svn commit - mysqldoc@docsrva: r1343 - trunk/refman-5.1

[jon]

Author: jstephens
Date: 2006-02-16 09:38:47 +0100 (Thu, 16 Feb 2006)
New Revision: 1343

Log:

Events and triggers are not routines. They're objects. (PeterG)



Modified:
   trunk/refman-5.1/events.xml

Modified: trunk/refman-5.1/events.xml
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--- trunk/refman-5.1/events.xml	2006-02-15 23:37:15 UTC (rev 1342)
+++ trunk/refman-5.1/events.xml	2006-02-16 08:38:47 UTC (rev 1343)
@@ -99,26 +99,27 @@
       MySQL Events are tasks that run according to a schedule.
       Therefore, we sometimes refer to them as
       <emphasis>scheduled</emphasis> events. When you create an event,
-      you are creating a named routine consisting of one or more SQL
-      statements, which is to be executed at one or more regular
-      intervals, beginning and ending at a specific date and time.
-      Conceptually, this is similar to the idea of the Unix
-      <literal>crontab</literal> (also known as a <quote>cron
-      job</quote>) or the Windows Task Scheduler.
+      you are creating a named database object containing one or more
+      SQL statements to be executed at one or more regular intervals,
+      beginning and ending at a specific date and time. Conceptually,
+      this is similar to the idea of the Unix <literal>crontab</literal>
+      (also known as a <quote>cron job</quote>) or the Windows Task
+      Scheduler.
     </para>
 
     <para>
       Scheduled tasks of this type are also sometimes known as
-      <quote>temporal triggers</quote>, implying that these are routines
+      <quote>temporal triggers</quote>, implying that these are objects
       that are triggered by the passage of time. While this is
       essentially correct, we prefer to use the term
       <emphasis>events</emphasis> in order to avoid confusion with
       triggers of the type discussed in <xref linkend="triggers"/>.
       Events should more specifically not be confused with
-      <quote>temporary triggers</quote>. Whereas a trigger is a routine
-      that is executed in response to a specific type of event that
-      occurs on a given table, a (scheduled) event is a routine that is
-      executed in response to the passage of a specified time interval.
+      <quote>temporary triggers</quote>. Whereas a trigger is a database
+      object whose statements are executed in response to a specific
+      type of event that occurs on a given table, a (scheduled) event is
+      an object whose statements are executed in response to the passage
+      of a specified time interval.
     </para>
 
     <para>