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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/page.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/page.sgml index 6de8b000e2..bb82142e61 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/page.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/page.sgml @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ A description of the database file default page format. </abstract> <para> -This section provides an overview of the page format used by <productname>Postgres</productname> +This section provides an overview of the page format used by <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> tables. User-defined access methods need not use this page format. </para> @@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ In the following explanation, a <firstterm>byte</firstterm> is assumed to contain 8 bits. In addition, the term <firstterm>item</firstterm> -refers to data that is stored in <productname>Postgres</productname> tables. +refers to data that is stored in <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> tables. </para> <para> -<xref linkend="page-table"> shows how pages in both normal <productname>Postgres</productname> tables - and <productname>Postgres</productname> indexes +<xref linkend="page-table"> shows how pages in both normal <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> tables + and <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> indexes (e.g., a B-tree index) are structured. </para> @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ unallocated space. Because an item identifier is never moved until it is freed, its index may be used to indicate the location of an item on a page. In fact, every pointer to an item (<firstterm>ItemPointer</firstterm>) -created by <productname>Postgres</productname> consists of a frame number and an index of an item +created by <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> consists of a frame number and an index of an item identifier. An item identifier contains a byte-offset to the start of an item, its length in bytes, and a set of attribute bits which affect its interpretation. |