Re: strange syntax - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From David G. Johnston
Subject Re: strange syntax
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In response to Re: strange syntax  ("David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>)
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On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 1:38 PM David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 11:58 AM Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at> wrote:
On Tue, 2020-07-14 at 21:33 +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> this sentence looks strange:
> "Schemas are a purely logical structure and who can access what is managed
> by the privilege system"
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/manage-ag-overview.html
>
> especially this part: "who can access what is managed by"

It is correct English, but maybe it could be worded better:

Agreed
"Schemas are a purely logical structure and impose no access restrictions,
apart from those defined by the privilege system."

But I don't think this is an improvement.

I went ahead and reviewed the whole page and came up with a minor rework patch instead of just a targeted fix.


David J.

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