Re: Doc Bug: Comments in Documentation

2002-02-24 Thread Arjen Lentz
Hi, On Sun, 2002-02-24 at 07:06, Steve Rapaport wrote: > I'm just trying to draw attention to a possible software > malfunction in the "commentary" section of the online docs. > [...] etc., etc. > All valuable and appropriate comments, no doubt. FOR SOME OTHER > PART OF THE MANUAL. I hope some

RE: Comments in Documentation

2002-02-24 Thread savaidis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Comments in Documentation > > > At 19:54 +0200 2/23/02, savaidis wrote: > >I say "by default" means to do nothing, not to do the > upercase conversion as > >I suppose it does to the fields. > > As it happens, the standard SQL behav

Re: Comments in Documentation

2002-02-23 Thread Bob Hall
On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 07:28:04PM +0200, savaidis wrote: > Instead of "binary" it sould be better to use a "case conversion" flag with > reverse function - NOT set by default. "Binary" doesn't make sence to me. > As for LIKE I think most WHERE commands use it so it is obvious it should be > ther

RE: Comments in Documentation

2002-02-23 Thread Paul DuBois
were wondering whether there was any such thing in SQL itself. > >Makis > > >> -Original Message- >> From: Paul DuBois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 10:21 PM >> To: savaidis; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: RE: Comments in D

Doc Bug: Comments in Documentation

2002-02-23 Thread Steve Rapaport
Um, hello? I wasn't trying to turn this into a general bitch session on the manual, and I really don't think that's appropriate. Worse, it obscures and devalues the value of the bug report. I'm just trying to draw attention to a possible software malfunction in the "commentary" section of the o

RE: Comments in Documentation

2002-02-23 Thread savaidis
SQL already, then I didn't have to read the MySQL manual. If you don't know there is a LIKE function then how to go and look for it? Makis > -Original Message- > From: Paul DuBois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 10:21 PM > To: savaid

RE: Comments in Documentation

2002-02-23 Thread Paul DuBois
n the output column list, ORDER BY, GROUP BY, etc. Functions should be documented in the section on functions. As, in fact, they are. > > >Makis > > >> -Original Message- >> From: Paul DuBois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 200

RE: Comments in Documentation

2002-02-23 Thread savaidis
ginal Message- > From: Paul DuBois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 6:29 PM > To: savaidis; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Comments in Documentation > > > At 16:01 +0200 2/23/02, savaidis wrote: > >Also there is not LIKE at all at

RE: Comments in Documentation

2002-02-23 Thread Todd Williamsen
ECTED] Subject: RE: Comments in Documentation At 16:01 +0200 2/23/02, savaidis wrote: >Also there is not LIKE at all at SELECT command on MySQL manual! http://www.mysql.com/doc/S/t/String_comparison_functions.html http://www.mysql.com/doc/P/a/Pattern_matching.html >I found manual very-very a

RE: Comments in Documentation

2002-02-23 Thread Paul DuBois
At 16:01 +0200 2/23/02, savaidis wrote: >Also there is not LIKE at all at SELECT command on MySQL manual! http://www.mysql.com/doc/S/t/String_comparison_functions.html http://www.mysql.com/doc/P/a/Pattern_matching.html >I found manual very-very amateur work. >I was trying about half hour to use

RE: Comments in Documentation

2002-02-23 Thread savaidis
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Comments in Documentation > > > Has anyone noticed that the comments in the Mysql on-line docs > are almost entirely always off-topic? > > Compare, for example, to the PHP docs www.php.net > > What's strange is not the number of moronic

Comments in Documentation

2002-02-23 Thread Steve Rapaport
Has anyone noticed that the comments in the Mysql on-line docs are almost entirely always off-topic? Compare, for example, to the PHP docs www.php.net What's strange is not the number of moronic posts (minimal), but the number of useful and often insightful posts that appear to have been entered