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From: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:15:02 +0530
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Subject: Re: DOCS - CREATE PUBLICATION ... EXCEPT missing details on ONLY
To: Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 5:44=E2=80=AFAM Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>=
 wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 8:44=E2=80=AFPM Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.=
com> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 17, 2026 at 5:26=E2=80=AFAM Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.=
com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Currently, the EXCEPT (TABLE ...) part mentions how 'ONLY' and '*'
> > > work for inheritance tables, but how they have no effect for
> > > partitioned tables [1].
> > >
> > > It seems we accidentally missed saying that these also have no effect
> > > for *regular* tables.
> > >
> >
> > The sentence you quoted speaks about partitioned tables specifically,
> > so not mentioning regular tables there seems reasonable to me.
> >
>
> I think you missed my point.
>

No, I understood the point but didn't find it useful to add this to
regular tables because they won't have children in any form.

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.