Re: [PATCH] DOCS: Fix inconsistent text description punctuation in UPDATE FOR PORTION OF

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: X-MAN <44973863(at)qq(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] DOCS: Fix inconsistent text description punctuation in UPDATE FOR PORTION OF
Date: 2026-05-27 00:17:54
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On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 06:14:05PM +0800, X-MAN wrote:
> Hi,
> I noticed an inconsistency in the documentation between UPDATE and DELETE
> commands regarding the FOR PORTION OF clause description.
>
> In doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml (line 169), the description reads:
> "must be in the form ( portion ) where portion is an expression..."
>
> In doc/src/sgml/ref/delete.sgml (line 166), it reads:
> "must be in the form ( portion ), where portion is an expression..."
>
> The UPDATE documentation misses a comma before "where" that DELETE has.
> For consistency, add the comma to the UPDATE documentation to match DELETE.
>
> I have recompiled the documentation and verified that
> share/doc/postgresql/html/sql-update.html and
> share/doc/postgresql/html/sql-delete.html are now consistent.

Good point, patch applied.

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