store: Added sdb_store_get_attr().

[sysdb.git] / doc / sysdbql.7.txt

diff --git a/doc/sysdbql.7.txt b/doc/sysdbql.7.txt
index 396b55b263d233ad49c9394d729f171cb20609b0..88ce0974bf93eb6aca70d25ecd2071ce3c9d1493 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/sysdbql.7.txt
+++ b/doc/sysdbql.7.txt
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 
   FETCH host 'some.host.name';
 
-  LOOKUP hosts MATCHING attribute.architecture = 'amd64'
-               FILTER :age < 5 * :interval;
+  LOOKUP hosts MATCHING attribute[architecture] = 'amd64'
+               FILTER .age < 5 * .interval;
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ The following fields may be queried:
 *attribute*::
        The full name of a host attribute.
 
-*attribute.*'<name>'::
+*attribute[*'<name>'*]*::
        The value of the named host attribute. If an attribute of the specified
-       does not exist, each comparison is treated as if the value does not match.
-       See the documentation for the *IS NULL* and *IS NOT NULL* operators for
-       ways to check if an attribute exists.
+       name does not exist, each comparison is treated as if the value does not
+       match. See the documentation for the *IS NULL* and *IS NOT NULL* operators
+       for ways to check if an attribute exists.
 
 '<value>' may either be a string (when matching by object names) or match the
 type of the attribute's value (when matching attribute values). Attribute
@@ -153,20 +153,20 @@ above).
 
 The following fields (core properties) of stored objects may be queried:
 
-*:last_update*::
+*.last_update*::
        The timestamp of the last update of the object. This value is based on
        information provided by the queried backend if possible.
 
-*:age*::
+*.age*::
        The amount of time since the last update of the object.
 
-*:interval*::
+*.interval*::
        The interval with which the object gets updated. This value is determined
        automatically based on a moving average determined from the update
        timestamps of an object. It depends on the update timestamps as provided
        by the backend (if available) and SysDB's query interval.
 
-*:backend*::
+*.backend*::
        The name of the backend (plugin) providing the data.
 
 The type of the *last_update*, *age*, and *interval* fields is date-time and
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ The following examples illustrate the use of the commands and what their
 replies look like. The replies are pretty-printed to more easily follow them.
 
   LIST hosts;
-  {"hosts":[{
+  [{
       "name": "host1.example.com",
       "last_update": "2001-02-03 04:05:06 +0700",
       "update_interval": "5m4s"
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ replies look like. The replies are pretty-printed to more easily follow them.
       "name": "host2.example.com",
       "last_update": "2001-02-03 04:05:06 +0700",
       "update_interval": "5m4s"
-    }]}
+    }]
 
   FETCH host 'host1.example.com';
   {
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ replies look like. The replies are pretty-printed to more easily follow them.
           ...
         }]}
 
-  LOOKUP hosts MATCHING attribute.architecture = 'amd64';
+  LOOKUP hosts MATCHING attribute[architecture] = 'amd64';
   [{
       "name": "host1.example.com",
       "last_update": "2001-02-03 04:05:06 +0700",