Request for book reviews/comments

Folks,

Below are several "how-to" book reviews I intend to put up at TechDocs
(with Justin's OK). The idea is to provide a list of reference books to
reccomend to begineers and other developers, with the caveat that all
books must be directly related to PostgreSQL in some way and the reviews
will be tailored accordingly. I will start with sections on Postgres,
Database Design/Administration and SQL, and I can also picture sections
on JDBC books, Programming Open Source Projects, etc.

See if you agree with these reviews, and add your own:

Postgres Books:

PostgreSQL, Introduction and Concepts (by Bruce Momjian, Addison-Wesley,
ISBN: 0201703319) The original beginner's manual to PostgreSQL by one
of the core developers, Momjian's book contains a spectrum of
introductory material on how to get up and running with PostgreSQL while
leaving more advanced topics for later books. It includes an
introduction to SQL 92 in general as well as Postgres extensions and the
basics of Postgres command-line administration. As such, this is
probably the perfect book for the user who is brand new to Postgres and
inexperienced in SQL.

REVIEW WANTED: PostgreSQL by Jeff Perkins

REVIEW WANTED: PostgreSQL Programmer's Guide by our own Thomas Lockhart.

SQL Books:

SQL in a Nutshell (Kline, Kline & Kline, O'Reilly, ISBN: 1565927443)
This slim volume is a useful reference for any experienced SQL developer
wanting to keep track of the dialectical differences between Postgres,
MySQL, MS SQL Server, and Oracle or looking to port a SQL application
between platforms. It also has an informative overview of the several
SQL standards (92, 99 and SQL 3). As it does not contain any tutorial
material and few examples, it is not useful to the beginner. Also the
book should not be used as a primary SQL reference dictionary due to
weak indexing and several notable omissions.

REVIEW WANTED: SQL Queries for Mere Mortals, by Michael Hernandez et
al.

REVIEW WANTED: SQL for Smarties, by Joe Celko (plus other Joe Celko
books)

Database Design and Administration Books:

Practical Issues in Database Management (Fabian Pascal, Addison-Wesley,
ISBN: 0201485559) This book covers in-depth a number of issues that are
all too often neglected for the self-educated DBA, including: relational
design, normalization, primary keys, and deviations from the SQL
standard. All is explained in a completely implementation-agnostic way,
with many diagrams and examples. A must for anyone required to create
any complex database application from scratch.

REVIEW WANTED: Database Design for Mere Mortals, by Michael Hernandez.

-Josh

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