From 14bfea3b75b13ba0e1cc5df3c9b96fe0a68ac9ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Heikki Linnakangas Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:19:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Change explanation of pg_switch_xlog()'s return value to match code. --- doc/src/sgml/func.sgml | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml index 5217a3f639..341a37fb71 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + Functions and Operators @@ -12849,10 +12849,10 @@ postgres=# select pg_start_backup('label_goes_here'); pg_switch_xlog moves to the next transaction log file, allowing the current file to be archived (assuming you are using continuous archiving). - The result is the ending transaction log location within the just-completed transaction log file. + The result is the ending transaction log location + 1 within the just-completed transaction log file. If there has been no transaction log activity since the last transaction log switch, - pg_switch_xlog does nothing and returns the end location - of the previous transaction log file. + pg_switch_xlog does nothing and returns the start location + of the transaction log file currently in use.