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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_conversion.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_conversion.sgml
index 3b941b80bb1..9bf88807c14 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_conversion.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_conversion.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_conversion.sgml,v 1.15 2005/03/07 04:30:51 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_conversion.sgml,v 1.16 2005/05/03 19:17:59 tgl Exp $ -->
<refentry id="SQL-CREATECONVERSION">
<refmeta>
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
<refnamediv>
<refname>CREATE CONVERSION</refname>
- <refpurpose>define a new conversion</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>define a new encoding conversion</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<indexterm zone="sql-createconversion">
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ CREATE [DEFAULT] CONVERSION <replaceable>name</replaceable>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
- <command>CREATE CONVERSION</command> defines a new encoding
- conversion. Conversion names may be used in the <function>convert</function> function
+ <command>CREATE CONVERSION</command> defines a new conversion between
+ character set encodings. Conversion names may be used in the
+ <function>convert</function> function
to specify a particular encoding conversion. Also, conversions that
- are marked <literal>DEFAULT</> can be used for automatic encoding conversion between
+ are marked <literal>DEFAULT</> can be used for automatic encoding
+ conversion between
client and server. For this purpose, two conversions, from encoding A to
B <emphasis>and</emphasis> from encoding B to A, must be defined.
</para>
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ conv_proc(
integer, -- source encoding ID
integer, -- destination encoding ID
cstring, -- source string (null terminated C string)
- cstring, -- destination string (null terminated C string)
+ internal, -- destination (fill with a null terminated C string)
integer -- source string length
) RETURNS void;
</programlisting>