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3 | 3 | Postgres documentation |
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@@ -169,11 +169,10 @@ ALTER TABLE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable> |
169 | 169 | The <literal>ALTER COLUMN SET STATISTICS</literal> form allows you to |
170 | 170 | set the statistics-gathering target for subsequent |
171 | 171 | <xref linkend="sql-analyze" endterm="sql-analyze-title"> operations. |
172 | | - The <literal>RENAME</literal> clause causes the name of a table or column |
173 | | - to change without changing any of the data contained in |
174 | | - the affected table. Thus, the table or column will |
175 | | - remain of the same type and size after this command is |
176 | | - executed. |
| 172 | + The <literal>RENAME</literal> clause causes the name of a table, |
| 173 | + column, index, or sequence to change without changing any of the |
| 174 | + data. The data will remain of the same type and size after the |
| 175 | + command is executed. |
177 | 176 | The ADD <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table constraint definition</replaceable> clause |
178 | 177 | adds a new constraint to the table using the same syntax as <xref |
179 | 178 | linkend="SQL-CREATETABLE" endterm="SQL-CREATETABLE-TITLE">. |
@@ -345,8 +344,8 @@ DROP TABLE temp; |
345 | 344 | </para> |
346 | 345 |
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347 | 346 | <para> |
348 | | - The clauses to rename columns and tables are <productname>Postgres</productname> |
349 | | - extensions from SQL92. |
| 347 | + The clauses to rename tables, columns, indexes, and sequences are |
| 348 | + <productname>Postgres</productname> extensions from SQL92. |
350 | 349 | </para> |
351 | 350 |
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352 | 351 | </refsect2> |
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