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1. Beginner's List

   Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> — 2001-10-04T16:09:13Z

   Folks,
   
   A new PostgreSQL user pointed out to me that there is nobody currently
   on the pgsql-beginner list with any depth of experience.  As a result,
   most posts there go answered with an "Uh ... I dunno either." or even
   misinformation.
   
   To help remedy this, I would like to take 1 beginner question per day.
   But I can't figure out how to do this without subscribing to
   pgsql-beginner and suffering a deluge of 100's of e-mails.  Can anyone
   suggest something?
   
   -Josh Berkus
   
   
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2. Re: Beginner's List

   Stephan Szabo <sszabo@megazone23.bigpanda.com> — 2001-10-04T16:37:41Z

   On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Josh Berkus wrote:
   
   > A new PostgreSQL user pointed out to me that there is nobody currently
   > on the pgsql-beginner list with any depth of experience.  As a result,
   > most posts there go answered with an "Uh ... I dunno either." or even
   > misinformation.
   > 
   > To help remedy this, I would like to take 1 beginner question per day.
   > But I can't figure out how to do this without subscribing to
   > pgsql-beginner and suffering a deluge of 100's of e-mails.  Can anyone
   > suggest something?
   
   If you don't mind the delay you could try the mailing list archives on the
   website I guess (they're a little annoying to use for responding, but...)
   
   
   

3. Re: Beginner's List

   Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> — 2001-10-04T19:21:42Z

   "Josh Berkus" <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
   > A new PostgreSQL user pointed out to me that there is nobody currently
   > on the pgsql-beginner list with any depth of experience.
   
   You mean pgsql-novice, no?  There are a number of hackers answering
   questions pretty regularly on that list...
   
   > To help remedy this, I would like to take 1 beginner question per day.
   > But I can't figure out how to do this without subscribing to
   > pgsql-beginner and suffering a deluge of 100's of e-mails.
   
   If you read pghackers, pggeneral, etc, then the extra traffic for
   pgsql-novice is pretty tiny.  I see 12 postings so far this month.
   
   			regards, tom lane
   
   

4. Re: Beginner's List

   Keith Gray <keith@heart.com.au> — 2001-10-04T23:50:49Z

   Josh Berkus wrote:
   > 
   > To help remedy this, ...
   > Can anyone suggest something?
   > 
   
   Could we set-up a forum with a product like Request Tracker
   where a group of experienced users could take questions
   from a web-based queue?
   
   -- 
   Keith Gray
   
   Technical Development Manager
   Heart Consulting Services P/L
   mailto:keith@heart.com.au