> >Hmmm. It does raise the question: where should they go? I'm guessing
> >that they are holdovers from the PostQuel language, but don't know for
> >sure. We should either document them or remove them from the parser.
> 
> >How about writing a doc page for them, but basically _only_ show syntax
> >and then say that they are equivalent to, for example, ROLLBACK, and
> >refer to that doc for more info?

I have changed all the references to the 'end' manual page to 'commit',
but left the 'end' manual page.


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Mon, 23 Mar 1998 12:11:40 -0500 (EST)
Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL Reference Guide
On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Thomas G. Lockhart wrote:
>> Seems that rules doesn't work.
>> There is an example how to create a rule to update a view on "man create view"
>>        --Specify deletion semantics for toyemp
>>        create rule example1 as
>>            on delete to toyemp
>>            do instead delete emp
>>            where emp.oid = current.oid
>>
>> Should I document CREATE RULE or ...?

>How about posting a question to the docs list _and_ to the hackers list
>saying you are writing docs on CREATE RULE and asking for a working
>example. There are one or two people who have been working on this
>recently, and they should be able to help.

You are rigth.  Please there's somebody that can HELPPPPPPPPPPP me ???

>> - Do you know what kind of privilege one may have on indexes or sequences ?

>Indices - none, since they are just optimizations for tables.
>Sequences - not sure. Ask on the lists?

>> btw, how is it going?
>>
>> - Very well. We have already the following 12 pages:

>Great! Are you writing with the SGML markup, or are we adding that
>later?

For now I'm writing it in text mode, later I, or someone else can convert 
it to SGML. What do you think about ?

>> I have a few questions about some statements:
>>
>> * ABORT is the same as COMMIT.
>> * END   is the same as ROLLBACK.

>No, the opposite:
>ABORT == ROLLBACK
>END == COMMIT

Yes. I know.

>>   I suppose that ABORT and END are both deprecated feature and I'm thinking
>>     to skip this pages.

>Hmmm. It does raise the question: where should they go? I'm guessing
>that they are holdovers from the PostQuel language, but don't know for
>sure. We should either document them or remove them from the parser.

>How about writing a doc page for them, but basically _only_ show syntax
>and then say that they are equivalent to, for example, ROLLBACK, and
>refer to that doc for more info?

                          - Tom


Mon, 23 Mar 1998 17:33:01 +0000 (UTC)
"Jose' Soares Da Silva" <sferac@proxy.bazzanese.com>
PostgreSQL Reference Guide
On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > >Hmmm. It does raise the question: where should they go? I'm guessing
> > >that they are holdovers from the PostQuel language, but don't know for
> > >sure. We should either document them or remove them from the parser.
> > 
> > >How about writing a doc page for them, but basically _only_ show syntax
> > >and then say that they are equivalent to, for example, ROLLBACK, and
> > >refer to that doc for more info?
> 
> I have changed all the references to the 'end' manual page to 'commit',
> but left the 'end' manual page.
> 
...and what about the non-standard ABORT statement this is also an alias
   to ROLLBACK. Do we need it ?
                                                            Ciao, Jose'


Tue, 24 Mar 1998 11:23:34 +0000 (UTC)
"Jose' Soares Da Silva" <sferac@proxy.bazzanese.com>
Re: [DOCS] Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL Reference Guide
> > I have changed all the references to the 'end' manual page to 'commit',
> > but left the 'end' manual page.
> > 
> ...and what about the non-standard ABORT statement this is also an alias
>    to ROLLBACK. Do we need it ?

Done.

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Tue, 24 Mar 1998 20:53:28 -0500 (EST)
Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
Re: [DOCS] Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL Reference Guide