On 26 Dec 2010, at 10:22pm, Drake Wilson wrote: > I think this is part of the disconnect. I don't get the feeling that > the SQLite documentation is intended for people who have little or no > SQL background, but rather as a reference for those who are already > familiar with SQL relational databases, but not SQLite particularly.
This is correct. Teaching people how to use SQL efficiently is not a task that the SQLite team have taken on. There are many web pages and books to teach that. On the other hand, almost nobody who uses SQL has read the specification document for SQL. And frankly none of them should have to: it's easier to understand SQL than the specification for SQL. So using a technical term that exists in the specification may be useful for the SQLite developers, but may mean nothing to the casual SQL user reading the SQLite documentation. Simon. _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
