Received: from localhost (maia-3.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19D779FBD08 for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:02:20 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 30021-10 for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:02:13 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: delayed 00:29:53.021777 by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from svr4.postgresql.org (svr4.postgresql.org [66.98.251.159]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4D8B9F939F for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:02:15 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.3 Received: from smaug.vex.net (smaug.vex.net [208.76.104.132]) by svr4.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CE735AF03B for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:32:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dilbert (host-208-65-241-192.static.295.ca [208.65.241.192]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smaug.vex.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED04B1789B; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:32:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:32:14 -0400 From: "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" To: Francisco Reyes Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: PostgreSQL Configuration Tool for Dummies Message-Id: <20070619133214.f14d3aa1.darcy@druid.net> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.2 (GTK+ 2.10.12; i386--netbsdelf) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.001 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=BAYES_50=0.001 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200706/376 X-Sequence-Number: 25409 On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:58:26 -0400 Francisco Reyes wrote: > Campbell, Lance writes: > > 3) I suggested JavaScript because most people that get started with > > PostgreSQL will go to the web in order to find out about issues relating > > Why not c? Why not whatever and install it on www.PostgreSQL.org? Is there any reason that this tool would need to be run on every installation. Run it on the site and it can always be up to date and can be written in whatever language is easiest to maintain on the mother system. I would also like to make a pitch for a JavaScript-free tool. Just collect all the pertinent information, work it out and display the results in a second page. Some people just don't like JavaScript and turn it off even if we can run it in our browser. -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain | Democracy is three wolves http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on +1 416 425 1212 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner.