diff --git a/src/bin/psql/create_help.pl b/src/bin/psql/create_help.pl
index 96cf3d37ef0..d8e6671e689 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/create_help.pl
+++ b/src/bin/psql/create_help.pl
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ struct _helpStruct
{
const char *cmd; /* the command name */
const char *help; /* the help associated with it */
+ const char *docbook_id; /* DocBook XML id (for generating URL) */
void (*syntaxfunc)(PQExpBuffer); /* function that prints the syntax associated with it */
int nl_count; /* number of newlines in syntax (for pager) */
};
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ my %entries;
foreach my $file (sort readdir DIR)
{
- my (@cmdnames, $cmddesc, $cmdsynopsis);
+ my ($cmdid, @cmdnames, $cmddesc, $cmdsynopsis);
$file =~ /\.sgml$/ or next;
open(my $fh, '<', "$docdir/$file") or next;
@@ -104,6 +105,9 @@ foreach my $file (sort readdir DIR)
m!\s*SQL - Language Statements\s*!i
or next;
+ $filecontent =~ m!!
+ and $cmdid = $1;
+
# Collect multiple refnames
LOOP:
{
@@ -116,7 +120,7 @@ foreach my $file (sort readdir DIR)
$filecontent =~ m!\s*(.+?)\s*!is
and $cmdsynopsis = $1;
- if (@cmdnames && $cmddesc && $cmdsynopsis)
+ if (@cmdnames && $cmddesc && $cmdid && $cmdsynopsis)
{
s/\"/\\"/g foreach @cmdnames;
@@ -144,6 +148,7 @@ foreach my $file (sort readdir DIR)
foreach my $cmdname (@cmdnames)
{
$entries{$cmdname} = {
+ cmdid => $cmdid,
cmddesc => $cmddesc,
cmdsynopsis => $cmdsynopsis,
params => \@params,
@@ -186,6 +191,7 @@ foreach (sort keys %entries)
$id =~ s/ /_/g;
print $cfile_handle " { \"$_\",
N_(\"$entries{$_}{cmddesc}\"),
+ \"$entries{$_}{cmdid}\",
sql_help_$id,
$entries{$_}{nl_count} },
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/help.c b/src/bin/psql/help.c
index 6bac9e47fd7..6fc4ebab1e8 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/help.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/help.c
@@ -623,16 +623,23 @@ helpSQL(const char *topic, unsigned short int pager)
strcmp(topic, "*") == 0)
{
PQExpBufferData buffer;
+ char *url;
initPQExpBuffer(&buffer);
QL_HELP[i].syntaxfunc(&buffer);
help_found = true;
+ url = psprintf("https://www.postgresql.org/docs/%s/%s.html",
+ strstr(PG_VERSION, "devel") ? "devel" : PG_MAJORVERSION,
+ QL_HELP[i].docbook_id);
fprintf(output, _("Command: %s\n"
"Description: %s\n"
- "Syntax:\n%s\n\n"),
+ "Syntax:\n%s\n\n"
+ "URL: %s\n\n"),
QL_HELP[i].cmd,
_(QL_HELP[i].help),
- buffer.data);
+ buffer.data,
+ url);
+ free(url);
/* If we have an exact match, exit. Fixes \h SELECT */
if (pg_strcasecmp(topic, QL_HELP[i].cmd) == 0)
break;