Re: [HACKERS] Learning PostgreSQL

2003-10-07 Thread Roderick A. Anderson
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.

[HACKERS] Learning PostgreSQL

2003-10-07 Thread Gevik Babakhani
Dear PostgreSQL masters, I know this might like a childish question and you probably might have a good laugh over this but I would like to learn how PostgreSQL works inside-out. Could anyone please give me some pointers of where to start in/from the sourcecode? I am grateful for any help. Gevik.

Re: [HACKERS] Learning PostgreSQL

2003-10-05 Thread Bruce Momjian
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 textbook

Re: [HACKERS] Learning PostgreSQL

2003-10-05 Thread Alvaro Herrera
On Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 11:15:56PM +0200, Gevik Babakhani wrote: Gevik, > I know this might look like a childish question and you > probably might have a good laugh over this but I > would like to learn how PostgreSQL works inside-out. > Could anyone please give me some pointers of where to star

Re: [HACKERS] Learning PostgreSQL

2003-10-05 Thread Neil Conway
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. >

Re: [HACKERS] Learning PostgreSQL

2003-10-05 Thread Nigel J. Andrews
On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, Gevik Babakhani wrote: > Dear PostgreSQL masters, > > I know this might look like a childish question and you > probably might have a good laugh over this but I > would like to learn how PostgreSQL works inside-out. > Could anyone please give me some pointers of where to star

Re: [HACKERS] Learning PostgreSQL

2003-10-05 Thread Bruce Momjian
Neil Conway wrote: > On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 17:21, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Sure, check out the developers web page. It has some basic outlines, > > and an FAQ. After that, it is mostly digging. You will need an editor > > that supports tags or some way to pull symbols out of the code, and > > hop

Re: [HACKERS] Learning PostgreSQL

2003-10-05 Thread Neil Conway
On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 17:21, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Sure, check out the developers web page. It has some basic outlines, > and an FAQ. After that, it is mostly digging. You will need an editor > that supports tags or some way to pull symbols out of the code, and > hopefully cross-references. Dep

Re: [HACKERS] Learning PostgreSQL

2003-10-05 Thread Bruce Momjian
Gevik Babakhani wrote: > Dear PostgreSQL masters, > > I know this might look like a childish question and you > probably might have a good laugh over this but I > would like to learn how PostgreSQL works inside-out. > Could anyone please give me some pointers of where to start > in/from the sourc

[HACKERS] Learning PostgreSQL

2003-10-05 Thread Gevik Babakhani
Dear PostgreSQL masters, I know this might look like a childish question and you probably might have a good laugh over this but I would like to learn how PostgreSQL works inside-out. Could anyone please give me some pointers of where to start in/from the source code? I am grateful for any help.