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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.60 2001/09/13 15:55:24 petere Exp $
-Postgres documentation
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.61 2001/12/08 03:24:38 thomas Exp $
+PostgreSQL documentation
-->
<refentry id="APP-PSQL">
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ Postgres documentation
<para>
<application>psql</application> is a terminal-based front-end to
- <productname>Postgres</productname>. It enables you to type in queries
- interactively, issue them to <productname>Postgres</productname>, and see
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>. It enables you to type in queries
+ interactively, issue them to <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>, and see
the query results. Alternatively, input can be from a file.
In addition, it provides a number of meta-commands and
various shell-like features to facilitate writing scripts and automating a wide
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Postgres documentation
<title>Connecting To A Database</title>
<para>
- <application>psql</application> is a regular <productname>Postgres</productname>
+ <application>psql</application> is a regular <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
client application. In order to connect to a database you need to know the
name of your target database, the hostname and port number of the server
and what user name you want to connect as. <application>psql</application> can be
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ testdb=>
<term><literal>\copyright</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Shows the copyright and distribution terms of <application>Postgres</application>.
+ Shows the copyright and distribution terms of <application>PostgreSQL</application>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ testdb=>
<note>
<para>
- <productname>Postgres</productname> stores the object descriptions in the
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> stores the object descriptions in the
pg_description system table.
</para>
</note>
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ pipe (<literal>|</literal>). See also <command>\pset</command> for a generic way
<para>
List all the databases in the server as well as their owners. Append a
<quote>+</quote> to the command name to see any descriptions
- for the databases as well. If your <productname>Postgres</productname>
+ for the databases as well. If your <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
installation was
compiled with multibyte encoding support, the encoding scheme of each
database is shown as well.
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ pipe (<literal>|</literal>). See also <command>\pset</command> for a generic way
<listitem>
<para>
- Stores the file into a <productname>Postgres</productname> <quote>large object</quote>.
+ Stores the file into a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> <quote>large object</quote>.
Optionally, it associates the given comment with the object. Example:
<programlisting>
foo=> <userinput>\lo_import '/home/peter/pictures/photo.xcf' 'a picture of me'</userinput>
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ lo_import 152801
<term><literal>\lo_list</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Shows a list of all <productname>Postgres</productname> <quote>large
+ Shows a list of all <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> <quote>large
objects</quote> currently stored in the database, along with any
comments provided for them.
</para>
@@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@ bar
<listitem>
<para>
When this variable is set and a backslash command queries the database, the query
- is first shown. This way you can study the <productname>Postgres</productname>
+ is first shown. This way you can study the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
internals and provide similar functionality in your own programs. If you set the
variable to the value <quote>noexec</quote>, the queries are just shown but are
not actually sent to the backend and executed.
@@ -1814,7 +1814,7 @@ bar
<term><envar>LO_TRANSACTION</envar></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- If you use the <productname>Postgres</productname> large object
+ If you use the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> large object
interface to specially store data that does not fit into one tuple,
all the operations must be contained in a transaction block. (See the
documentation of the large object interface for more information.) Since
@@ -1983,7 +1983,7 @@ testdb=> <userinput>\set content '\'' `sed -e "s/'/\\\\\\'/g" < my_file.txt` '\'
case you can escape a colon with a backslash to protect it from interpretation.
(The colon syntax for variables is standard <acronym>SQL</acronym> for embedded
query languages, such as <application>ecpg</application>. The colon syntax for
- array slices and type casts are <productname>Postgres</productname> extensions,
+ array slices and type casts are <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extensions,
hence the conflict.)
</para>
@@ -2168,7 +2168,7 @@ $endif
<para>
If you have the readline library installed but <application>psql</application>
- does not seem to use it, you must make sure that <productname>Postgres</productname>'s
+ does not seem to use it, you must make sure that <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>'s
top-level <filename>configure</filename> script finds it. <filename>configure</filename>
needs to find both the library <filename>libreadline.a</filename>
(or a shared library equivalent)
@@ -2202,7 +2202,7 @@ $ ./configure --with-includes=/opt/gnu/include --with-libs=/opt/gnu/lib ...
<para>
This section only shows a few examples specific to <application>psql</application>.
If you want to learn <acronym>SQL</acronym> or get familiar with
- <productname>Postgres</productname>, you might wish to read the Tutorial that
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>, you might wish to read the Tutorial that
is included in the distribution.
</para>
</note>