Has anyone found the book "PostgreSQL Essential Reference" by Barry Stinson
useful in administering Postgresql please? I'm looking for a comprehensive
reference rather than a history or introduction to databases and SQL, and
would like to know how suitable this book would be.

Your opinion would be appreciated.
Adrian

I just picked up the second edition of "PostgreSQL: the comprehensive
guide to ...." by Douglas and Douglas. It seems to be a really good
reference so far. I am pretty new to PostgreSQL, but have a fair bit
of experience with Oracle. I would recommend it to anyone looking for
a fairly complete reference to PostgreSQL.

It also seems to be one of the few books that covers version 8.

B.



On Sep 5, 2005, at 7:38 PM, adey wrote:

> Has anyone found the book "PostgreSQL Essential Reference" by Barry
> Stinson useful in administering Postgresql please? I'm looking for
> a comprehensive reference rather than a history or introduction to
> databases and SQL, and would like to know how suitable this book
> would be.
>
> Your opinion would be appreciated.
> Adrian