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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml index debfa26b72..fd06b51905 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.133 2003/08/31 17:32:19 petere Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.134 2003/09/01 23:04:49 petere Exp $ --> <chapter id="libpq"> @@ -856,21 +856,20 @@ is not known. <para> Parameters reported as of the current release include <literal>server_version</> (cannot change after startup); -<literal>server_encoding</> (also not presently changeable after start); <literal>client_encoding</>, <literal>is_superuser</>, and <literal>DateStyle</>. </para> <para> -Pre-3.0-protocol servers do not report parameter settings, -but <application>libpq</> includes logic to obtain values for -<literal>server_version</>, <literal>server_encoding</>, and -<literal>client_encoding</>. Applications are encouraged to use -<function>PQparameterStatus</> rather than ad-hoc code to determine these -values. (Beware however that on a pre-3.0 connection, changing -<literal>client_encoding</> via <command>SET</> after connection startup -will not be reflected by <function>PQparameterStatus</>.) +Pre-3.0-protocol servers do not report parameter settings, but +<application>libpq</> includes logic to obtain values for +<literal>server_version</>, and <literal>client_encoding</>. +Applications are encouraged to use <function>PQparameterStatus</> +rather than ad-hoc code to determine these values. (Beware however +that on a pre-3.0 connection, changing <literal>client_encoding</> via +<command>SET</> after connection startup will not be reflected by +<function>PQparameterStatus</>.) </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |