Add some links from data type chapter to section on literal constants.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
index c0f77a2ab47026e2c7b452958e24fb75b1edca04..183cd11e19ff784dd882fbce3539fb0ab5c86148 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
  
@@ -335,8 +335,11 @@ $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.47 2001/01/13 18:34:51 pe
    
 
    
-    The numeric types have a full set of corresponding arithmetic operators and
-    functions. Refer to  for more information.
+    The syntax of constants for the numeric types is described in
+    .  The numeric types have a
+    full set of corresponding arithmetic operators and
+    functions. Refer to  for more
+    information.
    
 
    
@@ -362,7 +365,7 @@ CREATE TABLE tablename (
      
 CREATE SEQUENCE tablename_colname_seq;
 CREATE TABLE tablename
-    (colname INT4 DEFAULT nextval('tablename_colname_seq');
+    (colname integer DEFAULT nextval('tablename_colname_seq');
 CREATE UNIQUE INDEX tablename_colname_key on tablename (colname);
      
 
@@ -394,20 +397,29 @@ CREATE TABLE tablename (
    Monetary Type
 
    
-    <span class="marked">Obsolete Type</span>
+    <span class="marked">Deprecated</span>
     
-     The money is now deprecated. Use numeric
-     or decimal instead. The money type may become a
-     locale-aware layer over the numeric type in a future release.
+     The money is now deprecated. Use
+     numeric or decimal instead, in
+     combination with the to_char function.  The
+     money type may become a locale-aware layer over the
+     numeric type in a future release.
     
    
 
    
-    The money type supports US-style currency with 
-    fixed decimal point representation.
-    If Postgres is compiled with USE_LOCALE 
-    then the money type should use the monetary conventions defined for
-    locale(7).
+    The money type stores U.S.-style currency with fixed
+    decimal point representation.  If
+    Postgres is compiled with locale
+    support then the money type uses locale-specific
+    output formatting.
+   
+
+   
+    Input is accepted in a variety of formats, including integer and
+    floating point literals, as well as typical
+    currency formatting, such as '$1,000.00'.
+    Output is in the latter form.
    
 
    
@@ -434,14 +446,9 @@ CREATE TABLE tablename (
      
     
    
-
-   
-    numeric
-    will replace the money type, and should be preferred.
-   
-
   
 
+
   
    Character Types
 
@@ -455,6 +462,12 @@ CREATE TABLE tablename (
     limit on the size of the field.
    
 
+   
+    Refer to  for information about
+    the syntax of string literals, and to 
+    for information about available operators and functions.
+   
+
    
     
      <productname>Postgres</productname> Character Types
@@ -661,8 +674,14 @@ CREATE TABLE tablename (
     
 
     
-     Remember that any date or time input needs to be enclosed into single quotes,
-     like text strings.
+     Remember that any date or time input needs to be enclosed into
+     single quotes, like text strings.  Refer to 
+     linkend="sql-syntax-constants-generic"> for more information.
+     SQL requires the following syntax
+
+type 'value'
+
+     but Postgres is more flexible.
     
 
     
@@ -1393,20 +1412,20 @@ January 8 04:05:06 1999 PST
       
        
    State
-   Output
    Input
+   Output
        
       
       
        
    True
-   't'
    TRUE, 't', 'true', 'y', 'yes', '1'
+   t
        
        
    False
-   'f'
    FALSE, 'f', 'false', 'n', 'no', '0'
+   f
        
       
      


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

index 843f2d08f5e96a76cce023dde26ee6b2b638693c..dd7702cbf024126ba5a07c3739476aa2d1b51f9e 100644 (file)

--- a/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
 
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ REAL '1.23'  -- string style
     
    
 
-   
+    id="sql-syntax-constants-generic">
     Constants of Other Types
 
     

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml
index 843f2d08f5e96a76cce023dde26ee6b2b638693c..dd7702cbf024126ba5a07c3739476aa2d1b51f9e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
 
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ REAL '1.23'  -- string style
     
    
 
-   
+    id="sql-syntax-constants-generic">
     Constants of Other Types