From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | John Gage <jsmgage(at)numericable(dot)fr> |
Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Adding a crucial element to an example |
Date: | 2010-08-11 21:22:20 |
Message-ID: | 201008112122.o7BLMKT13539@momjian.us |
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John Gage wrote:
> After the CREATE statement I would simply put:
>
> INSERT INTO emp VALUES ('Bill', 4200, 45, '(2,1)');
>
> What that accomplishes is making it so the user can simply copy and
> paste the entire section and run it in pg_admin. Then, the user can
> start fiddling with it as he wants to.
>
> I know this sounds terribly simple, but simplicity is good,
> particularly when you're climbing a steep learning curve. And there
> is certainly, unequivocally, no harm in simplicity.
Our documentation got this good only through many small improvements
like this. :-)
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
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