Re: Usability write-up - looking at Pg, especially PgAdmin-III and Pg on Windows, from an inexperienced user PoV

From: Craig Ringer <ringerc(at)ringerc(dot)id(dot)au>
To: Marti Raudsepp <marti(at)juffo(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Usability write-up - looking at Pg, especially PgAdmin-III and Pg on Windows, from an inexperienced user PoV
Date: 2012-05-25 11:15:49
Message-ID: 4FBF69E5.6020201@ringerc.id.au
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-general

On 25/05/2012 6:55 PM, Marti Raudsepp wrote:
> Together with an earlier study about common PostgreSQL pitfalls, I've
> created an article on the wiki:
> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Usability_reviews
>
> However, I suspect posting long rants like this won't get us very far.
> Instead, I think these problems should be posted one by one, with
> proposed solutions, so they can be discussed in detail without
> distractions. Once there seems to be a consensus for a solution, add a
> TODO list item -- I suspect most of these items are quite easy to
> solve in code, once it's clear *how* to address them. And the TODO
> list has been short of simple items recently.

You're quite right. FWIW, it wasn't intended to be a long rant - I
started out writing a point-by-point review of a few usability issues -
though it certainly turned into a long rant as I started seeing more and
more issues.

It's my intention to break that down into specific problem areas and
points, I just thought it was worth getting a few initial impressions too.

--
Craig Ringer

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-general by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Lonni J Friedman 2012-05-25 15:22:00 Re: Re: significant performance hit whenever autovacuum runs after upgrading from 9.0 -> 9.1
Previous Message Marti Raudsepp 2012-05-25 10:55:26 Re: Usability write-up - looking at Pg, especially PgAdmin-III and Pg on Windows, from an inexperienced user PoV