Re: Postgress and MYSQL - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: Postgress and MYSQL
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Msg-id 4005A8A3.4020907@commandprompt.com
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In response to Re: Postgress and MYSQL  ("Rick Gigger" <rick@alpinenetworking.com>)
Responses Re: Postgress and MYSQL  (Martin Marques <martin@bugs.unl.edu.ar>)
Re: Postgress and MYSQL  (Steve Atkins <steve@blighty.com>)
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>I used to have that complaint until I got more aquainted with the docs.
>When I used to use mysql I found that if I used search feature on their docs
>I could find exactly what I was looking for almost immediately.  When I use
>the postgres doc search feature I don't get the same experience.  It is
>
>
Our doc search sucks. No question... there has been some work recently on it
but it doesn't seem to be that reliable. So you have us on that one.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake



>slow, sometimes doesn't work and rarely gives me what I am looking for.
>Then I just started using google to search the docs and realized that just
>looking at the TOC is usually good enough and that the postgres docs are
>actually excellent.  My bad experience with search, as well as the good
>experience with mysql search (do other people feel this way) however led me
>initially to conclude that the postgres docs were not as good.
>
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