El Mar 30 Dic 2003 02:49, Bret Busby escribió: > On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Martin Marques wrote: > > > > At this point, the book makes the following assumptions: > > > > * You have installed POSTGRESQL. > > * You have a running POSTGRESQL server. > > * You are configured as a POSTGRESQL user. > > * You have a database called test. > > ========================================================================= > >= > > > > Now, Joshua was talking about getting PostgreSQL started, which Bruce > > assums you already know. > > > > Anyway, I must admit that if you have PG installed and running, which is > > very simple on normal Linux distributions, this book gives a huge boost > > to any newbie. > > And, if a person did not already have it installed and set up, would the > person then have not been required to find elsewhere, how to do those?
The question then is: "How difficult is it for a newbie to get PostgreSQL started on a RedHat, Fedora, Debian, Mandrake,... Linux?" My answer is that it's not difficult at all, except if you are upgradeing, in which case, you are not a newbie any more. :-) -- 09:21:01 up 34 days, 15:37, 2 users, load average: 0.82, 0.52, 0.46 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Martín Marqués | select 'mmarques' || '@' || 'unl.edu.ar' Centro de Telematica | DBA, Programador, Administrador Universidad Nacional del Litoral ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html