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Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 9:33 AM
To: Eric Mueller
Cc: 'PostgreSQL general mailing list'
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] RE: RE: Re: MySQL and PostgreSQL speed compare
Eric Mueller writes:
> I'm baffled by what seems to be a lack of detailed documentation for
> something
>Actually, I like the 'grid' layout that the functions are listed in -- it
>gives the syntax, the return value and an example of usage, all in a
>single glance.
I do too, the only thing I could think to add would be an example of a
return value, i.e. trunc(42.4) | 42
Rob Nelson
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On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > I'm baffled by what seems to be a lack of detailed documentation for
> > something so fundamental as the built-in functions.
>
> Just to add a particular point, in addition to Vince's excellent general
> points, as the one who was last to update the
Eric Mueller writes:
> I'm baffled by what seems to be a lack of detailed documentation for
> something so fundamental as the built-in functions.
Just to add a particular point, in addition to Vince's excellent general
points, as the one who was last to update the function documentation:
The rea
>
>What a horrible chicken and egg scenario... you can't help with providing
>documentation until you have some deal of experience with something, but if
>you ask for better documentation to get that experience, you are told to
>write some. I understand the frustration, but at the same time, plea
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Gregory Wood wrote:
> > Then it goes right back to what someone else eluded to... If you don't
> > like what you see in the documentation, contribute. Send in diffs, or
> > even new items. If you don't know what's needed go to the DOCS list and
> > ask. Getting people to
> Then it goes right back to what someone else eluded to... If you don't
> like what you see in the documentation, contribute. Send in diffs, or
> even new items. If you don't know what's needed go to the DOCS list and
> ask. Getting people to help with documentation for ANY project is like
>
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Lincoln Yeoh wrote:
> Actually I agree with Eric.
>
> The documentation is not as detailed or organised for usage. But it is
> decent. Only sometimes you need to resort to real-life testing to see how
> things really work. I do like the real world practical info which the MySQ
