Re: Documentation needs significant improvement
Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to>
From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno@wolff.to>
To: "Ron St.Pierre" <rstpierre@syscor.com>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2003-01-30T19:55:57Z
Lists: pgsql-general
On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 17:59:17 +0000, "Ron St.Pierre" <rstpierre@syscor.com> wrote: > A little while ago I was a db newbie and a complete postgres newbie, so > I'll add my two cents worth. The current documentation is really quite > good, however the problem I had was trying to find what I needed in > them. Two things helped quite a bit: > 1 - a good reference book eg PostgreSQL Essential Reference (but not > Practical PostgreSQL - the index is VERY sparse) > 2 - pgAdminII - The searching mechanism in the help files is AWESOME. Another good step is too read through the entire documentation once. It will give you a good idea of what is there and where abouts it might be located. So when a question comes up you have some idea where to look.