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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/config.sgml2
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml2
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/logicaldecoding.sgml2
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml22
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml10
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_waldump.sgml4
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml2
7 files changed, 22 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index e297166bd9b..b51826dc68e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -3312,7 +3312,7 @@ ANY <replaceable class="parameter">num_sync</replaceable> ( <replaceable class="
to the primary or upstream standby, where it can be seen using the
<link linkend="monitoring-stats-views-table">
<literal>pg_stat_replication</></link> view. The standby will report
- the last write-ahead log position it has written, the last position it
+ the last write-ahead log location it has written, the last position it
has flushed to disk, and the last position it has applied.
This parameter's
value is the maximum interval, in seconds, between reports. Updates are
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
index c96374a2013..42b2bb71bb1 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
@@ -4635,7 +4635,7 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_attribute
standard comparison operators, like <literal>=</literal> and
<literal>&gt;</literal>. Two LSNs can be subtracted using the
<literal>-</literal> operator; the result is the number of bytes separating
- those write-ahead log positions.
+ those write-ahead log locations.
</para>
</sect1>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/logicaldecoding.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/logicaldecoding.sgml
index c2950613fa5..8dcfc6c7424 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/logicaldecoding.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/logicaldecoding.sgml
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ typedef void (*LogicalDecodeMessageCB) (struct LogicalDecodingContext *ctx,
its XID. Note however that it can be NULL when the message is
non-transactional and the XID was not assigned yet in the transaction
which logged the message. The <parameter>lsn</parameter> has WAL
- position of the message. The <parameter>transactional</parameter> says
+ location of the message. The <parameter>transactional</parameter> says
if the message was sent as transactional or not.
The <parameter>prefix</parameter> is arbitrary null-terminated prefix
which can be used for identifying interesting messages for the current
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index de61e640698..79ca45a1563 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -1829,7 +1829,7 @@ SELECT pid, wait_event_type, wait_event FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE wait_event i
being generated, but would differ when the sender becomes idle. In
particular, when the standby has caught up completely,
<structname>pg_stat_replication</structname> shows the time taken to
- write, flush and replay the most recent reported WAL position rather than
+ write, flush and replay the most recent reported WAL location rather than
zero as some users might expect. This is consistent with the goal of
measuring synchronous commit and transaction visibility delays for
recent write transactions.
@@ -1865,7 +1865,7 @@ SELECT pid, wait_event_type, wait_event FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE wait_event i
<row>
<entry><structfield>receive_start_lsn</></entry>
<entry><type>pg_lsn</></entry>
- <entry>First write-ahead log position used when WAL receiver is
+ <entry>First write-ahead log location used when WAL receiver is
started</entry>
</row>
<row>
@@ -1876,16 +1876,16 @@ SELECT pid, wait_event_type, wait_event FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE wait_event i
<row>
<entry><structfield>received_lsn</></entry>
<entry><type>pg_lsn</></entry>
- <entry>Last write-ahead log position already received and flushed to
- disk, the initial value of this field being the first log position used
+ <entry>Last write-ahead log location already received and flushed to
+ disk, the initial value of this field being the first log location used
when WAL receiver is started</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><structfield>received_tli</></entry>
<entry><type>integer</></entry>
- <entry>Timeline number of last write-ahead log position received and
+ <entry>Timeline number of last write-ahead log location received and
flushed to disk, the initial value of this field being the timeline
- number of the first log position used when WAL receiver is started
+ number of the first log location used when WAL receiver is started
</entry>
</row>
<row>
@@ -1901,12 +1901,12 @@ SELECT pid, wait_event_type, wait_event FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE wait_event i
<row>
<entry><structfield>latest_end_lsn</></entry>
<entry><type>pg_lsn</></entry>
- <entry>Last write-ahead log position reported to origin WAL sender</entry>
+ <entry>Last write-ahead log location reported to origin WAL sender</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><structfield>latest_end_time</></entry>
<entry><type>timestamp with time zone</></entry>
- <entry>Time of last write-ahead log position reported to origin WAL sender</entry>
+ <entry>Time of last write-ahead log location reported to origin WAL sender</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><structfield>slot_name</></entry>
@@ -1967,7 +1967,7 @@ SELECT pid, wait_event_type, wait_event FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE wait_event i
<row>
<entry><structfield>received_lsn</></entry>
<entry><type>pg_lsn</></entry>
- <entry>Last write-ahead log position received, the initial value of
+ <entry>Last write-ahead log location received, the initial value of
this field being 0</entry>
</row>
<row>
@@ -1984,13 +1984,13 @@ SELECT pid, wait_event_type, wait_event FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE wait_event i
<row>
<entry><structfield>latest_end_lsn</></entry>
<entry><type>pg_lsn</></entry>
- <entry>Last write-ahead log position reported to origin WAL sender
+ <entry>Last write-ahead log location reported to origin WAL sender
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><structfield>latest_end_time</></entry>
<entry><type>timestamp with time zone</></entry>
- <entry>Time of last write-ahead log position reported to origin WAL
+ <entry>Time of last write-ahead log location reported to origin WAL
sender</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
index dadaa47d697..d23df0261c9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
@@ -1724,7 +1724,7 @@ The commands accepted in walsender mode are:
<term><literal>consistent_point</literal> (<type>text</type>)</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The WAL position at which the slot became consistent. This is the
+ The WAL location at which the slot became consistent. This is the
earliest location from which streaming can start on this replication
slot.
</para>
@@ -1764,7 +1764,7 @@ The commands accepted in walsender mode are:
<listitem>
<para>
Instructs server to start streaming WAL, starting at
- WAL position <replaceable class="parameter">XXX/XXX</>.
+ WAL location <replaceable class="parameter">XXX/XXX</>.
If <literal>TIMELINE</literal> option is specified,
streaming starts on timeline <replaceable class="parameter">tli</>;
otherwise, the server's current timeline is selected. The server can
@@ -1796,7 +1796,7 @@ The commands accepted in walsender mode are:
acknowledges this by also exiting COPY mode, the server sends a result
set with one row and two columns, indicating the next timeline in this
server's history. The first column is the next timeline's ID (type <type>int8</type>), and the
- second column is the WAL position where the switch happened (type <type>text</type>). Usually,
+ second column is the WAL location where the switch happened (type <type>text</type>). Usually,
the switch position is the end of the WAL that was streamed, but there
are corner cases where the server can send some WAL from the old
timeline that it has not itself replayed before promoting. Finally, the
@@ -2115,7 +2115,7 @@ The commands accepted in walsender mode are:
<listitem>
<para>
Instructs server to start streaming WAL for logical replication, starting
- at WAL position <replaceable class="parameter">XXX/XXX</>. The server can
+ at WAL location <replaceable class="parameter">XXX/XXX</>. The server can
reply with an error, for example if the requested section of WAL has already
been recycled. On success, server responds with a CopyBothResponse
message, and then starts to stream WAL to the frontend.
@@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ The commands accepted in walsender mode are:
<term><replaceable class="parameter">XXX/XXX</></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- The WAL position to begin streaming at.
+ The WAL location to begin streaming at.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_waldump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_waldump.sgml
index 4c92eeed680..cff88a4c1e8 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_waldump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_waldump.sgml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<term><option>--end=<replaceable>end</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Stop reading at the specified log position, instead of reading to the
+ Stop reading at the specified WAL location, instead of reading to the
end of the log stream.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<term><option>--start=<replaceable>start</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Log position at which to start reading. The default is to start reading
+ WAL location at which to start reading. The default is to start reading
the first valid log record found in the earliest file found.
</para>
</listitem>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
index a749b83dc0e..940c37b21a3 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@
<filename>pg_control</filename>. Therefore, at the start of recovery,
the server first reads <filename>pg_control</filename> and
then the checkpoint record; then it performs the REDO operation by
- scanning forward from the log position indicated in the checkpoint
+ scanning forward from the log location indicated in the checkpoint
record. Because the entire content of data pages is saved in the
log on the first page modification after a checkpoint (assuming
<xref linkend="guc-full-page-writes"> is not disabled), all pages