X-Original-To: pgsql-www-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 052B1D1B8C2 for ; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 16:45:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 48869-01 for ; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 12:44:16 -0400 (AST) Received: from bramble.mmrd.com (unknown [65.217.53.66]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25967D1B45B for ; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 12:44:15 -0400 (AST) Received: from thorn.mmrd.com (thorn.mmrd.com [172.25.10.100]) by bramble.mmrd.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id hBIFvVcM010815; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 10:57:31 -0500 Received: from gnvex001.mmrd.com (gnvex001.mmrd.com [192.168.3.55]) by thorn.mmrd.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id hBIGiBl06545; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 11:44:12 -0500 Received: from camel.mmrd.com ([172.25.5.213]) by gnvex001.mmrd.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2657.72) id XT877PH7; Thu, 18 Dec 2003 11:44:08 -0500 Subject: Re: Outdated docs on techdocs From: Robert Treat To: David Fetter Cc: PostgreSQL WWW In-Reply-To: <20031218162658.GJ19694@fetter.org> References: <20031218162658.GJ19694@fetter.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 18 Dec 2003 11:44:10 -0500 Message-Id: <1071765850.25090.8647.camel@camel> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200312/119 X-Sequence-Number: 3179 On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 11:26, David Fetter wrote: > Kind people, > > There are some pieces of techdocs that now supply inaccurate info. > For example, > http://techdocs.postgresql.org/techdocs/updatingcolumns.php > > says some things that are no longer true about ALTER TABLE, which is > confusing at best. Is there some way to remove it pending edits? I'd > be happy to do the edits :) > Well... I can see that information being useful to people on older systems, so I can add a disclaimer that some of the information no longer applies to newer versions of postgresql until you can get the editing done. alternatively you could rewrite the article as an update for 7.4 systems, and I'll just put a note that the old article is being keep for historical purposes... Robert Treat -- Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL