Re: the concept of a database cluster

2020-01-04 Thread David G. Johnston
On Saturday, January 4, 2020, Paul Weiss wrote: > Oh, I didn't mean to imply that I am confused. It is clear that there are > two concepts here, sharing a term. I was trying to communicate that the > manual does not always make it immediately clear from context which concept > is meant in a parti

Re: the concept of a database cluster

2020-01-04 Thread Paul Weiss
Oh, I didn't mean to imply that I am confused. It is clear that there are two concepts here, sharing a term. I was trying to communicate that the manual does not always make it immediately clear from context which concept is meant in a particular sentence. A garage is a good analogy. A garage i

Making the first few chapters of Part III more novice-friendly

2020-01-04 Thread Paul Weiss
The intro to Part III says "The first few chapters are written so they can be understood without prerequisite knowledge, so new users who need to set up their own server can begin their exploration with this part." With that in mind, could chapters on installation and chapters 18 & 19 be made mo

References between initdb and pg_controldata

2020-01-04 Thread Paul Weiss
As with other see-alsos in Part VI, I think it would be useful to have see-alsos between initdb and pg_controldata. Currently the pg_controldata page at least mentions initdb, but the initdb page does not mention pg_controldata. Paul