On 23 April 2014 09:26, David Rowley <dgrowle...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 6:11 PM, Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: >> >> I propose we add a single table called Postgres when we Initdb >> >> CREATE TABLE Postgres (Id Integer, Data Jsonb); >> COMMENT ON TABLE Postgres IS 'Single table for quick start usage - >> design your database'; >> >> The purpose of this is to make the database immediately usable. By >> including this table in the default initdb it will mean that programs >> can rely on the existence of this table and begin working quicker. >> > > I'm not quite sure it would serve the same purpose as to what you're > proposing here, but for a long time I've thought that it would be nice if > PostgreSQL came with an example database that had a number of tables, > perhaps that mock up some easy to relate to real-world application. These > would be very useful to use as examples in the documents instead of > inventing them in the ad-hoc way that we currently do. Like here: > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/tutorial-window.html
+1 to the idea of an example database, used throughout the docs Sounds like a summer of code project. Since we don't have that now, it won't work for 9.4. I still like the idea of a database installed by default on initdb, by default. Packagers can of course do what they like. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
