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@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ Example
 
 A typical use case for ``sqlaload`` may include code like this::
 
-  from sqlaload import connect, get_table, distinct, update
-
-  engine = connect('sqlite:///customers.db')
-  table = get_table('customers')
-  for entry in distinct(engine, table, 'post_code', 'city')
-      lon, lat = geocode(entry['post_code'], entry['city'])
-      update(entry, {'lon': lon, 'lat': lat})
+    from sqlaload import connect, get_table, distinct, update
+    
+    engine = connect('sqlite:///customers.db')
+    table = get_table('customers')
+    for entry in distinct(engine, table, 'post_code', 'city')
+        lon, lat = geocode(entry['post_code'], entry['city'])
+        update(entry, {'lon': lon, 'lat': lat})
 
 In this example, we selected all distinct post codes and city names
 from an imaginary customers database, sent them through our 
@@ -36,18 +36,18 @@ geo information.
 Another example, updating data in a datastore, might look like 
 this::
 
-  from sqlaload import connect, get_table, upsert
-
-  engine = connect('sqlite:///things.db')
-  table = get_table('data')
-
-  for item in magic_data_source_that_produces_entries():
-      assert 'key1' in item
-      assert 'key2' in item
-      # this will either insert or update, depending on 
-      # whether an entry with the matching values for 
-      # 'key1' and 'key2' already exists:
-      upsert(engine, table, item, ['key1', 'key2'])
+    from sqlaload import connect, get_table, upsert
+    
+    engine = connect('sqlite:///things.db')
+    table = get_table('data')
+    
+    for item in magic_data_source_that_produces_entries():
+        assert 'key1' in item
+        assert 'key2' in item
+        # this will either insert or update, depending on 
+        # whether an entry with the matching values for 
+        # 'key1' and 'key2' already exists:
+        upsert(engine, table, item, ['key1', 'key2'])
 
 
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