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authorAndrew Gierth <rhodiumtoad@postgresql.org>2018-05-17 21:19:57 +0100
committerAndrew Gierth <rhodiumtoad@postgresql.org>2018-05-17 21:19:57 +0100
commit4a9b44d3c075fe73661d0407faf6f048075a00f9 (patch)
treeb5d792f447e2a7a2557c6296fa7ace4752c54755
parentace3c7cc0518269733c37b37b7aebb9adec2454e (diff)
doc: fix description of backward_scan
The description of the index property backward_scan was incorrect and misleading; rectify. Backpatch to 9.6 where the amutils functionality was introduced.
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/func.sgml4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index 29f9e65a88d..89c5d75a3bb 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -16840,7 +16840,9 @@ SELECT pg_type_is_visible('myschema.widget'::regtype);
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>backward_scan</literal></entry>
- <entry>Can the index be scanned backwards?
+ <entry>Can the scan direction be changed in mid-scan (to
+ support <literal>FETCH BACKWARD</literal> on a cursor without
+ needing materialization)?
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>