| From: | Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> |
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| To: | Thom Brown <thombrown(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| 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 20:23:32 |
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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.
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Dave Page
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