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Fix typos and inconsistancies found by He Weiping

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(aka Henry) <laser@zhangmai.com.cn>.
Fix new problems in insert.sgml and create_function.sgml which kept jade
 from completing.
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Thomas G. Lockhart
2000-08-25 15:17:50 +00:00
parent 8cca25728b
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doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml
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<!--
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml,v 1.16 2000/08/24 23:36:29 tgl Exp $
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_function.sgml,v 1.17 2000/08/25 15:17:50 thomas Exp $
Postgres documentation
-->
@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ CREATE FUNCTION <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> ( [ <replaceab
<para>
The return data type.
The output type may be specified as a base type, complex type,
<literal>setof <replaceable class="parameter">type</replaceable></literal>,
or <literal>opaque</literal>.
The <literal>setof</literal>
<option>setof <replaceable class="parameter">type</replaceable></option>,
or <option>opaque</option>.
The <option>setof</option>
modifier indicates that the function will return a set of items,
rather than a single item.
</para>
@ -186,28 +186,28 @@ CREATE
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<literal>iscachable</literal>
<term>iscachable</term>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>iscachable</literal> indicates that the function always
<option>iscachable</option> indicates that the function always
returns the same result when given the same argument values (i.e.,
it does not do database lookups or otherwise use information not
directly present in its parameter list). The optimizer uses
<literal>iscachable</literal> to know whether it is safe to
<option>iscachable</option> to know whether it is safe to
pre-evaluate a call of the function.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<literal>isstrict</literal>
<term>isstrict</term>
<listitem>
<para>
<literal>isstrict</literal> indicates that the function always
<option>isstrict</option> indicates that the function always
returns NULL whenever any of its arguments are NULL. If this
attribute is specified, the function is not executed when there
are NULL arguments; instead a NULL result is assumed automatically.
When <literal>isstrict</literal> is not specified, the function will
When <option>isstrict</option> is not specified, the function will
be called for NULL inputs. It is then the function author's
responsibility to check for NULLs if necessary and respond
appropriately.