Re: puzzled by the docs
Bryan White <bryan@arcamax.com>
From: "Bryan White" <bryan@arcamax.com>
To: "Karl F. Larsen" <k5di@zianet.com>, "Hernan Gonzalez" <hgonzal@sinectis.com.ar>
Cc: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Date: 2000-06-27T18:03:00Z
Lists: pgsql-general
> > I suggest you not worry too much about versions when using the > on-line docs. The doc's are ALWAYS for an earlier version. But they work > fine on a later version. Nothing much has changed from SQL92 which is 8 > years old now. > > If you learn to write good code with SQL92 it will run fine on > postgres AND other database. Huh? The on-line docs cover more that just SQL. In particular the question being discussed had to do with log file formating. Also I don't know what is exactly in SQL92 but I don't think Postgres fully implements it yet. For example I presume that SQL92 includes outer joins, Postgres does not (yet). At some point it will. It would be a bad idea to assume that SQL92 complient code documented in say v8.0 would work on a 7.0 database.