Thread: Books
All, I'm looking for a good book for an absolute PostgreSQL beginner. I have used MySQL a bit but have only gotten as far as installing PG. The local book store only has a few titles: PostgreSQL Developer's Handbook - $99.95 Ewald Geschwinde ;Hans-Jurgen Schoenig PostgreSQL Essential Reference - $84.95 Barry Stinson Beginning Databases with PostgreSQL - $94.95 Richard Stones ;Neil Matthew PostgreSQL - $95.94 Bruce Momjian Book Of Postgresql - $79.95 Robert Bernier Any recommendations from this list would be appreciated Cheers and thanks Kim
Hi Kim, I presume you have downloaded Eduphant. In its help there are links to two online books. I found the one by Bruce Momjian very good to get started and more. Best, Marc >All, > >I'm looking for a good book for an absolute PostgreSQL beginner. I have used >MySQL a bit but have only gotten as far as installing PG. > >The local book store only has a few titles: > >PostgreSQL Developer's Handbook - $99.95 Ewald Geschwinde ;Hans-Jurgen >Schoenig > >PostgreSQL Essential Reference - $84.95 Barry Stinson > >Beginning Databases with PostgreSQL - $94.95 Richard Stones ;Neil Matthew > >PostgreSQL - $95.94 Bruce Momjian > >Book Of Postgresql - $79.95 Robert Bernier > >Any recommendations from this list would be appreciated > >Cheers and thanks > >Kim > > > >---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- >TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org)
PostgreSQL Developer's Handbook is the only one I have experience with. It was very helpful to me; however, I don't remember paying that much for it :o( It covers a wide range of topics from "An Introduction to SQL", to "Understanding Transactions", to "Database Administration", to "Programming Interfaces", and much in between. On Thursday 02 December 2004 05:25 am, Kim Kohen saith: > All, > > I'm looking for a good book for an absolute PostgreSQL beginner. I have > used MySQL a bit but have only gotten as far as installing PG. > > The local book store only has a few titles: > > PostgreSQL Developer's Handbook - $99.95 Ewald Geschwinde ;Hans-Jurgen > Schoenig > > PostgreSQL Essential Reference - $84.95 Barry Stinson > > Beginning Databases with PostgreSQL - $94.95 Richard Stones ;Neil Matthew > > PostgreSQL - $95.94 Bruce Momjian > > Book Of Postgresql - $79.95 Robert Bernier > > Any recommendations from this list would be appreciated > > Cheers and thanks > > Kim > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org) -- Quote: 87 "The federal government has taken too much tax money from the people, too much authority from the states, and too much liberty with the Constitution." --Ronald Reagan Work: 1-336-372-6812 Cell: 1-336-363-4719 email: terry@esc1.com
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 21:25:47 +1100, Kim Kohen <kim@webguide.com.au> wrote: > > I'm looking for a good book for an absolute PostgreSQL beginner. I have used > MySQL a bit but have only gotten as far as installing PG. Have you read through the online documentation? My recommendation would be to read through the online manual and then maybe consider gettong a book that covers areas not adequately covered by the manual. This is especially true if you are mostly concerned with administration issues, as books rapidly become out of date with respect to that. And if you are planning on using 8.0, there isn't going to be any book that covers it.
I started with Postgresql (Korry and Susan Douglas). It's a simple
enough book to start with and gives more information about
Administration than some of the books that you have listed. It costs
$49.99 USD.
PostgreSQL Developer's Handbook - $99.95 Ewald Geschwinde ;Hans-Jurgen
Schoenig (This is a really good book if you are a developer)
Beginning Databases with PostgreSQL - $94.95 Richard Stones ;Neil
Matthew
(This is one book I would not recommend - Just a rehash of some of the
other books that are out there).
The prices that you have listed are downright scary. I don't know what
the conversion rate is but surely you can get some cheaper books from
amazon.com if that option is available to you 'Down Under'.
Regards
Hari
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All,
I'm looking for a good book for an absolute PostgreSQL beginner. I have
used
MySQL a bit but have only gotten as far as installing PG.
The local book store only has a few titles:
PostgreSQL Developer's Handbook - $99.95 Ewald Geschwinde ;Hans-Jurgen
Schoenig
PostgreSQL Essential Reference - $84.95 Barry Stinson
Beginning Databases with PostgreSQL - $94.95 Richard Stones ;Neil
Matthew
PostgreSQL - $95.94 Bruce Momjian
Book Of Postgresql - $79.95 Robert Bernier
Any recommendations from this list would be appreciated
Cheers and thanks
Kim
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On Thu, 2 Dec 2004, Hari Bhanujan wrote: > > > I started with Postgresql (Korry and Susan Douglas). It's a simple > enough book to start with and gives more information about > Administration than some of the books that you have listed. It costs > $49.99 USD. > > PostgreSQL Developer's Handbook - $99.95 Ewald Geschwinde ;Hans-Jurgen > Schoenig (This is a really good book if you are a developer) > > Beginning Databases with PostgreSQL - $94.95 Richard Stones ;Neil > Matthew > (This is one book I would not recommend - Just a rehash of some of the > other books that are out there). > > The prices that you have listed are downright scary. I don't know what > the conversion rate is but surely you can get some cheaper books from > amazon.com if that option is available to you 'Down Under'. > > Regards > Hari > > -----Original Message----- > From: pgsql-novice-owner@postgresql.org > [mailto:pgsql-novice-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Kim Kohen > Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 4:26 AM > To: Postgres Novice lIst > Subject: [NOVICE] Books > > All, > > I'm looking for a good book for an absolute PostgreSQL beginner. I have > used > MySQL a bit but have only gotten as far as installing PG. > > The local book store only has a few titles: > > PostgreSQL Developer's Handbook - $99.95 Ewald Geschwinde ;Hans-Jurgen > Schoenig > > PostgreSQL Essential Reference - $84.95 Barry Stinson > > Beginning Databases with PostgreSQL - $94.95 Richard Stones ;Neil > Matthew > > PostgreSQL - $95.94 Bruce Momjian > > Book Of Postgresql - $79.95 Robert Bernier > > Any recommendations from this list would be appreciated > > Cheers and thanks > > Kim > > Rule 1 (Not PostgreSQL "Rules" :) ): For a textbook or reference book such as this, check amazon price (note - include freight charges) - it likely works out much cheaper than local prices. And, as the USD has been dropping against the AUD, the savings have been increasing. I recently bought some books from amazon, and they are remarkably cheaper than buying locally (unless you are lucky enough to find an occasional Angus & Robertson special, at 20AUD or less). One of the books that I bought, was the Douglas book. From looking at the Douglas book, that seems fairly good - going from starting off, to programming with scripting (Perl, PHP, etc) front-ends. We had a printed copy of Bruce Momjian's online book (from when it was published incomplete on the Internet), and that was good for my missus to start with PostgreSQL and to write a small expert system shell for a Postgrad Diploma project. But that was a freeby, hard to find nowadays. I had started some command-line stuff with PostgreSQL, back then, but hadn't done anything else with it since then. I am not as experienced as most on the PostgreSQL lists, but getting the Douglas book from amazon (and buy some more books from amazon, at the same time, to drop the shipping cost per book), is my recommendation. Oh, and, if you buy one or two other books at the same time, you may be able to get two or more books for the same price as you would pay for a single book locally. The only issue with buying from amazon, is that you may have to wait a couple of weeks for delivery, as opposed to getting a book immediately from your local bookshop, if the particular book is in stock. And, amazon refuse to deliver to P O Boxes, and will only deliver to street addresses, which means that you could have a delivery left on your front doorstep for anyone who sees it and wants it, to take, as my deliveries from amazon, were delivered by the post office parcels delivery contractor, who left them on the front doorstep. But, those are all issues for you to consider. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 ....................................................