Re: Missing word

From: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pawel(dot)szymczyk90(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Missing word
Date: 2025-05-15 17:52:13
Message-ID: 202505151752.gnensinzclls@alvherre.pgsql
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On 2025-May-13, Tom Lane wrote:

> PG Doc comments form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> > In the paragraph:
> > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/ddl-partitioning.html#DDL-PARTITIONING-DECLARATIVE-MAINTENANCE,
> > sentence "Another option that is often preferable is to remove the partition
> > from the partitioned table but retain access to it as a table in its own
> > right." there is missing "not" word. Correct form of this sentence should
> > be: Another option that is often preferable is to not remove the partition
> > from the partitioned table but retain access to it as a table in its own
> > right.
>
> AFAICS, it's correct as written.

Yeah, but maybe it would be clearer if the word "remove" were "detach".
I don't find the phrase "remove the partition from the partitioned
table" particulary suggestive of what's being described.

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