From 755eb44d3c79a9bfe9c4d34e416f07ea78a2676c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Lane Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 14:52:36 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Doc: copy-edit the introductory para for the pg_class catalog. The previous wording had a faint archaic whiff to it, and more importantly used "catalogs" as a verb, which while cutely self-referential seems likely to provoke confusion in this particular context. Also consistently use "kind" not "type" to refer to the different kinds of relations distinguished by relkind. Per gripe from Martin Nash. Back-patch to supported versions. Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/169518739902.3727338.4793815593763320945@wrigleys.postgresql.org --- doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml index d17ff51e28..e09adb45e4 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml @@ -1893,8 +1893,8 @@ SCRAM-SHA-256$<iteration count>:&l - The catalog pg_class catalogs tables and most - everything else that has columns or is otherwise similar to a + The catalog pg_class describes tables and + other objects that have columns or are otherwise similar to a table. This includes indexes (but see also pg_index), sequences (but see also <iteration count>:&l views, materialized views, composite types, and TOAST tables; see relkind. Below, when we mean all of these kinds of objects we speak of - relations. Not all columns are meaningful for all relation - types. + relations. Not all of pg_class's + columns are meaningful for all relation kinds.