docs: clarify ALTER TABLE behavior on partitioned tables

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ID 6379
Title docs: clarify ALTER TABLE behavior on partitioned tables
CI (CFBot) Summary
Stats (from CFBot) Patch version: v10, Patch count: 1, First patch: +227−90, All patches: +227−90
Tags DDL Docs Only
Created 2026-01-07 08:26:45
Last modified 2026-04-10 00:00:04 (yesterday)
Latest email 2026-03-30 03:06:18 (1 week ago)
Status
PG20-1 (2026-07-01 – 2026-07-31): Ready for Committer
PG19-Final (2026-03-01 – 2026-04-09): Moved to different CF
Target version 19
Authors Chao Li (chaol)
Reviewers David Johnston (polobo), Zsolt Parragi (zsolt.parragi)Become reviewer
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docs: clarify ALTER TABLE behavior on partitioned tables
First at 2026-01-07 05:59:28 by Chao Li <li.evan.chao at gmail.com>
Latest at 2026-03-30 03:06:18 by Chao Li <li.evan.chao at gmail.com>
Latest attachment (v10-0001-docs-clarify-ALTER-TABLE-behavior-on-partitioned.patch) at 2026-01-29 01:43:40 from Chao Li <li.evan.chao at gmail.com>
    Attachment (v10-0001-docs-clarify-ALTER-TABLE-behavior-on-partitioned.patch) at 2026-01-29 01:43:40 from Chao Li <li.evan.chao at gmail.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v9-0002-diff-over-v8.patch) at 2026-01-28 22:21:13 from "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston at gmail.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v8-0001-docs-clarify-ALTER-TABLE-behavior-on-partitioned-.patch) at 2026-01-26 22:41:56 from Chao Li <li.evan.chao at gmail.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v8-0001-docs-clarify-ALTER-TABLE-behavior-on-partitioned-.patch) at 2026-01-26 07:20:16 from Chao Li <li.evan.chao at gmail.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v7-0001-docs-clarify-ALTER-TABLE-behavior-on-partitioned-.patch) at 2026-01-26 04:15:27 from Chao Li <li.evan.chao at gmail.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v6-0001-docs-clarify-ALTER-TABLE-behavior-on-partitioned-.patch) at 2026-01-21 05:29:30 from Chao Li <li.evan.chao at gmail.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v5-0001-docs-clarify-ALTER-TABLE-behavior-on-partitioned-.patch) at 2026-01-21 01:09:25 from "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston at gmail.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v4-0001-docs-clarify-ALTER-TABLE-behavior-on-partitioned-.patch) at 2026-01-19 08:20:06 from Chao Li <li.evan.chao at gmail.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (nocfbot-v3-0001-edits.txt) at 2026-01-17 16:15:26 from "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston at gmail.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v3-0001-docs-clarify-ALTER-TABLE-behavior-on-partitioned-.patch) at 2026-01-13 06:27:51 from Chao Li <li.evan.chao at gmail.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v2-0001-docs-Clarify-ALTER-TABLE-v1.patch) at 2026-01-09 16:12:24 from "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston at gmail.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v2-0001-docs-Clarify-ALTER-TABLE-v1.patch) at 2026-01-07 22:17:39 from "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston at gmail.com> (Patch: Yes)
    Attachment (v1-0001-docs-clarify-ALTER-TABLE-behavior-on-partitioned-.patch) at 2026-01-07 05:59:28 from Chao Li <li.evan.chao at gmail.com> (Patch: Yes)
History
When Who What
2026-04-10 00:00:04 CFbot Moved from CF PG19-Final to CF PG20-1
2026-01-29 14:14:47 Álvaro Herrera (alvherre) Changed tags to DDL, Docs Only
2026-01-29 01:58:07 David Johnston (polobo) New status: Ready for Committer
2026-01-27 17:34:13 Zsolt Parragi (zsolt.parragi) Added zsolt.parragi as reviewer
2026-01-13 11:17:55 Jim Jones (jimus) Removed jimus from reviewers
2026-01-13 11:16:15 Jim Jones (jimus) Added jimus as reviewer
2026-01-07 22:17:54 David Johnston (polobo) Added polobo as reviewer
2026-01-07 08:26:46 Chao Li (chaol) Attached mail thread CAEoWx2=mYhCfsnHaN96Qqwq5b0GVS2YgO3zpVqPPRd_iO52wRw@mail.gmail.com
2026-01-07 08:26:46 Chao Li (chaol) Created patch record
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