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| author | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> | 2017-08-27 21:29:54 -0400 |
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| committer | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> | 2017-08-27 21:30:59 -0400 |
| commit | 5ecd7ccbe672a7ca2f3cd7252b28080100016fc2 (patch) | |
| tree | 0c13d57ec417e784014719bd81f35f457b8e5403 /doc/src | |
| parent | 947a0cc273f21c0d32f648a2c71809d92ab89d20 (diff) | |
Clarify documentation
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20170618071607.GA16418%40nol.local
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml index 94dad008701..cc9b94617e9 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml @@ -227,8 +227,9 @@ INSERT INTO <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table_name</replaceable> [ AS <replac This clause is useful for example when copying values between tables. Writing <literal>INSERT INTO tbl2 OVERRIDING USER VALUE SELECT * FROM tbl1</literal> will copy from <literal>tbl1</literal> all columns that - are not identity columns in <literal>tbl2</literal> but will continue - the sequence counters for any identity columns. + are not identity columns in <literal>tbl2</literal> while values for + the identity columns in <literal>tbl2</literal> will be generated by + the sequences associated with <literal>tbl2</literal>. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |