Re: Documentation on page files - Mailing list pgsql-hackers
From | Bruce Momjian |
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Subject | Re: Documentation on page files |
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Msg-id | 200206202146.g5KLkpS21333@candle.pha.pa.us Whole thread Raw |
In response to | Re: Documentation on page files (Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>) |
List | pgsql-hackers |
Added to CVS. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: > On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 03:46:07PM +0900, Curt Sampson wrote: > > On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Tom Lane wrote: > > > > > Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> writes: > > > > 2. If not, would patches be accepted to correct the situation? > > > > > > Go for it. > > > > Yes, please! I'd be happy to review and updated version. > > Ok, my first attempt can be seen here: > > http://svana.org/kleptog/pgsql/page.sgml.txt > > I don't know whatever SGML format this is using, so the layout is not great, > but the information should be accurate. I used it to create a program to > dump the datafiles directly without the postmaster :). > > I'll submit a proper patch once we have something useful. > > > One thing that would be good, since this is a developers' guide, > > would be to include references to the source files and dates from > > which the information comes. That way one could see if updates are > > necessary by doing a diff on those files between the given date > > and the head, to see what changes have been made since the description > > was written. Also good would be to have the data structures explicitly > > named so that when one dives into the source, one already has a > > good idea of what one's looking at. > > Well, I have included the names of the structures involved. Do you think > it's worth adding filenames given that TAGS makes tracking them down easily > enough? I can put in dates if you like. > > Issues to be dealt with: > - Do I need to say more about TOAST? > - Indexes? > - Split into sections > - How much detail is enough/too much? > > Have a nice day, > -- > Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > > Canada, Mexico, and Australia form the Axis of Nations That > > Are Actually Quite Nice But Secretly Have Nasty Thoughts About America > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000+ If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania19026
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