Re: [DOCS] The Tutorial(TM)

In an attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Momjian) transmitted: > David Fetter wrote: >> Kind people, >> >> I was looking over the Tutorial section, and noticed that Foreign Keys >> is in the "Advanced" section. I believe this is a mistake, and would >> like

Re: [DOCS] The Tutorial(TM)

Clinging to sanity, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Fetter) mumbled into her beard: > Chris Browne, could you give me a pointer to your patch so we don't > step on each other's feet? It was posted on the patches list on 2003-12-29... -- wm(X,Y):-write(X),write('@'),write(Y). wm('cbbrowne','cbbrowne.com'

Re: [DOCS] The Tutorial(TM)

Oops! [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Fetter) was seen spray-painting on a wall: > On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 06:07:13PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote: >> David Fetter wrote: >> > Expanding on that, putting FK's in "Advanced Features" gives the >> > (IME always wrong) impression that they're optional. >> >>

Re: [DOCS] German FAQ update

Patch applied. Thanks. --- Ian Barwick wrote: > attached. > > Ian Barwick > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ Attachment, skipping... ] > > ---(end of broadcast)--- > TIP 4: Don't 'kil

Re: [DOCS] The Tutorial(TM)

Christopher Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oops! [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Fetter) was seen spray-painting on a wall: >> On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 06:07:13PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote: >>> David Fetter wrote: >>> > Expanding on that, putting FK's in "Advanced Features" gives the >>> > (IME al

Re: [DOCS] The Tutorial(TM)

On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 06:07:13PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > David Fetter wrote: > > Expanding on that, putting FK's in "Advanced Features" gives the > > (IME always wrong) impression that they're optional. > > They *are* optional. I disagree. > The first chapter is about getting the data

Re: [DOCS] The Tutorial(TM)

Peter Eisentraut wrote: Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai wrote: Because foreign keys are part of database design 101? Indeed, but the subject matter of chapter 2 of the tutorial is more like introduction to databases 099. Others may rightfully claim that transactions and views

Re: [DOCS] The Tutorial(TM)

Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I feel that there is a very useful dividing line between chapters 2 and > 3: chapter 2 is about getting the data in and out, to give beginners a > feeling that the database system is working, chapter 3 is about > refining the data structures for hig

Re: [DOCS] The Tutorial(TM)

On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 12:07, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > David Fetter wrote: > > Expanding on that, putting FK's in "Advanced Features" gives the (IME > > always wrong) impression that they're optional. > > They *are* optional. > > The first chapter is about getting the data in and out. That is no

Re: [DOCS] The Tutorial(TM)

Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai wrote: > Because foreign keys are part of database design 101? Indeed, but the subject matter of chapter 2 of the tutorial is more like introduction to databases 099. Others may rightfully claim that transactions and views are also elementary parts of database applicatio

Re: [DOCS] The Tutorial(TM)

David Fetter wrote: > Expanding on that, putting FK's in "Advanced Features" gives the (IME > always wrong) impression that they're optional. They *are* optional. The first chapter is about getting the data in and out. That is not optional for using a database. Transactions, views, foreign key

Re: [DOCS] Updated Russian translation of FAQ

Thanks. Applied. --- Viktor Vislobokov wrote: > Hello All! > > There is updated Russian translation of FAQ in attachment > > With best wishes, > Victor Vislobokov > Perm, Russia > [ Attachment, skipping... ] > > ---

[DOCS] psql documentation

Reference Manual - psql entry: In app-psql.html is witten: Note: To simplify typing, commands that consists of several words do not have to be quoted. Thus it is fine to type \help alter table So, I tried: template1=# \help 'alter table' No help available for ''alter table''. Try \h with no arg

Re: [DOCS] The Tutorial(TM)

On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 08:52:29AM +0100, Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai wrote: > -On [20040108 07:32], Peter Eisentraut ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >Why? > Because foreign keys are part of database design 101? Yes. Expanding on that, putting FK's in "Advanced Features"

[DOCS] ODBC encoding

Hi, docs for 7.3 contains information how set client encoding for Windows ODBC, but in docs for 7.4 I can't found it. Is it right? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.3/static/multibyte.html -- Karel Zak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://home.zf.jcu.cz/~zakkr/ ---(end o

Re: [DOCS] The Tutorial(TM)

-On [20040108 07:32], Peter Eisentraut ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >Why? Because foreign keys are part of database design 101? -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven / asmodai / kita no mono PGP fingerprint: 2D92 980E 45FE 2C28 9DB7 9D88 97E6 839B 2EAC 625B http://www.tendra.org/ | http://diary