Re: [pgsql-advocacy] interesting PHP/MySQL thread - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [pgsql-advocacy] interesting PHP/MySQL thread
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Msg-id 18992.1056463146@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [pgsql-advocacy] interesting PHP/MySQL thread  (nolan@celery.tssi.com)
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nolan@celery.tssi.com writes:
> And while i'm on the subject, the only book (hard copy) I've got on
> PostgreSQL is the O'Reilly 'Practical PostgreSQL' book, now a bit dated,
> which has one of the worst indexes I've seen in a computer manual in years.
> It may be the worst index I've ever experienced in an O'Reilly book.

> I've had a series of paper clips, bulldog clips and post-it notes marking
> the sections I tend to reuse frequently, because the index doesn't get
> you there.  Most of the time I use the online manual, and I've got a
> few pages that aren't obvious from the table of contents bookmarked for
> the online manual, too.

The online manuals have an index.  Could you write up a list of proposed
index additions for us?  A few quick <indexentry> commands would be easy
enough to add to the doc sources --- the hard part is knowing what to
index.

            regards, tom lane

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