libpgtcl.sgml still needs work, but at least there are

fewer errors than there were.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpgtcl.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpgtcl.sgml
index 7bc254ac7722af866cc9e006df2b05af7c708fd8..245043d5865a00869a50bbadc9157f2500829196 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpgtcl.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpgtcl.sgml
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@ This package was originally written by Jolly Chen.
 
 Commands
 
-
-The pg_lo* routines are interfaces to the Inversion Large Objects in Postgres.
-The functions are designed to mimic the analogous file system functions in
-the standard Unix file system interface.
-
-
 
 
 PGTCL Commands
@@ -110,7 +104,11 @@ These commands are described further on subsequent pages.
 
 
 
-The pg_lo* routines should typically be used within a BEGIN/END transaction
+The pg_lo* routines are interfaces to the Large Object features of
+Postgres.
+The functions are designed to mimic the analogous file system functions in
+the standard Unix file system interface.
+The pg_lo* routines should be used within a BEGIN/END transaction
 block because the file descriptor returned by pg_lo_open is only valid for
 the current transaction.  pg_lo_import and pg_lo_export MUST be used
 in a BEGIN/END transaction block.
@@ -137,6 +135,7 @@ proc getDBs { {host "localhost"} {port "5432"} } {
     for {set i 0} {$i < $ntups} {incr i} {
    lappend datnames [pg_result $res -getTuple $i]
     }
+    pg_result $res -clear
     pg_disconnect $conn
     return $datnames
 }
@@ -167,14 +166,20 @@ proc getDBs { {host "localhost"} {port "5432"} } {
 
 
 pg_connect dbName -host hostName
-  -port portNumber -tty pqtty -options optionalBackendArgs
+  -port 
+  CLASS="PARAMETER">portNumber -tty
+  pqtty
+  -options 
+  CLASS="PARAMETER">optionalBackendArgs
+
+pg_connect -conninfo connectOptions
 
 
 
 
 1997-12-24
 
-Inputs</div>
<div class="diff add">+<TITLE>Inputs<span class="marked"> (old style)</span></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> 
 
 
@@ -227,6 +232,25 @@ pg_connect dbName -host <
 
 
 
+1998-10-07
+
+Inputs (new style)</div>
<div class="diff add">+
+
+
+
+  connectOptions
+
+
+A string of connection options, each written in the form keyword = value.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
 1997-12-24
 
 Outputs</div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> </TERM></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <LISTITEM></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <PARA></div>
<div class="diff rem">-The return result is either an error message or a handle for a database</div>
<div class="diff rem">-   connection.  Handles start with the prefix "pgsql"</div>
<div class="diff add">+If successful, a handle for a database connection is returned.</div>
<div class="diff add">+Handles start with the prefix "pgsql".</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </PARA></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </LISTITEM></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> </VARLISTENTRY></div>
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<div class="diff ctx"> </REFSECT1INFO></div>
<div class="diff ctx"> <TITLE>Description</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> 
-pg_connect opens a connection to the Postgres backend.
+pg_connect opens a connection to the
+Postgres backend.
+
+
+Two syntaxes are available.  In the older one, each possible option
+has a separate option switch in the pg_connect statement.  In the
+newer form, a single option string is supplied that can contain
+multiple option values.  See pg_conndefaults
+for info about the available options in the newer syntax.
 
 
 
@@ -338,10 +370,91 @@ pg_disconnect dbHandle
 
 
 
+
+
+
+
+
+pg_conndefaults
+PGTCL - Connection Management
+
+
+pg_conndefaults
+
+obtain information about default connection parameters
+
+pgtclconnecting
+pg_conndefaults
+
+
+
+1998-10-07
+
+
+pg_conndefaults
+
+
+
+
+1998-10-07
+
+Inputs</div>
<div class="diff add">+
+
+None.
+
+
+
+
+
+1998-10-07
+
+Outputs</div>
<div class="diff add">+
+
+
+
+  option list
+
+
+
+The result is a list describing the possible connection options and their
+current default values.
+Each entry in the list is a sublist of the format:
+
+    {optname label dispchar dispsize value}
+
+where the optname is usable as an option in pg_connect -conninfo.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+1998-10-07
+
+Description</div>
<div class="diff add">+
+pg_conndefaults returns info about the connection
+options available in pg_connect -conninfo and the
+current default value for each option.
+
+
+
+Usage</div>
<div class="diff add">+
+pg_conndefaults
+
+
+
+
 
 
 pg_exec
-PGTCL - Connection Management
+PGTCL - Query Processing
 
 
 pg_exec
@@ -399,11 +512,14 @@ pg_exec dbHandle 
 
 
 
-  queryHandle
+  resultHandle
 
 
 
-   the return result is either an error message or a handle for a query result.
+A Tcl error will be returned if Pgtcl was unable to obtain a backend
+response.  Otherwise, a query result object is created and a handle for
+it is returned.  This handle can be passed to pg_result
+to obtain the results of the query.
 
 
 
@@ -421,116 +537,240 @@ pg_exec dbHandle 
 
 Query result handles start with the connection handle and add a period
 and a result number.
+
+
+Note that lack of a Tcl error is not proof that the query succeeded!
+An error message returned by the backend will be processed
+as a query result with failure status, not by generating a Tcl error
+in pg_exec.
 
 
 
-LISTEN">
+RESULT">
 
-pg_listen
-PGTCL - Asynchronous Notify
+pg_result
+PGTCL - Query Processing
 
 
-pg_listen
+pg_result
 
-sets or changes a callback for asynchronous NOTIFY messages
+
+get information about a query result
 
-LISTEN-1">pgtclnotify
-LISTEN-2">notify
+RESULT-1">pgtclconnecting
+RESULT-2">pg_connect
 
 
 
-1998-5-22
+1997-12-24
 
 
-pg_listen dbHandle notifyName callbackCommand
+pg_result resultHandle resultOption
 
-
-
+
 
-1998-5-22
+1997-12-24
 
 Inputs</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> 
 
 
 
-  dbHandle
+  resultHandle
 
 
-Specifies a valid database handle.
+
+  The handle for a query result.
 
 
 
 
 
-  notifyName
+  resultOption
 
 
-Specifies the notification name to start or stop listening to.
+
+Specifies one of several possible options.
 
 
 
+
+
+
+Options
+
+
 
 
-  callbackCommand
+-status  
 
 
-If present and not empty, provides the command string to execute
-when a matching notification arrives.
+
+the status of the result.
 
 
 
-
-
-
-
-
-1998-5-22
-
-Outputs</div>
<div class="diff rem">-
-
 
 
-  None
+-error
+
+
+
+the error message, if the status indicates error; otherwise an empty string.
+
+
+
+
+
+-conn
+
+
+
+the connection that produced the result.
+
+
+
+
+
+-oid
+
+
+
+if the command was an INSERT, the OID of the 
+inserted tuple; otherwise an empty string.
+
+
+
+
+
+-numTuples
+
+
+
+the number of tuples returned by the query.
+
+
+
+
+
+-numAttrs
+
+
+
+the number of attributes in each tuple.
+
+
+
+
+
+-assign arrayName
+
+
+
+assign the results to an array, using subscripts of the form
+(tupno,attributeName).
+
+
+
+
+
+-assignbyidx arrayName ?appendstr?
+
+
+
+assign the results to an array using the first attribute's value and
+the remaining attributes' names as keys.  If appendstr is given then
+it is appended to each key.  In short, all but the first field of each
+tuple are stored into the array, using subscripts of the form
+(firstFieldValue,fieldNameAppendStr).
+
+
+
+
+
+-getTuple tupleNumber
+
+
+
+returns the fields of the indicated tuple in a list.  Tuple numbers
+start at zero.
+
+
+
+
+
+-tupleArray tupleNumber arrayName
+
+
+
+stores the fields of the tuple in array arrayName, indexed by field names.
+Tuple numbers start at zero.
+
+
+
+
+
+-attributes
+
+
+
+returns a list of the names of the tuple attributes.
+
+
+
+
+
+-lAttributes
 
 
 
+returns a list of sublists, {name ftype fsize} for each tuple attribute.
+
+
+
+
+
+-clear 
+
+
+
+clear the result query object.
 
 
 
 
+
 
-
 
-
+
+
+1997-12-24
+
+Outputs</div>
<div class="diff add">+
+
+The result depends on the selected option, as described above.
+
+
+
+
 
-1998-5-22
+1997-12-24
 
 Description</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> 
-pg_listen creates, changes, or cancels a request
-to listen for asynchronous NOTIFY messages from the
-Postgres backend.  With a callbackCommand
-parameter, the request is established, or the command string of an already
-existing request is replaced.  With no callbackCommand parameter, a prior
-request is canceled.
-
+
+pg_result returns information about a query result
+created by a prior pg_exec.
 
 
-After a pg_listen request is established,
-the specified command string is executed whenever a NOTIFY message bearing
-the given name arrives from the backend.  This occurs when any
-Postgres client application issues a NOTIFY command
-referencing that name.  (Note that the name can be, but does not have to be,
-that of an existing relation in the database.)
-The command string is executed from the Tcl idle loop.  That is the normal
-idle state of an application written with Tk.  In non-Tk Tcl shells, you can
-execute update or vwait to cause
-the idle loop to be entered.
+You can keep a query result around for as long as you need it, but when
+you are done with it, be sure to free it by
+executing pg_result -clear.  Otherwise, you have
+a memory leak, and Pgtcl will eventually start complaining that you've
+created too many query result objects.
 
 
-
 
 
 
@@ -538,7 +778,7 @@ the idle loop to be entered.
 
 
 pg_select
-PGTCL - Connection Management
+PGTCL - Query Processing
 
 
 pg_select
@@ -614,7 +854,7 @@ pg_select dbHandle 
 
 
 
-  queryHandle
+  resultHandle
 
 
 
@@ -632,14 +872,18 @@ pg_select dbHandle 
 Description</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> 
 
-pg_select submits a query to the Postgres backend.
- and returns the results.
+pg_select submits a SELECT query to the
+Postgres backend, and executes a
+given chunk of code for each tuple in the result.
   The queryString
-   must be a select statement.  Anything else returns an error.
+  must be a SELECT statement.  Anything else returns an error.
   The arrayVar
-   variable is an array name used in the loop.  It is filled
-   out with the result of the query for each tuple using the field
-   names as the associative indices.
+  variable is an array name used in the loop.  For each tuple,
+  arrayVar is filled in
+  with the tuple field values, using the field names as the array
+  indexes.  Then the
+  queryProcedure
+  is executed.
 
 
 
@@ -647,13 +891,12 @@ pg_select dbHandle 
 Usage</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> 
 
+This would work if table "table" has fields "control" and "name"
+(and, perhaps, other fields):
 
-   set DB "mydb"
-   set conn [pg_connect $DB]
-   pg_select $conn "SELECT * from table" array {
+   pg_select $pgconn "SELECT * from table" array {
        puts [format "%5d %s" array(control) array(name)]
    }
-   pg_disconnect $conn
 
 
 
@@ -662,187 +905,119 @@ pg_select dbHandle 
 
 
 
-RESULT">
+LISTEN">
 
-pg_result
-PGTCL - Connection Management
+pg_listen
+PGTCL - Asynchronous Notify
 
 
-pg_result
+pg_listen
 
-
-get information about a query result
+sets or changes a callback for asynchronous NOTIFY messages
 
-RESULT-1">pgtclconnecting
-RESULT-2">pg_connect
+LISTEN-1">pgtclnotify
+LISTEN-2">notify
 
 
 
-1997-12-24
+1998-5-22
 
 
-pg_result queryHandle resultOption
+pg_listen dbHandle notifyName callbackCommand
 
-
+
+
 
-1997-12-24
+1998-5-22
 
 Inputs</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> 
 
 
 
-  queryHandle
-
-
-
-  The handle for a query result.
-
-
-
-
-
-  resultOption
-
-
-
-Specifies one of several possible options.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-Options
-
-
-
-
--status  
-
-
-
-the status of the result.
-
-
-
-
-
--oid
-
-
-
-if the last query was an insert, returns the oid of the 
-inserted tuple
-
-
-
-
-
--conn
-
-
-
-the connection that produced the result
-
-
-
-
-
--assign arrayName
-
-
-
-assign the results to an array
-
-
-
-
-
--assignbyidx arrayName ?appendstr?
-
-
-
-assign the results to an array using the first field as a key
-and optionally append appendstr to the key name. Useful for
-creating pseudo-multi dimensional arrays in tcl.
-
-
-
-
-
--numTuples
-
-
-
-the number of tuples in the query
-
-
-
-
-
--attributes
+  dbHandle
 
 
-
-returns a list of the name/type pairs of the tuple attributes
+Specifies a valid database handle.
 
 
 
 
 
--getTuple tupleNumber
+  notifyName
 
 
-
-returns the values of the tuple in a list
+Specifies the notify condition name to start or stop listening to.
 
 
 
 
 
--clear 
+  callbackCommand
 
 
-
-clear the result buffer. Do not reuse after this
+If present and not empty, provides the command string to execute
+when a matching notification arrives.
 
 
 
 
-
 
 
-RESULT-2">
+LISTEN-2">
 
-1997-12-24
+1998-5-22
 
 Outputs</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> 
 
 
 
-  queryHandle
+  None
 
 
 
-   the return result is either an error message or a handle for a query result.
 
 
 
 
-
+
+
 
-RESULT-1">
+LISTEN-1">
 
-1997-12-24
+1998-5-22
 
 Description</div>
<div class="diff ctx"> 
-
-pg_result returns information about a query.
+pg_listen creates, changes, or cancels a request
+to listen for asynchronous NOTIFY messages from the
+Postgres backend.  With a callbackCommand
+parameter, the request is established, or the command string of an already
+existing request is replaced.  With no callbackCommand parameter, a prior
+request is canceled.
+
+
+
+After a pg_listen request is established,
+the specified command string is executed whenever a NOTIFY message bearing
+the given name arrives from the backend.  This occurs when any
+Postgres client application issues a NOTIFY command
+referencing that name.  (Note that the name can be, but does not have to be,
+that of an existing relation in the database.)
+The command string is executed from the Tcl idle loop.  That is the normal
+idle state of an application written with Tk.  In non-Tk Tcl shells, you can
+execute update or vwait to cause
+the idle loop to be entered.
+
+
+You should not invoke the SQL statements LISTEN or UNLISTEN directly when
+using pg_listen.  Pgtcl takes care of issuing those
+statements for you.  But if you want to send a NOTIFY message yourself,
+invoke the SQL NOTIFY statement using pg_exec.
 
 
+