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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml18
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/plsql.sgml4
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/release.sgml3
3 files changed, 6 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
index 45a13a5d301..75ab4b8864b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.91 2002/04/25 20:14:43 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.92 2002/05/03 04:11:07 tgl Exp $
-->
<chapter id="datatype">
@@ -1341,23 +1341,9 @@ SELECT b, char_length(b) FROM test2;
</para>
<para>
- To ensure an upgrade path from versions of
- <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> earlier than 7.0,
- we recognize <type>datetime</type>
- (equivalent to <type>timestamp</type>) and
- <type>timespan</type> (equivalent to <type>interval</type>).
- These types are
- now restricted to having an
- implicit translation to <type>timestamp</type> and
- <type>interval</type>, and
- support for these will be removed in the next release of
- <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> (likely named 7.3).
- </para>
-
- <para>
The types <type>abstime</type>
and <type>reltime</type> are lower precision types which are used internally.
- You are discouraged from using any of these types in new
+ You are discouraged from using these types in new
applications and are encouraged to move any old
ones over when appropriate. Any or all of these internal types
might disappear in a future release.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/plsql.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/plsql.sgml
index aa643a26b24..b360e91f5c7 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/plsql.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/plsql.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Attic/plsql.sgml,v 2.57 2002/04/09 03:08:25 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Attic/plsql.sgml,v 2.58 2002/05/03 04:11:07 tgl Exp $
-->
<chapter id="plpgsql">
@@ -2744,7 +2744,7 @@ show errors
package would become something like this:
<programlisting>
-CREATE FUNCTION acs__add_user(INTEGER,INTEGER,VARCHAR,DATETIME,INTEGER,INTEGER,...)
+CREATE FUNCTION acs__add_user(INTEGER,INTEGER,VARCHAR,TIMESTAMP,INTEGER,INTEGER,...)
RETURNS INTEGER AS '
DECLARE
user_id ALIAS FOR $1;
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
index 0fe78be9943..72157ff271b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.133 2002/04/18 20:01:08 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.134 2002/05/03 04:11:07 tgl Exp $
-->
<appendix id="release">
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ CDATA means the content is "SGML-free", so you can write without
worries about funny characters.
-->
<literallayout><![CDATA[
+The last vestiges of support for type names datetime and timespan are gone; use timestamp and interval instead
Rule names are now per-relation, not global; DROP RULE and COMMENT ON RULE syntax changes accordingly
Readline and Zlib are now required by default and must be turned off explicitly if their use is not desired
Define a third class of function volatility to allow indexscans in more cases