Re: [DOCS] "Localizing" paths?

Tom Lane wrote: > Tim Landscheidt writes: >> Tom Lane wrote: >>> The bigger "con" is that anyone reading the docs on-line would be >>> given information that might be inappropriate for their platform. >> Why? That would only be the case if the on-

Re: [DOCS] "Localizing" paths?

Tom Lane wrote: >> Would it be feasible and desirable to "localize" the paths >> in the configure stage? Pro: Fewer guesses by new users. >> Con: Adds another level of complexity to the build system. > The bigger "con" is that anyone reading the docs on-line would be > given information that mig

[DOCS] [PATCH] Clarify that "psql -c" ignores psqlrc files

Balkrishna Sharma wrote on -admin: > Thanks. If I want to do at system-wide level, where do I store the psqlrc > file (assuming I want to change the timing behavior system-wide)? > (CentOS 5, Postgres 8.4) > $ ./pg_config --sysconfdir/opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/etc/postgresql > But I don't have /opt/Pos

[DOCS] "Localizing" paths?

Balkrishna Sharma wrote on -admin: > Thanks. If I want to do at system-wide level, where do I store the psqlrc > file (assuming I want to change the timing behavior system-wide)? > (CentOS 5, Postgres 8.4) > $ ./pg_config --sysconfdir/opt/PostgreSQL/8.4/etc/postgresql > But I don't have /opt/Pos

[DOCS] [PATCH] Explain generate_subscripts() more clearly

Hi, the current documentation on generate_subscripts() uses a "rectangular" example, i. e. where both arrays in question have the same length (that is furthermore equal to the num- ber of arrays, a "square" example so to speak :-)). To point out that generate_subscripts () can be used for more com

[DOCS] OLD and NEW in PL/pgSQL triggers

Hi, http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/plpgsql-trigger.html> says: | [...] | When a PL/pgSQL function is called as a trigger, several | special variables are created automatically in the top-level | block. They are: | NEW |Data type RECORD; variable holding the new database row |f

[DOCS] [PATCH] Small error in psql's man page

Hi, I noticed a small error in psql's man page (8.4.2; still present in HEAD); see attached patch for detail. Tim Index: doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml === RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v retrieving

[DOCS] Clarification of psql's "-c" output

Hi, as a user, I'd appreciate if psql's execution and output be- haviour when using the "-c" option would be explained more detailed in the documentation. Based on psql 8.*3*.7 (don't know if that will change in 8.4), I'd suggest: | [...@lockfix ~/Desktop/Agenda/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref]$ cvs diff