Re: [HACKERS] Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add documentation for Windows on how to set an environment
Bruce Momjian wrote: Tom Lane wrote: Andrew Dunstan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bruce Momjian wrote: I think environment variables are used rarely enough on Win32 that we should supply a hint. I think every Windows administrator who is not totally clueless knows how to set the environment. Maybe home users don't use it much, but admins certainly need to know about it. Another argument against it is that the libpq documentation is an entirely random place to discuss it, as libpq is hardly the only part of Postgres that responds to environment variables. I liked the idea of mentioning it in the Windows FAQ, instead. OK, sure. Magnus. I assume you mean add it to the win32 FAQ, so I did. Will be on next site build. //Magnus ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
Re: [HACKERS] Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add documentation for Windows on how to set an environment
Magnus Hagander wrote: Bruce Momjian wrote: Tom Lane wrote: Andrew Dunstan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bruce Momjian wrote: I think environment variables are used rarely enough on Win32 that we should supply a hint. I think every Windows administrator who is not totally clueless knows how to set the environment. Maybe home users don't use it much, but admins certainly need to know about it. Another argument against it is that the libpq documentation is an entirely random place to discuss it, as libpq is hardly the only part of Postgres that responds to environment variables. I liked the idea of mentioning it in the Windows FAQ, instead. OK, sure. Magnus. I assume you mean add it to the win32 FAQ, so I did. Will be on next site build. Yep, perfect, thanks. -- Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepagehttp://momjian.us EnterpriseDBhttp://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
Re: [HACKERS] Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add documentation for Windows on how to set an environment
Magnus Hagander wrote: Bruce Momjian wrote: Log Message: --- Add documentation for Windows on how to set an environment variable. Backpatch to 8.2.X. Modified Files: -- pgsql/doc/src/sgml: libpq.sgml (r1.224 - r1.225) (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml.diff?r1=1.224r2=1.225) ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster The exact naming and placing of the buttons you click is version dependent. For example, if you use Classic Folders, it's not there. For that one, the common ground is to right-click and select properties instead, works for both. And the dialogs look completely different between Win2000 and XP/2003. Luckily in this case the button is named the same, but the placement is completely different. I don't have a Vista around right now, but given how much else they've changed, it wouldn't surprise me if this has also changed... OK, text trimmed down to a hint: Environment variables on Windows are set as a property of literalMy Computer/. Bottom line: do we really want to document for people how to use Windows? I don't see us documenting how to set an environment variable in Unix... And *if* we want to do it, might it live better in the Windows FAQ? I think environment variables are used rarely enough on Win32 that we should supply a hint. -- Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] EnterpriseDBhttp://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
Re: [HACKERS] Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add documentation for Windows on how to set an environment
Bruce Momjian wrote: OK, text trimmed down to a hint: Environment variables on Windows are set as a property of literalMy Computer/. Bottom line: do we really want to document for people how to use Windows? I don't see us documenting how to set an environment variable in Unix... And *if* we want to do it, might it live better in the Windows FAQ? I think environment variables are used rarely enough on Win32 that we should supply a hint. I think every Windows administrator who is not totally clueless knows how to set the environment. Maybe home users don't use it much, but admins certainly need to know about it. cheers andrew ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
Re: [HACKERS] Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add documentation for Windows on how to set an environment
Andrew Dunstan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bruce Momjian wrote: I think environment variables are used rarely enough on Win32 that we should supply a hint. I think every Windows administrator who is not totally clueless knows how to set the environment. Maybe home users don't use it much, but admins certainly need to know about it. Another argument against it is that the libpq documentation is an entirely random place to discuss it, as libpq is hardly the only part of Postgres that responds to environment variables. I liked the idea of mentioning it in the Windows FAQ, instead. regards, tom lane ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
Re: [HACKERS] Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add documentation for Windows on how to set an environment
Tom Lane wrote: Andrew Dunstan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bruce Momjian wrote: I think environment variables are used rarely enough on Win32 that we should supply a hint. I think every Windows administrator who is not totally clueless knows how to set the environment. Maybe home users don't use it much, but admins certainly need to know about it. Another argument against it is that the libpq documentation is an entirely random place to discuss it, as libpq is hardly the only part of Postgres that responds to environment variables. I liked the idea of mentioning it in the Windows FAQ, instead. OK, sure. Magnus. -- Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] EnterpriseDBhttp://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
[HACKERS] Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add documentation for Windows on how to set an environment
Bruce Momjian wrote: Log Message: --- Add documentation for Windows on how to set an environment variable. Backpatch to 8.2.X. Modified Files: -- pgsql/doc/src/sgml: libpq.sgml (r1.224 - r1.225) (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml.diff?r1=1.224r2=1.225) ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster The exact naming and placing of the buttons you click is version dependent. For example, if you use Classic Folders, it's not there. For that one, the common ground is to right-click and select properties instead, works for both. And the dialogs look completely different between Win2000 and XP/2003. Luckily in this case the button is named the same, but the placement is completely different. I don't have a Vista around right now, but given how much else they've changed, it wouldn't surprise me if this has also changed... Bottom line: do we really want to document for people how to use Windows? I don't see us documenting how to set an environment variable in Unix... And *if* we want to do it, might it live better in the Windows FAQ? //Magnus ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
Re: [HACKERS] Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add documentation for Windows on how to set an environment
Magnus Hagander wrote: Bottom line: do we really want to document for people how to use Windows? No, we don't. -- Peter Eisentraut http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/ ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
