Postgresql Books: Which one ?

From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Aly Dharshi

does anybody have any recommendations which one to get ?

1) PostgreSQL by Korry Douglas (SAMS) http://www.samspublishing.com/title/0672327562

i like the first edition of Douglas very much, i presume that this second edition
will keep up the standard.

2) beginning Databases With Postgresql: From Novice To Professional, Second
Edition: From Novice To Professional (APress)
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=424

i just finished reading a review copy of this (review to follow somewhere or other
shortly), and on the whole, it's not bad. it is trying to cover a great deal of
material and so seems a little rushed at times, but it's a decent book with lots of
stuff in it.

both books cover PostgreSQL 8.0

richard

On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 11:19:29AM -0400, WELTY, RICHARD wrote:

From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Aly Dharshi

does anybody have any recommendations which one to get ?

1) PostgreSQL by Korry Douglas (SAMS)
http://www.samspublishing.com/title/0672327562

i like the first edition of Douglas very much, i presume that this
second edition will keep up the standard.

It does :)

2) beginning Databases With Postgresql: From Novice To
Professional, Second
Edition: From Novice To Professional (APress)
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=424

i just finished reading a review copy of this (review to follow
somewhere or other shortly), and on the whole, it's not bad. it is
trying to cover a great deal of material and so seems a little
rushed at times, but it's a decent book with lots of stuff in it.

I haven't read this one, so I don't know.

HTH :)

Cheers,
D
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Hello Richard,

I hope that you are well. Having read both books would your recommendation be
to go with Korry Douglas' book ?

Cheers,

Aly.

WELTY, RICHARD wrote:

From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Aly Dharshi

does anybody have any recommendations which one to get ?

1) PostgreSQL by Korry Douglas (SAMS) http://www.samspublishing.com/title/0672327562

i like the first edition of Douglas very much, i presume that this second edition
will keep up the standard.

2) beginning Databases With Postgresql: From Novice To Professional, Second
Edition: From Novice To Professional (APress)
http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=424

i just finished reading a review copy of this (review to follow somewhere or other
shortly), and on the whole, it's not bad. it is trying to cover a great deal of
material and so seems a little rushed at times, but it's a decent book with lots of
stuff in it.

both books cover PostgreSQL 8.0

richard

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I hope that you are well. Having read both books would your
recommendation be to go with Korry Douglas' book ?

Two copies of the Douglas^2 book came in today at the office...

I took a peruse of the chapter that everyone would expect I'd look at
first, and was quite impressed.

I haven't read the other book; I would have no difficulty commending
the Douglas^2 book as being a useful reference.
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Aly Dharshi [mailto:aly.dharshi@telus.net] wrote:

Having read both books would your recommendation be
to go with Korry Douglas' book ?

a qualified "probably". one of the things i'm going to do when
i actually write the review is make a quick pass over douglas
for a compare and contrast; i think that there's probably a
bit of concensus on this list among those who have read douglas
that it sets a pretty high standard.

i also like _Essential PostgreSQL_ a lot, and still use it quite
a bit, but it's getting somewhat long in the tooth. an 8.0 update
of that one would be rather nice to have. it's very much a reference
rather than a tutorial, though.

richard

Hello All,

I hope that you are well. Based on the consensus on the list and the good
recommendations from y'all. I will be ordering Douglas' book. I think that I
would benefit greatly from it. Thanks to all that responded to this thread.

Cheers,

Aly.

WELTY, RICHARD wrote:

Aly Dharshi [mailto:aly.dharshi@telus.net] wrote:

Having read both books would your recommendation be
to go with Korry Douglas' book ?

a qualified "probably". one of the things i'm going to do when
i actually write the review is make a quick pass over douglas
for a compare and contrast; i think that there's probably a
bit of concensus on this list among those who have read douglas
that it sets a pretty high standard.

i also like _Essential PostgreSQL_ a lot, and still use it quite
a bit, but it's getting somewhat long in the tooth. an 8.0 update
of that one would be rather nice to have. it's very much a reference
rather than a tutorial, though.

richard

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