Re: [DOCS] Commented, loadable databases as examples?

2005-10-11 Thread Michael Fuhr
to make the documentation a bit more concrete. Are you looking for something other than the Tutorial and the examples in the source code under src/tutorial? -- Michael Fuhr ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map

[DOCS] Multicolumn index doc out of date?

2005-09-12 Thread Michael Fuhr
involving a and c the planner could choose to use the index for a, while treating c like an ordinary unindexed column.) http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/indexes-multicolumn.html -- Michael Fuhr ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Have

Re: [DOCS] Beta Docs

2005-07-21 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 03:32:28PM -0500, Thomas F. O'Connell wrote: There used to be a link to a built development version of the docs on the old developer site. Anyone know where that has gone? From http://www.postgresql.org/ the link is under Developers - Testing. -- Michael Fuhr http

Re: [DOCS] Possible copy error in explain example

2005-04-11 Thread Michael Fuhr
. So the cost is estimated at 233 page reads, defined as costing 1.0 apiece, plus 1 * cpu_tuple_cost which is currently 0.01 (try SHOW cpu_tuple_cost). Doesn't that work out to (233 * 1.0) + (1 * 0.01) = 233.0 + 100.0 = 333.0 or am I missing something? -- Michael Fuhr http

Re: [DOCS] Bibliography updates for new editions?

2005-02-15 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 10:57:34AM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote: Am Dienstag, 15. Februar 2005 03:20 schrieb Michael Fuhr: Should entries in the Bibliography be updated to reflect new editions? Sure. Please submit a patch. Will do. Just wanted to make sure I wouldn't be wasting anybody's

[DOCS] Bibliography updates for new editions?

2005-02-14 Thread Michael Fuhr
bookseller? If the project would rather not favor a particular retailer, then maybe it would be reasonable to link to the publishers' own web pages where such exist. -- Michael Fuhr http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/ ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Don't

Re: [DOCS] How the planner uses statistics

2005-02-12 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 03:22:10PM -0800, Josh Berkus wrote: Terrific. I'd be happy to post this at www.powerpostgresql.org, if you want; Shouldn't that be www.powerpostgresql.com? -- Michael Fuhr http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/ ---(end of broadcast

Re: [DOCS] Typo in performance-tips.html

2005-02-02 Thread Michael Fuhr
? Ye same olde? That appears to be an attempt at humor using Middle English. Here's a brief article about how the y in ye is a misspelling of the thorn (รพ) character: http://www.bartleby.com/68/15/6615.html The Icelandic language still uses the thorn character, if I'm not mistaken. -- Michael

[DOCS] FAQ 4.11.* numbering is off

2005-01-31 Thread Michael Fuhr
? 4.11.4) Why aren't my sequence numbers reused on transaction abort? -- Michael Fuhr http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/ ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org

[DOCS] SET documentation could mention ALTER USER, etc.

2005-01-28 Thread Michael Fuhr
the value used by the current session. -- Michael Fuhr http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/ ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [DOCS] SET documentation could mention ALTER USER, etc.

2005-01-28 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 07:20:29PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: Michael Fuhr [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Suggestion for the SET documentation: mention that settings can be made permanent by editing postgresql.conf and reloading the postmater, or by using ALTER USER or ALTER DATABASE. There's

[DOCS] FAQ 4.15 misleading about uniqueness of OIDs

2005-01-23 Thread Michael Fuhr
sections: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/datatype-oid.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/ddl-system-columns.html -- Michael Fuhr http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/ ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend

[DOCS] Adding a Column: default values now allowed

2005-01-09 Thread Michael Fuhr
item 3 | 123 (3 rows) -- Michael Fuhr http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/ ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can