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From: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: glossary Delete
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 06:32:43 -0700
Message-ID: <CAKFQuwaqjhDZ+PnoVzZYGxu0X8KGAFhfHhEjmt85GL7XdnHZng@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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On Sunday, June 28, 2026, PG Doc comments form <[email protected]>
wrote:

> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/glossary.html
> Description:
>
> > An SQL command which removes rows from a given table or relation.
>
> but, glossary table :
> > A table is the most common form of relation in PostgreSQL.
>
> Why do you mean? Table OR relation. When a table is not a relation?
>

Deleting from an updatable view is possible…a relation that is not a
table.  It’s redundant to say table there but it’s not wrong; and pointing
out the table subset of “relations” seems reasonable.

David J.


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