Re: Good books? - Mailing list pgsql-novice

Subject:            Re: [NOVICE] Good books?
To:                 pgsql-novice@postgresql.org
From:               Steve_Miller@sil.org
Date sent:          Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:04:02 -0600


I'd nominate Bruce Momijan's book, (I think there's a new edition
out soon), I've got the wrox one, the pg developers handbook and
php &postgresql. The last three are all ok (though the handbook
and advanced php are too similar to justify having both) but suffer
the usual padding of what is a relational database, (see Pascal or
Date's books for a proper approach to this), what is SQL (see the
practical sql handbook). I keep coming back to the Momijan book,
it's all pretty well explained and updates are available online.
For a nice introduction to linux I'd recommend stevie shah's Linux
administration beginners guide

Cheers

Paul Butler
>
>
> >> I haven't been able to get a feel of any good PostgreSQL books. Any
> >> recommendations for someone with fifteen years of experience with other
> >> databases (SQL Server, Oracle, etc.), but with no experience outside of
> >> Windows?
> >
> >The Wrox book is pretty good:
> >
> >http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1861005156/qid=1043854553/
> >sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/102-0444630-2449703?v=glance&s=books
> >
> >FYI, I split the URL above.
> >
> >It's more of a beginners approach, which seems to be what you're after,
> >and it does cover some aspects of using PostgreSQL on Windows as well.  I
> >haven't read the whole thing, but learned a lot in just a few chapters.
> >Many of the PostgreSQL books on amazon.com have a lot of poor ratings, I
> >would go to amazon.com and search on "postgresql" and look over the
> >ratings and comments, usually that will give a good indication on whether
> >or not the book is good for your needs.
> >
> >HTH,
> >
> >Josh
>
> I'm not really after a beginner's database book. After learning 5 other
> databases, 4 of them SQL based, I'm hopeful that I can pick up a new
> database relatively quickly.  :-)  OTOH, I'm a neophyte with Linux. I got
> Red Hat installed on a spare box, but that's the extent of it so far.
>
> As for going to Amazon, I've looked at the comments and ratings, and I got
> conflicting messages. And no wonder. I've had 3 different books recommended
> to me in this list in less than an hour. A definitive book or two doesn't
> seem to exist.
>
> Steve
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