Thread: The best book
Hello fellows!
Which the best book all you can tell me to buy for Administering
PostGres
and knows the tricks of it?
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A Question...
Since before your sun burned hot in space and before your race was born, I
have awaited a question.
Elielson Fontanezi
DBA Technical Support - PRODAM
+55 11 5080 9493
--- Elielson Fontanezi <ElielsonF@prodam.sp.gov.br> wrote: > Which the best book all you can tell me to buy > for Administering PostGres? - I recommend PostgreSQL : Introduction and Concepts by Bruce Momjiam if you are new to PostgreSQL.It's for beginners to a level between intermediate and advance. It explains nicely the features unique to PostgreSQL not found in other DBMS. - I haven't read other books yet, therefore I cound't rate it compared with other books. - Nice documentations can be found in http://techdocs.postgresql.org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com
Hi Elielson, Nice question. :) The "best book" for you really depends on what you are after! Are you interested in a book which is easy to read, gives good foundational concepts, and gives you decent skills with PostgreSQL, but may not make you a guru? Or, are you more after a book which is more technically advanced and challenging, and assumes you have already learnt the easier stuff? There are also reference volumes available (if that's what you're after, but it doesn't sound like it). The online books which are available have a decent amount of material in them too, and you can buy hard copies of them so you have them nearby at all times. So... for us to *really* be able to give you good suggestions, we really need to know more about what you're truly needing. Hope that helps. :-) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift Elielson Fontanezi wrote: > > Hello fellows! > > Which the best book all you can tell me to buy for Administering > PostGres > and knows the tricks of it? > > .............................................. > A Question... > Since before your sun burned hot in space and before your race was born, I > have awaited a question. > > Elielson Fontanezi > DBA Technical Support - PRODAM > +55 11 5080 9493 > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org) -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there." - Indira Gandhi
Hi, Well depends what are you looking for. I am using a lot PostgreSQL: Introduction and Concepts by Bruce Momjian. Then I have bought "PHP and PostgreSQL Advanced Web Programming" by Ewald Geschwinde and Hans-Juergen Schoenig The second one has as well PHP programming tips and same examples. The book is good and is covering as well PG administration. Mailing list I think is important and has good tips and don't forget the documentation: http://www.us.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/#7.2 You might find under: http://www.us.postgresql.org/books/index.html more details. stefan On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Elielson Fontanezi wrote: > Hello fellows! > > Which the best book all you can tell me to buy for Administering > PostGres > and knows the tricks of it? > > .............................................. > A Question... > Since before your sun burned hot in space and before your race was born, I > have awaited a question. > > Elielson Fontanezi > DBA Technical Support - PRODAM > +55 11 5080 9493 > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org) >
At 07:34 PM 7/26/02 , Ludwig Lim wrote:
>--- Elielson Fontanezi <ElielsonF@prodam.sp.gov.br> wrote: > Which the
>best book all you can tell me to buy > for Administering PostGres?
>
>- I recommend PostgreSQL : Introduction and Concepts by Bruce Momjiam if
>you are new to PostgreSQL.It's for beginners to a level between
>intermediate and advance. It explains nicely the features unique to
>PostgreSQL not found in other DBMS.
Bruce's book is a good one, but a large portion of the page count is
devoted to basically an SQL primer. If you aren't comfortable with SQL,
it's a good starting place.
A book that is a bit deeper in the installation and administration of
PostgreSQL is "Practical PostgreSQL" by John C. Worsley and Joshua D. Drake.
It's one of the O'reilly books, ISBN 1-56592-846-6.
-crl
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