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| author | Dean Rasheed | 2025-06-26 09:13:00 +0000 |
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| committer | Dean Rasheed | 2025-06-26 09:13:00 +0000 |
| commit | 3ba9639e39ed8cf2d9dd30f6b8a3b3e9fffb9a64 (patch) | |
| tree | 4dfb89d9ba4644b39490812d8dc24eb700d24749 | |
| parent | eca624c6591be14a1a03f0b2d374043cdf276431 (diff) | |
doc: Updates for RETURNING OLD/NEW.
Fix a couple of sentences in the documentation that were missed in
commit 80feb727c8.
Author: Dean Rasheed <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Robert Treat <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAEZATCUcqADJuapZSjPf2b6hFJ6AGOUwefRvh8Ht3UZoqqw69Q@mail.gmail.com
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/merge.sgml | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml | 3 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/merge.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/merge.sgml index e76ebd157e5..c2e181066a4 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/merge.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/merge.sgml @@ -106,10 +106,11 @@ MERGE INTO [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="parameter">target_table_name</replaceabl to compute and return value(s) based on each row inserted, updated, or deleted. Any expression using the source or target table's columns, or the <link linkend="merge-action"><function>merge_action()</function></link> - function can be computed. When an <command>INSERT</command> or + function can be computed. By default, when an <command>INSERT</command> or <command>UPDATE</command> action is performed, the new values of the target - table's columns are used. When a <command>DELETE</command> is performed, - the old values of the target table's columns are used. The syntax of the + table's columns are used, and when a <command>DELETE</command> is performed, + the old values of the target table's columns are used, but it is also + possible to explicitly request old and new values. The syntax of the <literal>RETURNING</literal> list is identical to that of the output list of <command>SELECT</command>. </para> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml index 12ec5ba0709..40cca063946 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml @@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ UPDATE [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [ * ] [ to compute and return value(s) based on each row actually updated. Any expression using the table's columns, and/or columns of other tables mentioned in <literal>FROM</literal>, can be computed. - The new (post-update) values of the table's columns are used. + By default, the new (post-update) values of the table's columns are used, + but it is also possible to request the old (pre-update) values. The syntax of the <literal>RETURNING</literal> list is identical to that of the output list of <command>SELECT</command>. </para> |