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Postgres SQL



The book is finished and still in HTML on the web site but unfortunately the
PDF file is now gone. Since I've now heard some good things about the book I
intend to buy it when I get a chance but will refer to the web site until
then. Thanks all, for the help.

Scott Lanning wrote:

> On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Ron Peterson wrote:
> >Randall Hofland wrote:
> >> PostgreSQL:  Introduction and Concepts
> >>
> >> by Bruce Momjian
> >
> >This has been available in pdf format from the PostgreSQL web site for
> >some time.  If it hasn't already, it will be removed shortly by request
> >of the publisher.  To encourage people to buy the book, obviously.  The
> >content is available in html at:
> >
> >http://www.postgresql.org/docs/awbook.html.
> >
> >As to it's usefulness, I guess that depends on what you already know and
> >your objectives.  I think the title is pretty descriptive - it's a good
> >introduction to PostgreSQL.  If you're interested in more advanced
> >topics like how to program triggers in C, you'll need to consult other
> >reference documentation.
> >
> >Bruce's writing is clear, and the book's organization is quite
> >sensible.  The book itself benefits from the open source process, as
> >it's been available online for comment during the entirety of it's
> >creation.  Bruce is a PostgreSQL developer, and one of the more active
> >contributers to the PostgreSQL discussion lists.  I think this gives him
> >a pretty keen sense of what types of issues the book needs to cover to
> >address an introductory audience.
>
> Thanks for the link, and wget. :) Haven't perused it yet, though
> I'll probably head over to B&N immediately (/me checks clock) to look
> for it because I'm computer-book insane. :)
>
> I'm also beginning to learn PostgreSQL, for use with OpenACS.
> I'd like to find a book the level and caliber of "MySQL" by
> Paul DuBois; in that case, I'd gladly buy the so-called deadtree
> version.
>
> I think I even like PostgreSQL better than MySQL now (no grumbling
> from the crowd, please :). It has object-like tables, so you can
> do inheritance with them, and it also has this PL/pgSQL language
> which you can use to program it (I just learned about this kind
> of thing from a "bootcamp" where we used Oracle with PL/SQL);
> it makes things pretty slick when you can just do
>
>     class_foo.new(
>         name => 'george'
>         age  => 25
>     )
>
> (maybe the syntax isn't right, I just mean for example)
> for inserting new rows into the database, and
>
>     class_foo.list_by_age()
>
> and it returns them ordered by age, things like that.
>
> Also, there is an Emacs Lisp API. :) :)
>
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