequence numbers reused on transaction abort? Why are
-    there gaps in the numbers of my sequence/SERIAL column?
+    there gaps in the numbering of my sequence/SERIAL column?
     
    To improve concurrency, sequence values are given out to running
-   transactions as needed and are now locked until the transaction
+   transactions as needed and are not locked until the transaction
    completes. This causes gaps in numbering from aborted transactions.
    
     4.16) What is an OID? What is a TID?
diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
index 8b7add79e7..40ad62917a 100644
--- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
+++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   alink="#0000ff">
     <H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
 
-    <P>Last updated: Tue Feb 12 12:14:52 EST 2002</P>
+    <P>Last updated: Tue Feb 12 12:18:09 EST 2002</P>
 
     <P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
     "mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
      <A href="#4.15.3">4.15.3</A>) Don't <I>currval()</I> and
     <I>nextval()</I> lead to a race condition with other users?<BR>
      <A href="#4.15.4">4.15.4</A>) Why aren't my sequence numbers reused
-     on transaction abort? Why are there gaps in the numbers of my
+     on transaction abort? Why are there gaps in the numbering of my
      sequence/SERIAL column?<BR>
      <A href="#4.16">4.16</A>) What is an <SMALL>OID</SMALL>? What is a
     <SMALL>TID</SMALL>?<BR>
@@ -1096,13 +1096,12 @@ BYTEA           bytea           variable-length byte array (null-byte safe)
     backend, not by all users.</P>
 
     <H4><A name="4.15.4">4.15.4</A>) Why aren't my sequence numbers reused
-    on transaction abort? Why are there gaps in the numbers of my
+    on transaction abort? Why are there gaps in the numbering of my
     sequence/SERIAL column?</H4>
 
     <P>To improve concurrency, sequence values are given out to running
-    transactions as needed and are now <i>locked</i> until the
-    transaction completes. This causes gaps in numbering from aborted
-    transactions.
+    transactions as needed and are not locked until the transaction
+    completes. This causes gaps in numbering from aborted transactions.
 
     <H4><A name="4.16">4.16</A>) What is an <SMALL>OID</SMALL>? What is
     a <SMALL>TID</SMALL>?</H4>