Here is a link to the sql for smarties book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1558603239/102-3995931-7263333?v=glance
by Joe Celko Has some cool ways of handling trees in sql ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Travers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2003 5:49 AM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Advocacy, Thoughts and Comments > Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Advocacy, Thoughts and CommentsRegarding the > learning curve issue, maybe people can recommend their favorite books. I > recommend "SQL Unleashed" (I forget the author), pub. Samms. "SQL For > Smarties" also gets recommended often around here, but again, I don't know > the author (or in this case, even the publisher). Maybe there are others > too that people can recommend. > > As for the paper-- I think your title is good ("PostgreSQL - Ideal for any > application development"), and I will have to look at how to organize it. I > wanted to cover the following topics: > 1) Different types of databases, and what is meant by Object Relational > 2) Enterprise-ready features (Views, Stored Proceedures, Subselects, etc.) > 3) RDBMS tasks and how these features fit in. > > Perhaps a followup paper could be written as a basic treatise in database > design. > > The other issues I am seing here involve finding a suitable venue for > publication. Any suggestions here are welcome also. > > Best Wishes, > Chris Travers > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster