[ale] PostgreSQL DBA Guides

Charles Shapiro hooterpincher at gmail.com
Mon Sep 19 16:50:48 EDT 2011


Ooh, and even if you think you know sql and db design, I highly recommend
_The_Art_of_SQL_ ( Stephane Faroult, O'Reilly Media, 2006) (
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/art-of-sql-stephane-faroult/1100303260?ean=9780596008949&itm=1&usri=the%2bart%2bof%2bsql
).  Hilarious fun and very informative.

-- CHS


On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> There's a "nutshell " guide that covers the major db tools, oracle, mysql,
> postgresql, sql server, that make a good translation guide. Also look at
> Programming Postgresql. Some of the main devs have good books.
>
> On Sep 19, 2011 11:30 AM, "David Tomaschik" <david at systemoverlord.com>
> wrote:
>> As much as I hate to admit it, I've never done anything with
>> PostgreSQL. Can anyone recommend a good resource for getting started?
>> I'm rather thinking of some sort of rosetta stone from MySQL. I'm
>> thinking of something like
>> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_for_Oracle_DBAs, but with a
>> MySQL background instead of Oracle. I'm not so much concerned about
>> the SQL syntax (I'm pretty decent with ANSI SQL) as I am with the DBA
>> side of things, which is where they really diverge.
>>
>> I've looked at a few "PostgreSQL howtos" but they don't seem to get
>> into a lot of depth. On the other hand, the pure PostgreSQL
>> documentation is rather dry reading.
>>
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>> David Tomaschik, RHCE, LPIC-1
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