I wrote: > Edson Richter <edsonrichter@hotmail.com> writes: >> Further on the documentation: "When creating a range partition, the lower bound specified with FROM is an inclusive bound, whereas the upper bound specified with TO is an exclusive bound."
>> I'm pretty sure I cannot find this statement in PostgreSQL 13 documentation page about partitioning. May be this statement is in another page?
> It's in the CREATE TABLE reference page. Seems like it would be a good > idea to have it also in ddl.sgml's discussion of partitioning, though.
I went to do that, and soon decided that section 5.11 (Table Partitioning) really could stand a fair amount of editorial attention. There's a lot of less than pitch-perfect English, paragraphs that were evidently written with only minimal attention to nearby existing material, diving into the weedy details in even the earliest introductory paras, and so on. I propose the attached.
Looks good to me (just read the patch), Thanks! Just one suggestion toward the top:
...allows you to (specify declaratively => declare) that a table is divided into partitions. (specification becomes declaration further down)
I am curious as to your thoughts on unique indexes and whether/how to better incorporate advice regarding the use of ON CONFLICT with partitioning [1] vis-a-vis the overview's claim of:
"The partitioning substitutes for leading columns of indexes, reducing index size and making it more likely that the heavily-used parts of the indexes fit in memory" [2]
