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Old 04-17-2008, 09:20 PM
operationsengineer1@yahoo.com
 
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Default What is the Best Way to Learn PL/pgSQL?

hi all,

what is the best way to learn PL/pgSQL? I'm having
difficulty finding tutorials, let alone onoes that
make both the whys and hows simple to absorb for a
newbie.

should i search for PL/SQL tutorials or books and then
apply what I learn over to PL/pgSQL?

tia...



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Old 04-17-2008, 09:20 PM
Srinivas Iyyer
 
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Yes, me too. I tried to find some good tutorials.

I did not find. I printed from the mother Postgres
documentation.

I guess chapter 37 if i am correct.

It does deal with good information. However, there not
many good examples provided for that chapter.

I did not find any tutorial that deal with lots of
examples. I think in Postgres learning from examples
is the best way.

In Bruce momijan's book also not much of pl/pgsql is
dealt.

I request the community/experts to prepare a nice
tutorials for people like me and many.

Thank you.


--- operationsengineer1@yahoo.com wrote:

> hi all,
>
> what is the best way to learn PL/pgSQL? I'm having
> difficulty finding tutorials, let alone onoes that
> make both the whys and hows simple to absorb for a
> newbie.
>
> should i search for PL/SQL tutorials or books and
> then
> apply what I learn over to PL/pgSQL?
>
> tia...
>
>
>
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Old 04-17-2008, 09:20 PM
Marcus Engene
 
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operationsengineer1@yahoo.com wrote:
> hi all,
>
> what is the best way to learn PL/pgSQL? I'm having
> difficulty finding tutorials, let alone onoes that
> make both the whys and hows simple to absorb for a
> newbie.
>
> should i search for PL/SQL tutorials or books and then
> apply what I learn over to PL/pgSQL?
>
> tia...


Hi,

I got started with pl/sql on oracle using their docs, which
are quite readable. Yes, it's not the same as pl/pgsql but
to get the concepts, it might be worth reading.

http://www.csee.umbc.edu/help/oracle...a67842/toc.htm

Best regards,
Marcus

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Old 04-17-2008, 09:23 PM
manjusri schuit
 
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Default Re: What is the Best Way to Learn PL/pgSQL?

Hello
Besides the tip for oracle take a look at the some books on postgresql:

1)PHP and PostgreSQL Advanced Web Programming by Ewald Geschwinde, Hans-
Juergen Schoenig
Older version of postgresql <8.0 but prety nice examples ( from personal
experiece verry usefull book on many aspects of postgresql)

2)PostgreSQL By Korry Douglas,Susan Douglas
thinks also older version of postgresql < 8.0 (don't know much about it)

With kind regards

--
Met vriendelijke groet
Manjusri Schuit

On 12/4/05, Marcus Engene <mengpg@engene.se> wrote:
>
> operationsengineer1@yahoo.com wrote:
> > hi all,
> >
> > what is the best way to learn PL/pgSQL? I'm having
> > difficulty finding tutorials, let alone onoes that
> > make both the whys and hows simple to absorb for a
> > newbie.
> >
> > should i search for PL/SQL tutorials or books and then
> > apply what I learn over to PL/pgSQL?
> >
> > tia...

>
> Hi,
>
> I got started with pl/sql on oracle using their docs, which
> are quite readable. Yes, it's not the same as pl/pgsql but
> to get the concepts, it might be worth reading.
>
> http://www.csee.umbc.edu/help/oracle...a67842/toc.htm
>
> Best regards,
> Marcus
>
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