On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Neil Conway wrote: > > On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 17:45, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Neil Conway wrote: > > > > Depending on what part of the source you're interested in, a book on > > > > DBMS implementation might also be useful, such as > > > > > Wow, $100. > > > > Well, it's a CS textbook -- I have several textbooks this semester that > > are > $100. > > > > > Does it cover internals? > > > > Yeah, although it's more of a broad survey of DB-related topics, so the > > internals coverage isn't that in-depth. It talks about storage/indexing > > (the heap, ISAM/B+-tree indexes, hash indexes, etc.), query evaluation, > > query optimization, transaction management & concurrency control. > > > > That book just happens to be the one on my desk, but there are plenty of > > alternatives that cover the same subject matter. > > > > Perhaps you could add this to the developer's FAQ? > > Yes, is this the book we should recommend? I know we have Gray's > transaction book on there already.
I just got a message from Wiley about new tech books but can't justify a desk copy as I only teach part time at a two year college and not database. But ... I looked at a sample chapter and saw PostgreSQL as the RDBMS. That was a plus in my book. The author is Richard Watson and I feel I know the name but can't place him. http://he-cda.wiley.com/WileyCDA/HigherEdTitle/productCd-0471347116,courseCd-IS1900.html Rod -- "Open Source Software - Sometimes you get more than you paid for..." ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
