Re: MySQL-ism help patch for psql

Josh,

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
>
>>> My problem with this whole idea is that it seems to be very MySQL-specific.
>>> Why aren't we providing help for users migrating from Oracle, Sybase,
>>> Informix, Ingres, DB2, SQLServer and Firebird, to name but a few? And if we
>>> turn all those on by default, we'll have a pretty horrible banner when
>>> starting psql.
>
> We should do all of those.  However, we have to start somewhere.
>
> Therefore, I like the idea of having a switch, like:
> \advice mysql
> \advice db2
> etc.
>
> ALSO, I'll point out that a page in our official documentation with
> extensive docs on commands and migration issues would be far more
> helpful than any amount of psql messages.  Just sayin'.

Hypothetically, if I had time to help with something like that, is
there a wiki or something where I could help draft it, without needing
to get all elbows-deep into the documentation itself?

Baron