Re: the concept of a database cluster
"David G. Johnston" <[email protected]> Sat, 4 Jan 2020 09:11:56 -0700
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--0000000000007c3177059b52afd2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Saturday, January 4, 2020, Paul Weiss <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh, I didn't mean to imply that I am confused. It is clear that there are > two concepts here, sharing a term. I was trying to communicate that the > manual does not always make it immediately clear from context which conce= pt > is meant in a particular sentence. > > A garage is a good analogy. A garage is a container for cars rather than = a > collection of cars. You wouldn't say "I sold my garage" to mean "I sold m= y > car collection". Containers and collections are different things. > > Here's a simple example In our context: "remove the cluster" could mean > "delete the folder containing the databases", or "drop the databases". > Those actions are not identical. I would think we would want to be clear = to > our users which we mean. > I=E2=80=99m sure we=E2=80=99d be willing to fix concrete problematic exampl= es but a lack of those suggests there is no actual problem here...as you aren=E2=80=99t conf= used or providing concrete examples and suggestions I have no idea what you are trying to accomplish with this thread. Awareness of what seems to be a non-existent issue? David J. --0000000000007c3177059b52afd2 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Saturday, January 4, 2020, Paul Weiss <<a href=3D"mailto:libcub@hotma= il.com">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quo= te" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"= > <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color= :rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> Oh, I didn't mean to imply that I am confused. It is clear that there a= re two concepts here, sharing a term. I was trying to communicate that the = manual does not always make it immediately clear from context which concept= is meant in a particular sentence.</div> <div style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color= :rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color= :rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> A garage is a good analogy. A garage is a container for cars rather than a = collection of cars. You wouldn't say "I sold my garage" to me= an "I sold my car collection". Containers and collections are dif= ferent things.</div> <div style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color= :rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color= :rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> Here's a simple example In our context: "remove the cluster" = could mean "delete the folder containing the databases", or "= ;drop the databases". Those actions are not identical. I would think w= e would want to be clear to our users which we mean.</div></div></blockquot= e><div><br></div><div>I=E2=80=99m sure we=E2=80=99d be willing to fix concr= ete problematic examples but a lack of those suggests there is no actual pr= oblem here...as you aren=E2=80=99t confused or providing concrete examples = and suggestions I have no idea what you are trying to accomplish with this = thread.=C2=A0 Awareness of what seems to be a non-existent issue?</div><div= ><br></div><div>David J.=C2=A0</div> --0000000000007c3177059b52afd2--