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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
Cc: pawel.szymczyk90@gmail.com
Cc: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Missing word
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 14:28:08 -0400
Message-ID: <12225.1747333688@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <202505151752.gnensinzclls@alvherre.pgsql>
References: <202505151752.gnensinzclls@alvherre.pgsql>

=?utf-8?Q?=C3=81lvaro?= Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de> writes:
> On 2025-May-13, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> "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."

>> 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.

Hm, maybe, but would that be putting too much emphasis on "detach" because
it's the command keyword?

			regards, tom lane

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