Re: PostgreSQL training recommendations? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: PostgreSQL training recommendations?
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Msg-id 20121016183437.GF7480@momjian.us
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In response to Re: PostgreSQL training recommendations?  (Thalis Kalfigkopoulos <tkalfigo@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: PostgreSQL training recommendations?  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 02:53:14PM -0300, Thalis Kalfigkopoulos wrote:
> I assume the EntrerpriseDB certification seminars are an obvious quick
> answer: http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/training/dba-training
>
> But TBH, I find the PostgreSQL manual to be an excelent guide if you
> don't mind reading. It is extremely well written (kudos to whoever is
> on the writing team), definitely written by experts, it delves
> reasonably enough into detail where
> needed and most of all: it serves not only as a Pg manual, but as a DB
> theory/good practice manual as well. I realize that 2.8Kpages is not
> easy to digest, but the first 30 Chapters seem to cover more than
> enough to just get you started (though not Slony/pgpool).

I think the big thing the training manual is missing is giving
inexperienced users a framework to understand all the pieces.  Training
does help in that area, and I am unclear how we could improve the manual
to address that.

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