On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 02:34:37PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > 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. As a disclaimer, I should add that I do training for EnterpriseDB. I think the communication of a mental framework in understanding Postgres is one of the most valuable things I can give students. I think my presentations have a similar focus: http://momjian.us/main/presentations/ -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
