Fix assorted typos in the documentation, and use American spelling

rather than British. Patch from Michael Fuhr.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 75e0f05e3490eee65abe4afe0cdb6927af34d478..5582f6b778503301233b0214597f2b347f9c033d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
   Run-time Configuration
@@ -2602,7 +2602,7 @@ SELECT * FROM parent WHERE key = 2400;
          Each recognized escape is replaced as outlined 
          below - anything else that looks like an escape is ignored. Other
          characters are copied straight to the log line. Some escapes are
-         only recognised by session processes, and do not apply to
+         only recognized by session processes, and do not apply to
          background processes such as the postmaster. Syslog
          produces its own 
          time stamp and process ID information, so you probably do not want to

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/information_schema.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/information_schema.sgml
index 9f0f08dacbaba09b5cc46a92156087c3ed064546..7b97c70ed4e32d218b32472f8cb602ac14895e52 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/information_schema.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/information_schema.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
+
 
 
  The Information Schema
@@ -3272,7 +3272,7 @@ ORDER BY c.ordinal_position;
      
 
      
-      sql_language_comformance
+      sql_language_conformance
       character_data
       
        The standard conformance level for the language binding.  For

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/planstats.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/planstats.sgml
index c770dffc87d9e8870f04fafdd6cd6168bd54d1ad..4f22b481ed269e7ffe86f4dcc75e115577846f60 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/planstats.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/planstats.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/planstats.sgml,v 1.3 2005/03/14 06:49:48 neilc E
 
   
    The outputs and algorithms shown below are taken from version 8.0. 
-   The behaviour of earlier (or later) versions may vary.
+   The behavior of earlier (or later) versions may vary.
   
 
  

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_sequence.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_sequence.sgml
index 4ab3db3ead1ca6e831536ade309f5603f20f1942..27e9e7702a58afa4ff22ba15541fbc46b297b654 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_sequence.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_sequence.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ ALTER SEQUENCE name SET SCHEMA 
         specified, any calls to nextval after the
         sequence has reached its maximum value will return an error.
         If neither CYCLE or NO
-        CYCLE are specified, the old cycle behaviour will be
+        CYCLE are specified, the old cycle behavior will be
         maintained.
        
       

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
index 5687fe34659421cc899bf4485763dc9187ee7eea..2d8dc945716e4c9b2bb28109eb459c7b2cde9f80 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ COPY tablename [ ( 
     Separated Value (CSV) file format used by many other
     programs, such as spreadsheets. Instead of the escaping used by
     PostgreSQL's standard text mode, it
-    produces and recognises the common CSV escaping mechanism.
+    produces and recognizes the common CSV escaping mechanism.
    
 
    

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgml
index 16cdba76814daa921dd3dbe372355fb3b3a57a73..d2dbf0ca3b3e6230682e6b677bdf1056773db713 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table_as.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } ] TABLE table_name
   
    Prior to PostgreSQL 8.0, CREATE
    TABLE AS always included OIDs in the table it
-   produced.  As of PostgresSQL 8.0,
+   produced.  As of PostgreSQL 8.0,
    the CREATE TABLE AS command allows the user to
    explicitly specify whether OIDs should be included. If the
    presence of OIDs is not explicitly specified,

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
index a89bf89164d442fc9f4eeca5a9e744d2a72b0b35..6d25f3e3c5d36c15536fa8fbd07cc2a53880f9a3 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
 
   
     .  Check there for details on possible
-    error conditions.  Also see suppored environment variables
+    error conditions.  Also see supported environment variables
     ().
   
     

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
index aabbc1e2f3459953894e6e0ae500e94ac3a26b79..75012d0219db41d4712d2687726f7d788256d352 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
+
 
 
 The Rule System
@@ -2012,7 +2012,7 @@ Nestloop
     The last command we look at is
 
 
-DELETE FROM computer WHERE manufacurer = 'bim';
+DELETE FROM computer WHERE manufacturer = 'bim';
 
 
     Again this could result in many rows to be deleted from
@@ -2020,7 +2020,7 @@ DELETE FROM computer WHERE manufacurer = 'bim';
     through the executor.  The command generated by the rule will be
 
 
-DELETE FROM software WHERE computer.manufacurer = 'bim'
+DELETE FROM software WHERE computer.manufacturer = 'bim'
                        AND software.hostname = computer.hostname;
 
 

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index 3a8745df90955e6ce0736cb85ca6e989e0a84a88..0e88a6c297bd24874a24ce4dc05ab3f21e95623d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
 
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ options "SEMMNS=240"
        
 
        
-        The remaining sempahore settings are read-only as far as
+        The remaining semaphore settings are read-only as far as
         sysctl is concerned, but can be changed
         before boot using the loader prompt:
 

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/user-manag.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/user-manag.sgml
index fea93aec91574861e992e51b4108b23e5ae98784..cadca53ace6aa3d41cc5939260492b4708dfe62a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/user-manag.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/user-manag.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
 
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ REVOKE ALL ON accounts FROM PUBLIC;
   
    Functions run inside the backend
    server process with the operating system permissions of the
-   database server daemon.  If the programmming language
+   database server daemon.  If the programming language
    used for the function allows unchecked memory accesses, it is
    possible to change the server's internal data structures.
    Hence, among many other things, such functions can circumvent any

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/xfunc.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/xfunc.sgml
index 85e106d74eedb96bfe844599c16a18ea7f0c0fa4..ff461884db20183b4bb4050c13d270c28f6f1d6d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/xfunc.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/xfunc.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
 
  
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ CREATE FUNCTION square_root(double precision) RETURNS double precision
 
     
      data type
-     internal organisation
+     internal organization