On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
// Like, [EMAIL PROTECTED] :) How much of what is already
// done by the Docs Team pertinent to all this, and, if not, why not?
// If our existing manuals don't make good documentation, then why not,
// and shouldn't those be fixed too?
It's not that the docs are bad, it's just that they're not on a
shelf. :)
// > > //
// > // > Since we are tossing ideas around, here is my two cents.
// > // > .1c In order not to worry about royalties we can donate proceeds to
// > // > PostgreSQL.
// > // Amen/Bravo! This would truly be in the spirit of PostgreSQL
// > //
// > // Regarding the books contents. I think
// > // I. Section 1 - Intro
// > // 1. Brief Overview History
// > // 2. Getting and Installing
// > // 3. Setting up a Database
// > // 4. Maintaining a Database
// > // II. Section II - Making it work
// > // 1. Postgres' type system
// > // 2. Triggers & Functions
// > // 3. Embedded Scripting Languages
// > // a) pl/pgsql
// > // etc.
// > // 4. External access to postgres
// > // a) libpq
// > // b) libpq++
// > // c) odbc
// > // etc.
// > // 5. Interfacing PostgreSQL to the Web
// > // a) perl
// > // b) php3
// > // c) pygreSQL
// > // others
// > // III. Reference and Tekkie Stuff
// > // 1. The built-in functions
// > // 2. Query Optimization
// > // 3. Postmaster tuning & performance issues
// > // IV. New Features
// > // This would be a section where people could insert information related to
// > // the latest release. Much like law reports have addenda inserts at the
// > // back.
// > //
// > // my $0.02
// > //
// > // steve doliov
// > //
// > //
// > //
// >
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// Marc G. Fournier
// Systems Administrator @ hub.org
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Principal Member Technical Staff, beyond.com The world is watching America,
pub 1024/3CAE01D5 1994/11/03 Dustin Sallings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| Key fingerprint = 87 02 57 08 02 D0 DA D6 C8 0F 3E 65 51 98 D8 BE
L______________________________________________ and America is watching TV. __
