[GENERAL] Looking for an intro-to-SQL book which is PostgreSQL-friendly

2011-09-02 Thread Josh Berkus
All, I'm looking for an intro-to-SQL book for teaching a class, one aimed at folks who know *nothing* about RDBMSes, which is not based on MySQL or MSAccess. The ones I have on my desk are all based on one or the other, except The Manga Guide to Databases, which I can't use in a serious class.

Re: [GENERAL] Looking for an intro-to-SQL book which is PostgreSQL-friendly

2011-09-02 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 2 Sep 2011, Josh Berkus wrote: I'm looking for an intro-to-SQL book for teaching a class, one aimed at folks who know *nothing* about RDBMSes, which is not based on MySQL or MSAccess. The ones I have on my desk are all based on one or the other, except The Manga Guide to Databases,

Re: [GENERAL] Looking for an intro-to-SQL book which is PostgreSQL-friendly

2011-09-02 Thread Bret Fledderjohn
SQL for Dummies is pretty agnostic. Follow that up with SQL Cookbook from O'Reilly and you have a good one two punch! On 2 September 2011 19:48, Josh Berkus j...@agliodbs.com wrote: All, I'm looking for an intro-to-SQL book for teaching a class, one aimed at folks who know *nothing* about