Re: [HACKERS] Outline for PostgreSQL book - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

> It looks good; I have a comment on the order of chapters, however.
>
> I suggest that Installlation goes in an Appendix.  More and more, people
> will be coming to machines that already have software installed, or have
> them installed as packages (.rpm or .deb).

>
> Installation is the administrator's job, and not of interest to `normal'
> users, so it should not be placed in the book as if every user had to do
> it.

Done.  Certainly better to get that at the end.  That chapter is going
to be a mess to look at.

New version attached.  No PDF version this time.  Do people like PDF?

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                          PostgreSQL Book Proposal

                               Bruce Momjian

   1.
          Introduction
        (a)
               History of POSTGRESQL
        (b)
               Open source software
        (c)
               When to use a database
   2.
          Issuing database commands
        (a)
               Starting a database session
        (b)
               Controlling a session
        (c)
               Sending queries
        (d)
               Getting help
   3.
          Introduction to SQL
        (a)
               Creating tables
        (b)
               Adding data with INSERT
        (c)
               Viewing data with SELECT
        (d)
               Removing data with DELETE
        (e)
               Modifying data with UPDATE
        (f)
               Restricting with WHERE
        (g)
               Sorting data with ORDER BY
        (h)
               Using NULL values
   4.
          Advanced SQL Commands
        (a)
               Inserting data from a SELECT
        (b)
               Aggregates: COUNT, SUM, ...
        (c)
               GROUP BY with aggregates
        (d)
               HAVING with aggregates
        (e)
               Joining tables
        (f)
               Using table aliases
        (g)
               UNION clause
        (h)
               Subqueries
        (i)
               Transactions
        (j)
               Cursors
        (k)
               Indexing
        (l)
               Column defaults
        (m)
               Primary/foreign keys
        (n)
               AND/OR usage
        (o)
               LIKE clause usage
        (p)
               Temporary tables
        (q)
               Importing data
   5.
          POSTGRESQL'S Unique Features
        (a)
               Object ID'S (OID'S)
        (b)
               Multi-Version Concurrency Control
        (c)
               Locking and deadlocks
        (d)
               Vacuum
        (e)
               Views
        (f)
               Rules
        (g)
               Sequences
        (h)
               Triggers
        (i)
               Large objects(BLOBS)
        (j)
               Adding user-defined functions
        (k)
               Adding user-defined operators
        (l)
               Adding user-defined types
        (m)
               Exotic pre-installed types
        (n)
               Arrays
        (o)
               Inheritance
   6.
          Interfacing to the POSTGRESQL Database
        (a)
               C Language API
        (b)
               Embedded C
        (c)
               C++
        (d)
               JAVA
        (e)
               ODBC
        (f)
               PERL
        (g)
               TCL/TK
        (h)
               PYTHON
        (i)
               Web access (PHP)
        (j)
               Server-side programming (PLPGSQL and SPI)
   7.
          POSTGRESQL Administration
        (a)
               Creating users and databases
        (b)
               Backup and restore
        (c)
               Performance
        (d)
               Troubleshooting
        (e)
               Customization
        (f)
               Setting access permissions
        (g)
               International character encodings
   8.
          Additional Resources
        (a)
               Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ'S)
        (b)
               Mailing list support
        (c)
               Supplied documentation
        (d)
               Commercial support
        (e)
               Modifying the source code
   9.
          Appendix: Installation
        (a)
               Getting POSTGRESQL
        (b)
               Compiling
        (c)
               Initialization
        (d)
               Starting the server
        (e)
               Creating a database
   10.
          Annotated Bibliography