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To: David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Cc: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
Cc: petermittere@gmail.com
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Subject: Re: please define 'statement' in the glossary
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:40:35 -0400
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"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> writes:
> If we accept that we use the words statement and command interchangeably
> then the sole remaining use of command here sticks out because now we have
> to explain why commands are different from statements. I'd rather just
> remove the parenthetical. It's poorly clarifying a point that it seems you
> don't want to clarify more fully here.
[ shrug... ] I'm inclined to go back to the "command message" wording
then. I don't find "client-issued statement" to be helpful at all;
in particular, it's flat wrong for the multi-statement-query-message
case, because surely all those statements are client-issued. I'm okay
with this text leaving out nitpicky details, but it should leave the
reader with a mental model that more or less matches reality.
regards, tom lane
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