From: | Bill Sneed <bsneed(at)mint(dot)net> |
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To: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
Cc: | dustin sallings <dustin(at)spy(dot)net>, Stephan Doliov <statsol(at)statsol(dot)com>, pgsql-novice(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [NOVICE] Re: Subject: Re: [GENERAL] A book for PgSQL? A need? yes? no? |
Date: | 1999-02-12 12:58:22 |
Message-ID: | 36C4256E.E6CCDCA6@mint.net |
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The Hermit Hacker wrote:
>
> On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, dustin sallings wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Stephan Doliov wrote:
> >
> > So, are we serious about this? Should we start up a list for
> > details?
>
> Like, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org :) How much of what is already
> done by the Docs Team pertinent to all this, and, if not, why not? If our
> existing manuals don't make good documentation, then why not, and
> shouldn't those be fixed too?
>
In the "FWIW Department" here's my $0.02.....
With the docs included in 6.4.2 and a good book or two on SQL &
database design I'm not really sure how much more you need to get a db
up and running. For serious, professional developers, I presume they
already have most of the skills to use PG as a development platform
and just have to learn the nuances. As PG simultaneously converges on
the SQL2/3 standard and goes its own enlightened way, I'm finding it
easier to use with each revision by referring to non-PG sources.
If the docs for PHP3 were as good as PostgreSQL's my little project
would be much further along but I see no reason why the folks at PG
should make up for PHP's shortcomings.
Questions still remain [like...why no outer joins & how to simulate
them] but these listservs have rescued me so far <G> Perhaps a list
devoted to Stephan's items 3, 4, and 5 would be helpful?
....Bill Sneed Prospect, Maine....
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