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From: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 20:08:36 -0700
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Subject: Re: docs: clarify ALTER TABLE behavior on partitioned tables
To: Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com>
Cc: Postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, 
	Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
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On Tuesday, January 20, 2026, Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> > On Jan 21, 2026, at 09:09, David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.co=
m>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 1:20=E2=80=AFAM Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com=
> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks again for your review. I have integrated all your edits to v4.
> Once you consider the changes are okay, can you please mark the CF entry
> [1] as Ready for Committer?
> >
> >
> > v5 Attached with a delta.
> >
> > There exists described behaviors in the notes that are being removed
> that need to be retained; pertaining to inheritance setups.  I put a note
> in place of the removals pointing out that when inheritance is being used
> for partitioning the rules for partitioned tables apply (implied 'unless
> otherwise noted') and that local/independent objects can always be
> addressed normally.  I then incorporated the notes into the appropriate
> sub-command sections.  Please give it a sanity check since I'm still
> getting my head around all this.
> >
> > David J.
> >
> > <v5-0001-docs-clarify-ALTER-TABLE-behavior-on-partitioned-
> .patch><v5-0002-delta.patch>
>
> Hi David,
>
> Thanks for your continuous review. I just checked the delta:
>

The tweaks all look good.

David J.

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On Tuesday, January 20, 2026, Chao Li &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:li.evan.chao@gm=
ail.com">li.evan.chao@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmai=
l_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left=
:1ex"><br>
<br>
&gt; On Jan 21, 2026, at 09:09, David G. Johnston &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:dav=
id.g.johnston@gmail.com">david.g.johnston@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 1:20=E2=80=AFAM Chao Li &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:=
li.evan.chao@gmail.com">li.evan.chao@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Thanks again for your review. I have integrated all your edits to v4. =
Once you consider the changes are okay, can you please mark the CF entry [1=
] as Ready for Committer?<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; v5 Attached with a delta.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; There exists described behaviors in the notes that are being removed t=
hat need to be retained; pertaining to inheritance setups.=C2=A0 I put a no=
te in place of the removals pointing out that when inheritance is being use=
d for partitioning the rules for partitioned tables apply (implied &#39;unl=
ess otherwise noted&#39;) and that local/independent objects can always be =
addressed normally.=C2=A0 I then incorporated the notes into the appropriat=
e sub-command sections.=C2=A0 Please give it a sanity check since I&#39;m s=
till getting my head around all this.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; David J.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; &lt;v5-0001-docs-clarify-ALTER-<wbr>TABLE-behavior-on-partitioned-<wbr=
>.patch&gt;&lt;v5-0002-delta.patch&gt;<br>
<br>
Hi David,<br>
<br>
Thanks for your continuous review. I just checked the delta:<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>The tweaks all look good.</div><div><br></=
div><div>David J.</div><div>=C2=A0</div>

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