To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Where to document system views? 
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Comments: In-reply-to Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
	message dated "Mon, 15 Oct 2001 21:31:57 +0200"
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 15:31:23 -0400
Message-ID: <21289.1003174283@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> The pg_stat-related views ought to become part of a new section that
> describes that whole deal in the first place.  If there is a lot to say it
> could become a new chapter in the Admin Guide (perhaps "Monitoring...").

That seems like a good plan for Jan's runtime statistics stuff.  But
pg_stats doesn't quite fit with the others.  Maybe I'll put it into the
"performance tips" area.

> The others could become part of a chapter in the User's Guide I've been
> meaning to write on "schema creation", which would describe what tables,
> views, contraints, and such are.  A subsection on how to reverse engineer
> the created schema would fit naturally.

Seems okay.  Are you thinking of getting that done for 7.2, or is this a
long-term idea?

			regards, tom lane