Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Dimitri Fontaine
Hi, Le Friday 19 October 2007 22:29:37 Steve Crawford, vous avez écrit : > > Do we use that term? Normally for us it's "large objects". > > Perhaps we should add "LO" but the documentation does refer to the term > BLOB though typically in the context of "The SQL standard defines a > different bin

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/19/07 14:36, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Steve Crawford wrote: >> Bruce Momjian wrote: >>> Tom Lane wrote: Steve Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My vote is to add "Appendix I. Abbreviations". It seems more like FAQ material than

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Steve Crawford
Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Steve Crawford wrote: >> Bruce Momjian wrote: >>> Tom Lane wrote: Steve Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My vote is to add "Appendix I. Abbreviations". It seems more like FAQ material than something for the manual. >>> I prefer the manual. I would think

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Erik Jones
On Oct 19, 2007, at 1:20 PM, Steve Crawford wrote: Bruce Momjian wrote: Tom Lane wrote: Steve Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: My vote is to add "Appendix I. Abbreviations". It seems more like FAQ material than something for the manual. I prefer the manual. I would think the list wou

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Steve Crawford wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Tom Lane wrote: > >> Steve Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> My vote is to add "Appendix I. Abbreviations". > >> It seems more like FAQ material than something for the manual. > > > > I prefer the manual. I would think the list would be pr

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Steve Crawford
Bruce Momjian wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: >> Steve Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> My vote is to add "Appendix I. Abbreviations". >> It seems more like FAQ material than something for the manual. > > I prefer the manual. I would think the list would be pretty long and > deal with lots of in

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:04:27 +0200 Michael Meskes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 04:46:00PM -0700, Steve Crawford wrote: > > ECPG - Embedded SQL in C ?? > > Correct. And the PG part should be obvious. :-) Pretty Good? > > Michael -- === The PostgreSQL Company: C

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Michael Meskes
On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 04:46:00PM -0700, Steve Crawford wrote: > ECPG - Embedded SQL in C ?? Correct. And the PG part should be obvious. :-) Michael -- Michael Meskes Email: Michael at Fam-Meskes dot De ICQ: 179140304, AIM/Yahoo: michaelmeskes, Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Go SF 49ers! Go Rhein Fi

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:28:30 -0300 Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:59:20 -0300 > > Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Thomas Pundt wrote: > > > > Alban Hertroys schrieb: > > > > > > >> Isn't this just what the ABBR ta

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Joshua D. Drake wrote: > On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:59:20 -0300 > Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thomas Pundt wrote: > > > Alban Hertroys schrieb: > > > > >> Isn't this just what the ABBR tag in html is for? > > > > > > Well, yes; according w3.org its purpose is to describe the > > >

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:59:20 -0300 Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thomas Pundt wrote: > > Alban Hertroys schrieb: > > >> Isn't this just what the ABBR tag in html is for? > > > > Well, yes; according w3.org its purpose is to describe the > > abbreviation/acronym inline in a document

Re: Re : [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Steve Crawford
Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Steve Crawford wrote: >> Raymond O'Donnell wrote: >>> On 18/10/2007 22:26, Laurent ROCHE wrote: >>> No idea what GUC is, though ! >>> Grand Unified Contraption? ;-) >>> >>> Ray (who's just been reading Jules Verne). >> It's Global User Configuration. But the confusion d

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Thomas Pundt wrote: > Alban Hertroys schrieb: >> Isn't this just what the ABBR tag in html is for? > > Well, yes; according w3.org its purpose is to describe the > abbreviation/acronym inline in a document using a title attribute: Can you do that from a SGML DocBook source? -- Alvaro Herrera

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Thomas Pundt
Alban Hertroys schrieb: Steve Crawford wrote: My vote is to add "Appendix I. Abbreviations". Don't know if it's practical for 8.3 documentation but it would be nice to add even if it only has a few entries as additional ones could be collected via the user notes. I suggest as a discussion start

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-19 Thread Alban Hertroys
Steve Crawford wrote: > My vote is to add "Appendix I. Abbreviations". Don't know if it's > practical for 8.3 documentation but it would be nice to add even if it > only has a few entries as additional ones could be collected via the > user notes. > > I suggest as a discussion starting-point the f

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-18 Thread Harald Armin Massa
> I prefer the manual. I would think the list would be pretty long and > deal with lots of internals terms. Also the manual has more "reference" character; as we saw with GUC in this discussion it is still possible to find a CORRECT definition of them. Harald -- GHUM Harald Massa persuadere e

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: > Steve Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > My vote is to add "Appendix I. Abbreviations". > > It seems more like FAQ material than something for the manual. I prefer the manual. I would think the list would be pretty long and deal with lots of internals terms. -- Bruce

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-18 Thread Tom Lane
Steve Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My vote is to add "Appendix I. Abbreviations". It seems more like FAQ material than something for the manual. regards, tom lane ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Have you searched o

Re: Re : [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-18 Thread Tom Lane
Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Steve Crawford wrote: >> Raymond O'Donnell wrote: On 18/10/2007 22:26, Laurent ROCHE wrote: No idea what GUC is, though ! >> >> It's Global User Configuration. But the confusion does point out the >> need for a reference. > I think it is Gran

Re: Re : [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-18 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Steve Crawford wrote: > Raymond O'Donnell wrote: > > On 18/10/2007 22:26, Laurent ROCHE wrote: > > > >> No idea what GUC is, though ! > > > > Grand Unified Contraption? ;-) > > > > Ray (who's just been reading Jules Verne). > > It's Global User Configuration. But the confusion does point out th

Re: Re : [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-18 Thread Steve Crawford
Raymond O'Donnell wrote: > On 18/10/2007 22:26, Laurent ROCHE wrote: > >> No idea what GUC is, though ! > > Grand Unified Contraption? ;-) > > Ray (who's just been reading Jules Verne). It's Global User Configuration. But the confusion does point out the need for a reference. -Steve ---

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-18 Thread Steve Crawford
Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Steve Crawford wrote: >> Is there a comprehensive (or semi-comprehensive) on-line list of >> commonly used PG-related abbreviations used in PostgreSQL documentation, >> mail-lists, etc.? If there is not, would such a list make a reasonable >> one-page addition to the PG manu

Re: Re : [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-18 Thread Raymond O'Donnell
On 18/10/2007 22:26, Laurent ROCHE wrote: No idea what GUC is, though ! Grand Unified Contraption? ;-) Ray (who's just been reading Jules Verne). --- Raymond O'Donnell, Director of Music, Galway Cathedral, Ireland [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re : [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-18 Thread Laurent ROCHE
idea what GUC is, though ! Have fun, [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Computing Froggy - Message d'origine De : Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> À : Steve Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc : pgsql-general@postgresql.org Envoyé le : Jeudi, 18 Octobre 2007, 21h10mn 47s Objet : Re: [GENE

Re: [GENERAL] Abbreviation list

2007-10-18 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Steve Crawford wrote: > Is there a comprehensive (or semi-comprehensive) on-line list of > commonly used PG-related abbreviations used in PostgreSQL documentation, > mail-lists, etc.? If there is not, would such a list make a reasonable > one-page addition to the PG manual? I don't think we have o