On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 10:58 PM Robert Treat <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> v5 patch attached which I think further improves clarity/brevity of
> this section. I've left the patch name the same for simplicity, but
> I'd agree that the commit would now be more along the lines of editing
> / improvements / copyrighting of "Partition Maintenance" docs.
>
Right. Minor suggestions.
- It is recommended to drop the now-redundant <literal>CHECK</literal>
- constraint after the <command>ATTACH PARTITION</command> is
complete. If
- the table being attached is itself a partitioned table, then each of
its
+ As illustrated above, it is recommended to avoid this scan by
creating a
+ <literal>CHECK</literal> constraint on the to be attached table that
Instead of "to be attached table", "table to be attached" reads better. You
may want to add "as a partition" after that.
Similarly, if the partitioned table has a <literal>DEFAULT</literal>
partition, it is recommended to create a <literal>CHECK</literal>
constraint which excludes the to-be-attached partition's constraint.
If
- this is not done then the <literal>DEFAULT</literal> partition will be
+ this is not done, the <literal>DEFAULT</literal> partition must be
I am not sure whether replacing "will" by "must" is correct. Usually I have
seen "will" being used in such sentences, "must" seems appropriate given
the necessity.
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Best Wishes,
Ashutosh Bapat
