On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 1:23 PM, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Dave Page" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I'm in favour of including it by default (at initdb), so it's there >> for new users to play with on any fresh install - however, there is >> only a point to that if all the documentation examples are based on >> that database to allow copy-paste-play. > > You would also have to assume that all the examples are non-destructive, > and that no one ever extends an example in a destructive way.
That's a good point. > This > seems like a non-starter. Better to provide the sample database in a > form in which it can be easily dropped/reloaded. I'm envisioning that > there's a source file in $sharedir and we tell people > > createdb example > psql -f $sharedir/example.sql example I was assuming that it would be in such a form anyway - similar to system_views.sql for example. I'd be happy with that setup - it's far better than referring people to pgFoundry, and should be simple for anyone to use. -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
