> On Dec 18, 2025, at 15:22, Chao Li <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Hacker,
>
> While working on a patch these days, my eyes are on the “alter table” doc,
> and found multiple errors:
>
> 1. Several sub-commands are missed in the top “action” list:
>
> * ALTER COLUMN SET <sequence-option>
> * ALTER COLUMN RESTART
> * RENAME
> * SET SCHEMA
> * ATTACH PARTITION
> * DETACH PARTITION
> * MERGE PARTITION
> * SPLIT PARTITION
>
> 2. In sub-command details section, "ADD COLUMN [ IF NOT EXISTS ]” missed “[]"
> with “COLUMN”, which is misleading, because “COLUMN” is actually optional.
>
> 3. For all “alter column” sub-commands, "ALTER [ COLUMN ]” are omitted, which
> is also confusing, because none of other sub-commands omit their prefix part.
>
> This patch fixed all these issue.
>
> <v1-0001-doc-clarify-and-complete-ALTER-TABLE-syntax-in-re.patch>
CF entry created: https://commitfest.postgresql.org/patch/6328/
Best regards,
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Chao Li (Evan)
HighGo Software Co., Ltd.
https://www.highgo.com/
