I only said this to criticize it. And I agree completely with Thomas.
John
On Aug 6, 2010, at 2:09 PM, Thomas Kellerer wrote:
John Gage wrote on 06.08.2010 04:41:
But most people, including myself, don't even want to know the
documentation exists (for anything). We just want to plunge in and
do it.
That just doesn't work and is an attitude that won't get you far.
In order to do things properly you need to learn and understand what
you are dealing with. "Plunging" into something might look easy at
the start but will get you into problems later when you need to
understand *why* and *how* things are working.
This is not something unique to Postgres or databases in general.
It's not even unique to software.
Learn what youare doing (or dealing with) is a "strategy" that
applies to everything you do.
Do take the time to read the manuals - including the MySQL manual
(because just "plunging" into MySQL simply doesn't work either)
It'll make you a lot more proficient in the long run.
Regards
Thomas
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