Re: postgresql books - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Christopher Browne
Subject Re: postgresql books
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In response to postgresql books  ("Gevik babakhani" <gevik@xs4all.nl>)
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Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw when sql@zeouane.org would write:
> "Gevik babakhani" <gevik@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
>> Beside the documentation, which pg book would you recommend? Which one is
>> your personal favorite pg book?
>
> I saw an O'Reilly book [1] this afternoon at a bookshop here in
> Paris ..  'had to fight the urge to get my credit card out ... :-)
> Anyone know if it's any good ?

It's a bit dated, being based on the state of things in the 6.5/7.0
days, but is still quite useful.

It's frankly the one I keep on my desk the most, as I particularly
like its summary of the built-in functions of any of the books out
there.

The Douglas & Douglas book has one of the best descriptions going on
how to read query plans, so it's plenty useful in that regard...
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