Re: Documentation improvements for partitioning - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Documentation improvements for partitioning
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Msg-id CA+TgmoYPE5zpJ7FjSLg+k49S=PuM4bVH_JzLXPrWOqC4a=1Ssg@mail.gmail.com
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In response to [HACKERS] Documentation improvements for partitioning  (Amit Langote <Langote_Amit_f8@lab.ntt.co.jp>)
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On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 12:52 AM, Amit Langote
<Langote_Amit_f8@lab.ntt.co.jp> wrote:
> I noticed what looks like a redundant line (or an incomplete sentence) in
> the paragraph about multi-column partition keys.  In the following text:
>
> +       partitioning, if desired.  Of course, this will often result in a
> larger
> +       number of partitions, each of which is individually smaller.
> +       criteria.  Using fewer columns may lead to coarser-grained
> +       A query accessing the partitioned table will have
> +       to scan fewer partitions if the conditions involve some or all of
> these
>
> This:
>
> +       criteria.  Using fewer columns may lead to coarser-grained
>
> looks redundant.  But maybe we can keep that sentence by completing it,
> which the attached patch does as follows:
>
> +       number of partitions, each of which is individually smaller.  On the
> +       other hand, using fewer columns may lead to a coarser-grained
> +       partitioning criteria with smaller number of partitions.
>
> The patch also fixes some typos I noticed.

Thanks for the corrections.  Committed.

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Robert Haas
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