From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
To: matematica.a3k@gmail.com
To: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [Minor] Improve reading in "1.2 Architectural Fundamentals " tutorial
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:20:40 +0200
Message-ID: <6b0ab4b170d07613277d42411c26cf20f79af578.camel@cybertec.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <179028157720.1026196.11734567258850512063@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
References: <179028157720.1026196.11734567258850512063@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
On Thu, 2026-09-24 at 20:26 +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/tutorial-arch.html
>
> Where it says:
> "As is typical of client/server applications, the client and the server can
> be on different hosts. In that case they communicate over a TCP/IP network
> connection. You should keep this in mind, because the files that can be
> accessed on a client machine might not be accessible **(or might only be
> accessible using a different file name)** on the database server machine."
>
> The distinction "(or might only be accessible using a different file name)"
> does not add to the concept and degrades reading. I propose to remove it:
> "As is typical of client/server applications, the client and the server can
> be on different hosts. In that case they communicate over a TCP/IP network
> connection. You should keep this in mind, because the files that can be
> accessed on a client machine might not be accessible on the database server
> machine."
I agree with that proposal.
Do you want to prepare a patch?
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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