doc: wording improvements

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/a5180360-ec04-ac58-25ce-3d795d3d1f6c@postgrespro.ru

Author: Ekaterina Kiryanova

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Bruce Momjian 2023-10-27 17:23:09 -04:00
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@ -293,10 +293,10 @@ initdb --locale=sv_SE
<para>
As explained above, the environment of the operating system provides the
defaults for the locales of a newly initialized database cluster. In
many cases, this is enough: If the operating system is configured for
the desired language/territory, then
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> will by default also behave
according to that locale.
many cases, this is enough: if the operating system is configured for
the desired language/territory, by default
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> will also behave according
to that locale.
</para>
</listitem>

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@ -9041,7 +9041,7 @@ COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv;
<para>
The timeout is measured from the time a command arrives at the
server until it is completed by the server. If multiple SQL
statements appear in a single simple-Query message, the timeout
statements appear in a single simple-query message, the timeout
is applied to each statement separately.
(<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> versions before 13 usually
treated the timeout as applying to the whole query string.)

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@ -1359,8 +1359,8 @@ synchronous_standby_names = 'ANY 2 (s1, s2, s3)'
<para>
If you need to re-create a standby server while transactions are
waiting, make sure that the commands pg_backup_start() and
pg_backup_stop() are run in a session with
waiting, make sure that the functions <function>pg_backup_start()</function>
and <function>pg_backup_stop()</function> are run in a session with
<varname>synchronous_commit</varname> = <literal>off</literal>, otherwise those
requests will wait forever for the standby to appear.
</para>
@ -2219,10 +2219,11 @@ HINT: You can then restart the server after making the necessary configuration
The cumulative statistics system is active during recovery. All scans,
reads, blocks, index usage, etc., will be recorded normally on the
standby. However, WAL replay will not increment relation and database
specific counters. I.e. replay will not increment pg_stat_all_tables
columns (like n_tup_ins), nor will reads or writes performed by the
startup process be tracked in the pg_statio views, nor will associated
pg_stat_database columns be incremented.
specific counters. I.e. replay will not increment
<structname>pg_stat_all_tables</structname> columns (like <structfield>n_tup_ins</structfield>),
nor will reads or writes performed by the startup process be tracked in the
<structname>pg_statio_</structname> views, nor will associated
<structname>pg_stat_database</structname> columns be incremented.
</para>
<para>

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@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ CREATE INDEX people_names ON people ((first_name || ' ' || last_name));
<para>
Index expressions are relatively expensive to maintain, because the
derived expression(s) must be computed for each row insertion
and <link linkend="storage-hot">non-HOT update.</link> However, the index expressions are
and <link linkend="storage-hot">non-HOT update</link>. However, the index expressions are
<emphasis>not</emphasis> recomputed during an indexed search, since they are
already stored in the index. In both examples above, the system
sees the query as just <literal>WHERE indexedcolumn = 'constant'</literal>

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@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ postgres=# SELECT pg_drop_replication_slot('regression_slot');
</programlisting>
<para>
The following examples shows how logical decoding is controlled over the
The following examples show how logical decoding is controlled over the
streaming replication protocol, using the
program <xref linkend="app-pgrecvlogical"/> included in the PostgreSQL
distribution. This requires that client authentication is set up to allow

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@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ postgres 27093 0.0 0.0 30096 2752 ? Ss 11:34 0:00 postgres: ser
unnecessary and can be avoided by setting
<varname>stats_fetch_consistency</varname> to <literal>none</literal>.
You can invoke <function>pg_stat_clear_snapshot</function>() to discard the
You can invoke <function>pg_stat_clear_snapshot()</function> to discard the
current transaction's statistics snapshot or cached values (if any). The
next use of statistical information will (when in snapshot mode) cause a
new snapshot to be built or (when in cache mode) accessed statistics to be

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@ -381,9 +381,9 @@ DELETE
An expression to assign to the column. If used in a
<literal>WHEN MATCHED</literal> clause, the expression can use values
from the original row in the target table, and values from the
<literal>data_source</literal> row.
<replaceable>data_source</replaceable> row.
If used in a <literal>WHEN NOT MATCHED</literal> clause, the
expression can use values from the <literal>data_source</literal>.
expression can use values from the <replaceable>data_source</replaceable>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

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@ -422,8 +422,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
A compression detail string can optionally be specified.
If the detail string is an integer, it specifies the compression
level. Otherwise, it should be a comma-separated list of items,
each of the form <literal>keyword</literal> or
<literal>keyword=value</literal>.
each of the form
<replaceable>keyword</replaceable> or
<replaceable>keyword=value</replaceable>.
Currently, the supported keywords are <literal>level</literal>,
<literal>long</literal>, and <literal>workers</literal>.
The detail string cannot be used when the compression method
@ -1019,7 +1020,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
</screen></para>
<para>
To create a backup of a local server with one tar file for each tablespace
To create a backup of the local server with one tar file for each tablespace
compressed with <application>gzip</application> at level 9, stored in the
directory <filename>backup</filename>:
<screen>

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@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
A compression detail string can optionally be specified. If the
detail string is an integer, it specifies the compression level.
Otherwise, it should be a comma-separated list of items, each of the
form <literal>keyword</literal> or <literal>keyword=value</literal>.
form <replaceable>keyword</replaceable> or
<replaceable>keyword=value</replaceable>.
Currently, the only supported keyword is <literal>level</literal>.
</para>
<para>

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@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<listitem>
<para>
Enables decoding of prepared transactions. This option may only be specified with
<option>--create-slot</option>
<option>--create-slot</option>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

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@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<para>
Do not output commands to select table access methods.
With this option, all objects will be created with whichever
access method is the default during restore.
table access method is the default during restore.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

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@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<term><option>--fork=<replaceable>fork</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
If provided, only display records that modify blocks in the given fork.
Only display records that modify blocks in the given fork.
The valid values are <literal>main</literal> for the main fork,
<literal>fsm</literal> for the free space map,
<literal>vm</literal> for the visibility map,
@ -174,12 +174,13 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
names, and exit.
</para>
<para>
Extensions may define custom resource managers, but pg_waldump does
Extensions may define custom resource managers, but
<application>pg_waldump</application> does
not load the extension module and therefore does not recognize custom
resource managers by name. Instead, you can specify the custom
resource managers as <literal>custom###</literal> where
"<literal>###</literal>" is the three-digit resource manager ID. Names
of this form will always be considered valid.
<replaceable>###</replaceable> is the three-digit resource manager ID.
Names of this form will always be considered valid.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>

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@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ pgbench <optional> <replaceable>options</replaceable> </optional> <replaceable>d
data is generated in <command>pgbench</command> client and then
sent to the server. This uses the client/server bandwidth
extensively through a <command>COPY</command>.
<command>pgbench</command> uses the FREEZE option with version 14 or later
<command>pgbench</command> uses the <option>FREEZE</option> option
with version 14 or later
of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> to speed up
subsequent <command>VACUUM</command>, except on the
<literal>pgbench_accounts</literal> table if partitions are
@ -1118,7 +1119,8 @@ pgbench <optional> <replaceable>options</replaceable> </optional> <replaceable>d
each SQL command on a single line ending with a semicolon.
</para>
<para>
It is assumed that pgbench scripts do not contain incomplete blocks of SQL
It is assumed that <application>pgbench</application> scripts do not contain
incomplete blocks of SQL
transactions. If at runtime the client reaches the end of the script without
completing the last transaction block, it will be aborted.
</para>
@ -2636,7 +2638,7 @@ END;
</para>
<para>
Here is some example output generated with these options:
Here is some example output generated with this option:
<screen>
<userinput>pgbench --aggregate-interval=10 --time=20 --client=10 --log --rate=1000 --latency-limit=10 --failures-detailed --max-tries=10 test</userinput>