| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> | 
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| To: | Michael Glaesemann <grzm(at)myrealbox(dot)com> | 
| Cc: | pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org | 
| Subject: | Re: sql.sgml | 
| Date: | 2004-08-14 16:25:55 | 
| Message-ID: | 5456.1092500755@sss.pgh.pa.us | 
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Michael Glaesemann <grzm(at)myrealbox(dot)com> writes:
> Looking through the documentation source, I came across sql.sgml, a 
> section that covers relational theory and SQL. It's no longer compiled 
> with the docs, afaics, and hasn't been since 7.1.
I am not totally sure why we stopped including that, but I seem to
recall that we couldn't get all the mathematical notation to convert
to DocBook nicely.  I also misdoubt that the math wouldn't scare off
the people who need it most.
I agree that a little bit of basic theory might go well as a chapter in
the tutorial ... but whether this is a good starting point is another
question.
regards, tom lane
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