From ae875d318ec160cc0042e17560254928a5ed863c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:39:27 +0000
Subject: Update documentation for pg_get_serial_sequence() function.

---
 doc/src/sgml/func.sgml | 20 +++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

(limited to 'doc/src')

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index 4b03b4df148..87a4ce48dec 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.353 2007/01/29 13:24:30 petere Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.354 2007/01/30 02:39:27 momjian Exp $ -->
 
  <chapter id="functions">
   <title>Functions and Operators</title>
@@ -9892,12 +9892,18 @@ SELECT pg_type_is_visible('myschema.widget'::regtype);
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   <function>pg_get_serial_sequence</function> fetches the name of the
-   sequence associated with a column, or NULL if there is no sequence
-   associated with the column.  The result is suitably formatted for passing
-   to the sequence functions (see <xref linkend="functions-sequence">).
-   This association can be modified or removed with <command>ALTER SEQUENCE
-   OWNED BY</>.  (The function probably should have been called
+   <function>pg_get_serial_sequence</function> returns the name of the
+   sequence associated with a column, or NULL if no sequence is associated
+   with the column.  The first input parameter is a table name with
+   optional schema, and the second parameter is a column name.  Because
+   the first parameter is potentially a schema and table, it is not treated
+   as a double-quoted identifier, meaning it is lowercased by default,
+   while the second parameter, being just a column name, is treated as
+   double-quoted and has its case preserved.  The function returns a value
+   suitably formatted for passing to the sequence functions (see <xref
+   linkend="functions-sequence">).  This association can be modified or
+   removed with <command>ALTER SEQUENCE OWNED BY</>.  (The function
+   probably should have been called
    <function>pg_get_owned_sequence</function>; its name reflects the fact
    that it's typically used with <type>serial</> or <type>bigserial</>
    columns.)
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