Re: book on advanced postgresql?

From: Network Administrator <netadmin(at)vcsn(dot)com>
To: John Wells <jb(at)sourceillustrated(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: book on advanced postgresql?
Date: 2003-10-03 18:54:00
Message-ID: 1065207240.3f7dc5c8d2f63@webmail.vcsn.com
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John,

I usually just grab the PDF's, convert them to PS files and then add the code to
duplex and print to a tray with 3 hole paper. :)

All in all I don't think that is too expensive but I can't really say I've had
to pay to do that recently.

Quoting John Wells <jb(at)sourceillustrated(dot)com>:

> Tom,
>
> I'd love to, but I can't read at a terminal for longer than an hour or so.
> I really prefer the dead tree version.
>
> Does anyone provide printed copies of the documentation for a fee? I know
> some companies do this for other apps...
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
> Tom Lane said:
> > "John Wells" <jb(at)sourceillustrated(dot)com> writes:
> >> Are there any books out there that are fairly current, but go into the
> >> more advanced aspects of Postgresql, such as internals and advanced
> >> programming? I'd rather avoid the whole intro to SQL with a few extra
> >> chapters on Postgresql if I could help it.
> >
> > I'm not aware of any that are tilted towards advanced stuff. Erm, have
> > you tried just reading the documentation :-) ? I realize it's not
> > always easy to find what you need, but we could use suggestions about
> > how to make it better ...
> > http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/index.html
> >
> > regards, tom lane
> >
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