Re: Good Books

There's actually a list of recommended books up on techdocs:
http://techdocs.postgresql.org/#books
It could use a little updating, but is still pretty good.

Robert Treat

On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 09:57, Jeff Davis wrote:
> If you are looking for a database theory book, I highly recommend "An
> Introduction to Database Systems" by C.J. Date. It's very theoretical,
> but it's precisely worded and very interesting.
>
> Regards,
> Jeff Davis
>
>
> On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 06:54 -0600, Scott Marlowe wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 06:37, postgresql(at)bryden(dot)co(dot)za wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I am new to PostgreSQL and find that the standard documentation is very
> > > thin. I would like to buy a more comprehensive book. All the available
> > > books seem very out of date!!! Firstly, does it matter if I buy a book
> > > that was published in Feb 2003? Will such a book be hopelessly out of
> > > date?
> > >
> > > Does anyone know of any books that will be releasing imminently?
> >
> > The first books to pick up and become familiar with are the ones on
> > database theory, not specifically postgresql. While a lot of other
> > databases come with documentation that explains a lot of relational
> > theory, PostgreSQL comes with documentation that pretty much assumes you
> > already understand database basics and are looking for how to do some
> > particular thing in postgresql. So it's not that it's thin in terms of
> > covering PostgreSQL, but thin in terms that it's focus is not general
> > database theory, but postgresql specifics.
> >
> > A lot of the books written about PostgreSQL have more information about
> > theory, but honestly, a good generic database oriented book is usually
> > more helpful at first for most folks.
> >
> > If you're already familiar with basic db theory, then look for some of
> > the pgsql books that have been placed online by their publishers.
> >
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