From: Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2023 09:56:57 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Docs: duplicate description of lookup-style query syntax
X-Git-Tag: exim-4.97-RC0~69
X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commitdiff_plain/9e4a64fd7c67f4a838ca588ee62c81227bdee9f2

Docs: duplicate description of lookup-style query syntax
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diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 5122c97fb..4a044bb11 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -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