Re: Quick Reference Software Guide

On Tue, Jun 06, 2006 at 02:44:20PM -0700, Darcy Buskermolen wrote:
> On Tuesday 06 June 2006 13:09, Chris Browne wrote:
> > mdean(at)sourceview(dot)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 ??

I tend to find the output of \df pretty useless unless you already know
what the function you want is called.
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