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From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>

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To: Bryan Henderson <bryanh@giraffe.netgate.net>
Cc: Postgres95-development <pg95-dev@ki.net>
Subject: Re: [PG95-DEV] DELETE statement

>
> Does the man page for DELETE need to be corrected?  It gives as syntax
>
>   DELETE instance_variable [FROM fromlist] [WHERE qual]   .
>
> But the actual syntax appears to be
>
>   DELETE FROM classname WHERE qual   .
>
> --
> Bryan Henderson                                    Phone 408-227-6803
> San Jose, California
>

This patch fixes the delete manual page in 2.0:
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Marc G. Fournier 1996-09-23 08:39:53 +00:00
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.\" This is -*-nroff-*- .\" This is -*-nroff-*-
.\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here.... .\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/man/Attic/delete.l,v 1.1.1.1 1996/08/18 22:14:23 scrappy Exp $ .\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/man/Attic/delete.l,v 1.2 1996/09/23 08:39:53 scrappy Exp $
.TH DELETE SQL 11/05/95 Postgres95 Postgres95 .TH DELETE SQL 11/05/95 Postgres95 Postgres95
.SH NAME .SH NAME
delete \(em delete instances from a class delete \(em delete instances from a class
.SH SYNOPSIS .SH SYNOPSIS
.nf .nf
\fBdelete\fR instance_variable [ \fBfrom\fR from_list ] [ \fBwhere\fR qual ] \fBdelete\fR \fBfrom\fR class_name [ \fBwhere\fR qual ]
.fi .fi
.SH DESCRIPTION .SH DESCRIPTION
.BR Delete .BR Delete
removes instances which satisfy the qualification, removes instances which satisfy the qualification,
.IR qual , .IR qual
from the class specified by from the specified class.
.IR instance_variable .
.IR Instance_variable
is either a class name or a variable assigned by
.IR from_list .
If the qualification is absent, the effect is to delete all instances If the qualification is absent, the effect is to delete all instances
in the class. The result is a valid, but empty class. in the class. The result is a valid, but empty class.
.PP .PP