Attached is a patch to improve the manual page for the ALTER TABLE command.
Thanks,
Best regards,
Etsuro Fujita
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
index 0b08f83..ce67c71 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
@@ -625,8 +625,9 @@ ALTER TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable
class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>
<listitem>
<para>
The <literal>RENAME</literal> forms change the name of a table
- (or an index, sequence, or view), the name of an individual column in
- a table, or the name of a constraint of the table. There is no effect on
the stored data.
+ (or an index, sequence, view, materialized view, or foreign table), the
name
+ of an individual column in a table, or the name of a constraint of the
table.
+ There is no effect on the stored data.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -717,7 +718,7 @@ ALTER TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable
class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">type</replaceable></term>
+ <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">data_type</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Data type of the new column, or new data type for an existing
@@ -739,7 +740,7 @@ ALTER TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable
class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">constraint_name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Name of an existing constraint to drop.
+ Name of an existing constraint to alter, validate, or drop.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -836,6 +837,15 @@ ALTER TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable
class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">type_name</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Name of an existing composite type.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">new_owner</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
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