Re: docs: clarify ALTER TABLE behavior on partitioned tables - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Chao Li
Subject Re: docs: clarify ALTER TABLE behavior on partitioned tables
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Msg-id B0411EAD-E70E-483E-B9D5-0D4639CB28F7@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>)
Responses Re: docs: clarify ALTER TABLE behavior on partitioned tables
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> On Jan 29, 2026, at 06:21, David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 3:42 PM Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> PFA v8.
>
>
> Delta:
>
> Added missing literal element for ONLY

Accepted.

> Expanded usage of "propagates" wording and made it active voice

I doubt this change. But as a non-English speaker, I don’t want to argue about English, so, I will just accept the
change.


> Fixed wording of "partitioned table and/or partitions" to be more correct and succinct:  "parent and individual
partitions"


Accepted.

> Modified the 'sequences' wording to try and make it more obvious that every partition has its own sequence that is
affectedrather than a single sequence for the entire partitioned table. 

Accepted.

>
> Note, I think the base patch should have all the isolated newlines-between-para changes removed from it.  If
anything,the more common, and for me more readable, flow is to have those line breaks. In any case, the file is not
consistenton one or the other before or after these unrelated fixes so we shouldn't be making them.  For new
paragraphs,matching the block they are added in works - and if adding the second paragraph I'd include a newline. 

Yeah, I actually inclined to have a newline between paragraphs, but the doc already contains inconsistent styles, so I
justtried to follow surrounding paragraphs’ style to decide if a new line needed. 

>
> Note, the convention is to use two spaces after a full stop (period).  Not too worried about this one here, just an
FYI.
>

Thanks for the information.

PFA v10 - just integrated v9-0002-diff into the patch.

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





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