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| author | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2024-07-25 19:52:08 -0400 |
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| committer | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2024-07-25 19:52:08 -0400 |
| commit | c7301c3b6fe2feaf96d52cbf35a85ac6b95374dc (patch) | |
| tree | 321e25d092cbe751d16b4110d81cf159682a3559 /doc/src/sgml/ref/merge.sgml | |
| parent | e458dc1ac8388b33e3ce6b971d8de2721dd73870 (diff) | |
Doc: fix misleading syntax synopses for targetlists.
In the syntax synopses for SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, etc,
SELECT ... and RETURNING ... targetlists were missing { ... }
braces around an OR (|) operator. That allows misinterpretation
which could lead to confusion.
David G. Johnston, per gripe from masondeanm@aol.com.
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/172193970148.915373.2403176471224676074@wrigleys.postgresql.org
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/ref/merge.sgml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/merge.sgml | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/merge.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/merge.sgml index f63df90c162..97b34b9fcaf 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/merge.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/merge.sgml @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation MERGE INTO [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="parameter">target_table_name</replaceable> [ * ] [ [ AS ] <replaceable class="parameter">target_alias</replaceable> ] USING <replaceable class="parameter">data_source</replaceable> ON <replaceable class="parameter">join_condition</replaceable> <replaceable class="parameter">when_clause</replaceable> [...] -[ RETURNING * | <replaceable class="parameter">output_expression</replaceable> [ [ AS ] <replaceable class="parameter">output_name</replaceable> ] [, ...] ] +[ RETURNING { * | <replaceable class="parameter">output_expression</replaceable> [ [ AS ] <replaceable class="parameter">output_name</replaceable> ] } [, ...] ] <phrase>where <replaceable class="parameter">data_source</replaceable> is:</phrase> |