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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml | 7 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/droplang.sgml | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml | 8 |
4 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml index 3e50173e22a..1516f3396d6 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml @@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <term><option>--tablespace=<replaceable class="parameter">tablespace</replaceable></></term> <listitem> <para> - Specifies the default tablespace for the database. + Specifies the default tablespace for the database. (This name + is processed as a double-quoted identifier.) </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <listitem> <para> Specifies the database user who will own the new database. + (This name is processed as a double-quoted identifier.) </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -163,7 +165,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <term><option>--template=<replaceable class="parameter">template</replaceable></></term> <listitem> <para> - Specifies the template database from which to build this database. + Specifies the template database from which to build this + database. (This name is processed as a double-quoted identifier.) </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml index f01f2983228..d28cfb772ab 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml @@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <term><replaceable class="parameter">langname</replaceable></term> <listitem> <para> - Specifies the name of the procedural language to be installed. + Specifies the name of the procedural language to be + installed. (This name is lower-cased.) </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/droplang.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/droplang.sgml index 04c3a609e5d..e5d02aa236f 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/droplang.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/droplang.sgml @@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <listitem> <para> Specifies the name of the procedural language to be removed. + (This name is lower-cased.) </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml index 9ae80005cdf..5fd6410991d 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml @@ -198,6 +198,14 @@ applications is that they can be run on any host, independent of where the database server resides. </para> + + <para> + When specified on the command line, user and databases names have + their case preserved — the presence of spaces or special + characters might require quoting. Table names and other identifiers + do not have their case preserved, except where documented, and + might require quoting. + </para> </partintro> &clusterdb; |