From 46705944ee558c42754047ef42b84154a4f8193b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Smith Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:54:33 +1100 Subject: [PATCH v3] DOCS - Remove ambiguous wording about 'ONLY' for partitioned tables. Clarify ambiguous wording about 'ONLY' and '*' for partitioned tables. ~ Author: Peter Smith Reviewed-by: Chao Li Reviewed-by: shveta malik Reviewed-by: Takeshi Ideriha Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CAHut%2BPu%3DU1qdHBGjExPU9A7D2pvcRN_JkMVni6%2BTmpprfWj%3Djg%40mail.gmail.com --- doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_publication.sgml | 4 +++- doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_publication.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_publication.sgml index 86bdc98fd09..981bf9422f3 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_publication.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_publication.sgml @@ -170,8 +170,10 @@ ALTER PUBLICATION name RENAME TO * can be specified after the table_name to explicitly indicate that descendant tables are included. + For a partitioned table, ONLY and * + have no effect: its partitions are always implicitly considered part of + the publication, so they do not need to be added explicitly. - Optionally, a column list can be specified. See for details. Note that a subscription diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml index 8196e6a4235..24f4110c6fb 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml @@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ CREATE PUBLICATION name Optionally, * can be specified after the table_name to explicitly indicate that descendant tables are included. - This does not apply to a partitioned table, however. The partitions of - a partitioned table are always implicitly considered part of the - publication, so they are never explicitly added to the publication. + For a partitioned table, ONLY and * + have no effect: its partitions are always implicitly considered part of + the publication, so they do not need to be added explicitly. -- 2.47.3