darcy@wavefire.com (Darcy Buskermolen) writes:
> On Tuesday 06 June 2006 13:09, Chris Browne wrote:
>> mdean@sourceview.com (Michael Dean) writes:
>> > Greetings:
>> >
>> > Just a suggestion for future shows. Instead of non-relevant,
>> > non-utilitarian give-aways -- T-shirts, pins, etc., how about lets do
>> > a Quick Reference Software Guide such as those at
>> > quickstudycharts.com. The top 100 relevant urls could be included, I
>> > am sure pervasive, Edb and bizgres people would pay for short blurbs,
>> > etc. I'm guilty! -- i didn't pore over the website for previous
>> > similar suggestions. The idea is this -- many businesses go to
>> > Linuxworld, etc. to familiarize themselves with open source software,
>> > in the hopes there is something there they can adopt/adapt! Let them
>> > come away with a mysql T-shirt, and a postgresql study guide. I bet a
>> > lot of folks would be amazed at how SQLish postgresql is!
>>
>> You know what I'd find really handy, in this vein?
>>
>> A one page sheet that lists all of the standard stored functions,
>> categorized by area.
>>
>> The book I most commonly keep around handy is _Practical PostgreSQL_,
>> where pages 176 thru 213 show usage info about the 'standard'
>> functions. Having that on one card would be invaluable...
>
> so the output of \df ??
Is not organized functionally, and hence doesn't provide much guidance
as to which function I might want...
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