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Doc: clarify use of RECURSIVE in WITH.

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Apparently some people misinterpreted the syntax as being that
RECURSIVE is a prefix of individual WITH queries.  It's a modifier
for the WITH clause as a whole, so state that more clearly.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/ca53c6ce-a0c6-b14a-a8e3-162f0b2cc119@a-kretschmer.de
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@ -281,6 +281,14 @@ TABLE [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [ * ]
reads all or any of their output. reads all or any of their output.
</para> </para>
<para>
When there are multiple queries in the <literal>WITH</literal>
clause, <literal>RECURSIVE</literal> should be written only once,
immediately after <literal>WITH</literal>. It applies to all queries
in the <literal>WITH</literal> clause, though it has no effect on
queries that do not use recursion or forward references.
</para>
<para> <para>
The primary query and the <literal>WITH</literal> queries are all The primary query and the <literal>WITH</literal> queries are all
(notionally) executed at the same time. This implies that the effects of (notionally) executed at the same time. This implies that the effects of