Re: Small fix on COPY ON_ERROR document

On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 11:59 PM Yugo NAGATA <nagata(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp> wrote:

>
> I attached a updated patch including fixes you pointed out above.
>
>
Removed "which"; changed "occupying" to "occupy"
Removed on of the two "amounts"
Changed "unacceptable to the input function" to just "converting" as that
is what the average reader is more likely to be thinking.
The rest was good.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
index 3c2feaa11a..55764fc1f2 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
@@ -385,8 +385,8 @@ COPY { <replaceable
class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable
<term><literal>ON_ERROR</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Specifies which how to behave when encountering an error due to
column values
- unacceptable to the input function of each attribute's data type.
+ Specifies how to behave when encountering an error converting a
column's
+ input value into its data type.
An <replaceable class="parameter">error_action</replaceable> value of
<literal>stop</literal> means fail the command, while
<literal>ignore</literal> means discard the input row and continue
with the next one.
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ COPY <replaceable class="parameter">count</replaceable>
The <command>COPY FROM</command> command physically inserts input rows
into the table as it progresses. If the command fails, these rows are
left in a deleted state; these rows will not be visible, but still
- occupying disk space. This might amount to a considerable amount of
+ occupy disk space. This might amount to considerable
wasted disk space if the failure happened well into a large copy
operation. <command>VACUUM</command> should be used to recover the
wasted space.

David J.