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From Chao Li
Subject Re: docs: clarify ALTER TABLE behavior on partitioned tables
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Msg-id 46DA7611-C18D-4782-AEFF-F861ECDEFA5C@gmail.com
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In response to Re: docs: clarify ALTER TABLE behavior on partitioned tables  ("David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>)
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> On Jan 12, 2026, at 12:04, David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I also have my doubts that any of this behavior is going to change.  Better to behave as if it won’t.

Please see [1], people wanted to change the behavior from long time back. From the previous discussions, there were no
objectionson the behavior change. However, the blocker was about how to keep “consistent” behaviors across all
sub-commands.That’s why I created this patch to clarify the current behaviors. 

[1]  https://postgr.es/m/59FB38EF-FA62-41B7-A082-DDA251B04F9E@gmail.com

Best regards,
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Chao Li (Evan)
HighGo Software Co., Ltd.
https://www.highgo.com/

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