Re: [Maria-discuss] SQL_MODE=ORACLE documentation

2018-03-05 Thread Federico Razzoli
I think that this would have 2 disadvantages from reader's perspective: * The same category will include useful pages, and pages describing syntaxes that are not available in the SQL_MODE he plans to use. This kind of defies the purpose of categorise pages.* Once found what he needs, he will have

Re: [Maria-discuss] SQL_MODE=ORACLE documentation

2018-03-05 Thread Sergei Golubchik
Hi, Alexander! On Mar 05, Alexander Barkov wrote: > For example, for the WHILE loop syntax, > do we need an new PL/SQL article similar to > https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/while/ , > or should we put the PL/SQL WHILE syntax directly > on this page. > > What do you think would be more readable?

Re: [Maria-discuss] SQL_MODE=ORACLE documentation

2018-03-05 Thread Federico Razzoli
Glad to hear that the plan is writing a detailed documentation. I'll probably contribute as I did in the past, but I definitely don't have the time to find out the correct syntaxes myself. Yes, separate pages with links (where applicable) should be clear. IMHO, putting everything in the same pag

Re: [Maria-discuss] SQL_MODE=ORACLE documentation

2018-03-05 Thread Karthick Subramanian
IMHO, putting pointers each others will help instead of putting Oracle Syntax in the mainline pages. This may cause confusion for the people who never used oracle in firsthand. On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 2:11 PM, Alexander Barkov wrote: > Hello Federico, > > On 03/02/2018 07:12 PM, Federico Razzoli

Re: [Maria-discuss] SQL_MODE=ORACLE documentation

2018-03-05 Thread Alexander Barkov
Hello Federico, On 03/02/2018 07:12 PM, Federico Razzoli wrote: With SQL_MODE='ORACLE' a completely new syntax has been introduced. Basic syntax constructs of MariaDB become unavailable, but not all Oracle syntax seems to be supported. Is there any plan to document the supported syntax? Curren