Re: Suggestion on Document for Version 12 Section 40.3

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> On 9 Jan 2020, at 09:28, PG Doc comments form <[email protected]> =
wrote:
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> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
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> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/rules-materializedviews.html
> Description:
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> Hello all,
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> I'm reading Section 40.3, and there is an example (the third square by
> reverse order):
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> SELECT word FROM words ORDER BY word <-> 'caterpiler' LIMIT 10;
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>     word    =20
> ---------------
> cater
> caterpillar
> Caterpillar
> caterpillars
> caterpillar's
> Caterpillar's
> caterer
> caterer's
> caters
> catered
> (10 rows)
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> As shown here https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/pgtrgm.html, the
> operator `<->` is in an additional module. Without the context, the =
reader
> will need searching to help understand the meaning. It would be better =
if
> further reference is given.

I agree that this could lead to unnecessary confusion for readers, and =
since we
are already mentioning that file_fdw is used it seems reasonable to also
mention pg_trgm.  A suggested patch is attached.

cheers ./daniel


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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/rules.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/rules.sgml
index 2610645663..bcf860b68b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/rules.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/rules.sgml
@@ -1039,7 +1039,8 @@ SELECT count(*) FROM words WHERE word = 'caterpiler';
 </programlisting>
 
     Either way, the word is spelled wrong, so let's look for what we might
-    have wanted.  Again using <literal>file_fdw</literal>:
+    have wanted.  Again using <literal>file_fdw</literal> and
+    <literal>pg_trgm</literal>:
 
 <programlisting>
 SELECT word FROM words ORDER BY word &lt;-&gt; 'caterpiler' LIMIT 10;

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