Re: "data" not "datums"

On 8/1/17 04:22, mahsh(dot)baheti(at)gmail(dot)com wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
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> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/datatype-json.html
> Description:
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> In the section
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/datatype-json.html
>
> Sub-section:
> 8.14.2. Designing JSON documents effectively
>
> Original text:
> "but having a predictable structure makes it easier to write queries that
> usefully summarize a set of "documents" (datums) in a table."
>
> Suggested text:
> "but having a predictable structure makes it easier to write queries that
> usefully summarize a set of "documents" (data) in a table."

"datum" means something specific in PostgreSQL, and several of those are
most usefully "datums". "data" doesn't really convey the same meaning here.

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