Re: sql.sgml - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: sql.sgml
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Msg-id 5456.1092500755@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to sql.sgml  (Michael Glaesemann <grzm@myrealbox.com>)
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Michael Glaesemann <grzm@myrealbox.com> writes:
> Looking through the documentation source, I came across sql.sgml, a
> section that covers relational theory and SQL. It's no longer compiled
> with the docs, afaics, and hasn't been since 7.1.

I am not totally sure why we stopped including that, but I seem to
recall that we couldn't get all the mathematical notation to convert
to DocBook nicely.  I also misdoubt that the math wouldn't scare off
the people who need it most.

I agree that a little bit of basic theory might go well as a chapter in
the tutorial ... but whether this is a good starting point is another
question.

            regards, tom lane

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