From: Thomas G. Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 14:35:27 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Fix markup for terminology.
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Fix markup for terminology.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/lock.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/lock.sgml
index 175d6e0b25d..f427eb133c3 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/lock.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/lock.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/lock.sgml,v 1.19 2000/03/24 03:57:06 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/lock.sgml,v 1.20 2000/03/28 14:35:27 thomas Exp $
 Postgres documentation
 -->
 
@@ -224,74 +224,64 @@ ERROR <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable>: Table does not exist.
   <title>
    Description
   </title>
-   <title>
-    Terms
-   </title>
-   <para>
-    <variablelist>
-     <varlistentry>
-      <term>EXCLUSIVE</term>
-      <listitem>
-       <para>
-	Exclusive lock that prevents other locks from being granted.
-       </para>
-      </listitem>
-     </varlistentry>
-    </variablelist>
-
-    <variablelist>
-     <varlistentry>
-      <term>SHARE</term>
-      <listitem>
-       <para>
-	Allows others to share lock.  Prevents EXCLUSIVE locks.
-       </para>
-      </listitem>
-     </varlistentry>
-    </variablelist>
-
-    <variablelist>
-     <varlistentry>
-      <term>ACCESS</term>
-      <listitem>
-       <para>
-	Locks table schema.
-       </para>
-      </listitem>
-     </varlistentry>
-    </variablelist>
-
-    <variablelist>
-     <varlistentry>
-      <term>ROW</term>
-      <listitem>
-       <para>
-	Locks individual rows.
-       </para>
-      </listitem>
-     </varlistentry>
-    </variablelist>
-
-    <variablelist>
-     <varlistentry>
-      <term>Notes</term>
-      <listitem>
-       <para>
-	If EXCLUSIVE or SHARE are not specified, EXCLUSIVE is assumed.
-	Locks exist for the duration of the transaction.
-       </para>
-      </listitem>
-     </varlistentry>
-    </variablelist>
-
-   </para>
 
   <para>
+   <command>LOCK TABLE</command> controls concurrent access to a table
+   for the duration of a transaction.
    <productname>Postgres</productname> always uses the least restrictive
    lock mode whenever possible. <command>LOCK TABLE</command> 
    provided for cases when you might need more restrictive locking.
   </para>
 
+  <para>
+   <acronym>RDBMS</acronym> locking uses the following terminology:
+
+   <variablelist>
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term>EXCLUSIVE</term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       Exclusive lock that prevents other locks from being granted.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term>SHARE</term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       Allows others to share lock.  Prevents EXCLUSIVE locks.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term>ACCESS</term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       Locks table schema.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term>ROW</term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       Locks individual rows.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+   </variablelist>
+
+   <note>
+    <para>
+     If EXCLUSIVE or SHARE are not specified, EXCLUSIVE is assumed.
+     Locks exist for the duration of the transaction.
+    </para>
+   </note>
+  </para>
+
   <para>
    For example, an application runs a transaction at READ COMMITTED isolation
    level and needs to ensure the existance of data in a table for the