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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml index 95e4310ab42..f3c7f3aa54d 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml,v 1.35 2006/01/22 05:20:33 neilc Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml,v 1.36 2006/01/22 20:34:11 tgl Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ UPDATE [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable> [ [ AS ] <rep You must have the <literal>UPDATE</literal> privilege on the table to update it, as well as the <literal>SELECT</literal> privilege to any table whose values are read in the - <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable>s or + <replaceable class="parameter">expressions</replaceable> or <replaceable class="parameter">condition</replaceable>. </para> </refsect1> @@ -82,9 +82,7 @@ UPDATE [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable> [ [ AS ] <rep provided, it completely hides the actual name of the table. For example, given <literal>UPDATE foo AS f</>, the remainder of the <command>UPDATE</command> statement must refer to this table as - <literal>f</> not <literal>foo</>. You cannot use the alias in - the <literal>SET</literal> clause. For example, <literal>SET - f.col = 1</> is invalid. + <literal>f</> not <literal>foo</>. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -96,7 +94,9 @@ UPDATE [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable> [ [ AS ] <rep The name of a column in <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable>. The column name can be qualified with a subfield name or array - subscript, if needed. + subscript, if needed. Do not include the table's name in the + specification of a target column — for example, + <literal>UPDATE tab SET tab.col = 1</> is invalid. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |