Re: Typo in Documentation for Version 12 Section 40.3 - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Typo in Documentation for Version 12 Section 40.3
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In response to Re: Typo in Documentation for Version 12 Section 40.3  (Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>)
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Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> writes:
>> On 9 Jan 2020, at 10:34, Octopus ZHANG <zhangysh1995@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I partially agree. But with the context, it doesn't assume we want `view<->visualize`  the data. It also says:
>>> Another use for a materialized view is to allow faster access to data brought across from a remote system through a
foreigndata wrapper.  
>> It is talking about 'the view' not the graph.

> My reading is that it's referring to the usecase for the view, and that is to
> use the summarized data in a graph. So I think it's correct.

The first sentence uses "graph" as a verb, while the next one uses
"graph" as a noun.  Both are correct English, but I can understand that
the inconsistency might confuse non-native speakers.  Not sure if it's
worth changing.

            regards, tom lane



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