Re: docs: clarify ALTER TABLE behavior on partitioned tables

On Jan 21, 2026, at 11:08, David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> wrote:

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.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 1:20 AM Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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?
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> v5 Attached with a delta.
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> 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.
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> David J.
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> <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.

Cool! Your edits and my tweaks are integrated into v6.

Best regards,