Re: docs: clarify ALTER TABLE behavior on partitioned tables

On Jan 21, 2026, at 11:08, David G. Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

On Tuesday, January 20, 2026, Chao Li <li(dot)evan(dot)chao(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Jan 21, 2026, at 09:09, David G. Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:
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> On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 1:20 AM Chao Li <li(dot)evan(dot)chao(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Thanks again for your review. I have integrated all your edits to v4.
Once you consider the changes are okay, can you please mark the CF entry
[1] as Ready for Committer?
>
>
> v5 Attached with a delta.
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> There exists described behaviors in the notes that are being removed that
need to be retained; pertaining to inheritance setups. I put a note in
place of the removals pointing out that when inheritance is being used for
partitioning the rules for partitioned tables apply (implied 'unless
otherwise noted') and that local/independent objects can always be
addressed normally. I then incorporated the notes into the appropriate
sub-command sections. Please give it a sanity check since I'm still
getting my head around all this.
>
> David J.
>
>
<v5-0001-docs-clarify-ALTER-TABLE-behavior-on-partitioned-.patch><v5-0002-delta.patch>

Hi David,

Thanks for your continuous review. I just checked the delta:

The tweaks all look good.

David J.

Cool! Your edits and my tweaks are integrated into v6.

Best regards,
--
Chao Li (Evan)
HighGo Software Co., Ltd.
https://www.highgo.com/