From: | Thom Brown <thombrown(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> |
Cc: | Steve Atkins <steve(at)blighty(dot)com>, pgsql-docs <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Railroad diagrams, a-la sqlite |
Date: | 2010-07-17 20:26:17 |
Message-ID: | AANLkTimBZvb554biF3gZyVfFdAdswnj9AZdC03UVUzXw@mail.gmail.com |
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On 17 July 2010 21:23, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 9:19 PM, Thom Brown <thombrown(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> While they're quite attractive, I actually see them being more
>> confusing than helpful personally, but I could be wrong. I reckon
>> there might be clearer ways of representing statement options. The
>> real problems with the railroad design come when there are lots of
>> references to other diagrams, and you end up with about 10 just for 1
>> statement.
>>
>> Is there a way of testing their usefulness?
>
> Personal experience? I used to find them quite useful when I was
> starting out with Informix.
>
I guess I'm quite used to the existing statement definitions. It's an
elegant idea, just wondering if it scales sanely. Are the examples of
more complex statements?
Thom
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