Re: [DOCS] Re: [GENERAL] Better Features document?

2001-04-08 Thread Justin Clift
Hi Joel, Since you've got a 5 page document already, maybe you'd like to put what you've got on the net somewhere (I can put it on techdocs.postgresql.org if you'd like), then massage it into shape for an updated 2 page intro Peter is suggesting? Don't want to lose 3 pages of what may just be re

Re: [GENERAL] Better Features document?

2001-04-08 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Joel Burton writes: > I started writing a 'Features+' document a few months ago, but it got sat > aside during a busy work time. I'd like to restart that work. > > I don't want to recreate the manuals -- I envision something like a 5-page > 'product datasheet' that explains just enough about what

[GENERAL] Better Features document?

2001-04-07 Thread Joel Burton
One thing that confused me when I started seriously looking at PostgreSQL was the features it had relative to other competitors. We have so many powerful features that are often underused by new users: * procedural languages * triggers * rules * views * custom aggregate functions * .