-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:53:25 -0500 Tom Hart <tomhart@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hey everybody. I was just informed that our organization has a credit > at amazon.com and asked if I had any books I wanted. I've been > thinking about getting a postgresql book, and from what I've seen and > read Practical PostgreSQL seems to be the standard (as well as > co-authored by Joshua Drake, somebody that has helped me many times > on this very list) but the fact that it's based on 7.x worries me. I > started using postgresql with 8.x on windows and I'm wondering if > this book and it's teachings will help me or if I should look at > something targeted at 8.x or windows. What do you guys think? Pratical PostgreSQL is still a good reference but you can use the free web version as a reference. It lacks a lot of information that is very useful (ex, the books has zero idea of pg_stat_*). The Korry Douglas book is still reasonably relevant (as it covers 8) and is also a good book. I find that the best way to get what you need, is to read the fine manual from postgresql. Yes, its massive, unwieldy and in a lot of ways counter-intuitive (to a newbie) but if you have the terminology down you aren't going to find a more comprehensive text. Plus, when you find things that don't quite make sense you can submit a doc patch to make the docs that much better. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake - -- The PostgreSQL Company: Since 1997, http://www.commandprompt.com/ Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL SPI Liaison | SPI Director | PostgreSQL political pundit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHn2oKATb/zqfZUUQRAtgCAKCOigLpBd9/EcYVPF/QsDvCYS3JugCggtS9 9QK5xte33f0/2+N/0pWOQvY= =ioXq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
