Re: Bruce's Book and Built-in Functions

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> Folks,
>
> Well, I now have a copy of Bruce's book on order. Bruce, if
> your sales have been slow, don't let A-W blame it on the
> online draft. According to Stacy's, it takes them an

Sold 2,155 copies in the first month. I know they think that is a good
sales number. Having it online is clearly a win.

Frankly, I can't buy a book without seeing it. I need to know it is
written in style that emphasizes concepts, rather than emphasizing
examples.

So, to choose a book, I either have to see it in a book store, or browse
it online.

> average of 7 working days to get Ingram to cough up a new
> copy, which is twice the normal period for tech books. As a
> result, they're out of stock a lot.

They only printed 6k copies, so they went through >1/3 of the books in
the first month. My guess is that they are trying to prioritize the
distribution.

>
> Plus www.postgresql.org could do a little more to promote
> the book. There's *still* nothing on the web site to tell
> me the book's in print. HINT, HINT.

Well, the web site mentions my book, and the book web page says it is in
print.

>
> So, while I wait for my copy ... I can't find in the online
> docs anywhere a comprehensive list of built-in functions.
> You know, stuff like CURRVAL() and NOW(). Can anyone point
> me to such a list? Guessing parameters is getting
> frustrating!

Sure, chapter 9 has it. See the online version. There is a huge table,
though currval is mentioned in the sequences chapter because it is not
like normal functions.

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