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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/createdb.sgml7
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/createlang.sgml3
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/droplang.sgml1
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/reference.sgml8
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 &mdash; 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;