On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Peter Bex <Peter.Bex@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 02:09:43PM -0600, Scott Marlowe wrote: >> I'm all in favor of a nice tutorial section in the docs. But I >> certainly don't want pgsql docs to mimick the mysql docs method of >> using a tutorial method for most of the beginner information. It's so >> dang hard to find anything I want in the mysql docs because of it. >> Once you're somewhat familiar with the db, having to slog through >> pages of tutorial to find the bits you want is counterproductive. The >> easy-peasy entry level mentality of the mysql docs works against >> experienced users. > > +1 > > I spent half an hour today trying to find the various ways MySQL has > for controlling charsets. The TOC is unusable and even using the index > it can sometimes be very frustrating to find something. Postgres has > outstanding docs right now! It would be a shame to change that. For an extra added bonus, show a click-path from the front page mysql.com to the documentation. I gave up and just entered mysql.com/documentation which kicked off the search engine and let me click somewhere into the 5.1 docs. Yes I know they're on dev.mysql.com but still, it feels like a total brochure site from the front end. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
