From c85dbc3d8448db30d202ca265aee8aa2fd90427d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Karl O. Pinc" Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:50:18 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Start sentences on a new line for diff readability --- doc/src/code_tables.m4 | 22 +++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/code_tables.m4 b/doc/src/code_tables.m4 index ffd720f..48201f8 100644 --- a/doc/src/code_tables.m4 +++ b/doc/src/code_tables.m4 @@ -298,13 +298,15 @@ Active |PEOPLE.Active_summary| When this column is |false| the :ref:`PEOPLE.Name` value cannot be used in rows that are newly -inserted into the database. Further, when rows are updated an +inserted into the database. +Further, when rows are updated an existing value cannot be set to the inactive :ref:`PEOPLE.Name`. |notnull| Unlike most other data validation checks, :ref:`PEOPLE.Active` can be changed from |true| to |false| even though the :ref:`PEOPLE.Person` -value is used elsewhere in the database. This allows time for +value is used elsewhere in the database. +This allows time for existing data to be cleaned while preventing undesirable values from appearing in new data. @@ -312,13 +314,15 @@ appearing in new data. .. [#f1] The database could accept the full-set of Unicode characters, providing glyphs for all languages and cultures as well as a - full set of emoji. And if collation (sorting) was configured - so as *not* to support language and cultural conventions then - there would be no performance impact. + full set of emoji. + And if collation (sorting) was configured so as *not* to + support language and cultural conventions then there would be + no performance impact. But this would allow, say, chimpanzees to be named with Chinese ideographic glyphs, allowing arbitrary glyphs to be used - anywhere text might appear. Because this is not desired we - would need to institute additional controls to keep the data - clean. It is simpler to live with the ASCII character set - when it comes to recording people's names. + anywhere text might appear. + Because this is not desired we would need to institute + additional controls to keep the data clean. + It is simpler to live with the ASCII character set when it + comes to recording people's names. -- 2.34.1