Re: DOCS: add helpful partitioning links

On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 6:43 AM Ashutosh Bapat
<ashutosh(dot)bapat(dot)oss(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 10:58 PM Robert Treat <rob(at)xzilla(dot)net> 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.
>

That sounds more awkward to me, but I've done some rewording to avoid both.

> 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.
>

OK

Updated patch attached.

Robert Treat
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