Tom Lane wrote: > Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > BTW while reading the psql manpage I noticed this statement: > > > A popular application of this facility is to refer to the last > > inserted OID in subsequent statements to build a foreign key > > scenario. > > > (This refers to :foo interpolation.) Talking about popular application > > of OIDs in FKs seems so 90's. Should we remove that phrase? > > Yeah, probably; it's been a very long time since that was considered > a good way to do things. Can you think of some other example to replace > that with?
I have removed the mention of OID usage with the attached patch. -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +
Index: doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.201 diff -c -c -r1.201 psql-ref.sgml *** doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml 5 May 2008 01:38:08 -0000 1.201 --- doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml 8 May 2008 00:19:55 -0000 *************** *** 2440,2448 **** </para> <para> ! A popular application of this facility is to refer to the last ! inserted <acronym>OID</acronym> in subsequent statements to build a ! foreign key scenario. Another possible use of this mechanism is to copy the contents of a file into a table column. First load the file into a variable and then proceed as above: <programlisting> --- 2440,2446 ---- </para> <para> ! One possible use of this mechanism is to copy the contents of a file into a table column. First load the file into a variable and then proceed as above: <programlisting>
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