On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 7:10 PM, Craig Ringer <cr...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > I'm talking about making sure that contrib module functions (and settings) > appear in the documentation index ( > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/bookindex.html) so it's easy > to find a function by name whether it's in core or contrib. This is what I > want to add to TODO.
+1. > Separately, it might also be nice to add the contrib functions to the > section 9 tables with an extra column showing their origin, but that's less > clearly a good thing. Even if there's a column saying "intarray" for > intarray functions in the array functions list, people will still try to use > them without loading the extension and get confused when they're not found. > It'll also bloat the listings of core functions. Rather than do that, I'd > probably prefer to add a note to relevant sections. For example, in array > functions I'd want to add "Additional functions that operate only on arrays > of integers are available in the <a href="...">intarray extension</a>". The second approach seems better, and maybe only in cases where it's particularly relevant. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
