Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95E082E009D; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:11:16 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 98947-05; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:11:13 -0400 (AST) Received: from twigger.atof.net (twigger.atof.net [70.42.55.28]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD0B52E0112; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:11:12 -0400 (AST) Received: from [192.168.1.223] ([::ffff:216.171.183.110]) (AUTH: CRAM-MD5 tomhart@coopfed.org, TLS: TLSv1/SSLv3, 256bits, AES256-SHA) by twigger.atof.net with esmtp; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:11:11 -0500 id 0028760F.47A0E7EF.00000D88 Message-ID: <47A0E7AF.6010408@coopfed.org> Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:10:07 -0500 From: Tom Hart User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: pgsql-docs mailing list , Postgres General List Subject: Mailing list archives/docs project Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200801/41 X-Sequence-Number: 4770 Hello everybody. What started as a question about "Practical PostgreSQL" has ballooned into a project to create another documentation resource, compiled entirely from mailing list archives. While discussing documentation in the general list I realized that the resource I had learned the most from and had been the most helpful to me was the mailing lists themselves. It was from this thought that an idea was born. What if we compile a book of hand-picked mailing list archives to address some of the intermediate/advanced and less-used/documented features of postgresql along with well-written solutions to not-so-common problems? Well I've decided to run with it, both to further my own knowledge of postgreSQL but also to contribute back to the community in the first way that I thought of. The purpose of this message is a call for help. I'm looking for anybody willing to help comb the archives for exceptional excerpts or submit their own list questions/experiences. Anybody willing to help in any way is more than welcome, but the first (and arguably most arduous) stage of this project will be the information gathering itself, hence the plea. If anybody is interested in contributing, email me at tomhart@coopfed.org and we can go from there. And of course a big thanks to anybody that takes their time to answer or assist another person. I don't know about anybody being paid to be here so our thanks is all the compensation we can offer. Sorry it's not a BMW :-) -- Tom Hart IT Specialist Cooperative Federal 723 Westcott St. Syracuse, NY 13210 (315) 471-1116 ext. 202 (315) 476-0567 (fax)