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| author | Bruce Momjian | 2004-03-30 15:54:33 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian | 2004-03-30 15:54:33 +0000 |
| commit | 45edc20283fc870f4e0f30450d929f1207a13887 (patch) | |
| tree | 979d685f6bdc083d00e0516842a4664bff18dc73 /doc/src | |
| parent | fd071bd478f489c81208029265e1fef954a9b5fa (diff) | |
Add mention of how to use \df to find functions using/returning specific
data types.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml index 8b2289164a0..e6bbcea60b1 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.108 2004/03/24 03:27:46 momjian Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.109 2004/03/30 15:54:33 momjian Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -904,13 +904,18 @@ testdb=> return types. If <replaceable class="parameter">pattern</replaceable> is specified, only functions whose names match the pattern are shown. - If the form - <literal>\df+</literal> is used, additional information about + If the form <literal>\df+</literal> is used, additional information about each function, including language and description, is shown. </para> <note> <para> + To look up functions taking argument or returning values of a specific + type, use your pager's search capability to scroll through the <literal>\df</> + output. + </para> + + <para> To reduce clutter, <literal>\df</> does not show data type I/O functions. This is implemented by ignoring functions that accept or return type <type>cstring</>. |