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Thomas G. Lockhart
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Add information on SET SESSION CHARACTERISTICS.
Fix references to pg_hba.conf(5) since that is no longer a man page. Make minor repairs to "Compatibility" subsections.
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‎doc/src/sgml/ref/allfiles.sgml

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$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/allfiles.sgml,v 1.20 2000/07/14 15:27:14 thomas Exp $
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Postgres documentation
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Complete list of usable sgml source files in this directory.
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<!entity select system "select.sgml">
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<!entity selectInto system "select_into.sgml">
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<!entity set system "set.sgml">
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<!entity setSession system "set_session.sgml">
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<!entity setConstraints system "set_constraints.sgml">
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<!entity setTransaction system "set_transaction.sgml">
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<!entity show system "show.sgml">

‎doc/src/sgml/ref/commands.sgml

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Postgres documentation
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&selectInto;
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&set;
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&setConstraints;
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&setSession;
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&setTransaction;
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&show;
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&truncate;

‎doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml

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<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-CREATETABLE-4">
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<title>
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‎doc/src/sgml/ref/create_user.sgml

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Postgres documentation
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Sets the user's password. If you do not plan to use password
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authentication you can omit this option, otherwise the user
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See pg_hba.conf(5) or the administrator's guide for details on
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See the chapter on client authentication in the
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<citetitle>Administrator's Guide</citetitle> for details on
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how to set up authentication mechanisms.
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‎doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml

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<refsect1 id="R1-SQL-SET-3">
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<title>Compatibility</title>
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<para>
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attempts to mimic <acronym>SQL92</acronym>. However, SQL allows
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only numeric time zone offsets. All other parameter settings as
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well as the first syntax shown above are a
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<productname>Postgres</productname> extension.
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</para>
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<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-SET-4">
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<title>
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SQL92
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</title>
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<para>
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The second syntax shown above (<literal>SET TIME ZONE</literal>)
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attempts to mimic <acronym>SQL92</acronym>. However, SQL allows
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only numeric time zone offsets. All other parameter settings as
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well as the first syntax shown above are a
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<productname>Postgres</productname> extension.
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</para>
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‎doc/src/sgml/ref/set_constraints.sgml

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<refentry id="SQL-SET-CONSTRAINTS">
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<refentrytitle id="SQL-SET-CONSTRAINTS-title">SET CONSTRAINTS</refentrytitle>
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<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-SET-CONSTRAINT-4">
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<title>SQL92, SQL99</title>
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<para>
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sgml-omittag:nil
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sgml-shorttag:t
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sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
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sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
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sgml-indent-step:1
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sgml-indent-data:t
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sgml-parent-document:nil
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sgml-default-dtd-file:"../reference.ced"
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sgml-exposed-tags:nil
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sgml-local-catalogs:("/usr/lib/sgml/catalog")
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‎doc/src/sgml/ref/set_session.sgml

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<refentry id="SQL-SET-SESSION">
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle id="SQL-SET-SESSION-TITLE">SET</refentrytitle>
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<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>SET SESSION CHARACTERISTICS</refname>
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<refpurpose>Set per-session run-time parameters</refpurpose>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<synopsis>
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SET SESSION CHARACTERISTICS TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL { READ COMMITTED | SERIALIZABLE }
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SET SESSION CHARACTERISTICS TIME ZONE { '<replaceable class="PARAMETER">timezone</replaceable>' | LOCAL | DEFAULT }
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<refsect1 id="R1-SQL-SET-SESSION-1">
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<title>Description</title>
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<para>
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<command>SET SESSION CHARACTERISTICS</command> changes the run-time
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environment for the entire <acronym>SQL</acronym>
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session. Currently, transaction isolation level and time zone can
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be specified by this command.
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<para>
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current setting of a parameters.
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<para>
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Refer to <xref linkend="SQL-SET-TRANSACTION" endterm="SQL-SET-TRANSACTION-TITLE">
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and to <xref linkend="SQL-SET" endterm="SQL-SET-TITLE"> for more
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information on allowed parameters.
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<title>Examples</title>
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‎doc/src/sgml/ref/set_transaction.sgml

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