Re: postgresql book - practical or something newer?

Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Tom Hart <tomhart(at)coopfed(dot)org> wrote:
[...]
> I find that the best way to get what you need, is to read the fine
> manual from postgresql. Yes, its massive, unwieldy and in a lot of
> ways counter-intuitive (to a newbie) but if you have the terminology
> down you aren't going to find a more comprehensive text.
>
I find the manual answers just about everything I've needed to answer.
Personally though I find
the on-line version somewhat slow/cumbersome to find what I'm looking for.

Using Windows as my desktop machine (servers running Linux) I found the
most accessible form
of the manual was that distributed with pgAdminIII. Until recently they
shipped a fully
searchable Windows Help version of the latest manual which was fantastic.

Unfortunately pgAdmin has now removed that section of the manual and
simply links to the
Postgres web-site. I can understand it was some work to put it in each
time - but it was
very useful. So much so when I get a chance I intend to find an older
copy of pgAdmin and
install just the manual from it.

Has anyone else generated a Windows Help version of the manual?

Is there a source version of the files used to generate it (pgAdmin
people?)? I'd be interested in
the amount of work needed to create the file - if not excessive I might
volunteer to get it done
again if people other than me might find it useful.

Pete
> Plus, when you find things that don't quite make sense you can submit
> a doc patch to make the docs that much better.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Joshua D. Drake
>
>
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