On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 08:05, Michael Alan Dorman wrote: > "Gary Hendricks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm thinking of buying "Practical PostgreSQL" from O'Reilly. > > > > Has anyone got any comments on this book? > > As Christopher Browne pointes out, some of the information is > outdated. > > My real criticism, though, would be that *far* too much of a book > about PostgreSQL is an advertisment for the authors' company's > application framework thing. This necessarily means fewer pages for > what you're supposedly there for, PostgreSQL. > > > Can anyone suggest alternatives? > > I'm on a plane right at the momen , but the _PostgreSQL Developers > Reference_ (I believe that's the title) from SAMS, by Geschwinde & > someone else, is clear, comprehensive, and, on everything I've ever > checked, correct. >
I've not read the book myself, but one of my coworkers wails in anguish at the mention of the book due to errors he found in it; I remember one of them was related to the notion of functions saving query plans. Right now I'm reading through the new "PostgreSQL" book from Korry & Susan Douglas (also from Sams). It's ok, though a little outdated for what I like in a new book. They started writing at the time of 7.1, but it does touch on some things for 7.3 so it's more up to date than many of the books out there. I've not encountered much fluff yet, though it does devote a lot of space to various programming interfaces you might not be interested in; though all are open standard languages, not any specific companies. Hopefully when I'm done I can post a thorough review. Robert Treat ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
