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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2007-01-31 23:26:05 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2007-01-31 23:26:05 +0000 |
| commit | e81c138e18b54e272d917e5e8c4c8ae1b89cd133 (patch) | |
| tree | 578b3af0265e9767b862475ee4ba7e9a40c22dc2 /doc/src/sgml/ref/create_language.sgml | |
| parent | bc799fab2ba314425403073565775ffe15ba4406 (diff) | |
Update reference documentation on may/can/might:
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".
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/ref/create_language.sgml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/create_language.sgml | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_language.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_language.sgml index 485cbe3df83..b09b38bee99 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_language.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_language.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_language.sgml,v 1.42 2006/09/16 00:30:17 momjian Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_language.sgml,v 1.43 2007/01/31 23:26:03 momjian Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ CREATE [ TRUSTED ] [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE <replaceable class="parameter">name</ </para> <para> - For backward compatibility, the name may be enclosed by single + For backward compatibility, the name can be enclosed by single quotes. </para> </listitem> @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ CREATE [ TRUSTED ] [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE <replaceable class="parameter">name</ To create functions in a procedural language, a user must have the <literal>USAGE</literal> privilege for the language. By default, <literal>USAGE</> is granted to <literal>PUBLIC</> (i.e., everyone) - for trusted languages. This may be revoked if desired. + for trusted languages. This can be revoked if desired. </para> <para> @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ CREATE [ TRUSTED ] [ PROCEDURAL ] LANGUAGE <replaceable class="parameter">name</ in <structname>pg_pltemplate</>. But when there is an entry, the functions need not already exist; they will be automatically defined if not present in the database. - (This can result in <command>CREATE LANGUAGE</> failing, if the + (This might result in <command>CREATE LANGUAGE</> failing, if the shared library that implements the language is not available in the installation.) </para> |