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authorBruce Momjian2003-06-24 23:26:46 +0000
committerBruce Momjian2003-06-24 23:26:46 +0000
commitdb57396c1ff7200e16608a74b3a3d9854afa2986 (patch)
treee42a9bd098def1e20fa75c82f5039891935bd751 /doc/src
parent7f7919256ac1c5f452c78d5a23f53a67af37af67 (diff)
Alter query.sgml to mention PostgreSQL as an ORDBMS. This falls in line
with advocacy and 'portal' websites. Link to createdb / dropdb from the tutorial page about create / dropdb. A pair of notes were asking about more info... Rod Taylor
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/query.sgml6
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/start.sgml8
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/query.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/query.sgml
index fe3490fb419..c22c541fae6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/query.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/query.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/query.sgml,v 1.30 2003/03/25 16:15:38 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/query.sgml,v 1.31 2003/06/24 23:26:46 momjian Exp $
-->
<chapter id="tutorial-sql">
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/query.sgml,v 1.30 2003/03/25 16:15:38 peter
<indexterm><primary>relation</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>table</primary></indexterm>
- <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is a <firstterm>relational
- database management system</firstterm> (<acronym>RDBMS</acronym>).
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is a <firstterm>object relational
+ database management system</firstterm> (<acronym>ORDBMS</acronym>).
That means it is a system for managing data stored in
<firstterm>relations</firstterm>. Relation is essentially a
mathematical term for <firstterm>table</firstterm>. The notion of
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml
index 88a53f0efbe..d10ad5b3c5e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml,v 1.29 2003/03/25 16:15:38 petere Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/start.sgml,v 1.30 2003/06/24 23:26:46 momjian Exp $
-->
<chapter id="tutorial-start">
@@ -255,6 +255,12 @@ createdb: database creation failed
cannot be undone, so this should only be done with a great deal of
forethought.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ More about <command>createdb</command> and <command>dropdb</command> may
+ be found in <xref linkend="APP-CREATEDB"> and <xref linkend="APP-DROPDB">
+ respectively.
+ </para>
</sect1>