Add a few more xrefs, where they seemed appropriate: for example, refer

to the discussion of planner statistics in the documentation for the
default_statistics_target GUC var.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
index d10be7f2905653f5d9529d8e6e39c6d0e34f9385..023f12e606a3d30b390bbc14c09f0dabd1c37eba 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
@@ -114,7 +114,10 @@ ALTER TABLE name
       sets the per-column statistics-gathering target for subsequent
        operations.
       The target can be set in the range 0 to 1000; alternatively, set it
-      to -1 to revert to using the system default statistics target.
+      to -1 to revert to using the system default statistics
+      target. For more information on the use of statistics by the
+      PostgreSQL query planner, refer to
+      .
      
     
    

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index 4af03bccfaac701c70517fb1dbb90b8d56b24405..84e99b5a063e5357952e427718d82d5936be79c0 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
@@ -151,7 +151,10 @@ and table_constraint is:
     data_type
     
      
-      The data type of the column. This may include array specifiers.
+      The data type of the column. This may include array
+      specifiers. For more information on the data types included with
+      PostgreSQL, refer to 
+      linkend="datatype">.
      
     
    


diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml

index 2084404f0505ade65e80367506bc7542cf4ab616..55e0f21b0b9b3e2572208c0392485596585ca845 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
 
@@ -1562,11 +1562,13 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
       default_statistics_target (integer)
       
        
-        Sets the default statistics target for table columns that have not
-        had a column-specific target set via ALTER TABLE SET
-        STATISTICS.  Larger values increase the time needed to do
-        ANALYZE, but may improve the quality of the planner's
-        estimates. The default is 10.
+        Sets the default statistics target for table columns that have
+        not had a column-specific target set via ALTER TABLE
+        SET STATISTICS.  Larger values increase the time needed to
+        do ANALYZE, but may improve the quality of the
+        planner's estimates. The default is 10. For more information
+        on the use of statistics by the PostgreSQL
+        query planner, refer to .
        
       
      

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index 2084404f0505ade65e80367506bc7542cf4ab616..55e0f21b0b9b3e2572208c0392485596585ca845 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
 
@@ -1562,11 +1562,13 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
       default_statistics_target (integer)
       
        
-        Sets the default statistics target for table columns that have not
-        had a column-specific target set via ALTER TABLE SET
-        STATISTICS.  Larger values increase the time needed to do
-        ANALYZE, but may improve the quality of the planner's
-        estimates. The default is 10.
+        Sets the default statistics target for table columns that have
+        not had a column-specific target set via ALTER TABLE
+        SET STATISTICS.  Larger values increase the time needed to
+        do ANALYZE, but may improve the quality of the
+        planner's estimates. The default is 10. For more information
+        on the use of statistics by the PostgreSQL
+        query planner, refer to .