| From: | Mladen Gogala <mladen(dot)gogala(at)vmsinfo(dot)com> |
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| To: | Dan Halbert <halbert(at)halwitz(dot)org> |
| Cc: | NOVICE Postgres elist <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Best starter book |
| Date: | 2010-05-22 19:40:34 |
| Message-ID: | 4BF83332.4030608@vmsinfo.com |
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Dan Halbert wrote:
> On 5/21/2010 11:11 AM, Donn Washburn wrote:
>
>> What would be a good starter book.
>>
>
> I looked at several PostgreSQL-specific books about a year ago, and
> picked this one:
> Beginning Databases with PostgreSQL: From Novice to Professional, Second
> Edition
> http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Databases-PostgreSQL-Novice-Professional/dp/1590594789
>
> This is an intelligently written database intro book that covers both
> general database topics and PostgreSQL-specific topics. I had Oracle and
> MySQL experience beforehand, but still found this book quite useful. It
> is true now that I generally refer to the documentation.
>
> Dan
>
>
>
I concur. I also used the same book, the book was very useful to me.
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