"John Fiala" <jcfiala@gmail.com> wrote:
Here's a question - I'm interested in picking up a book on postrgeSQL - something that will both teach me how to set it up properly and how to configure it, as well as telling me how it's particular dialect of SQL works. I thought I'd start with O'Reilly, but they don't have any books for it listed in their latest catalog. I looked around, and there's only a few books I can find that are recent.
So, how new of a book do I need for postgreSQL? And which one would be best?
Personally, I'd make sure whatever you get is written at least for 8.X. The differences (especially in tuning and management) between 7.X and 8.X are pretty significant. Beyond that, I can't offer a lot of help. Personally, I've been able to use the online docs (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/index.html) for all my reference purposes. There is a page referencing books in print on the web site: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/books/ Hope this helps. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com