RE: Postgres book recommendations?
- From: "Goulet, Dick" <DGoulet@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <gogala@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <JayMiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 09:08:59 -0400
Mladen,
I won't simply hand out the "wake up & smell the open source" to
you. But in this day of trying to get more out of less there is a place
for DBMS engines like PostGreSql. I use it & of all the open source
systems out there I prefer it, mainly because it is a lot like Oracle.
No kissing cousin mind you, but extremely close. And unlike MySql
doesn't talk out both sides of it's mouth at the same time. There's
just something about a "dual license" that makes me VERY uncomfortable.
Like when do I cross the barrier between free & pay for and who decides?
If you want an interesting, but very high level, look at the Linux
database world take a look at Linux Database Bible by Petrovsky, Wysham,
and Nichols. It's quite the world tour of databases open and closed
source that run on Linux. That was where I found PostGreSql.
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Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 10:22 PM
To: JayMiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Subject: Re: Postgres book recommendations?
On 05/01/2006 06:23:22 PM, JayMiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Can anyone recommend a good book for getting started with Postgres? I
> see open source in my future...
>
I am very fond of Korry & Susan Douglas: PostgreSQL, a comprehensive
guide to building,
programming and administering PostgreSQL database. It's well written,
with an absolute
beginner in mind. It is about PgSQL 7 but it is still relevant.
Published by Developer's
Library. I will never confess, like Dick Goulet did, in an article
published on /., using
it and reading about it.
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