Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Alban Hertroys
Steve Crawford wrote: My vote is to add Appendix I. Abbreviations. Don't know if it's practical for 8.3 documentation but it would be nice to add even if it only has a few entries as additional ones could be collected via the user notes. I suggest as a discussion starting-point the

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:28:30 -0300 Alvaro Herrera [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joshua D. Drake wrote: On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:59:20 -0300 Alvaro Herrera [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thomas Pundt wrote: Alban Hertroys schrieb: Isn't this just what the ABBR tag in html is for?

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Steve Crawford
Bruce Momjian wrote: Tom Lane wrote: Steve Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My vote is to add Appendix I. Abbreviations. It seems more like FAQ material than something for the manual. I prefer the manual. I would think the list would be pretty long and deal with lots of internals terms.

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:04:27 +0200 Michael Meskes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 04:46:00PM -0700, Steve Crawford wrote: ECPG - Embedded SQL in C ?? Correct. And the PG part should be obvious. :-) Pretty Good? Michael -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Michael Meskes
On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 04:46:00PM -0700, Steve Crawford wrote: ECPG - Embedded SQL in C ?? Correct. And the PG part should be obvious. :-) Michael -- Michael Meskes Email: Michael at Fam-Meskes dot De ICQ: 179140304, AIM/Yahoo: michaelmeskes, Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Go SF 49ers! Go Rhein

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:59:20 -0300 Alvaro Herrera [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thomas Pundt wrote: Alban Hertroys schrieb: Isn't this just what the ABBR tag in html is for? Well, yes; according w3.org its purpose is to describe the abbreviation/acronym inline in a document using a title

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Dimitri Fontaine
Hi, Le Friday 19 October 2007 22:29:37 Steve Crawford, vous avez écrit : Do we use that term? Normally for us it's large objects. Perhaps we should add LO but the documentation does refer to the term BLOB though typically in the context of The SQL standard defines a different binary string

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/19/07 14:36, Alvaro Herrera wrote: Steve Crawford wrote: Bruce Momjian wrote: Tom Lane wrote: Steve Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My vote is to add Appendix I. Abbreviations. It seems more like FAQ material than something for the

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Steve Crawford
Alvaro Herrera wrote: Steve Crawford wrote: Bruce Momjian wrote: Tom Lane wrote: Steve Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My vote is to add Appendix I. Abbreviations. It seems more like FAQ material than something for the manual. I prefer the manual. I would think the list would be pretty

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Erik Jones
On Oct 19, 2007, at 1:20 PM, Steve Crawford wrote: Bruce Momjian wrote: Tom Lane wrote: Steve Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My vote is to add Appendix I. Abbreviations. It seems more like FAQ material than something for the manual. I prefer the manual. I would think the list would

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Joshua D. Drake wrote: On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:59:20 -0300 Alvaro Herrera [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thomas Pundt wrote: Alban Hertroys schrieb: Isn't this just what the ABBR tag in html is for? Well, yes; according w3.org its purpose is to describe the abbreviation/acronym

Re: Re : [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Steve Crawford
Alvaro Herrera wrote: Steve Crawford wrote: Raymond O'Donnell wrote: On 18/10/2007 22:26, Laurent ROCHE wrote: No idea what GUC is, though ! Grand Unified Contraption? ;-) Ray (who's just been reading Jules Verne). It's Global User Configuration. But the confusion does point out the need

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Thomas Pundt
Alban Hertroys schrieb: Steve Crawford wrote: My vote is to add Appendix I. Abbreviations. Don't know if it's practical for 8.3 documentation but it would be nice to add even if it only has a few entries as additional ones could be collected via the user notes. I suggest as a discussion

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Steve Crawford wrote: Bruce Momjian wrote: Tom Lane wrote: Steve Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My vote is to add Appendix I. Abbreviations. It seems more like FAQ material than something for the manual. I prefer the manual. I would think the list would be pretty long and deal

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Thomas Pundt wrote: Alban Hertroys schrieb: Isn't this just what the ABBR tag in html is for? Well, yes; according w3.org its purpose is to describe the abbreviation/acronym inline in a document using a title attribute: Can you do that from a SGML DocBook source? -- Alvaro Herrera

[GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-18 Thread Steve Crawford
Is there a comprehensive (or semi-comprehensive) on-line list of commonly used PG-related abbreviations used in PostgreSQL documentation, mail-lists, etc.? If there is not, would such a list make a reasonable one-page addition to the PG manual? Things like GUC and DDL for example. Couldn't find

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-18 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Steve Crawford wrote: Is there a comprehensive (or semi-comprehensive) on-line list of commonly used PG-related abbreviations used in PostgreSQL documentation, mail-lists, etc.? If there is not, would such a list make a reasonable one-page addition to the PG manual? I don't think we have one,

Re : [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-18 Thread Laurent ROCHE
. No idea what GUC is, though ! Have fun, [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Computing Froggy - Message d'origine De : Alvaro Herrera [EMAIL PROTECTED] À : Steve Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc : pgsql-general@postgresql.org Envoyé le : Jeudi, 18 Octobre 2007, 21h10mn 47s Objet : Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation

Re: Re : [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-18 Thread Raymond O'Donnell
On 18/10/2007 22:26, Laurent ROCHE wrote: No idea what GUC is, though ! Grand Unified Contraption? ;-) Ray (who's just been reading Jules Verne). --- Raymond O'Donnell, Director of Music, Galway Cathedral, Ireland [EMAIL

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-18 Thread Harald Armin Massa
I prefer the manual. I would think the list would be pretty long and deal with lots of internals terms. Also the manual has more reference character; as we saw with GUC in this discussion it is still possible to find a CORRECT definition of them. Harald -- GHUM Harald Massa persuadere et

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-18 Thread Tom Lane
Steve Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My vote is to add Appendix I. Abbreviations. It seems more like FAQ material than something for the manual. regards, tom lane ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Have you searched our

Re: Re : [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-18 Thread Tom Lane
Alvaro Herrera [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Steve Crawford wrote: Raymond O'Donnell wrote: On 18/10/2007 22:26, Laurent ROCHE wrote: No idea what GUC is, though ! It's Global User Configuration. But the confusion does point out the need for a reference. I think it is Grand Unified

Re: Re : [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-18 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Steve Crawford wrote: Raymond O'Donnell wrote: On 18/10/2007 22:26, Laurent ROCHE wrote: No idea what GUC is, though ! Grand Unified Contraption? ;-) Ray (who's just been reading Jules Verne). It's Global User Configuration. But the confusion does point out the need for a

Re: Re : [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-18 Thread Steve Crawford
Raymond O'Donnell wrote: On 18/10/2007 22:26, Laurent ROCHE wrote: No idea what GUC is, though ! Grand Unified Contraption? ;-) Ray (who's just been reading Jules Verne). It's Global User Configuration. But the confusion does point out the need for a reference. -Steve

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-18 Thread Steve Crawford
Alvaro Herrera wrote: Steve Crawford wrote: Is there a comprehensive (or semi-comprehensive) on-line list of commonly used PG-related abbreviations used in PostgreSQL documentation, mail-lists, etc.? If there is not, would such a list make a reasonable one-page addition to the PG manual? I

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: Steve Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My vote is to add Appendix I. Abbreviations. It seems more like FAQ material than something for the manual. I prefer the manual. I would think the list would be pretty long and deal with lots of internals terms. -- Bruce Momjian