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1 files changed, 23 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
index b5191f45369..d1db0d26a21 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
@@ -4617,6 +4617,14 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_attribute
</indexterm>
<indexterm zone="datatype-pseudo">
+ <primary>event_trigger</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <indexterm zone="datatype-pseudo">
+ <primary>pg_ddl_command</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <indexterm zone="datatype-pseudo">
<primary>language_handler</primary>
</indexterm>
@@ -4729,7 +4737,7 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_attribute
<row>
<entry><type>record</></entry>
- <entry>Identifies a function returning an unspecified row type.</entry>
+ <entry>Identifies a function taking or returning an unspecified row type.</entry>
</row>
<row>
@@ -4738,6 +4746,16 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_attribute
</row>
<row>
+ <entry><type>event_trigger</></entry>
+ <entry>An event trigger function is declared to return <type>event_trigger.</></entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
+ <entry><type>pg_ddl_command</></entry>
+ <entry>Identifies a represention of DDL commands that is available to event triggers.</entry>
+ </row>
+
+ <row>
<entry><type>void</></entry>
<entry>Indicates that a function returns no value.</entry>
</row>
@@ -4759,10 +4777,11 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_attribute
<para>
Functions coded in procedural languages can use pseudo-types only as
- allowed by their implementation languages. At present the procedural
- languages all forbid use of a pseudo-type as argument type, and allow
+ allowed by their implementation languages. At present most procedural
+ languages forbid use of a pseudo-type as an argument type, and allow
only <type>void</> and <type>record</> as a result type (plus
- <type>trigger</> when the function is used as a trigger). Some also
+ <type>trigger</> or <type>event_trigger</> when the function is used
+ as a trigger or event trigger). Some also
support polymorphic functions using the types <type>anyelement</>,
<type>anyarray</>, <type>anynonarray</>, <type>anyenum</>, and
<type>anyrange</>.