Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1uFdJa-006qLk-5b for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 15 May 2025 18:28:18 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1uFdJX-00G5QI-Qn for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 15 May 2025 18:28:15 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1uFdJX-00G5Q9-JP for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Thu, 15 May 2025 18:28:15 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([68.162.161.243]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1uFdJU-0024I7-2R for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Thu, 15 May 2025 18:28:15 +0000 Received: from pro.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 54FIS8ao1793401; Thu, 15 May 2025 14:28:08 -0400 From: Tom Lane To: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=81lvaro?= Herrera cc: pawel.szymczyk90@gmail.com, pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org Subject: Re: Missing word In-reply-to: <202505151752.gnensinzclls@alvherre.pgsql> References: <202505151752.gnensinzclls@alvherre.pgsql> Comments: In-reply-to =?utf-8?Q?=C3=81lvaro?= Herrera message dated "Thu, 15 May 2025 13:52:13 -0400" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <12224.1747333688.1@sss.pgh.pa.us> Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 14:28:08 -0400 Message-ID: <12225.1747333688@sss.pgh.pa.us> List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk =?utf-8?Q?=C3=81lvaro?= Herrera 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