Docs: duplicate description of lookup-style query syntax

[exim.git] / doc / doc-docbook / spec.xfpt

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@@ -6724,6 +6724,12 @@ version of the lookup key.
 The &'query-style'& type accepts a generalized database query. No particular
 key value is assumed by Exim for query-style lookups. You can use whichever
 Exim variables you need to construct the database query.
+
+For the string-expansion kind of lookups, the query is given in the first
+bracketed argument of the &${lookup ...}$& expansion.
+For the list-argument kind of lookup the quury is given by the remainder of the
+list item after the first semicolon.
+
 .cindex "tainted data" "quoting for lookups"
 If tainted data is used in the query then it should be quuted by
 using the &*${quote_*&<&'lookup-type'&>&*:*&<&'string'&>&*}*& expansion operator