Re: Postgresql, SQL server and Oracle. Please, help

From: felix(at)crowfix(dot)com
To: Nadia Kunkov <nadiak(at)parkerglobal(dot)com>
Cc: "Postgres help (E-mail)" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Postgresql, SQL server and Oracle. Please, help
Date: 2005-01-25 19:00:22
Message-ID: 20050125190022.GA31060@crowfix.com
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On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 12:35:50PM -0500, Nadia Kunkov wrote:

> Hi, I was wondering where can I get documentation and especially examples on PgSQL? I've done a lot of work with Ms SQL server and need to rewrite a number of stored procedures in PgSQL. Is there a tutorial? What is the best way to start?
> Can I read an Oracle book? How close is Oracle to Postgresql?

Not specifically what you want, but there's a book with the
imaginative name of "SQL" by Chris Fehily, Peachpit Press, ISBN
0-201-11803-0, meant as a beginner's guide, but which also includes
all the variations in SQL for PostgreSQL, Oracle, and MS SQL Server.
That is why I got it, and it is pretty handy for me, a non-guru.

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