Re: [GENERAL] Book or other resource on Postgres-local code?

2016-12-30 Thread Melvin Davidson
On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 2:50 AM, Pavel Stehule wrote: > > > 2016-12-30 8:04 GMT+01:00 Guyren Howe : > >> >> > On Dec 29, 2016, at 23:01 , Regina Obe wrote: >> > >> > >> >> As an aside from my last question about my LYDB effort: >> > >> >> https://medium.com/@gisborne/love-your-database-lydb-23c6

Re: [GENERAL] Book or other resource on Postgres-local code?

2016-12-29 Thread Pavel Stehule
2016-12-30 8:04 GMT+01:00 Guyren Howe : > > > On Dec 29, 2016, at 23:01 , Regina Obe wrote: > > > > > >> As an aside from my last question about my LYDB effort: > > > >> https://medium.com/@gisborne/love-your-database-lydb- > 23c69f480a1d#.4jngp2rcb > > > >> I would like to find a book or other r

Re: [GENERAL] Book or other resource on Postgres-local code?

2016-12-29 Thread Guyren Howe
> On Dec 29, 2016, at 23:01 , Regina Obe wrote: > > >> As an aside from my last question about my LYDB effort: > >> https://medium.com/@gisborne/love-your-database-lydb-23c69f480a1d#.4jngp2rcb > >> I would like to find a book or other resource about SQL server-side >> programming (stored pro

Re: [GENERAL] Book or other resource on Postgres-local code?

2016-12-29 Thread Regina Obe
> As an aside from my last question about my LYDB effort: > https://medium.com/@gisborne/love-your-database-lydb-23c69f480a1d#.4jngp2rcb > I would like to find a book or other resource about SQL server-side > programming (stored procedures etc) best practices in general and for > Postgres in p

Re: [GENERAL] Book or other resource on Postgres-local code?

2016-12-29 Thread Charles Clavadetscher
Hi From: pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Guyren Howe Sent: Donnerstag, 29. Dezember 2016 23:32 To: pgsql-general Subject: [GENERAL] Book or other resource on Postgres-local code? As an aside from my last question about my LYDB

Re: [GENERAL] Book or other resource on Postgres-local code?

2016-12-29 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 29 Dec 2016, Guyren Howe wrote: I would like to find a book or other resource about SQL server-side programming (stored procedures etc) best practices in general and for Postgres in particular. Start here: Rich -- S

[GENERAL] Book or other resource on Postgres-local code?

2016-12-29 Thread Guyren Howe
As an aside from my last question about my LYDB effort: https://medium.com/@gisborne/love-your-database-lydb-23c69f480a1d#.4jngp2rcb I would like to find a book or other resource about SQL server-side programming (st

Re: [GENERAL] Book

2011-07-20 Thread Craig Ringer
On 21/07/11 07:31, Gavin Flower wrote: > On 21/07/11 10:45, Andrej wrote: >> Thanks all - book ordered :} >> > I wonder how much Greg has spent in bribes??? :-) Lots of time helping people out on this mailing list (for free), contributing work to Pg, etc. That's enough bribe for me. My copy is i

Re: [GENERAL] Book

2011-07-20 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Andrej wrote: > Can anyone recommend "PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance" by G. Smith? Highly recommended. I was one of Greg's reviewers and therefore read most of it ahead of time and I was still excited to get a hard copy of it. :) -- Sent via pgsql-general mail

Re: [GENERAL] Book

2011-07-20 Thread Steve Crawford
On 07/20/2011 04:31 PM, Gavin Flower wrote: On 21/07/11 10:45, Andrej wrote: Thanks all - book ordered :} I wonder how much Greg has spent in bribes??? :-) More seriously: I intend going through my copy in depth to get a better unbderstanding of pg. The funny thing is that at full list p

Re: [GENERAL] Book

2011-07-20 Thread Stephen Frost
* Gavin Flower (gavinflo...@archidevsys.co.nz) wrote: > On 21/07/11 10:45, Andrej wrote: > >Thanks all - book ordered :} +1 > I wonder how much Greg has spent in bribes??? :-) He's bought me a beer. :D Or maybe I him.. ;) > More seriously: I intend going through my copy in depth to get a > be

Re: [GENERAL] Book

2011-07-20 Thread Gavin Flower
On 21/07/11 10:45, Andrej wrote: Thanks all - book ordered :} I wonder how much Greg has spent in bribes??? :-) More seriously: I intend going through my copy in depth to get a better unbderstanding of pg. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make chang

Re: [GENERAL] Book

2011-07-20 Thread Andrej
Thanks all - book ordered :} -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general

Re: [GENERAL] Book

2011-07-20 Thread Steve Crawford
On 07/20/2011 03:29 PM, Tatsuo Ishii wrote: On Jul 20, 2011, at 18:11, Andrej wrote: Can anyone recommend "PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance" by G. Smith? Yes. +1. -- + (another) 1 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: ht

Re: [GENERAL] Book

2011-07-20 Thread Vibhor Kumar
On Jul 21, 2011, at 3:59 AM, Tatsuo Ishii wrote: >> On Jul 20, 2011, at 18:11, Andrej wrote: >> >>> Can anyone recommend "PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance" by G. Smith? >> >> Yes. > > +1. +1. Thanks & Regards, Vibhor Kumar EnterpriseDB Corporation The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company Blog: http

Re: [GENERAL] Book

2011-07-20 Thread Tatsuo Ishii
> On Jul 20, 2011, at 18:11, Andrej wrote: > >> Can anyone recommend "PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance" by G. Smith? > > Yes. +1. -- Tatsuo Ishii SRA OSS, Inc. Japan English: http://www.sraoss.co.jp/index_en.php Japanese: http://www.sraoss.co.jp -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-ge

Re: [GENERAL] Book

2011-07-20 Thread Michael Glaesemann
On Jul 20, 2011, at 18:11, Andrej wrote: > Can anyone recommend "PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance" by G. Smith? Yes. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general

[GENERAL] Book

2011-07-20 Thread Andrej
Can anyone recommend "PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance" by G. Smith? Cheers, Andrej -- Please don't top post, and don't use HTML e-Mail :}  Make your quotes concise. http://www.georgedillon.com/web/html_email_is_evil.shtml -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.or

Re: [GENERAL] Book recommendation?

2011-02-01 Thread Alban Hertroys
On 1 Feb 2011, at 21:15, Greg Smith wrote: > Herouth Maoz wrote: >> My sysadmin ran into the following book: >> >> PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance, by Gregory Smith, ISBN 184951030X >> http://amzn.com/184951030X >> > > That guy's a troublemaker, but I guess he writes OK. It must be tough to

Re: [GENERAL] Book recommendation?

2011-02-01 Thread Greg Smith
Herouth Maoz wrote: My sysadmin ran into the following book: PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance, by Gregory Smith, ISBN 184951030X http://amzn.com/184951030X That guy's a troublemaker, but I guess he writes OK. There are three customer reviews at http://www.amazon.com/PostgreSQL-High-Perform

Re: [GENERAL] Book recommendation?

2011-02-01 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Herouth Maoz wrote: > My sysadmin ran into the following book: > > PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance, by Gregory Smith, ISBN 184951030X > http://amzn.com/184951030X highly recommended. Also take a look at the pg admin cookbook from packt. -- Sent via pgsql-general

Re: [GENERAL] Book recommendation?

2011-02-01 Thread Chris Browne
hero...@unicell.co.il (Herouth Maoz) writes: > As a result of my recent encounter with table bloat and other tuning > issues I've been running into, I'm looking for a good resource for > improving my tuning skills. > > My sysadmin ran into the following book: > > PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance, by

Re: [GENERAL] Book recommendation?

2011-02-01 Thread Vick Khera
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Jeff Ross wrote: > I doubt you'll find a better book resource for recent versions of > PostgreSQL.  Both are  well and clearly written, and cover a lot of ground > in great detail. > > Greg Smith has helped me and countless others on this and the Performance > list

Re: [GENERAL] Book recommendation?

2011-02-01 Thread Jeff Ross
On 02/01/11 08:55, Herouth Maoz wrote: As a result of my recent encounter with table bloat and other tuning issues I've been running into, I'm looking for a good resource for improving my tuning skills. My sysadmin ran into the following book: PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance, by Gregory Smith

Re: [GENERAL] Book recommendation?

2011-02-01 Thread tv
> As a result of my recent encounter with table bloat and other tuning > issues I've been running into, I'm looking for a good resource for > improving my tuning skills. > > My sysadmin ran into the following book: > > PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance, by Gregory Smith, ISBN 184951030X > http://amzn

[GENERAL] Book recommendation?

2011-02-01 Thread Herouth Maoz
As a result of my recent encounter with table bloat and other tuning issues I've been running into, I'm looking for a good resource for improving my tuning skills. My sysadmin ran into the following book: PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance, by Gregory Smith, ISBN 184951030X http://amzn.com/1849510

[GENERAL] Book: Beginning DB with Postgresql by Matthew & Stones

2005-04-23 Thread Typing80wpm
I purchased two books today, to help me learn PostgreSQL (mine is on Windows).   The first book (see subject) is published by APRESS www.apress.com   A zipped download of all scripts/examples is at the site.   I just went through the first exercise, using isql, and I was pleased to discover (

[GENERAL] book for postgresql

2004-06-02 Thread Ed Wong
I am an oracle dba and new to postgresql. Could you tell me what is the best postgres book out there to start with? I am looking for a book which is sort of a complete reference including some dba chapters as well. Thanks in advance. ---(end of broadcast)

Re: [GENERAL] book for postgresql

2004-05-31 Thread Bret Busby
On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Christopher Browne wrote: > Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 20:57:13 -0500 > From: Christopher Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] book for postgresql > > A long time ago, in a galaxy far, fa

Re: [GENERAL] book for postgresql

2004-02-19 Thread Al Hulaton
Stephen Howard wrote: also, as much as i really like o'reilly books in general, i find the index in this one quite lacking. Yeah, I agree, and I work with one of the authors and he says the same thing! (long story, not worth it) In its stead, you can search and read the entire book at our webs

Re: [GENERAL] book for postgresql

2004-02-14 Thread Stephen Howard
also, as much as i really like o'reilly books in general, i find the index in this one quite lacking. Benjamin Jury wrote: -Original Message- From: Christopher Browne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 February 2004 01:57 To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"@postgresql.org Subjec

Re: [GENERAL] book on advanced postgresql?

2003-10-03 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Tom Lane writes: > Building the HTML version is pretty simple, but it does look like > making a nice printed version is tedious ... which, no doubt, is > why no one does it for beta releases. For printable versions, the size and complexity of the PostgreSQL documentation breaks every tool known t

Re: [GENERAL] book on advanced postgresql?

2003-10-03 Thread Tom Lane
Bruno Wolff III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 10:08:43 -0400, > John Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Does anyone provide printed copies of the documentation for a fee? I know >> some companies do this for other apps... > You should be able to print the documentation

Re: [GENERAL] book on advanced postgresql?

2003-10-03 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 10:08:43 -0400, John Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom, > > I'd love to, but I can't read at a terminal for longer than an hour or so. > I really prefer the dead tree version. > > Does anyone provide printed copies of the documentation for a fee? I know > some com

Re: [GENERAL] book on advanced postgresql?

2003-10-03 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
John Wells wrote: Tom, I'd love to, but I can't read at a terminal for longer than an hour or so. I really prefer the dead tree version. You can get the tarball of HTMLs out of a build and view it in lynx or something like that if you prefer. They are very simple HTMLs. I agree that when eyes a

Re: [GENERAL] book on advanced postgresql?

2003-10-03 Thread John Wells
Tom, I'd love to, but I can't read at a terminal for longer than an hour or so. I really prefer the dead tree version. Does anyone provide printed copies of the documentation for a fee? I know some companies do this for other apps... Thanks, John Tom Lane said: > "John Wells" <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [GENERAL] book on advanced postgresql?

2003-10-03 Thread Tom Lane
"John Wells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Are there any books out there that are fairly current, but go into the > more advanced aspects of Postgresql, such as internals and advanced > programming? I'd rather avoid the whole intro to SQL with a few extra > chapters on Postgresql if I could help i

[GENERAL] book on advanced postgresql?

2003-10-03 Thread John Wells
Are there any books out there that are fairly current, but go into the more advanced aspects of Postgresql, such as internals and advanced programming? I'd rather avoid the whole intro to SQL with a few extra chapters on Postgresql if I could help it. Thanks, John ---(

[GENERAL] Book webpage update

2001-10-13 Thread Bruce Momjian
I have updated my book's web page at: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/awbook.html Additions include: o Information about the new German and Japanese translations o Book reviews o Two new chapters, in HTML and PDF format -- Bruce Momjian

[GENERAL] Book "PostgreSQL" to be released in November 2001

2001-09-04 Thread Hartwig Jens
Dear colleagues and friens of PostgreSQL, I am pleased to be able to indicate to you the fact that I finished my book "PostgreSQL". The planned release date for the book is November this year. The book represents a comprehensive work manual about PostgreSQL. It treats all topics, important for t

[GENERAL] Book enters second printing

2001-01-29 Thread Bruce Momjian
Addison-Wesley has decided to do a second printing of my book. They will print another 5k copies to add to the first printing of 6k copies. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/awbook.html Thanks to those who purchased the book. -- Bruce Momjian| http://candle.pha

[GENERAL] Book now in book-sized format

2000-10-07 Thread Bruce Momjian
I have updated the PDF of my book so it is in the final book-sized format. A final PDF should go to the publisher within weeks. It is expected to be on sale in mid-November. It already appears on Amazon and Barnes & Noble web sites. I have finished the index. If anyone has suggestions for addi

[ANNOUNCE] Re: [GENERAL] Book nearing final form

2000-06-12 Thread Bruce Momjian
> At 06:28 PM 07-06-2000 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > >I have been told by the publisher that most changes to the book must be > >done by next week. > > > >The book is at: > > > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/awbook.html > > > >Again, many thanks to those that have supplied suggestions for

[ANNOUNCE] Re: [GENERAL] Book nearing final form

2000-06-12 Thread Lincoln Yeoh
At 06:28 PM 07-06-2000 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: >I have been told by the publisher that most changes to the book must be >done by next week. > >The book is at: > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/awbook.html > >Again, many thanks to those that have supplied suggestions for the book. More

[GENERAL] Book nearing final form

2000-06-07 Thread Bruce Momjian
I have been told by the publisher that most changes to the book must be done by next week. The book is at: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/awbook.html Again, many thanks to those that have supplied suggestions for the book. -- Bruce Momjian| http://www.op.net

[GENERAL] Book is completed

2000-05-25 Thread Bruce Momjian
I have completed my book. New chapters include: Chapter 18, Functions and Triggers Chapter 20, Administration I still need to work on the appendix and index. I want to thank the many people who e-mailed me with suggestions and encouragement. This helped make the book better,

RE: [GENERAL] Book completed except for chapters 18 and 20

2000-05-14 Thread Bill Barnes
KUDOS! Looked for a statement of release version. Presumably, it is 7.x current. >= Original Message From Lincoln Yeoh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = >Comments: >Make your book upgradeable? > >e.g. have a release that can be optionally ring bound. Then you can insert >updates downloaded and prin

Re: [GENERAL] Book completed except for chapters 18 and 20

2000-05-14 Thread Lincoln Yeoh
Comments: Make your book upgradeable? e.g. have a release that can be optionally ring bound. Then you can insert updates downloaded and printed from the web (updates maybe available only to registered users ;) ). [1] If it's upgradeable, then release sensitive material like field,query,row,etc l

[GENERAL] Book recommendation

1999-02-12 Thread Simon Drabble
I'm looking for a really good book on SQL (not Postgres particularly) to include such arcanery as Triggers Stored procedures Query optimisation Examples illustrating these concepts will be a big bonus. Any recommendations? Si. -- Simon Drabble [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[GENERAL] Book completed through chapter 6

1999-01-16 Thread Bruce Momjian
I have completed through chapter 6 of my book, "PostgreSQL: Introduction and Concepts." Of course, this is only the first draft. It can be viewed at: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/awbook.html There are major improvements in this version. I have added sections to chapter 4 dealing wi