Josh,
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:
>
>>> My problem with this whole idea is that it seems to be very MySQL-specific.
>>> Why aren't we providing help for users migrating from Oracle, Sybase,
>>> Informix, Ingres, DB2, SQLServer and Firebird, to name but a few? And if we
>>>
Hi Robert,
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
> Maybe instead of (or in addition to) providing MySQL-specific help, we
> should find a way to emphasize the "\d" and "\d table" commands,
Right, it's like "cd" and "ls" at the shell prompt. It's like walking
into a dark room and
Hi Cédric,
On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Cédric Villemain
wrote:
> 'psql --help mysql' (or 'psql --tips mysql' ) might be good to call a
> special helper : I don't see the point to introduce that kind of
> things when it is useless for most of our users.
I think it's good to go beyond what's
David Fetter just pointed this thread out to me. I think anything
that makes PostgreSQL more accessible could be a good thing. In some
sense it's harder to learn a technology when you are very familiar
with another similar one already. Is it easier to learn to type on
Dvorak, or to learn QWERTY
