Thread: On Domains
Rod Taylor wrote: > On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 08:57, Merlin Moncure wrote: > > Another big update for 7.4 is enhancements to domains. They got some > > usability fixes and a big update in functionality, namely the ability to > > define check constraints. For me, that is a killer feature...do you > > think its worth adding to the release? > > I don't think most readers will know what domains are and it's not > really that killer of a feature. > > However, a techdocs writeup could be created describing how they should > be used. I'd be glad to put something together... Just got a copy of Fabian Pascal's book (that's actually pretty relevant to the matter) last night, which can suggest some principled examples. And it's probably worth mentioning some unprincipled abuses, as examples of what not to do :-). -- (reverse (concatenate 'string "ofni.smrytrebil" "@" "enworbbc")) <http://dev6.int.libertyrms.com/> Christopher Browne (416) 646 3304 x124 (land)
Christopher, > I'd be glad to put something together... > > Just got a copy of Fabian Pascal's book (that's actually pretty > relevant to the matter) last night, which can suggest some principled > examples. And it's probably worth mentioning some unprincipled > abuses, as examples of what not to do :-). Well, a technical overhaul of Techdocs is due this month, so keep in touch. -- -Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco
On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 16:38, Josh Berkus wrote: > Christopher, > > > I'd be glad to put something together... > > > > Just got a copy of Fabian Pascal's book (that's actually pretty > > relevant to the matter) last night, which can suggest some principled > > examples. And it's probably worth mentioning some unprincipled > > abuses, as examples of what not to do :-). > > Well, a technical overhaul of Techdocs is due this month, so keep in touch. Will there be a document on the technical overhaul of Techdocs? Kinda like a 'How I came to be' self descriptive doc. You're installing Bricolage right?
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FWIW, several days ago I added some information about domains in the interactive documentation. Merlin -----Original Message----- From: elein [mailto:elein@varlena.com] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 12:52 PM To: Rod Taylor Cc: Josh Berkus; Christopher Browne; Merlin Moncure; Postgresql Advocacy Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] On Domains I am hoping that our final goal will facilitate people adding useful information to techdocs in a very timely way. Of course, people will need to know what to do... --elein
I am hoping that our final goal will facilitate people adding useful information to techdocs in a very timely way. Of course, people will need to know what to do... --elein On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 04:43:56PM -0400, Rod Taylor wrote: > On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 16:38, Josh Berkus wrote: > > Christopher, > > > > > I'd be glad to put something together... > > > > > > Just got a copy of Fabian Pascal's book (that's actually pretty > > > relevant to the matter) last night, which can suggest some principled > > > examples. And it's probably worth mentioning some unprincipled > > > abuses, as examples of what not to do :-). > > > > Well, a technical overhaul of Techdocs is due this month, so keep in touch. > > Will there be a document on the technical overhaul of Techdocs? Kinda > like a 'How I came to be' self descriptive doc. > > You're installing Bricolage right?