I thought about that Martin but it was Postgres before it was PostgreSQL, so I went for PostgresD.
I also thought maybe I should follow the Ingres -> Postgres template but that would leave us with PostgreSQLD and that I think would not be A Good Thing. Martin Davis wrote: > Or would that be PostgreD ? :-) > > Chris Hermansen wrote: >> I care what Christ Date thinks. >> >> I'm just waiting for someone to implement PostgresD :-) >> >> and of course PostGISD on top of it :-) :-) >> >> dnrg wrote: >> >>> I highly recommend these as gentle, clear >>> introductions to relational database design: >>> >>> * Databases Demystified by Andy Oppel >>> * Beginning Database Design: From Novice to >>> Professional by Clare Churcher >>> >>> Read them both. They're the best I've found for basic >>> concepts and not inscrutably technical. Seems most >>> books in the field are either dull as a phone >>> directory or insultingly shallow, written for a >>> cognitively challenged audience. >>> >>> If one book is deficient with a particular concept, >>> check the other for an alternate explanation. >>> >>> The 2nd, although it has a generic-sounding title (and >>> there are some real stinkers under a similar moniker), >>> is a recent offering from APress books (2007 1st ed). >>> Invaluable for someone getting started. >>> >>> Granted, these books are for non-spatial relational >>> database design. >>> >>> Anything by Chris Date is good, but not for beginners. >>> Not sure anyone here cares what Chris Date has to say. >>> I was introduced to Chris Date and Fabian Pascal by an >>> ESRI ArcSDE developer in Redlands. So someone out >>> there cares about the RM. >>> >>> Thanks to all for the recommendations on PostGIS + >>> Google Maps API. Good stuff. >>> >>> Good luck. Hope this helps. >>> >>> Dana >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________________________________ >>> >>> Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. >>> http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs >>> _______________________________________________ >>> postgis-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users >>> >> >> >> > -- Regards, Chris Hermansen · mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] tel:+1.604.714.2878 · fax:+1.604.733.0631 Timberline Natural Resource Group · http://www.timberline.ca 401 · 958 West 8th Avenue · Vancouver BC · Canada · V5Z 1E5 C'est ma façon de parler. _______________________________________________ postgis-users mailing list [email protected] http://postgis.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/postgis-users
