Re: BUG #4040: psql should provide option to not prompt for password

Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> > BTW while reading the psql manpage I noticed this statement:
>
> >        A popular application of this facility is to refer to  the  last
> >        inserted OID in subsequent statements to build a foreign key
> >        scenario.
>
> > (This refers to :foo interpolation.)  Talking about popular application
> > of OIDs in FKs seems so 90's.  Should we remove that phrase?
>
> Yeah, probably; it's been a very long time since that was considered
> a good way to do things.  Can you think of some other example to replace
> that with?

I have removed the mention of OID usage with the attached patch.

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      </para>

      <para>
!     A popular application of this facility is to refer to the last
!     inserted <acronym>OID</acronym> in subsequent statements to build a
!     foreign key scenario. Another possible use of this mechanism is to
      copy the contents of a file into a table column. First load the file into a
      variable and then proceed as above:
  <programlisting>
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      </para>

      <para>
!     One  possible use of this mechanism is to
      copy the contents of a file into a table column. First load the file into a
      variable and then proceed as above:
  <programlisting>