On Aug 9, 2004, at 8:20 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:I think Jeff's original point was that he wanted some kind of index for all functions, not just ones you already know how to classify.
I thought his point was that he didn't fully know how the docs have already classified functions, and therefore didn't know which page to look on to find a given one. This seems a legitimate gripe to me, and one that can be cured with a more complete index.
Exactly.
or if you are trying to remember a function - say "Oh whats that thing? Colace? Coerce? [scrolls] Ahh! Coalesce!"
The trouble seems to be getting that list automatically generated from the existing SGML.
-- Jeff Trout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.jefftrout.com/ http://www.stuarthamm.net/
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