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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/query.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/query.sgml index 85a00bcd0bd..bbf5c7a7808 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/query.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/query.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/query.sgml,v 1.36 2004/08/08 01:51:05 momjian Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/query.sgml,v 1.37 2004/08/08 21:33:11 tgl Exp $ --> <chapter id="tutorial-sql"> @@ -284,10 +284,16 @@ COPY weather FROM '/home/user/weather.txt'; <programlisting> SELECT * FROM weather; </programlisting> - (here <literal>*</literal> means <quote>all columns</quote>. - Note: While <literal>SELECT *</literal> is useful for off-the-cuff - queries, it is considered bad style in production code for - maintenance reasons) and the output should be: + (here <literal>*</literal> means <quote>all columns</quote>). + <footnote> + <para> + While <literal>SELECT *</literal> is useful for off-the-cuff + queries, it is considered bad style in production code for + maintenance reasons: adding a column to the table changes the results. + </para> + </footnote> + The output should be: + <screen> city | temp_lo | temp_hi | prcp | date ---------------+---------+---------+------+------------ |