SQL for Dummies is pretty agnostic. Follow that up with SQL Cookbook from O'Reilly and you have a good one two punch!
On 2 September 2011 19:48, Josh Berkus <j...@agliodbs.com> wrote: > All, > > I'm looking for an intro-to-SQL book for teaching a class, one aimed at > folks who know *nothing* about RDBMSes, which is not based on MySQL or > MSAccess. The ones I have on my desk are all based on one or the other, > except The Manga Guide to Databases, which I can't use in a serious class. > > The PostgreSQL books I've seen all make the assumption that the reader > already knows what an RDBMS is and a little SQL. The sole exception to > this may be Beginning Databases with PostgreSQL from Apress, but that > book is somewhat out-of-date (last edition, 2005), and teaches some bad > habits around keys. > > Does anyone have other suggestions? > > -- > Josh Berkus > PostgreSQL Experts Inc. > http://pgexperts.com > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general > -- - Bret ____________________________________________ "Why should I fret in microcosmic bonds That chafe the spirit, and the mind repress, When through the clouds gleam beckoning beyonds Where shining vistas mock man's littleness?" - H.P. Lovecraft, "Phaeton" (1918)
