Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training recommendations?

2012-11-21 Thread Jasen Betts
On 2012-10-17, Vincent Veyron vv.li...@wanadoo.fr wrote: I am surprised none of the fine contributors to this thread mentionned an activity they practice extensively, which is reading this list's content every day. Best training material ever in my opinion. Yeah, if you want to learn

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training recommendations?

2012-11-21 Thread Chris Travers
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 1:49 AM, Jasen Betts ja...@xnet.co.nz wrote: On 2012-10-17, Vincent Veyron vv.li...@wanadoo.fr wrote: I am surprised none of the fine contributors to this thread mentionned an activity they practice extensively, which is reading this list's content every day.

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training recommendations?

2012-10-17 Thread Vincent Veyron
I am surprised none of the fine contributors to this thread mentionned an activity they practice extensively, which is reading this list's content every day. Best training material ever in my opinion. -- Vincent Veyron http://marica.fr/ Logiciel de gestion des assurances sinistres et des

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training recommendations?

2012-10-17 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:56 AM, Vincent Veyron vv.li...@wanadoo.fr wrote: I am surprised none of the fine contributors to this thread mentionned an activity they practice extensively, which is reading this list's content every day. Best training material ever in my opinion. A pay-for

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training recommendations?

2012-10-17 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:56 AM, Vincent Veyron vv.li...@wanadoo.fr wrote: I am surprised none of the fine contributors to this thread mentionned an activity they practice extensively, which is reading this list's

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training recommendations?

2012-10-17 Thread Vincent Veyron
Le jeudi 18 octobre 2012 à 01:42 +1100, Chris Angelico a écrit : Is it possible somehow to claim that reading this list is vital to your work, and therefore the 5 hours a week you spend answering other threads (in order to repay the community) is a legitimate work expense? :) The ratio of

[GENERAL] PostgreSQL training recommendations?

2012-10-16 Thread Matthew Kappel
Hi pgsql-general, I'm looking for advice on good training courses for PostgreSQL (on- or off-site, on- or off-line). I'm hoping to find something that can cover basic administration, performance optimization topics, and clustering tools like Slony and pgpool for someone. I realize that

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training recommendations?

2012-10-16 Thread Thalis Kalfigkopoulos
I assume the EntrerpriseDB certification seminars are an obvious quick answer: http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/training/dba-training But TBH, I find the PostgreSQL manual to be an excelent guide if you don't mind reading. It is extremely well written (kudos to whoever is

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training recommendations?

2012-10-16 Thread Bruce Momjian
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 02:53:14PM -0300, Thalis Kalfigkopoulos wrote: I assume the EntrerpriseDB certification seminars are an obvious quick answer: http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/training/dba-training But TBH, I find the PostgreSQL manual to be an excelent guide if

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training recommendations?

2012-10-16 Thread Bruce Momjian
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 02:34:37PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 02:53:14PM -0300, Thalis Kalfigkopoulos wrote: I assume the EntrerpriseDB certification seminars are an obvious quick answer: http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/training/dba-training

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training recommendations?

2012-10-16 Thread Thalis Kalfigkopoulos
True about the lack of framework putting the pieces together and providing an overview. Also IMHO another difficulty the manual poses is that the reader doesn't have a way to confirm his level of understanding after reading a chapter. Letting aside the concepts for which creating a

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training recommendations?

2012-10-16 Thread David Johnston
-Original Message- From: pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-general- ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Thalis Kalfigkopoulos Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 3:24 PM To: Bruce Momjian Cc: Matthew Kappel; pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training recommendations?

2012-10-16 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 16:24:08 -0300, Thalis Kalfigkopoulos tkalf...@gmail.com wrote: Also IMHO another difficulty the manual poses is that the reader doesn't have a way to confirm his level of understanding after reading a chapter. It isn't too hard to play with a toy database. I

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training recommendations?

2012-10-16 Thread Greg Smith
On 10/16/12 3:24 PM, Thalis Kalfigkopoulos wrote: Now I'd understand the Pg manual writers being reluctant about shifting from manual to DB-book, but I'm guessing, the manual being as well written as it is, that many of us are already using it as a learning book anyway. The official manual is

[GENERAL] PostgreSQL training

2010-06-28 Thread Ingmar Alting
Hello All, I want to take a training course about “PostgreSQL” and have been browsing trough http://www.postgresql.org/about/eventarchive , but I am not sure about the level of training offered as there are disclaimers everywhere. Is there anybody on the list having experience with training

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training

2005-03-14 Thread Robert Treat
On Sun, 2005-03-13 at 15:23, Alex Adriaanse wrote: Hi, I'm working on an application for a client that uses PostgreSQL as its database backend. The client wants to train their team on PostgreSQL so that they can maintain the application and the database themselves after it goes live

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training

2005-03-14 Thread Sven Willenberger
Alex Adriaanse presumably uttered the following on 03/13/05 15:23: Hi, I'm working on an application for a client that uses PostgreSQL as its database backend. The client wants to train their team on PostgreSQL so that they can maintain the application and the database themselves after it

[GENERAL] PostgreSQL training

2005-03-13 Thread Alex Adriaanse
Hi, I'm working on an application for a client that uses PostgreSQL as its database backend. The client wants to train their team on PostgreSQL so that they can maintain the application and the database themselves after it goes live should they need to. As far as I know the majority of them

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training curriculum

2004-12-27 Thread Devrim GUNDUZ
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On Tue, 21 Dec 2004, Jim C. Nasby wrote: I've been contracted to provide 3 days of PostgreSQL training, and I'm wondering if anyone has curriculum they'd like to share with me, or suggestions for course materials. This course is targeted at

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training curriculum

2004-12-22 Thread Richard_D_Levine
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[GENERAL] PostgreSQL training curriculum

2004-12-21 Thread Jim C. Nasby
I've been contracted to provide 3 days of PostgreSQL training, and I'm wondering if anyone has curriculum they'd like to share with me, or suggestions for course materials. This course is targeted at database experts who want to come up to speed on PostgreSQL, so it will deal mostly with

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training curriculum

2004-12-21 Thread Doug Quale
Jim C. Nasby [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am being paid for this training, so keep that in mind if you're a real GPL zealot. ;) Why would a GPL zealot care if you are being paid to provide training? ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: Have you

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training curriculum

2004-12-21 Thread Jim C. Nasby
On Tue, Dec 21, 2004 at 04:13:46PM -0600, Doug Quale wrote: Jim C. Nasby [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am being paid for this training, so keep that in mind if you're a real GPL zealot. ;) Why would a GPL zealot care if you are being paid to provide training? Maybe 'GPL zealot' is a bad

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training curriculum

2004-12-21 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
Or anything else for that matter? The GPL specifically allows you to charge even for the software (for other people's work, in fact); the catch is that you can't prevent the people you sell it to from giving it away for free, so what's the point ;-) (although companies like redhat and mandrake

[GENERAL] postgresql training course, please recommend

2004-06-11 Thread zhicheng wang
dear all can any one recommend a good postgresql training course in the UK. thanks cheng = Best wishes Z C Wang ___ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - so many all-new ways to express yourself

Re: [GENERAL] postgresql training course, please recommend

2004-06-11 Thread Devrim GUNDUZ
Hi, On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, [iso-8859-1] zhicheng wang wrote: can any one recommend a good postgresql training course in the UK. thanks http://techdocs.postgresql.org/companies.php Some companies provide training courses for PostgreSQL. Regards, -- Devrim GUNDUZ devrim~gunduz.org

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Training

2003-12-15 Thread brew
Bret. The MySQL certifications, are international skillset certifications, like MCAD, MCSD, MCSE, RHCE, and LPI certifications, and, from what I understand, similarly, internationally recognised. In my experience these have less to do with being proficient at a disipline and more to do