Re: [GENERAL] Studying

1999-10-30 Thread Samy Elashmawy
on more advanced topics, I would mention Kimball's work as well. > >I personally disagree with your assertion about never going wrong with >O'Reilly. While for many topics O'Reilly is my publisher of choice, I'm >finding that newer titles increasingly disappoint. I don't want to mention >specifi

Re: [GENERAL] Studying

1999-10-29 Thread Ken Gunderson
At 06:57 PM 10/29/99 -0400, Bill Meahan wrote: >On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, John Henderson wrote: >> Hi, >> I am in need of a great SQL reference that is readable by a beginner but is >> also comprehensive, any recommendations? Do you think O'Reilly is best? I >> have seen others recommended? >> > >Thou

Re: [GENERAL] Studying

1999-10-29 Thread Bill Meahan
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, John Henderson wrote: > Hi, > I am in need of a great SQL reference that is readable by a beginner but is > also comprehensive, any recommendations? Do you think O'Reilly is best? I > have seen others recommended? > Though you'll never go wrong with an O'Reilly book, IMNSHO,

Re: [GENERAL] Studying

1999-10-29 Thread Bruce Momjian
> And I never weary of touting the virtue of the `LAN TIMES Guide to SQL' > by Groff and Weinberg. I find it superior to every other tome I've read. > It includes very handy charts. The data type comparison chart includes > Ingres whose data types match PG for the most part. I ripped mine out >

Re: [GENERAL] Studying

1999-10-29 Thread Duncan Kinder
on <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 6:00 AM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Studying > On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Ken Gunderson wrote: > > > At 01:17 PM 10/29/99 +1200, John Henderson wrote: > > >Hi, > > >I am in need of a great SQL reference

Re: [GENERAL] Studying

1999-10-29 Thread Thomas Good
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Ken Gunderson wrote: > At 01:17 PM 10/29/99 +1200, John Henderson wrote: > >Hi, > >I am in need of a great SQL reference that is readable by a beginner but is > >also comprehensive, any recommendations? Do you think O'Reilly is best? I > >have seen others recommended? > > > >

Re: [GENERAL] Studying

1999-10-28 Thread Ken Gunderson
At 01:17 PM 10/29/99 +1200, John Henderson wrote: >Hi, >I am in need of a great SQL reference that is readable by a beginner but is >also comprehensive, any recommendations? Do you think O'Reilly is best? I >have seen others recommended? > >I have pretty much exhausted the online documentation/FAQ

Re: [GENERAL] Studying

1999-10-28 Thread Bruce Momjian
> On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, John Henderson wrote: > > > Hi, > > I am in need of a great SQL reference that is readable by a beginner but is > > also comprehensive, any recommendations? Do you think O'Reilly is best? I > > have seen others recommended? > > > Don't know if you've seen this link yet, b