Postgres SQL

[rhofland at fastdial.net (Randall Hofland)]

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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