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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml
index 493e96e8662..af8e372fe83 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml,v 1.149 2009/12/28 19:11:51 petere Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/plpgsql.sgml,v 1.150 2010/01/19 01:35:30 tgl Exp $ -->
<chapter id="plpgsql">
<title><application>PL/pgSQL</application> - <acronym>SQL</acronym> Procedural Language</title>
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ END;
<command>EXECUTE</command> statement is provided:
<synopsis>
-EXECUTE <replaceable class="command">command-string</replaceable> <optional> INTO <optional>STRICT</optional> <replaceable>target</replaceable> </optional> <optional> USING <replaceable>expression</replaceable> <optional>, ...</optional> </optional>;
+EXECUTE <replaceable class="command">command-string</replaceable> <optional> INTO <optional>STRICT</optional> <replaceable>target</replaceable> </optional> <optional> USING <replaceable>expression</replaceable> <optional>, ... </optional> </optional>;
</synopsis>
where <replaceable>command-string</replaceable> is an expression
@@ -1500,7 +1500,7 @@ RETURN <replaceable>expression</replaceable>;
<synopsis>
RETURN NEXT <replaceable>expression</replaceable>;
RETURN QUERY <replaceable>query</replaceable>;
-RETURN QUERY EXECUTE <replaceable class="command">command-string</replaceable> <optional> USING <replaceable>expression</replaceable> <optional>, ...</optional> </optional>;
+RETURN QUERY EXECUTE <replaceable class="command">command-string</replaceable> <optional> USING <replaceable>expression</replaceable> <optional>, ... </optional> </optional>;
</synopsis>
<para>
@@ -2190,7 +2190,7 @@ $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
rows:
<synopsis>
<optional> &lt;&lt;<replaceable>label</replaceable>&gt;&gt; </optional>
-FOR <replaceable>target</replaceable> IN EXECUTE <replaceable>text_expression</replaceable> <optional> USING <replaceable>expression</replaceable> <optional>, ...</optional> </optional> LOOP
+FOR <replaceable>target</replaceable> IN EXECUTE <replaceable>text_expression</replaceable> <optional> USING <replaceable>expression</replaceable> <optional>, ... </optional> </optional> LOOP
<replaceable>statements</replaceable>
END LOOP <optional> <replaceable>label</replaceable> </optional>;
</synopsis>
@@ -2495,7 +2495,7 @@ OPEN curs1 FOR SELECT * FROM foo WHERE key = mykey;
<title><command>OPEN FOR EXECUTE</command></title>
<synopsis>
-OPEN <replaceable>unbound_cursorvar</replaceable> <optional> <optional> NO </optional> SCROLL </optional> FOR EXECUTE <replaceable class="command">query_string</replaceable>;
+OPEN <replaceable>unbound_cursorvar</replaceable> <optional> <optional> NO </optional> SCROLL </optional> FOR EXECUTE <replaceable class="command">query_string</replaceable> <optional> USING <replaceable>expression</replaceable> <optional>, ... </optional> </optional>;
</synopsis>
<para>
@@ -2507,7 +2507,8 @@ OPEN <replaceable>unbound_cursorvar</replaceable> <optional> <optional> NO </opt
command. As usual, this gives flexibility so the query plan can vary
from one run to the next (see <xref linkend="plpgsql-plan-caching">),
and it also means that variable substitution is not done on the
- command string.
+ command string. As with <command>EXECUTE</command>, parameter values
+ can be inserted into the dynamic command via <literal>USING</>.
The <literal>SCROLL</> and
<literal>NO SCROLL</> options have the same meanings as for a bound
cursor.
@@ -2516,8 +2517,12 @@ OPEN <replaceable>unbound_cursorvar</replaceable> <optional> <optional> NO </opt
<para>
An example:
<programlisting>
-OPEN curs1 FOR EXECUTE 'SELECT * FROM ' || quote_ident($1);
+OPEN curs1 FOR EXECUTE 'SELECT * FROM ' || quote_ident(tabname) ' WHERE col1 = $1' USING keyvalue;
</programlisting>
+ In this example, the table name is inserted into the query textually,
+ so use of <function>quote_ident()</> is recommended to guard against
+ SQL injection. The comparison value for <literal>col1</> is inserted
+ via a <literal>USING</> parameter, so it needs no quoting.
</para>
</sect3>
@@ -2893,7 +2898,7 @@ END LOOP <optional> <replaceable>label</replaceable> </optional>;
raise errors.
<synopsis>
-RAISE <optional> <replaceable class="parameter">level</replaceable> </optional> '<replaceable class="parameter">format</replaceable>' <optional>, <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> <optional>, ...</optional></optional> <optional> USING <replaceable class="parameter">option</replaceable> = <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> <optional>, ... </optional> </optional>;
+RAISE <optional> <replaceable class="parameter">level</replaceable> </optional> '<replaceable class="parameter">format</replaceable>' <optional>, <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> <optional>, ... </optional></optional> <optional> USING <replaceable class="parameter">option</replaceable> = <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> <optional>, ... </optional> </optional>;
RAISE <optional> <replaceable class="parameter">level</replaceable> </optional> <replaceable class="parameter">condition_name</> <optional> USING <replaceable class="parameter">option</replaceable> = <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> <optional>, ... </optional> </optional>;
RAISE <optional> <replaceable class="parameter">level</replaceable> </optional> SQLSTATE '<replaceable class="parameter">sqlstate</>' <optional> USING <replaceable class="parameter">option</replaceable> = <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> <optional>, ... </optional> </optional>;
RAISE <optional> <replaceable class="parameter">level</replaceable> </optional> USING <replaceable class="parameter">option</replaceable> = <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> <optional>, ... </optional>;