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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2018-11-02 08:54:34 -0400
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2018-11-02 08:54:34 -0400
commitb5acaa8bc8dd7f13f7ae1879aea39cef48d7aa3c (patch)
treec6a22420d08268335103efae03a0c382d575e219 /doc/src
parent877b00561eea4118a15d8125ee2dbb7d98de6904 (diff)
doc: use simpler language for NULL return from ANY/ALL
Previously the combination of "does not return" and "any row" caused ambiguity. Reported-by: KES <kes-kes@yandex.ru> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/153701242703.22334.1476830122267077397@wrigleys.postgresql.org Reviewed-by: David G. Johnston Backpatch-through: 9.3
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/func.sgml8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index 1f0164c91c1..1ee2118a103 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -15049,7 +15049,7 @@ WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM tab2 WHERE col2 = tab1.col2);
The result is <quote>false</> if the comparison returns false for every
subquery row (including the case where the subquery returns no
rows).
- The result is NULL if the comparison does not return true for any row,
+ The result is NULL if no comparison with a subquery row returns true,
and it returns NULL for at least one row.
</para>
@@ -15075,7 +15075,7 @@ WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM tab2 WHERE col2 = tab1.col2);
The result of <token>ALL</token> is <quote>true</> if all rows yield true
(including the case where the subquery returns no rows).
The result is <quote>false</> if any false result is found.
- The result is NULL if the comparison does not return false for any row,
+ The result is NULL if no comparison with a subquery row returns false,
and it returns NULL for at least one row.
</para>
@@ -15105,8 +15105,8 @@ WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM tab2 WHERE col2 = tab1.col2);
case where the subquery returns no rows).
The result is <quote>false</> if the comparison returns false for any
subquery row.
- The result is NULL if the comparison does not return false for any
- subquery row, and it returns NULL for at least one row.
+ The result is NULL if no comparison with a subquery row returns false,
+ and it returns NULL for at least one row.
</para>
<para>