Re: [DOCS] Wording in TABLESAMPLE documentation

Fri, 12 Aug 2016 07:24:57 -0700 

Simon Riggs <[email protected]> writes:
> On 11 August 2016 at 17:21,  <[email protected]> wrote:
>> &gt; If REPEATABLE is not given then a new random sample is selected for each
>> query.
>> 
>> the word &quot;sample&quot; should be &quot;seed&quot;. Of course it results 
>> in a new random
>> sample as well, but IMHO this sentence is about what happens to the seed in
>> case REPEATABLE (seed) is omitted.

> Corrected, thanks.

I do not think this is an improvement.  The sentence was specifically about
whether the sample (that is, the set of rows selected) would change.  This
rewording essentially removes that user-visible behavior guarantee, and
for what?  It's certainly not any clearer.

                        regards, tom lane


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