Re: [Pgsqlrpms-hackers] Re: [GENERAL] DBlink documentation

2006-01-03 Thread Tom Lane
Joe Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> It's not only the downstream packagers that have missed these: the >> Makefiles don't install them either. >> >> It'd be a good idea to settle on what we want the installed file layout >> to be --- do we need to create subdirectories unde

Re: [Pgsqlrpms-hackers] Re: [GENERAL] DBlink documentation

2006-01-03 Thread Joe Conway
Tom Lane wrote: Joe Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I'm happy to lump all the docs back into the README if that's what you want, but I split it up in the first place because it was getting very long. No, I'm not really proposing that we force all contrib modules to have only a README. I'm

Re: [Pgsqlrpms-hackers] Re: [GENERAL] DBlink documentation

2005-12-19 Thread Jim C. Nasby
On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 03:47:54PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > It'd be a good idea to settle on what we want the installed file layout > to be --- do we need to create subdirectories under {prefix}/doc to > forestall name conflicts? README is probably fine for most of what's in contrib, but for other

Re: [GENERAL] DBlink documentation

2005-12-17 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 12/17/2005 08:33:02 AM, Russ Brown wrote: Is the documentation not available online somewhere? There is always the CVS web interface: http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/ Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forward." -- Rober

Re: [Pgsqlrpms-hackers] Re: [GENERAL] DBlink documentation

2005-12-17 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: > Joe Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm happy to lump all the docs back into the README if that's what you > > want, but I split it up in the first place because it was getting very long. > > No, I'm not really proposing that we force all contrib modules to have > only a

Re: [Pgsqlrpms-hackers] Re: [GENERAL] DBlink documentation

2005-12-17 Thread Tom Lane
Joe Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm happy to lump all the docs back into the README if that's what you > want, but I split it up in the first place because it was getting very long. No, I'm not really proposing that we force all contrib modules to have only a README. I'm just annoyed by

Re: [Pgsqlrpms-hackers] Re: [GENERAL] DBlink documentation

2005-12-17 Thread Joe Conway
Tom Lane wrote: Actually, I don't think you can reasonably blame the Debian packager for having overlooked the fact that contrib/dblink has more documentation files besides its README. The PGDG RPM people overlooked that too, as did Red Hat (ie, me). Well, in my own defense, I pointed out the

Re: [GENERAL] DBlink documentation

2005-12-17 Thread Tom Lane
Tino Wildenhain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Am Samstag, den 17.12.2005, 16:53 +0200 schrieb Andre Truter: >> I would be nice if the documentation could be online though, then I >> would not need to download the whole postgres source just to get the >> documentation for one small part. > This is

Re: [GENERAL] DBlink documentation

2005-12-17 Thread Andre Truter
On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 17:09 +0100, Tino Wildenhain wrote: > > This is understandable ;) But in this case not postgres peoples > fault. Yes, I realise it is not the fault of the postgres people and I did not intend to make it sound like that. I am a bit disappointed that the rpm package that co

Re: [GENERAL] DBlink documentation

2005-12-17 Thread Tino Wildenhain
Am Samstag, den 17.12.2005, 16:53 +0200 schrieb Andre Truter: ... > Thanks, I'll download the Posgres source then. > > I would be nice if the documentation could be online though, then I > would not need to download the whole postgres source just to get the > documentation for one small part. Thi

Re: [GENERAL] DBlink documentation

2005-12-17 Thread Andre Truter
On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 14:53 +, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote: > > Is the documentation not available online somewhere? > > Quick version for you: > > http://www.gtsm.com/dblink/ > > Great! This is exactly what I want. Thanks Greg! -- Andre Truter | Software Engineer | Registered Linux user

Re: [GENERAL] DBlink documentation

2005-12-17 Thread Greg Sabino Mullane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > Is the documentation not available online somewhere? Quick version for you: http://www.gtsm.com/dblink/ - -- Greg Sabino Mullane [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 200512170951 http://biglumber.com/x/web?pk=2529DF6AB8F79407E94445B4BC9B9067149

Re: [GENERAL] DBlink documentation

2005-12-17 Thread Andre Truter
On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 09:21 -0500, Douglas McNaught wrote: > Andre Truter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 07:04 -0700, Leonel Nunez wrote: > > > >> download the source for your PostgreSQL version unpackit > >> and check onthe contrib/dblink dir > >> > > > > Yes

Re: [GENERAL] DBlink documentation

2005-12-17 Thread Douglas McNaught
"Russ Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is the documentation not available online somewhere? For the stuff in 'contrib', I don't think so. Might be a good project for someone. :) -Doug ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postm

Re: [GENERAL] DBlink documentation

2005-12-17 Thread Russ Brown
On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 08:21:29 -0600, Douglas McNaught <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Andre Truter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 07:04 -0700, Leonel Nunez wrote: download the source for your PostgreSQL version unpackit and check onthe contrib/dblink dir Yes, th

Re: [GENERAL] DBlink documentation

2005-12-17 Thread Douglas McNaught
Andre Truter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 07:04 -0700, Leonel Nunez wrote: > >> download the source for your PostgreSQL version unpackit >> and check onthe contrib/dblink dir >> > > Yes, that is what I have been trying to do, but where do I download the > dblink

Re: [GENERAL] DBlink documentation

2005-12-17 Thread Andre Truter
On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 07:04 -0700, Leonel Nunez wrote: > download the source for your PostgreSQL version unpackit > and check onthe contrib/dblink dir > Yes, that is what I have been trying to do, but where do I download the dblink source from? -- Andre Truter | Software Engineer

Re: [GENERAL] DBlink documentation

2005-12-17 Thread Leonel Nunez
Andre Truter wrote: On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 06:20 -0700, Leonel Nunez wrote: It's on the contrib package No, unfortunately the SUSE people did not include it in the contrib package. or in the contrib dir if you installed from source Installed from rpm package. I have se

Re: [GENERAL] DBlink documentation

2005-12-17 Thread Andre Truter
On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 06:20 -0700, Leonel Nunez wrote: > > It's on the contrib package No, unfortunately the SUSE people did not include it in the contrib package. > or in the contrib dir if you installed from source > Installed from rpm package. I have searched for the dblink source to ge

Re: [GENERAL] DBlink documentation

2005-12-17 Thread Leonel Nunez
Andre Truter wrote: Where do I find documentation for using dblink? I am running PostgreSQL 8.03 on SuSE 9.3 and I installed the postgresql-contrib package, but it only includes the README for dblink, which only lists the functions, but it does not include any information on how to use it. For

[GENERAL] DBlink documentation

2005-12-17 Thread Andre Truter
Where do I find documentation for using dblink? I am running PostgreSQL 8.03 on SuSE 9.3 and I installed the postgresql-contrib package, but it only includes the README for dblink, which only lists the functions, but it does not include any information on how to use it. For instance, it would lis