Re: [DOCS] "data" not "datums" - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: [DOCS] "data" not "datums"
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Msg-id 2f3517ca-6750-e72c-2313-1edc2b4578b5@2ndquadrant.com
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In response to [DOCS] "data" not "datums"  (mahsh.baheti@gmail.com)
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On 8/1/17 04:22, mahsh.baheti@gmail.com wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/datatype-json.html
> Description:
>
> In the section
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/datatype-json.html
>
> Sub-section:
> 8.14.2. Designing JSON documents effectively
>
> Original text:
> "but having a predictable structure makes it easier to write queries that
> usefully summarize a set of "documents" (datums) in a table."
>
> Suggested text:
> "but having a predictable structure makes it easier to write queries that
> usefully summarize a set of "documents" (data) in a table."

"datum" means something specific in PostgreSQL, and several of those are
most usefully "datums".  "data" doesn't really convey the same meaning here.

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