Re: [DOCS] Runtime Basics

2003-10-31 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Josh Berkus writes: > Attached is my "runtime basics" patch to Runtime.sgml (and to one line in > installation.sgml). Please send a context diff (diff -c). -- Peter Eisentraut [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: Have you checked

Re: [DOCS] Runtime Basics

2003-10-31 Thread Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai
-On [20031031 01:32], Josh Berkus ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >Can someone check my SGML and OK it? Most of the time you can run nsgmls or onsgmls on it to verify, assuming you have stuff like that installed (sp or opensp IIRC). -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven / asmodai / kita no mono

Re: [DOCS] Runtime Basics

2003-10-31 Thread Josh Berkus
Peter, Jeroen, > Please send a context diff (diff -c). Will do. > Most of the time you can run nsgmls or onsgmls on it to verify, assuming > you have stuff like that installed (sp or opensp IIRC). Yeah. Unfortuantely, most of my SGML tools on my laptop seem to be broken pending spending 3-6

Re: [DOCS] Annotated release notes

2003-10-31 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > OK, I have committed changes to release.sgml so most complex entries > > have a paragraph describing the change. You can see the result at: > > http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/release.html#RELEASE-7-4 > > I need p

Re: [DOCS] Annotated release notes

2003-10-31 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I thought connections were faster because we passed fewer packets on > startup, and I thought you measured a speed improvement in connection > startup time. Am I remembering wrong? You're right, connection startup should be a little faster. "Connection

Re: [DOCS] Annotated release notes

2003-10-31 Thread Bruce Momjian
Updated. --- Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I thought connections were faster because we passed fewer packets on > > startup, and I thought you measured a speed improvement in connection > >

Re: [DOCS] Runtime Basics

2003-10-31 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Josh Berkus writes: > > Please send a context diff (diff -c). > > Attached. The SGML is not valid. Please validate it. "Parameter" is the correct term, not "option". "runtime" is spelled "run time". There is no such thing as INITDB. Maybe you mean initdb. Please follow the existing indentat

Re: [DOCS] Runtime Basics

2003-10-31 Thread Josh Berkus
Peter, > And finally, can you explain what you intend to accomplish by this change? > I just see a bunch of things moved around and some things changed along > the way. Some of these things seem to make sense, but some do not. Never mind, then. Obviously I don't have time to do this properly, s

Re: [DOCS] [HACKERS] Annotated release notes

2003-10-31 Thread Kurt Roeckx
On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 11:59:05PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > OK, I have committed changes to release.sgml so most complex entries > have a paragraph describing the change. You can see the result at: * Full support for IPv6 connections and IPv6 address data types Prior releases

Re: [DOCS] [HACKERS] Annotated release notes

2003-10-31 Thread Bruce Momjian
Kurt Roeckx wrote: > On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 11:59:05PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > OK, I have committed changes to release.sgml so most complex entries > > have a paragraph describing the change. You can see the result at: > > * Full support for IPv6 connections and IPv6 address da

Re: [DOCS] Annotated release notes

2003-10-31 Thread Bruce Momjian
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 functio

Re: [DOCS] Annotated release notes

2003-10-31 Thread Joe Conway
Bruce Momjian wrote: What had me really confused was the first release item: Allow polymorphic SQL functions (Joe) How does an SQL function query the data types passed to it? Once I saw that I thought I didn't underestand what polymorphic functions were. It doesn't need to. For example: CREATE