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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml index 222637eb12..16007ef273 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml,v 1.111 2010/01/22 17:30:24 rhaas Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml,v 1.112 2010/04/03 07:22:57 petere Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> <refentry id="SQL-ALTERTABLE"> <refmeta> - <refentrytitle id="sql-altertable-title">ALTER TABLE</refentrytitle> + <refentrytitle>ALTER TABLE</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>7</manvolnum> <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo> </refmeta> @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ ALTER TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> <listitem> <para> This form adds a new column to the table, using the same syntax as - <xref linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE" endterm="SQL-CREATETABLE-TITLE">. + <xref linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE">. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ ALTER TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> <para> This form sets the per-column statistics-gathering target for subsequent - <xref linkend="sql-analyze" endterm="sql-analyze-title"> operations. + <xref linkend="sql-analyze"> operations. The target can be set in the range 0 to 10000; alternatively, set it to -1 to revert to using the system default statistics target (<xref linkend="guc-default-statistics-target">). @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ ALTER TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> define attribute-level options are <literal>n_distinct</> and <literal>n_distinct_inherited</>, which override the number-of-distinct-values estimate made by subsequent - <xref linkend="sql-analyze" endterm="sql-analyze-title"> + <xref linkend="sql-analyze"> operations. <literal>n_distinct</> affects the statistics for the table itself, while <literal>n_distinct_inherited</> affects the statistics gathered for the table and its inheritance children. When set to a @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ ALTER TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> <listitem> <para> This form adds a new constraint to a table using the same syntax as - <xref linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE" endterm="SQL-CREATETABLE-TITLE">. + <xref linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE">. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ ALTER TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> <listitem> <para> This form selects the default index for future - <xref linkend="SQL-CLUSTER" endterm="sql-cluster-title"> + <xref linkend="SQL-CLUSTER"> operations. It does not actually re-cluster the table. </para> </listitem> @@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ ALTER TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> <listitem> <para> This form removes the most recently used - <xref linkend="SQL-CLUSTER" endterm="sql-cluster-title"> + <xref linkend="SQL-CLUSTER"> index specification from the table. This affects future cluster operations that don't specify an index. </para> @@ -338,12 +338,12 @@ ALTER TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> <para> This form changes one or more storage parameters for the table. See <xref linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE-storage-parameters" - endterm="sql-createtable-storage-parameters-title"> + endterm="SQL-CREATETABLE-storage-parameters-title"> for details on the available parameters. Note that the table contents will not be modified immediately by this command; depending on the parameter you might need to rewrite the table to get the desired effects. - That can be done with <xref linkend="SQL-CLUSTER" - endterm="sql-cluster-title"> or one of the forms of <command>ALTER + That can be done with <xref linkend="SQL-CLUSTER"> + or one of the forms of <command>ALTER TABLE</> that forces a table rewrite. </para> @@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ ALTER TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> Indexes on the table, if any, are not moved; but they can be moved separately with additional <literal>SET TABLESPACE</literal> commands. See also - <xref linkend="SQL-CREATETABLESPACE" endterm="sql-createtablespace-title">. + <xref linkend="SQL-CREATETABLESPACE">. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -774,8 +774,7 @@ ALTER TABLE table ALTER COLUMN anycol TYPE anytype; </para> <para> - Refer to <xref linkend="sql-createtable" - endterm="sql-createtable-title"> for a further description of valid + Refer to <xref linkend="sql-createtable"> for a further description of valid parameters. <xref linkend="ddl"> has further information on inheritance. </para> |