Re: [DOCS]

2003-11-10 Thread Michael Glaesemann
On Monday, November 10, 2003, at 01:16 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

I don't mind including graphics, but there needs to be a maintenance 
path.  SVG might be something to try.  You could even create a simpler 
catalog description
file in an ad-hoc XML format and then create the SVG automatically.
InDesign does have an SVG export option. I haven't done anything with 
it, and it's something I'll look into.

By the way, when done well, pictures like the catalog layout, the 
backend
flow chart, or a graphical representation of a query plan also make 
nice
posters.
Now there's a thought. The docs might be pretty much taken care of, but 
when's your next presentation? :)

On Monday, November 10, 2003, at 06:08 AM, Josh Berkus wrote:
OpenOffice.org draw is easy to use & understand and generates both PDF 
and
XML.  Not terribly sophisticated, but OSS and widely cross platform.   
If you
want a better drawing tool, try KDE's Kontour.

I think Elein would be happy to host it on General Bits while we work 
on
re-inventing Techdocs.
Thanks for the offer. I'll let you know once I've updated the diagram 
to match what's in 7.4.

On Monday, November 10, 2003, at 11:53 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
My performance tuning PDF has a system table chart written using xfig 
so
it has almost infinite resolution:

	http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/performance.pdf

It is the second to last slide.
Thanks, Josh and Bruce, for alternative apps. I'll take a look!

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Re: [DOCS]

2003-11-10 Thread Josh Berkus
Guys,

> > By the way, when done well, pictures like the catalog layout, the
> > backend
> > flow chart, or a graphical representation of a query plan also make
> > nice
> > posters.
>
> Now there's a thought. The docs might be pretty much taken care of, but
> when's your next presentation? :)

That's a *great* idea.  I smell PostgreSQL benefit merchandise here.

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Re: [DOCS]

2003-11-10 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Michael Glaesemann writes:

> > By the way, when done well, pictures like the catalog layout, the
> > backend
> > flow chart, or a graphical representation of a query plan also make
> > nice
> > posters.
>
> Now there's a thought. The docs might be pretty much taken care of, but
> when's your next presentation? :)

I already have posters like that.  I'm just saying, keep that application
in mind when you make new pictures.

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Re: [DOCS] Runtime Basics

2003-11-10 Thread Bruce Momjian

Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at:

http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches

I will try to apply it within the next 48 hours to HEAD and 7.4.X.

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> Peter,
> 
> > Please send a context diff (diff -c).
> 
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Re: [DOCS] Runtime Basics

2003-11-10 Thread Josh Berkus
Bruce,

> Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at:
> 
>   http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches
> 
> I will try to apply it within the next 48 hours to HEAD and 7.4.X.

Please kill this patch.  Peter pointed out a number of SGML mistakes and 
contextual problems which I don't have time to fix.   

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Re: [DOCS] Runtime Basics

2003-11-10 Thread Bruce Momjian
Josh Berkus wrote:
> Bruce,
> 
> > Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at:
> > 
> > http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches
> > 
> > I will try to apply it within the next 48 hours to HEAD and 7.4.X.
> 
> Please kill this patch.  Peter pointed out a number of SGML mistakes and 
> contextual problems which I don't have time to fix.   

I was wondering if this was the same patch, and I was sure you would
tell me if it was --- withdrawn.

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Re: [DOCS] Runtime Basics

2003-11-10 Thread Bruce Momjian

Patch withdrawn by author.

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Josh Berkus wrote:
> Peter,
> 
> > Please send a context diff (diff -c).
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Re: [DOCS] Runtime Basics

2003-11-10 Thread Josh Berkus
Bruce,

> I was wondering if this was the same patch, and I was sure you would
> tell me if it was --- withdrawn.

Yeah, sorry.  I thought that it wouldn't be considered "submitted" until I 
sent it to pgsql-patches.

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Re: [DOCS] Runtime Basics

2003-11-10 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at:

Wasn't this patch withdrawn?

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Re: [DOCS] Runtime Basics

2003-11-10 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at:
> 
> Wasn't this patch withdrawn?

Yep, removed from queue.

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Re: [DOCS] Annotated release notes

2003-11-10 Thread Bruce Momjian

OK, release notes updated to:

Allow polymorphic PL/pgSQL functions (Tom, Joe)
Allow polymorphic SQL functions (Joe)
   
Allow functions to accept arbitrary data types for input, and return arbitrary 
types.
   
   


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Joe Conway wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/release.html#RELEASE-7-4
> > 
> > I need people to check this and help me with the items marked 'bjm'.  I
> > am confused about the proper text for those sections.
> 
>  > Allow polymorphic SQL functions (Joe)
>  > bjm ??
> 
> What isn't clear about this? Should/can we refer to related sections of 
> the manual?
> http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/xfunc-sql.html#AEN28722
> http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/extend-type-system.html#EXTEND-TYPES-POLYMORPHIC
> 
>  > Allow user defined aggregates to use polymorphic functions (Joe)
>  > bjm ??
> 
> Same question. From this url:
> http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/xaggr.html
> see this paragraph:
> 
>   Aggregate functions may use polymorphic state transition functions or 
> final functions, so that the same functions can be used to implement 
> multiple aggregates. See Section 33.2.1  for an explanation of 
> polymorphic functions. Going a step further, the aggregate function 
> itself may be specified with a polymorphic base type and state type, 
> allowing a single aggregate definition to serve for multiple input data 
> types. Here is an example of a polymorphic aggregate:
> 
> CREATE AGGREGATE array_accum (
>  sfunc = array_append,
>  basetype = anyelement,
>  stype = anyarray,
>  initcond = '{}'
> );
> 
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