| From: | Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at> |
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| To: | matematica(dot)a3k(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [Minor] Improve reading in "1.2 Architectural Fundamentals " tutorial |
| Date: | 2026-09-25 08:20:40 |
| Message-ID: | 6b0ab4b170d07613277d42411c26cf20f79af578.camel@cybertec.at |
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On Thu, 2026-09-24 at 20:26 +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/tutorial-arch.html
>
> Where it says:
> "As is typical of client/server applications, the client and the server can
> be on different hosts. In that case they communicate over a TCP/IP network
> connection. You should keep this in mind, because the files that can be
> accessed on a client machine might not be accessible **(or might only be
> accessible using a different file name)** on the database server machine."
>
> The distinction "(or might only be accessible using a different file name)"
> does not add to the concept and degrades reading. I propose to remove it:
> "As is typical of client/server applications, the client and the server can
> be on different hosts. In that case they communicate over a TCP/IP network
> connection. You should keep this in mind, because the files that can be
> accessed on a client machine might not be accessible on the database server
> machine."
I agree with that proposal.
Do you want to prepare a patch?
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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