Re: 7.1 Docs WAS:Auto-timestamp generator (attached) - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Joseph Shraibman
Subject Re: 7.1 Docs WAS:Auto-timestamp generator (attached)
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Msg-id 3A834BC0.2F4DA8A7@selectacast.net
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In response to Auto-timestamp generator (attached)  ("Richard Huxton" <dev@archonet.com>)
Responses Re: 7.1 Docs WAS:Auto-timestamp generator (attached)
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Tom Lane wrote:
>
> Joseph Shraibman <jks@selectacast.net> writes:
> >> BTW, the recommended way to crank up plpgsql or other PL languages is
> >> to use the 'createlang' script, which has a slightly better chance of
> >> getting this sort of detail right.
>
> > I got that piece of sql from someone on the sql list.  These things
> > should be on:
> > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/c4091.htm
>
> > ... and the doc pages for PL/tcl and PL/perl.  I was having no idea why
> > the examples weren't working because the documentation neglected to
> > point out that I had to explicitly add the languages.
>
> The 7.1 docs do mention that more prominently, see
>   http://www.postgresql.org/devel-corner/docs/postgres/programmer-pl.htm
> Peter Eisentraut has done a lot of good work on the docs over the last
> few months...
>

I'm not sure I like the new docs.  In the current (7.x) ones at least
there is one contents page for all the docs so I would be more likely to
find this stuff.


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