Re: Quick Reference Software Guide

On Wednesday 07 June 2006 12:13, Michael Dean wrote:
> Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> >On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 07:43:59PM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> >>On Tue, 6 Jun 2006, Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> >>>On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 02:44:20PM -0700, Darcy Buskermolen wrote:
> >>>>so the output of \df ??
> >>>
> >>>I tend to find the output of \df pretty useless unless you already know
> >>>what the function you want is called.
> >>
> >>The neat 'chart' that the programming dept at the University I worked at
> >>had was a chart of system tables for Oracle, showing the
> >>inter-relationships between them ... just to add my 2c worth ...
> >
> >There's actually a number of 'cheat sheets' that could be created.
> >System tables (though having something like newsysviews would probably
> >eliminate a lot of the need for that), system/stats views, function
> >reference, pl* reference, interface API references, etc.
>
> I am collecting all of your suggestions, and they are great! Perhaps we
> could provide a significance to the Guide Project by following the lead
> of several software study guides, which are 6 - 8 x 11 colored sheets
> laminated, and folded into thirds (this size doesn't get lost in thrown
> away mags). The engineering needs of programmers could be accomodated,
> the marketing needs of postgresql could be accomodated, and the
> promotional needs of profit-making companies who consistently support
> postgresql could be accomodated. Any actual physical content you all
> may have to share, please send to me via email at: mdean(at)sourceview(dot)com,
> or if a physical specimen, send to: Michael Dean, SourceView
> Corporation, 716 Alhambra Ave., Martinez, CA 94553 USA. All materials
> received will be treated as "creative commons" materials. Thanks

I noticed that barcharts has a "suggest a guide" section. Might it be worth
contacting them to see if they would carry a postgresql based guide. We could
possibly offer them assistence in design in return for a bulk donation of
guides. Thoughts?

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Robert Treat
Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL