Bug #16789 | Documentation enhancement | ||
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Submitted: | 25 Jan 2006 18:30 | Modified: | 27 Jul 2006 20:28 |
Reporter: | Dave Silvia | Email Updates: | |
Status: | Won't fix | Impact on me: | |
Category: | MySQL Server: Documentation | Severity: | S4 (Feature request) |
Version: | OS: | ||
Assigned to: | Paul DuBois | CPU Architecture: | Any |
[25 Jan 2006 18:30]
Dave Silvia
[30 May 2006 22:11]
Valeriy Kravchuk
Thank you for a reasonable documentation request.
[26 Jul 2006 23:30]
Paul DuBois
This is a reasonable request, but not for the MySQL Reference Manual, which isn't a tutorial. I suggest instead that you take a look at one of the more tutorial-oriented MySQL books or articles that are available. See, for example: http://dev.mysql.com/books/index.html
[27 Jul 2006 20:28]
Dave Silvia
I guess I'm having a bit of trouble understanding why adding sections to describe syntactically how to use WHERE (and others like VALUES or INTO) constitutes a tutorial whereas a syntax for SELECT and INSERT does not make a tutorial(???). I'm not suggesting detailed examples, just a straightforward way to locate WHERE (and the like) within the MySQL Reference Manual. The information is there, it's just not tagged like SELECT or INSERT so that it can be easily found. I believe that WHERE (VALUES, INTO, etc.) are basic enough (as are SELECT and INSERT) to warrant an easy way to find their syntax within the Reference Manual. I feel that "Won't fix" is a bit arbitrary. Couldn't you rethink this?