| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
|---|---|
| To: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, "Alastair \"Bell\" Turner" <thebellhead(at)gmail(dot)com>, Cédric Villemain <cedric(dot)villemain(dot)debian(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: MySQL-ism help patch for psql |
| Date: | 2010-02-05 16:56:39 |
| Message-ID: | 201002051656.o15Gudl01407@momjian.us |
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Josh Berkus wrote:
>
> >> My problem with this whole idea is that it seems to be very MySQL-specific.
> >> Why aren't we providing help for users migrating from Oracle, Sybase,
> >> Informix, Ingres, DB2, SQLServer and Firebird, to name but a few? And if we
> >> turn all those on by default, we'll have a pretty horrible banner when
> >> starting psql.
>
> We should do all of those. However, we have to start somewhere.
>
> Therefore, I like the idea of having a switch, like:
> \advice mysql
> \advice db2
> etc.
>
> ALSO, I'll point out that a page in our official documentation with
> extensive docs on commands and migration issues would be far more
> helpful than any amount of psql messages. Just sayin'.
I don't think we came to any firm conclusion in this thread, so I have
added a TODO item:
Add option to print advice for people familiar with other databases
* http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-01/msg01845.php
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