From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: ap@robillo.net
Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [DOCS] Double negation in parameter description
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:40:44 -0500
Message-ID: <ZV51XMu5dE20Pmrr@momjian.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170208152743.1411.6073@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
References: <20170208152743.1411.6073@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 03:27:43PM +0000, ap@robillo.net wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/sql-refreshmaterializedview.html
> Description:
>
> In the description of the CONCURRENTLY parameter (3rd line/paragraph, the
> statement employs double negation which makes it hard to read and
> understand.
>
> "This option may not be used when the materialized view is not already
> populated."
>
> I guess the author would want to mean:
>
> "This option may only be used on a populated materialized view."?
>
> Your clarification is much appreciated.
I know this is six years old, but fixed in master with the attached
patch.
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[text/x-diff] master.diff (646B, ../ZV51XMu5dE20Pmrr@momjian.us/2-master.diff)
download | inline diff:diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/refresh_materialized_view.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/refresh_materialized_view.sgmlindex 675d6090f3..7a019162c3 100644--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/refresh_materialized_view.sgml+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/refresh_materialized_view.sgml@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW [ CONCURRENTLY ] <replaceable class="parameter">name</
expression index or include a <literal>WHERE</literal> clause.
</para>
<para>
- This option may not be used when the materialized view is not already+ This option can only be used when the materialized view is already
populated.
</para>
<para>
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