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authorSimon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>2016-09-09 11:20:36 +0100
committerSimon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>2016-09-09 11:20:36 +0100
commit9796882e68367a9259b6d5e84bd0a227b579d586 (patch)
treeef2797fd822b0a6451729351c10e83fa95db4c6a
parentf6802936a53671c9db24273ab2ae94291a68afcd (diff)
Correct TABLESAMPLE docs
Revert to original use of word “sample”, though with clarification, per Tom Lane. Discussion: 29052.1471015383@sss.pgh.pa.us
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml
index e0098eb8d32..211e4c320ce 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ TABLE [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [ * ]
not been changed meanwhile. But different seed values will usually
produce different samples.
If <literal>REPEATABLE</literal> is not given then a new random
- seed is selected for each query.
+ sample is selected for each query, based upon a system-generated seed.
Note that some add-on sampling methods do not
accept <literal>REPEATABLE</literal>, and will always produce new
samples on each use.