Re: Recursive Arrays 101

On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 10:14 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
wrote:

> On 10/26/2015 06:48 PM, David Blomstrom wrote:
>
>> Doesn't this thread demonstrate the advantage of GUI's??? I created a
>> database and table with pgAdmin III with no help at all.
>>
>
> At this point I would say sticking with pgAdmin is the best option.
>
>
​They both have their places. It is usually quite difficult to automate
and version control the manual work that goes into using command line
tools.​

>> I then got a flurry of well-intentioned tips about the command-line
>> tool. I tried all of them. I tried them twice. I tried them upside down
>> and backwards. People then began complaining that I can't follow
>> directions. Like how many different ways are there to type in a command
>> and hit enter???
>>
>
> Go back through the thread and look at your responses to specific
> questions and with an open mind ask whether they answered the question?
>
>
>> I think it was obvious a couple dozen posts ago that there's something
>> wrong with my PostgreSQL installation or with the command-line tool.
>>
>
> No it was not obvious, otherwise we would not have asked for more
> information.

​Most of us assumed some form of user-error as opposed to malfunctioning
software...it usually takes detail and explanations to rule that out. When
you are using lesser-used (and unofficial) tools the relevant experience to
be found on the official lists is likewise hampered.

​Without going through the entire thread I would have to say that this
whole dynamic is a confluence of experienced users, novice users, and a
text-medium
​gone wrong.​ Or it was just a bad day. In any case as the requester
taking a step back and framing things up will help others to provide better
assistance.

David J.

​