| From: | Steve Atkins <steve(at)blighty(dot)com> |
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| To: | PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Packt's PostgreSQL 9 Administration Cookbook: LITE Editions? |
| Date: | 2012-07-05 21:47:13 |
| Message-ID: | A1919BC3-CD2A-4561-AED7-03875FCE1001@blighty.com |
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On Jul 5, 2012, at 2:09 PM, James Hartley wrote:
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>
> By scouring the table of contents, it appears that these "newer" LITE
> editions are subsets of the older volume. It does not appear that there is
> any new material in these newer offerings.
>
> I am *very* much a fan of Simon Riggs' 2010 work (along with Greg Smith's
> PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance also published by Packt...). If there is
> new material in these LITE editions, I will be happy to purchase them, but
> upon first glance on what information Amazon provides, these LITE editions
> don't appear to contain anything new. Can anyone here confirm?
The publishers page on their LITE books - http://www.packtpub.com/lite-editions - seems to confirm that they're just subsets of the full book.
Cheers,
Steve
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