Typo

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 4:28 PM, <gp0072000@gmail.com> wrote:

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Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/backup-dump.html
Description:

Before restoring an SQL dump,

Should be

Before restoring a SQL dump,

The source code has a shared opinion on the matter:
$ git grep "a SQL" | wc -l
630
$ git grep "an SQL" | wc -l
238
Based on some past memories of some basic English lessons, this should
be "an" I think, because the S of SQL spells as "esse" :)
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Michael

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Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com> writes:

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 4:28 PM, <gp0072000@gmail.com> wrote:

Before restoring an SQL dump,
Should be
Before restoring a SQL dump,

The source code has a shared opinion on the matter:
$ git grep "a SQL" | wc -l
630
$ git grep "an SQL" | wc -l
238
Based on some past memories of some basic English lessons, this should
be "an" I think, because the S of SQL spells as "esse" :)

It depends on whether you prefer to spell out the abbreviation or
pronounce it as a word. So I would read it as either "a sequel dump"
or "an ess-cue-ell dump". Either is correct on its own terms, which
is why there's not a very strong consensus in our code/docs. I'm not
excited about trying to standardize on one vs. the other.

regards, tom lane

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