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[Karthick Subramanian <ksubramanian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

IMHO, putting pointers each others will help instead of putting Oracle
Syntax in the mainline pages. This may cause confusion for the people who
never used oracle in firsthand.

On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 2:11 PM, Alexander Barkov <bar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello Federico,
>
> On 03/02/2018 07:12 PM, Federico Razzoli wrote:
>
>> With SQL_MODE='ORACLE' a completely new syntax has been introduced. Basic
>> syntax constructs of MariaDB become unavailable, but not all Oracle syntax
>> seems to be supported. Is there any plan to document the supported syntax?
>> Current documentation looks like an unfinished draft and doesn't save much
>> time for the poor user.
>>
>
> The difference between the native MariaDB (SQL/PSM based) syntax
> and the Oracle PL/SQL syntax is described as a summary here:
>
> https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/sql_modeoracle-from-mariadb-103/
>
> Yes, the documentation will be improving.
>
> We need to decide if we want two separate SQL/PSM and PL/SQL pages
> on every topic.
>
> For example, for the WHILE loop syntax,
> do we need an new PL/SQL article similar to
> https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/while/ ,
> or should we put the PL/SQL WHILE syntax directly
> on this page.
>
> What do you think would be more readable?
>
> I'm slightly inclined towards having separate pages
> for SQL/PSM and PL/SQL, with links to each other
> in the "See Also" section.
>
>
>
>
>
>> Regards,
>> Federico
>>
>>
>>
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