Re: Documentation improvement suggestions

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tilo Schwarz <mail(at)tilo-schwarz(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Documentation improvement suggestions
Date: 2003-02-03 15:57:27
Message-ID: 200302031557.h13FvRY23867@candle.pha.pa.us
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OK, docs improved. This will appear in 7.3.X and 7.4.

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Tilo Schwarz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> yesterday I made my first schema :-) following the instruction in
> sql-createschema.html (all PostgreSQL 7.3.1 Documentation). Then I wanted to
> create some objects in my new schema, but I coudn't find a hint how to make
> my new schema "active". It sais, that:
>
> [...]
> Named objects are accessed either by "qualifying" their names with the schema
> name as a prefix, or by setting a search path that includes the desired
> schema(s).
> [...]
>
> but I had to go to sql-createtable.html and from there to functions-misc.html
> until I got it...
>
> So I suggest adding a sentence like:
>
> If you want to create new objects in the created schema without "qualifying"
> their names, you have to make the schema the current schema (the one at the
> front of the search path; see CURRENT_SCHEMA()).
>
> Second suggestion:
>
> I would love an additional "up" button in the header of the HTML docs. If I am
> at some leaf in the "documentation tree" (e.g. via a link) and want to go up
> more than once, I have to do:
>
> - press <end> key to move down the page
> - klick "up"
> - press <end> key to move down the page
> - klick "up"
> ...
>
> because the browsers show the top of the page after pressing "up".
>
> Regards,
>
> Tilo
>
>
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