Re: MySQL-ism help patch for psql - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: MySQL-ism help patch for psql
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Msg-id 4B5DE747.1020001@agliodbs.com
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In response to Re: MySQL-ism help patch for psql  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Re: MySQL-ism help patch for psql
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>> 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
>> turn all those on by default, we'll have a pretty horrible banner when
>> starting psql.

We should do all of those.  However, we have to start somewhere.

Therefore, I like the idea of having a switch, like:
\advice mysql
\advice db2
etc.

ALSO, I'll point out that a page in our official documentation with
extensive docs on commands and migration issues would be far more
helpful than any amount of psql messages.  Just sayin'.

--Josh Berkus




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