On 17 July 2010 21:30, Joseph Conway <[email protected]> wrote: > On 7/17/10 1:26 PM, Thom Brown wrote: >> On 17 July 2010 21:23, Dave Page <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 9:19 PM, Thom Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> While they're quite attractive, I actually see them being more >>>> confusing than helpful personally, but I could be wrong. I reckon >>>> there might be clearer ways of representing statement options. The >>>> real problems with the railroad design come when there are lots of >>>> references to other diagrams, and you end up with about 10 just for 1 >>>> statement. >>>> >>>> Is there a way of testing their usefulness? >>> >>> Personal experience? I used to find them quite useful when I was >>> starting out with Informix. >>> >> >> I guess I'm quite used to the existing statement definitions. It's an >> elegant idea, just wondering if it scales sanely. Are the examples of >> more complex statements? > > Oracle SELECT: > > http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14117_01/server.101/b10759/statements_10002.htm > > Joe >
Yeah, that kinda chaotic. Looks like a sadistic puzzle from the Krypton Factor. :S Thom -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs
