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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml | 13 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml index 3411c1f24a7..0c536c6d3b8 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml,v 1.66 2004/03/09 16:57:47 neilc Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml,v 1.67 2004/03/23 19:35:15 tgl Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -150,12 +150,11 @@ ALTER TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> <term><literal>SET WITHOUT OIDS</literal></term> <listitem> <para> - This form removes the <literal>oid</literal> column from the - table. Removing OIDs from a table does not occur immediately. - The space that the OID uses will be reclaimed when the row is - updated. Without updating the row, both the space and the value - of the OID are kept indefinitely. This is semantically similar - to the <literal>DROP COLUMN</literal> process. + This form removes the <literal>oid</literal> system column from the + table. This is exactly equivalent to + <literal>DROP COLUMN oid RESTRICT</literal>, + except that it will not complain if there is already no + <literal>oid</literal> column. </para> <para> |