Doug Young wrote:
>
> If I may add my 0.5c here too, the MySQL manual, like so many of its kind
> was obviously written by a highly skilled developer(/s) but who, like
> virtually all of that ilk, lacks the ability to impart knowledge to
> others.
The MySQL manual available at www.mysql.com is terrific. It's not
perfect, because nothing is, and because nothing that is meant for
general-purpose use can ever be perfect for all situations.
However, it's still terrific.
> a similar situation to that existing with most unix / linux man pages ....
> time & time again we see experts going on about RTFM, however all those
> things do is totally confuse newbies.
There are two possible assertions that you could have made in your
email, and I'm not sure which one you actually did. They are:
* The existing MySQL documentation is poor.
* The MySQL user community (especially the newbies) would be
well-served by parrallel documentation that was delivered in more
of a tutorial format.
If you mean the latter, then sure, I agree. Hey, why not agree? It's
easy to fluff off the job of writing a tutorial into the realm of
wishes and other people's work.
If you mean the former, then I disagree.
There's a difference between newbies being totally confused about (e.g.)
some of the finer points of advanced SQL (which is forgivable), and
people who are too lazy to read the documentation regarding how to
reset a MySQL password they'd forgotten. (This example is my most-hated,
most-often-experienced question on this list.)
Cheers,
Richard
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