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diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html index 9304e794de5..64037ff5cda 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_DEV.html @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ <H1>Developer's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1> - <P>Last updated: Mon Jun 2 00:34:39 EDT 2003</P> + <P>Last updated: Wed Oct 29 21:40:18 EST 2003</P> <P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href= "mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR> @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ should I do?<BR> <A href="#2.5">2.5</A>) Why do we use <I>palloc</I>() and <I>pfree</I>() to allocate memory?<BR> - <A href="#2.6">2.6</A>) What is elog()?<BR> + <A href="#2.6">2.6</A>) What is ereport()?<BR> <A href="#2.7">2.7</A>) What is CommandCounterIncrement()?<BR> <BR> @@ -833,11 +833,11 @@ memory can be allocated in. These affect when the allocated memory is freed by the backend.</P> - <H3><A name="2.6">2.6</A>) What is elog()?</H3> + <H3><A name="2.6">2.6</A>) What is ereport()?</H3> - <P><I>elog()</I> is used to send messages to the front-end, and + <P><I>ereport()</I> is used to send messages to the front-end, and optionally terminate the current query being processed. The first - parameter is an elog level of <I>DEBUG</I> (levels 1-5), <I>LOG,</I> + parameter is an ereport level of <I>DEBUG</I> (levels 1-5), <I>LOG,</I> <I>INFO,</I> <I>NOTICE,</I> <I>ERROR,</I> <I>FATAL,</I> or <I>PANIC.</I> <I>NOTICE</I> prints on the user's terminal and the postmaster logs. <I>INFO</I> prints only to the user's terminal and @@ -845,10 +845,10 @@ from <I>postgresql.conf.</I>) <I>ERROR</I> prints in both places, and terminates the current query, never returning from the call. <I>FATAL</I> terminates the backend process. The remaining - parameters of <I>elog</I> are a <I>printf</I>-style set of + parameters of <I>ereport</I> are a <I>printf</I>-style set of parameters to print.</P> - <P><I>elog(ERROR)</I> frees most memory and open file descriptors so + <P><I>ereport(ERROR)</I> frees most memory and open file descriptors so you don't need to clean these up before the call.</P> <H3><A name="2.7">2.7</A>) What is CommandCounterIncrement()?</H3> |