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Update documentation on may/can/might:

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Standard English uses "may", "can", and "might" in different ways:

        may - permission, "You may borrow my rake."

        can - ability, "I can lift that log."

        might - possibility, "It might rain today."

Unfortunately, in conversational English, their use is often mixed, as
in, "You may use this variable to do X", when in fact, "can" is a better
choice.  Similarly, "It may crash" is better stated, "It might crash".

Also update two error messages mentioned in the documenation to match.
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Bruce Momjian
2007-01-31 20:56:20 +00:00
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/lobj.sgml,v 1.42 2006/10/23 18:10:31 petere Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/lobj.sgml,v 1.43 2007/01/31 20:56:17 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="largeObjects">
<title id="largeObjects-title">Large Objects</title>
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large object data. We use the <application>libpq</application> C
library for the examples in this chapter, but most programming
interfaces native to <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> support
equivalent functionality. Other interfaces may use the large
equivalent functionality. Other interfaces might use the large
object interface internally to provide generic support for large
values. This is not described here.
</para>
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ int lo_tell(PGconn *conn, int fd);
<title>Closing a Large Object Descriptor</title>
<para>
A large object descriptor may be closed by calling
A large object descriptor can be closed by calling
<synopsis>
int lo_close(PGconn *conn, int fd);
</synopsis>
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ SELECT lo_export(image.raster, '/tmp/motd') FROM image
<para>
<xref linkend="lo-example"> is a sample program which shows how the large object
interface
in <application>libpq</> can be used. Parts of the program are
in <application>libpq</> can be used. Parts of the program are
commented out but are left in the source for the reader's
benefit. This program can also be found in
<filename>src/test/examples/testlo.c</filename> in the source distribution.