Re: PostgreSQL speakers needed for OSCON 2004

I like Joe's ideas about presentations on the
specific PLs. This crosses over with Robert's
idea about advanced Tools and Tricks.

So...I'm considering both a talk and a tutorial
proposal. I can't decide yet exactly what
I'm going to do, yet, but I need to put it
out so that if someone else wants one of
these topics we can either work together
or figure out who wants to do what.

* What is a ORDBMS? And how does postgresql
implement it? (talk)
* Advanced plpgsql (talk or tutorial)
* Basic plpython (talk or tutorial)
* Intro to postgresql (tutorial)
* Creating new datatypes (this might conflict
with Joe's tutorial). (tutorial)

--elein

On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 01:41:15PM -0500, Robert Treat wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 21:52, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > Greg,
> >
> > > The call for participation has been issued for the 2004 O'Reilly
> > > Open Source convention, and once again, PostgreSQL has a track:
> >
> > Hmmmm ... I think we're double-tracking here -- O'Reilly e-mailed me
> > seperately today. Just one of us should be the contact point.
> >
> > Also, Jillian, are you up for helping to organize this?
> >
> > I really do think that we, as a community, should try to organize who's going
> > to propose what in order to have a "complete track" for PostgreSQL this time,
> > rather than just encouraging people to apply willy-nilly.
> >
>
> Here are ideas for possible presentations that either people have
> mentioned to me or I have been kicking around:
>
> Introduction to PostgreSQL - a brief run down on features,
> set-up/administration, where to get help and information, where to find
> add-on software,
>
> PostgreSQL on Windows - Showcase postgresql native windows (hopefully),
> explain how the different tools work, cover ODBC information.
>
> >From LRU to ARC - explain the changes involved in the switch and the
> reasoning behind it.
>
> Full Text Indexing with tsearch2 - explain how it all works
>
> Optimizing PostgreSQL queries - explain output of explain commands and
> what too look for in them. Also go over logging options that can help
>
> PostgreSQL Advanced Tools and Tricks - examples of using complex
> functions / data types / operators, using rules to make updateable
> views, using triggers to make materialized views.
>
> Replication - give a run down of various replication solutions,
> including rserv in contrib, and rserve/slony from gborg. Potentially
> highlight commercial offerings.
>
> PostGIS - explain what it is, how you use it, how it's handy.
>
> DataWarehousing with PostgreSQL - Cover improvements in 7.4 for this,
> also some items in contrib.
>
> PostgreSQL war stories - A good example is the .org registry, but it's
> been done, so showcase another "enterprise level" setup, or perhaps a
> migration from Oracle/DB2/m$
>
>
>
> Anyone care to add to the list, or claim one of these?
>
>
> Robert Treat
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