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[Maria-docs] tasks
by Federico Razzoli 14 Dec '11

14 Dec '11

I've tried to complete some simple tasks, but I know my edits need to be revised: https://kb.askmonty.org/en/create-event * Document ENABLE, DISABLE, and DISABLE ON SLAVE. * Document COMMENT. https://kb.askmonty.org/en/select * Document calling PROCUDURE in SELECT. I don't know if this is the best way to let you know... next time should I add a comment to the task page, instead? Federico

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[Maria-docs] Stub content on KB?
by Shaun McCance 09 Dec '11

09 Dec '11

Hi all, What are your thoughts on adding stub articles/sections to the KB? For example, adding an article for how to specify account names without actually writing the content, along with a note to whoever comes along about what the article should contain. I've seen stubs work well in other docs efforts. They're an easy way for contributors to cherry pick work. But with the "everything is always published" model of a wiki-like KB, stubs can be annoying to average readers, like a 90s-esque "under construction" banner. Thoughts? -- Shaun

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[Maria-docs] Social media links
by Shaun McCance 09 Dec '11

09 Dec '11

I just noticed that there are links to share pages on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ on the Source and History pages for each page, but seemingly not on the main page. http://kb.askmonty.org/en/drop-user http://kb.askmonty.org/en/drop-user/source/ That seems backwards. Is this the case for anyone else, or is my browser doing something strange? -- Shaun

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[Maria-docs] Split CREATE FUNCTION/PROCEDURE?
by Shaun McCance 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

Right now, the CREATE PROCEDURE page details CREATE PROCEDURE and CREATE FUNCTION (the non-UDF form). The CREATE FUNCTION page is just links to CREATE PROCEDURE and CREATE FUNCTION UDF. http://kb.askmonty.org/en/create-function http://kb.askmonty.org/en/create-procedure http://kb.askmonty.org/en/create-function-udf Aside from sharing some syntax, creating functions and procedures are two very different things. I propose splitting the FUNCTION stuff out of CREATE PROCEDURE and putting on CREATE FUNCTION. Thoughts? -- Shaun

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[Maria-docs] Parent Categories
by Shaun McCance 06 Dec '11

06 Dec '11

How are parent categories set for articles in the KB? For example, this page has two parents: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/rename-table But I don't see on the edit page how those parents are set. I think the CREATE TABLE page ought to be under "Table commands" as well as CREATE, but I don't know how to do that. Also, when a page has multiple parents, the bread crumbs at the top only reflect one parent. Is there a primary parent? Why not show them for each parent? The bread crumbs are much more visible than the small Parents links in the sidebar. (The downside is that you have to deal with multiple parents of all ancestors, which can lead to an explosion of links if you're not careful with categorization.) -- Shaun

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[Maria-docs] MariaDB 5.1.60 and 5.2.10
by Daniel Bartholomew 06 Dec '11

06 Dec '11

All, MariaDB 5.1.60 is nearly ready to release. There are only a couple of mirrors which don't have the files. The changelog and release notes pages are here: * http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5160-release-notes * http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5160-changelog Unless something comes up, I will probably activate the download page for this release and 5.2.10 in a couple of hours. This will be followed by a combined announce email and so forth. Thanks. -- Daniel Bartholomew MariaDB - http://mariadb.org Monty Program - http://montyprogram.com AskMonty Knowledgebase - http://kb.askmonty.org

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[Maria-docs] TODO Tracking
by Shaun McCance 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

Hi all, I've been accumulating a pretty big list of things to do in the KB. To get more people involved, and people working together, it's really important to get these things public. A prominent "Contribute" page could link to the list, giving people a sense of what they can do. Two options: 1) Keep a list of stuff in a wiki. The KB itself is a wiki, so the list could go write in the KB. 2) Use an issue tracker. We could use LP, since everything else is happening there anyway. We'd have to create a project on LP. I don't know how happy LP is with projects that aren't backed by an actual bzr repository. Thoughts?

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[Maria-docs] MariaDB 5.2.10
by Daniel Bartholomew 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

All, The MariaDB 5.2.10 release is just about ready to go. Most of the packages have been mirrored. We're still waiting on Windows packages (we're having some issues with the Windows build server), but they will hopefully be available soon. This brings up the question: Should we delay the release until we have Windows packages or add them after the fact? The Release Notes and Changelog for the release are here: - http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5210-release-notes - http://kb.askmonty.org/en/mariadb-5210-changelog Please let me know ASAP if there is anything that should be mentioned in the Release Notes that currently is not (or jump in and add it directly to the page yourself). Serg: The PAM note in the release notes is pretty sparse. Can you add some more to it? Thanks. -- Daniel Bartholomew MariaDB - http://mariadb.org Monty Program - http://montyprogram.com AskMonty Knowledgebase - http://kb.askmonty.org

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[Maria-docs] KB organization suggestion: "help contents" category
by Daniel Bartholomew 28 Nov '11

28 Nov '11

All, Some of the content in the KB is taken from the mysql help tables (viewed using the "help" command in the mysql client application). I have a suggestion from one user to create a "help contents" category. This category would list the subcategories as they appear in the mysql client when you issue that command and so on down through all of the content in the mysql help tables. Does anyone have any objections to doing this? I'm not convinced that it is something we should absolutely do, but I'm not really opposed to it either. In its favor, it would present the content in a way that is familiar to those who have used the help command, and so it would make that content more discoverable. Opinions? Comments? Thanks. -- Daniel Bartholomew MariaDB - http://mariadb.org Monty Program - http://montyprogram.com AskMonty Knowledgebase - http://kb.askmonty.org

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[Maria-docs] Aria storage engine docs are not up to date
by Philip Stoev 28 Nov '11

28 Nov '11

Hello, I guy complained that our Aria documentation is not up to date. This KB page: http://kb.askmonty.org/en/aria-faq - discusses a file (KNOWN_BUGS.txt) that is nowhere to be found. Some other KB articles also mention it; - it is difficult to figure out what features have been implemented already and which release they could be found. The person is from the MySQL ecosystem, and therefore has at least some idea about what is going on, so I assume that for someone who is totally unaquainted with the situation, the text will be even more confusing. I also noticed that this page: - Discusses Aria in terms of MySQL 5.1 release and not in MariaDB release numbers; - contains links to MySQL forge and not our own WL system Philip Stoev

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