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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml
index 3820ba70817..39aa7c6ea08 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
<synopsis>
SET <replaceable class="PARAMETER">variable</replaceable> { TO | = } { '<replaceable class="PARAMETER">value</replaceable>' | DEFAULT }
SET TIME ZONE { '<replaceable class="PARAMETER">timezone</replaceable>' | LOCAL | DEFAULT }
-SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL { READ COMMITTED | SERIALIZED }
+SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL { READ COMMITTED | SERIALIZABLE }
</synopsis>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-SET-1">
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL { READ COMMITTED | SERIALIZED }
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-<replaceable class="PARAMETER">variable</replaceable>
- </term>
+ <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">variable</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Settable global parameter.
@@ -44,9 +42,7 @@ SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL { READ COMMITTED | SERIALIZED }
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-<replaceable class="PARAMETER">value</replaceable>
- </term>
+ <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">value</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
New value of parameter.
@@ -61,18 +57,14 @@ SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL { READ COMMITTED | SERIALIZED }
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-CLIENT_ENCODING | NAMES
- </term>
+ <term>CLIENT_ENCODING | NAMES</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the multi-byte client encoding. Parameters are:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-<replaceable class="parameter">value</replaceable>
- </term>
+ <term><replaceable class="parameter">value</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the multi-byte client encoding to
@@ -83,9 +75,7 @@ CLIENT_ENCODING | NAMES
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-DEFAULT
- </term>
+ <term>DEFAULT</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the multi-byte client encoding to the default value.
@@ -102,9 +92,7 @@ DEFAULT
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-DateStyle
- </term>
+ <term>DateStyle</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Set the date/time representation style. Affects the output format,
@@ -112,9 +100,7 @@ DateStyle
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-ISO
- </term>
+ <term>ISO</term>
<listitem>
<para>
use ISO 8601-style dates and times
@@ -122,9 +108,7 @@ ISO
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-SQL
- </term>
+ <term>SQL</term>
<listitem>
<para>
use Oracle/Ingres-style dates and times
@@ -132,9 +116,7 @@ SQL
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-Postgres
- </term>
+ <term>Postgres</term>
<listitem>
<para>
use traditional <productname>Postgres</productname> format
@@ -142,9 +124,7 @@ Postgres
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-European
- </term>
+ <term>European</term>
<listitem>
<para>
use dd/mm/yyyy for numeric date representations.
@@ -152,9 +132,7 @@ European
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-NonEuropean
- </term>
+ <term>NonEuropean</term>
<listitem>
<para>
use mm/dd/yyyy for numeric date representations.
@@ -162,9 +140,7 @@ NonEuropean
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-German
- </term>
+ <term>German</term>
<listitem>
<para>
use dd.mm.yyyy for numeric date representations.
@@ -172,9 +148,7 @@ German
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-US
- </term>
+ <term>US</term>
<listitem>
<para>
same as 'NonEuropean'
@@ -182,9 +156,7 @@ US
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-default
- </term>
+ <term>DEFAULT</term>
<listitem>
<para>
restores the default values ('US,Postgres')
@@ -227,18 +199,14 @@ default
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-SERVER_ENCODING
- </term>
+ <term>SERVER_ENCODING</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the multi-byte server encoding
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-<replaceable class="parameter">value</replaceable>
- </term>
+ <term><replaceable class="parameter">value</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the multi-byte server encoding.
@@ -247,9 +215,7 @@ SERVER_ENCODING
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-DEFAULT
- </term>
+ <term>DEFAULT</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the multi-byte server encoding.
@@ -265,9 +231,7 @@ DEFAULT
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-TIMEZONE
- </term>
+ <term>TIMEZONE</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The possible values for timezone depends on your operating
@@ -279,9 +243,7 @@ TIMEZONE
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-'PST8PDT'
- </term>
+ <term>'PST8PDT'</term>
<listitem>
<para>
set the timezone for California
@@ -289,9 +251,7 @@ TIMEZONE
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-'Portugal'
- </term>
+ <term>'Portugal'</term>
<listitem>
<para>
set time zone for Portugal.
@@ -299,9 +259,7 @@ TIMEZONE
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-'Europe/Rome'
- </term>
+ <term>'Europe/Rome'</term>
<listitem>
<para>
set time zone for Italy.
@@ -309,9 +267,7 @@ TIMEZONE
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-DEFAULT
- </term>
+ <term>DEFAULT</term>
<listitem>
<para>
set time zone to your local timezone
@@ -339,18 +295,14 @@ DEFAULT
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL
- </term>
+ <term>TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the isolation level for the current transaction.
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-READ COMMITTED
- </term>
+ <term>READ COMMITTED</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The current transaction queries read only rows committed
@@ -367,9 +319,7 @@ READ COMMITTED
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-SERIALIZABLE
- </term>
+ <term>SERIALIZABLE</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The current transaction queries read only rows committed
@@ -394,18 +344,14 @@ SERIALIZABLE
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-COST_HEAP
- </term>
+ <term>COST_HEAP</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the default cost of a heap scan for use by the optimizer.
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-<replaceable class="parameter">float4</replaceable>
- </term>
+ <term><replaceable class="parameter">float4</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Set the cost of a heap scan to the specified floating point value.
@@ -414,9 +360,7 @@ COST_HEAP
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-DEFAULT
- </term>
+ <term>DEFAULT</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the cost of a heap scan to the default value.
@@ -433,18 +377,14 @@ DEFAULT
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-COST_INDEX
- </term>
+ <term>COST_INDEX</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the default cost of an index scan for use by the optimizer.
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-<replaceable class="parameter">float4</replaceable>
- </term>
+ <term><replaceable class="parameter">float4</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Set the cost of an index scan to the specified floating point value.
@@ -453,9 +393,7 @@ COST_INDEX
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-DEFAULT
- </term>
+ <term>DEFAULT</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the cost of an index scan to the default value.
@@ -473,18 +411,14 @@ DEFAULT
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-GEQO
- </term>
+ <term>GEQO</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the threshold for using the genetic optimizer algorithm.
-
+
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-ON
- </term>
+ <term>ON</term>
<listitem>
<para>
enables the genetic optimizer algorithm
@@ -492,10 +426,9 @@ ON
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-ON=<replaceable class="parameter">#</replaceable>
- </term>
+ <term>ON=<replaceable class="parameter">#</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Takes an integer argument to enable the genetic optimizer algorithm
@@ -504,10 +437,9 @@ ON=<replaceable class="parameter">#</replaceable>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-OFF
- </term>
+ <term>OFF</term>
<listitem>
<para>
disables the genetic optimizer algorithm.
@@ -515,9 +447,7 @@ OFF
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-DEFAULT
- </term>
+ <term>DEFAULT</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Equivalent to specifying <command>SET GEQO='ON'</command>
@@ -546,9 +476,7 @@ DEFAULT
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-KSQO
- </term>
+ <term>KSQO</term>
<listitem>
<para>
<firstterm>Key Set Query Optimizer</firstterm> forces the query optimizer
@@ -557,9 +485,7 @@ KSQO
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-ON
- </term>
+ <term>ON</term>
<listitem>
<para>
enables this optimization.
@@ -568,9 +494,7 @@ ON
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-OFF
- </term>
+ <term>OFF</term>
<listitem>
<para>
disables this optimization.
@@ -579,9 +503,7 @@ OFF
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-DEFAULT
- </term>
+ <term>DEFAULT</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Equivalent to specifying <command>SET KSQO='OFF'</command>.
@@ -618,9 +540,9 @@ DEFAULT
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-<returnvalue>SET VARIABLE</returnvalue>
- </term>
+ <term><computeroutput>
+SET VARIABLE
+ </computeroutput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Message returned if successfully.
@@ -629,9 +551,9 @@ DEFAULT
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term>
-<returnvalue>WARN: Bad value for <replaceable class="parameter">variable</replaceable> (<replaceable class="parameter">value</replaceable>)</returnvalue>
- </term>
+ <term><computeroutput>
+WARN: Bad value for <replaceable class="parameter">variable</replaceable> (<replaceable class="parameter">value</replaceable>)
+ </computeroutput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
If the command fails to set the specified variable.
@@ -697,26 +619,26 @@ DEFAULT
Set the style of date to ISO:
<programlisting>
- SET DATESTYLE TO 'ISO';
+SET DATESTYLE TO 'ISO';
</programlisting>
Enable GEQO for queries with 4 or more tables:
<programlisting>
- SET GEQO ON=4;
+SET GEQO ON=4;
</programlisting>
Set GEQO to default:
<programlisting>
- SET GEQO = DEFAULT;
+SET GEQO = DEFAULT;
</programlisting>
Set the timezone for Berkeley, California:
<programlisting>
- SET TIME ZONE 'PST8PDT';
- SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AS today;
+SET TIME ZONE 'PST8PDT';
+SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AS today;
today
----------------------
@@ -726,8 +648,8 @@ DEFAULT
Set the timezone for Italy:
<programlisting>
- SET TIME ZONE 'Europe/Rome';
- SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AS today;
+SET TIME ZONE 'Europe/Rome';
+SELECT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP AS today;
today
----------------------
@@ -751,17 +673,18 @@ DEFAULT
SQL92
</title>
<para>
- There is no
+ There is no general
<command>SET <replaceable class="parameter">variable</replaceable></command>
- in <acronym>SQL92</acronym> (except for SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL).
-
+ in <acronym>SQL92</acronym> (with the exception of
+ <command>SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL</command>).
+
The <acronym>SQL92</acronym> syntax for <command>SET TIME ZONE</command>
is slightly different,
allowing only a single integer value for time zone specification:
- <programlisting>
- SET TIME ZONE { interval_value_expression | LOCAL }
- </programlisting>
+ <synopsis>
+SET TIME ZONE { interval_value_expression | LOCAL }
+ </synopsis>
</para>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
@@ -779,7 +702,7 @@ sgml-indent-data:t
sgml-parent-document:nil
sgml-default-dtd-file:"../reference.ced"
sgml-exposed-tags:nil
-sgml-local-catalogs:"/usr/lib/sgml/CATALOG"
+sgml-local-catalogs:"/usr/lib/sgml/catalog"
sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
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