Thread: out of date urls on postgresql.org/docs/books/

out of date urls on postgresql.org/docs/books/

From
David Gardner
Date:
I was looking for some books on PostgreSQL, and noticed the links for
the Dossier series return a 404, and http://www.ptf.com/ just mentions
that the project was abandoned.

I googled the title and couldn't find anything other than references to
ptf.com



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--- PostgreSQL_ Books.html    Sun Jun 17 17:41:29 2007
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*** 354,400 **** </tbody></table> </div>

- <h2>DOSSIER Series</h2>
- <div class="tblBasic">
- <table class="tblBasicGrey" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
- <tbody><tr>
-         <th class="colFirst">Cover</th>
-         <th class="colLast">Information</th>
- </tr>
- <tr>
-         <td class="colFirst">
-         <a href="http://www.ptf.com/dossier/Post.shtml"><img
src="PostgreSQL_%20Books_files/Post_PaD.jpeg" alt="Cover of PostgreSQL:
Programming and Development" height="90" width="73"></a>
-         </td>
-         <td class="colLast">
-                 <b>Title</b>: PostgreSQL: Programming and Development<br>
-                 <b>Author</b>: Rich Morin<br>
-                 <b>Format</b>: Paperback<br>
-         </td>
- </tr>
- <tr>
-         <td class="colFirst">
-         <a href="http://www.ptf.com/dossier/Post.shtml"><img
src="PostgreSQL_%20Books_files/Post_ReM.jpeg" alt="Cover of PostgreSQL:
Reference Manual" height="90" width="73"></a>
-         </td>
-         <td class="colLast">
-                 <b>Title</b>: PostgreSQL: Reference Manual<br>
-                 <b>Author</b>: Rich Morin<br>
-                 <b>Format</b>: Paperback<br>
-         </td>
- </tr>
- <tr class="lastrow">
-         <td class="colFirst">
-         <a href="http://www.ptf.com/dossier/Post.shtml"><img
src="PostgreSQL_%20Books_files/Post_UaA.jpeg" alt="Cover of PostgreSQL:
Use and Administration" height="90" width="73"></a>
-         </td>
-         <td class="colLast">
-                 <b>Title</b>: PostgreSQL: Use and Administration<br>
-                 <b>Author</b>: Rich Morin<br>
-                 <b>Format</b>: Paperback<br>
-         </td>
- </tr>
-
- </tbody></table>
- </div>
- <h2>Didn't find anything you like?</h2> <form method="get"
action="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search">     <table style="background: rgb(0, 0, 0) none repeat
scroll0%;
 
-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin:
-moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"
cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td>
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-- 
David Gardner


Re: out of date urls on postgresql.org/docs/books/

From
Robert Treat
Date:
On Sunday 17 June 2007 21:01, David Gardner wrote:
> I was looking for some books on PostgreSQL, and noticed the links for
> the Dossier series return a 404, and http://www.ptf.com/ just mentions
> that the project was abandoned.
>
> I googled the title and couldn't find anything other than references to
> ptf.com
>

Do folks think this should be removed, or should we just remove the links and 
add a note that it is no longer available/OOP ? 

-- 
Robert Treat
Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL


Re: out of date urls on postgresql.org/docs/books/

From
Magnus Hagander
Date:
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 10:52:09PM -0400, Robert Treat wrote:
> On Sunday 17 June 2007 21:01, David Gardner wrote:
> > I was looking for some books on PostgreSQL, and noticed the links for
> > the Dossier series return a 404, and http://www.ptf.com/ just mentions
> > that the project was abandoned.
> >
> > I googled the title and couldn't find anything other than references to
> > ptf.com
> >
> 
> Do folks think this should be removed, or should we just remove the links and 
> add a note that it is no longer available/OOP ? 

Are they available from someplace else? If so we should just link there ;-)
If not, we should probably remove them completely.

//Magnus



Re: out of date urls on postgresql.org/docs/books/

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 10:52:09PM -0400, Robert Treat wrote:
> > On Sunday 17 June 2007 21:01, David Gardner wrote:
> > > I was looking for some books on PostgreSQL, and noticed the links for
> > > the Dossier series return a 404, and http://www.ptf.com/ just mentions
> > > that the project was abandoned.
> > >
> > > I googled the title and couldn't find anything other than references to
> > > ptf.com
> > >
> > 
> > Do folks think this should be removed, or should we just remove the links and 
> > add a note that it is no longer available/OOP ? 
> 
> Are they available from someplace else? If so we should just link there ;-)
> If not, we should probably remove them completely.

Please just remove them.

--  Bruce Momjian  <bruce@momjian.us>          http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB
http://www.enterprisedb.com
 + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +


Re: out of date urls on postgresql.org/docs/books/

From
Magnus Hagander
Date:
On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 05:50:21PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 10:52:09PM -0400, Robert Treat wrote:
> > > On Sunday 17 June 2007 21:01, David Gardner wrote:
> > > > I was looking for some books on PostgreSQL, and noticed the links for
> > > > the Dossier series return a 404, and http://www.ptf.com/ just mentions
> > > > that the project was abandoned.
> > > >
> > > > I googled the title and couldn't find anything other than references to
> > > > ptf.com
> > > >
> > > 
> > > Do folks think this should be removed, or should we just remove the links and 
> > > add a note that it is no longer available/OOP ? 
> > 
> > Are they available from someplace else? If so we should just link there ;-)
> > If not, we should probably remove them completely.
> 
> Please just remove them.

Done, wil be on next site build.

//Magnus