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-rw-r--r--lib/mnesia/doc/src/Mnesia_chap5.xmlsrc1
-rw-r--r--lib/mnesia/doc/src/mnesia.xml16
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/mnesia/doc/src/Mnesia_chap5.xmlsrc b/lib/mnesia/doc/src/Mnesia_chap5.xmlsrc
index 65b950bd46..127c23e0f7 100644
--- a/lib/mnesia/doc/src/Mnesia_chap5.xmlsrc
+++ b/lib/mnesia/doc/src/Mnesia_chap5.xmlsrc
@@ -867,6 +867,7 @@ ok
</section>
<section>
+ <marker id="event_handling"></marker>
<title>Mnesia Event Handling</title>
<p>System events and table events are the two categories of events
that Mnesia will generate in various situations.
diff --git a/lib/mnesia/doc/src/mnesia.xml b/lib/mnesia/doc/src/mnesia.xml
index 268dc18e65..ed5b879f7f 100644
--- a/lib/mnesia/doc/src/mnesia.xml
+++ b/lib/mnesia/doc/src/mnesia.xml
@@ -151,9 +151,9 @@ If a new item is inserted with the same key as
</item>
<item>
<p><c>local_content</c> When an application requires
- tables whose contents is local to each node,
+ tables whose contents are local to each node,
<c>local_content</c> tables may be used. The name of the
- table is known to all Mnesia nodes, but its contents is
+ table is known to all Mnesia nodes, but its contents are
unique on each node. This means that access to such a table
must be done locally. Set the <c>local_content</c> field to
<c>true</c> if you want to enable the <c>local_content</c>
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ mnesia:add_table_index(person, age)
<desc>
<p>The tables are backed up to external media using the backup
module <c>BackupMod</c>. Tables with the local contents
- property is being backed up as they exist on the current
+ property are backed up as they exist on the current
node. <c>BackupMod</c> is the default backup callback
module obtained by
<c>mnesia:system_info(backup_module)</c>. See the User's
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ mnesia:create_table(person,
{attributes, record_info(fields,person)}]).
</code>
<p>The specification of <c>index</c> and <c>attributes</c> may be
- hard coded as <c>{index, [2]}</c> and
+ hard coded as <c>{index, [4]}</c> and
<c>{attributes, [name, age, address, salary, children]}</c>
respectively.
</p>
@@ -2188,12 +2188,13 @@ mnesia:create_table(employee,
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>subscribe(EventCategory)</name>
+ <name>subscribe(EventCategory) -> {ok, Node} | {error, Reason} </name>
<fsummary>Subscribe to events of type <c>EventCategory</c>.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Ensures that a copy of all events of type
<c>EventCategory</c> are sent to the caller. The event
- types available are described in the Mnesia User's Guide.</p>
+ types available are described in the Mnesia User's Guide at <seealso marker="Mnesia_chap5#event_handling">Mnesia Event Handling</seealso>.</p>
+ <p><c>Node</c> is the local node. For table events to be subscribed, mnesia must have a readable local copy of the table on the node.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
@@ -2861,11 +2862,12 @@ raise(Name, Amount) ->
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name>unsubscribe(EventCategory)</name>
+ <name>unsubscribe(EventCategory) -> {ok, Node} | {error, Reason} </name>
<fsummary>Subscribe to events of type <c>EventCategory</c>.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Stops sending events of type
<c>EventCategory</c> to the caller.</p>
+ <p><c>Node</c> is the local node.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>