@@ -616,9 +616,9 @@ WITH ( MODULUS <replaceable class="parameter">numeric_literal</replaceable>, REM
616616 <term><literal>SET WITHOUT OIDS</literal></term>
617617 <listitem>
618618 <para>
619- Backward compatibility syntax for removing the <literal>oid</literal>
620- system column. As oid system columns cannot be added anymore, this never
621- has an effect.
619+ Backward-compatible syntax for removing the <literal>oid</literal>
620+ system column. As <literal> oid</literal> system columns cannot be
621+ added anymore, this never has an effect.
622622 </para>
623623 </listitem>
624624 </varlistentry>
@@ -744,8 +744,7 @@ WITH ( MODULUS <replaceable class="parameter">numeric_literal</replaceable>, REM
744744 <para>
745745 This form links the table to a composite type as though <command>CREATE
746746 TABLE OF</command> had formed it. The table's list of column names and types
747- must precisely match that of the composite type; the presence of
748- an <literal>oid</literal> system column is permitted to differ. The table must
747+ must precisely match that of the composite type. The table must
749748 not inherit from any other table. These restrictions ensure
750749 that <command>CREATE TABLE OF</command> would permit an equivalent table
751750 definition.
@@ -1178,8 +1177,7 @@ WITH ( MODULUS <replaceable class="parameter">numeric_literal</replaceable>, REM
11781177 the column contents and the old type is either binary coercible to the new
11791178 type or an unconstrained domain over the new type, a table rewrite is not
11801179 needed; but any indexes on the affected columns must still be rebuilt.
1181- Adding or removing a system <literal>oid</literal> column also requires
1182- rewriting the entire table. Table and/or index rebuilds may take a
1180+ Table and/or index rebuilds may take a
11831181 significant amount of time for a large table; and will temporarily require
11841182 as much as double the disk space.
11851183 </para>
@@ -1208,9 +1206,7 @@ WITH ( MODULUS <replaceable class="parameter">numeric_literal</replaceable>, REM
12081206 column. Thus, dropping a column is quick but it will not immediately
12091207 reduce the on-disk size of your table, as the space occupied
12101208 by the dropped column is not reclaimed. The space will be
1211- reclaimed over time as existing rows are updated. (These statements do
1212- not apply when dropping the system <literal>oid</literal> column; that is done
1213- with an immediate rewrite.)
1209+ reclaimed over time as existing rows are updated.
12141210 </para>
12151211
12161212 <para>
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