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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/bki.sgml | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml | 5 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/bki.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/bki.sgml index 2e4b12f91b3..2b90f048e3b 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/bki.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/bki.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,6 @@ -<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/bki.sgml,v 1.6 2000/12/23 16:24:29 petere Exp $ --> +<!-- +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/bki.sgml,v 1.7 2001/06/12 05:55:48 tgl Exp $ + --> <chapter id="bki"> <title><acronym>BKI</acronym> Backend Interface</title> @@ -15,16 +17,14 @@ </para> <para> - <application>initdb</application> uses <acronym>BKI</acronym> files + <application>initdb</application> uses a <acronym>BKI</acronym> file to do part of its job when creating a new database cluster. The - input files used by <application>initbd</application> are created as + input file used by <application>initdb</application> is created as part of building and installing <productname>Postgres</productname> by a program named <filename>genbki.sh</filename> from some specially formatted C header files in the source tree. The created - BKI files are called <filename>global.bki</filename> (for global - catalogs) and <filename>template1.bki</filename> (for the catalogs - initially stored in the template1 database and then duplicated in - every created database) and are normally installed in the + BKI file is called <filename>postgres.bki</filename> and is + normally installed in the <filename>share</filename> subdirectory of the installation tree. </para> @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ <para> This section describes how the <productname>Postgres</productname> backend interprets <acronym>BKI</acronym> files. This description - will be easier to understand if the <filename>global.bki</filename> + will be easier to understand if the <filename>postgres.bki</filename> file is at hand as an example. You should also study the source code of <application>initdb</application> to get an idea of how the backend is invoked. @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ BKI input consists of a sequence of commands. Commands are made up of a number of tokens, depending on the syntax of the command. Tokens are usually separated by whitespace, but need not be if - there is no ambiguity. There is not special command separator; the + there is no ambiguity. There is no special command separator; the next token that syntactically cannot belong to the preceeding command starts a new one. (Usually you would put a new command on a new line, for clarity.) Tokens can be certain key words, special @@ -155,13 +155,13 @@ values and <replaceable class="parameter">oid_value</replaceable> for its OID. If <replaceable class="parameter">oid_value</replaceable> is zero - (0) or the clause is ommitted, then the next available OID is + (0) or the clause is omitted, then the next available OID is used. </para> <para> NULL values can be specified using the special key word - <literal>_null_</literal>. Values containing spaces should be + <literal>_null_</literal>. Values containing spaces must be double quoted. </para> </listitem> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml index 27b8314518a..9c3814820dc 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <!-- Documentation of the system catalogs, directed toward PostgreSQL developers - $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml,v 2.17 2001/05/14 20:30:19 momjian Exp $ + $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml,v 2.18 2001/06/12 05:55:48 tgl Exp $ --> <chapter id="catalogs"> @@ -645,7 +645,8 @@ <entry>relisshared</entry> <entry><type>bool</type></entry> <entry></entry> - <entry>XXX (This is not what it seems to be.)</entry> + <entry>True if this table is shared across all databases in the + cluster.</entry> </row> <row> |