postgres book

[Greg Donald]

I'm thinking of getting this book and was wondering if anyone had
anything bad (or good) to say about it? More than that I'd really
like to know what version of Postgres it covers, the sample pages
don't seem to say.

http://tinyurl.com/5xtpp

TIA..

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[Jeff Amiel]

I used this book as my intro and my guide in my first few months running
postgresql....
I thought it was super informative...had lots of real usable info....and
I still occasionally refer to it...

Jeff
Greg Donald wrote:

I'm thinking of getting this book and was wondering if anyone had
anything bad (or good) to say about it? More than that I'd really
like to know what version of Postgres it covers, the sample pages
don't seem to say.

http://tinyurl.com/5xtpp

TIA..

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http://destiney.com/

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[Christopher Browne]

Quoth de******@gmail.com (Greg Donald):

I'm thinking of getting this book and was wondering if anyone had
anything bad (or good) to say about it? More than that I'd really
like to know what version of Postgres it covers, the sample pages
don't seem to say.

It's up to date for about 7.2, which is really about the best that any
book offers at present. It has _very_ good sections describing file
layouts and how to read query plans.

I keep the O'Reilly book _more_ handy for the sake of the function
summaries that are a bit easier to get at, but otherwise, I prefer
Douglas' & Douglas' book.
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[Greg Donald]

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 23:20:40 -0400, Christopher Browne <cb******@acm.org> wrote:

It's up to date for about 7.2, which is really about the best that any
book offers at present. It has _very_ good sections describing file
layouts and how to read query plans.

Thanks to all. I ordered it.
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