The second edition of the best-selling PostgreSQL has been updated to completely cover new features and capabilities of the 8.0 version of PostgreSQL. You will be lead through the internals of the powerful PostgreSQL open source database chapter, offering an easy-to-read, code-based approach that makes it easy to understand how each feature is implemented, how to best use each feature, and how to get more performance from database applications. This definitive guide to building, programming and administering the powerful PostgreSQL open-source database system will help you harness one of the most widely used open source, enterprise-level database systems.

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Excellent resource for any PostgreSQL admin - 2007-08-12
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PostgreSQL 2nd Edition is a phenomenal book if you're a programmer, and a great book if you're a non-programming admin. As someone whose programming ability reaches only ever so slightly beyond bash scripting and WSH, the parts of this book that were really worthwhile to me were those devoted to the administration of PostgreSQL. Backing up, recovering, and performance tuning were excellent resources, especially to someone who had never set up or administered a database. Speaking of which, the very beginning of the book, covering what exactly a database is, terminology, and setting up and creating schema were invaluable. To have all the information in PostgreSQL 2nd Edition consolidated in this one book makes it a must-have for any admin's bookshelf. The only reason it didn't get 5 stars from me was because I'm not a programmer, and I couldn't take away every single ounce this great resource had to offer.

well worth the money - 2008-12-07
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This is probably not a book for a beginner, but if one has an experience with database or just programming experience and wants to get into Postgres fast - this book delivers. It was very good for me, anyway. Recommended.

PostgreSQL (2nd Ed) worth having - 2008-03-09
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As a developer with many years IT experience in control systems and only a little in databases and none with Postgres, I found this book to be extremely helpful. It covered a huge amount of topics with examples and put them together in a way that made it more efficient than googling!

It helped that I knew what topics I needed in looking for answers but the chapters were self explantory in the topics they covered which I believe would allow a beginner to make quick progress in learning Postgres.

Cavaet: If you are after a book to learn SQL and database design (normal forms) you will be disappointed, this book is not for you.

Comprehensive introduction to PostgreSQL - 2008-01-28
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I am a database application developer with MS SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase and many other RDBMSs experience.
This book allowed me to start working on PostgreSQL immediately.
Pro: comprehensive, good examples, good supplement to the documentation.
Cons: is not deep enough for me (does not explain format of a transaction log file or WAL file, for example), but, I guess, I should read the PostgreSQL code for this.
If you are new to databases you would need to read some other books first.

PostgreSQL (Douglas & Douglas) 2e - 2009-02-06
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Over 1000 pages of information updated to include version 8.0 of PgSOL. I still Bruce Momjian's 2001 "PostgreSQL: Introdugcion and Concepts" because it is smaller and easier to use, but where old methods no longer work I use this new work.

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