Re: Looking for an intro-to-SQL book which is PostgreSQL-friendly

SQL for Dummies is pretty agnostic. Follow that up with SQL Cookbook from
O'Reilly and you have a good one two punch!

On 2 September 2011 19:48, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:

> All,
>
> I'm looking for an intro-to-SQL book for teaching a class, one aimed at
> folks who know *nothing* about RDBMSes, which is not based on MySQL or
> MSAccess. The ones I have on my desk are all based on one or the other,
> except The Manga Guide to Databases, which I can't use in a serious class.
>
> The PostgreSQL books I've seen all make the assumption that the reader
> already knows what an RDBMS is and a little SQL. The sole exception to
> this may be Beginning Databases with PostgreSQL from Apress, but that
> book is somewhat out-of-date (last edition, 2005), and teaches some bad
> habits around keys.
>
> Does anyone have other suggestions?
>
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