| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | mik(at)nix(dot)org(dot)ru |
| Cc: | Matt Friedman <matt(at)sprynewmedia(dot)com>, PgSql General List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Re: Bad book review |
| Date: | 2001-02-14 14:19:02 |
| Message-ID: | 200102141419.JAA27906@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> Matt Friedman wrote:
> >
> > I have it and have found it very useful.
>
> I think charachter about Functions and Triggers too small.
> Server-side functions are very impotant for check input information and
> integrity of database.
Yes, because the book is "Introduction and Concepts" I had to decide how
much detail people _should_ know, and how much is too much for someone
starting out with PostgreSQL.
Beginning people are very bad at understanding what is important, and
what can wait until they have been using it for a while.
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