Re: [DOCS] Minor Typo in SELECT docs

2004-09-09 Thread Neil Conway
Tom Lane wrote: There are a lot of typos besides this one, and always have been. Personally I'd rather spend the time proofing current docs. Also, there's been a tendency in the past to not regenerate the online docs for each point release in a stable branch (particularly for formats like PS and

Re: [DOCS] Minor Typo in SELECT docs

2004-09-09 Thread Tom Lane
Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 09:31:09AM +1000, Neil Conway wrote: >> Since it's fixed in HEAD, I think we're fine -- we usually don't bother >> applying documentation fixes to release branches, even if there were >> plans for another 7.4.x release. > Oh, i

Re: [DOCS] Minor Typo in SELECT docs

2004-09-09 Thread Thomas F . O'Connell
I second Alvaro: Why is that? -tfo On Sep 9, 2004, at 6:47 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 09:31:09AM +1000, Neil Conway wrote: Thomas F.O'Connell wrote: There is a reference to the "sql_interitance" configuration in the 7.4.x docs: Since it's fixed in HEAD, I think we're fine --

Re: [DOCS] Minor Typo in SELECT docs

2004-09-09 Thread Alvaro Herrera
On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 09:31:09AM +1000, Neil Conway wrote: > Thomas F.O'Connell wrote: > >There is a reference to the "sql_interitance" configuration in the 7.4.x > >docs: > > Since it's fixed in HEAD, I think we're fine -- we usually don't bother > applying documentation fixes to release bran

Re: [DOCS] Minor Typo in SELECT docs

2004-09-09 Thread Neil Conway
Thomas F.O'Connell wrote: There is a reference to the "sql_interitance" configuration in the 7.4.x docs: Since it's fixed in HEAD, I think we're fine -- we usually don't bother applying documentation fixes to release branches, even if there were plans for another 7.4.x release. -Neil --

Re: [DOCS] Fwd: [SQL] aggregate function stddev

2004-09-09 Thread Tom Lane
Josh Berkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sending this remark to the list so that I/we don't forget to patch it . > > Just noticed that the postgres stddev is the stddev_sample formula. The documentation already points out that stddev is the sample sta

[DOCS] Fwd: [SQL] aggregate function stddev

2004-09-09 Thread Josh Berkus
Folks, Sending this remark to the list so that I/we don't forget to patch it . Just noticed that the postgres stddev is the stddev_sample formula. There are two different ways to calculate this value. Their difference is very small with large samle siz