typo in literature reference

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#1PG Bug reporting form
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Ullmann's classic should be

[ull88]
Principles of Database and Knowledge-Base Systems.
Jeffrey D. Ullman. Volume 1. Computer Science Press. 1988.

not

[ull88]
Principles of Database and Knowledge.
Base Systems. Jeffrey D. Ullman. Volume 1. Computer Science Press. 1988.

as Base Systems is not a subtitle

#2Daniel Gustafsson
daniel@yesql.se
In reply to: PG Bug reporting form (#1)
Re: typo in literature reference

On 10 Sep 2020, at 11:26, PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:

The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:

Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/biblio.html
Description:

Ullmann's classic should be

[ull88]
Principles of Database and Knowledge-Base Systems.
Jeffrey D. Ullman. Volume 1. Computer Science Press. 1988.

not

[ull88]
Principles of Database and Knowledge.
Base Systems. Jeffrey D. Ullman. Volume 1. Computer Science Press. 1988.

as Base Systems is not a subtitle

Nice catch, it's been this way since 9474dd7ed6988924 which was committed in
May 1999. The book does actually have a subtitle though, which is "Classical
Database Systems". Fixed in the attached.

cheers ./daniel

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#3Robert Kahlert
robert.kahlert@toptal.com
In reply to: Daniel Gustafsson (#2)
Re: typo in literature reference

No fair, I only looked at the back of the spine, not at the front page, so
I missed the actual subtitle :P

nice work Daniel
--trc

On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 1:50 PM Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> wrote:

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On 10 Sep 2020, at 11:26, PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org>

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The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:

Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/biblio.html
Description:

Ullmann's classic should be

[ull88]
Principles of Database and Knowledge-Base Systems.
Jeffrey D. Ullman. Volume 1. Computer Science Press. 1988.

not

[ull88]
Principles of Database and Knowledge.
Base Systems. Jeffrey D. Ullman. Volume 1. Computer Science Press. 1988.

as Base Systems is not a subtitle

Nice catch, it's been this way since 9474dd7ed6988924 which was committed
in
May 1999. The book does actually have a subtitle though, which is
"Classical
Database Systems". Fixed in the attached.

cheers ./daniel

#4Magnus Hagander
magnus@hagander.net
In reply to: Daniel Gustafsson (#2)
Re: typo in literature reference

On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 1:50 PM Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> wrote:

On 10 Sep 2020, at 11:26, PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org>

wrote:

The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:

Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/biblio.html
Description:

Ullmann's classic should be

[ull88]
Principles of Database and Knowledge-Base Systems.
Jeffrey D. Ullman. Volume 1. Computer Science Press. 1988.

not

[ull88]
Principles of Database and Knowledge.
Base Systems. Jeffrey D. Ullman. Volume 1. Computer Science Press. 1988.

as Base Systems is not a subtitle

Nice catch, it's been this way since 9474dd7ed6988924 which was committed
in
May 1999. The book does actually have a subtitle though, which is
"Classical
Database Systems". Fixed in the attached.

Thanks. Backpatched and pushed!

--
Magnus Hagander
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