[GENERAL] Status of pgaccess

2007-06-27 Thread Bret Busby
t;, which is not the Debian "stable" distribution. Has any work been done on pgaccess, since 2003 (the assumed date of the latest Debian release of the application package), and, does a version exist, that is compatible with PostgreSQL 8.x? Thank you in anticipation. -- Bret Busby

[GENERAL] Training and certification

2004-07-08 Thread Bret Busby
.org . Is that the only PostgreSQL certification that is recognised? Is it recognised internationally? Thank you in anticipation, for answers to all of these questions. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll

Re: [GENERAL] book for postgresql

2004-05-31 Thread Bret Busby
ed > along with the PostgreSQL installation. > > All four of these sources are quite good. I have all but Bruce's book > on my desk... > For some strange reason, the message above, took somewhat over three months to come through, maybe due to the To address in the header (?

Re: [GENERAL] Is my MySQL Gaining ?

2003-12-31 Thread Bret Busby
soft certifications, I was referring to the MCAD and MCSD certifications. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of "The Hitchhiker

Re: [GENERAL] Is my MySQL Gaining ?

2003-12-30 Thread Bret Busby
> > Informix and Oracle and Microsoft have such things, from my > > understanding. > > As someone who has passed the MS exams, you don't need them, they are > joke. The A+ was more difficult than the memorize the side bars and > select letter "C" testing th

Re: [GENERAL] Is my MySQL Gaining ?

2003-12-30 Thread Bret Busby
repared to learn from others - remember that quote? "Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to reapeat it". It would be unfortunate, for PostgreSQL to disappear, like the Beta video format, due to the PostgreSQL community not being willing to learn from others. -- Bret Bus

Re: [GENERAL] Is my MySQL Gaining ?

2003-12-30 Thread Bret Busby
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, Tom Lane wrote: > Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 02:07:23 -0500 > From: Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Bret Busby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Is my MySQL Gaining ? > > Bret Busby <

Re: [GENERAL] Is my MySQL Gaining ?

2003-12-29 Thread Bret Busby
p, and, similarly, with joebloggs and AccountsThing. Likewise with separate ISP accounts and any PostgreSQL databases that they have and use on their web sites. Clarification of whether my understanding is correct, would be appreciated. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. &q

Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [GENERAL] Is my MySQL Gaining ?

2003-12-29 Thread Bret Busby
tions, this book gives a huge boost to any > newbie. > > And, if a person did not already have it installed and set up, would the person then have not been required to find elsewhere, how to do those? -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .. "So once you do kno

Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [GENERAL] Is my MySQL Gaining ?

2003-12-29 Thread Bret Busby
material again, or whether the student can move on. To give a person knowledge, increases the person's memorised information; to require the person to use the knowledge, makes the person learn, and increases the person's skills. That is why I have repeatedly referred to the need for a &qu

Re: [GENERAL] Is my MySQL Gaining ?

2003-12-29 Thread Bret Busby
ngs that I have repeatedly mentioned; formalised, standardised, structured, training and certification, and, a "Teach Yourself PostgreSQLin 21 Days" book, with appropriate set exercises, as in any good trauining course. When PostgreSQL has these, then it will have achieved the maturity o

Re: [GENERAL] [NOVICE] PostgreSQL Training

2003-12-12 Thread Bret Busby
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:41:39 -0500 (EST) > From: Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Chris Travers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Stephan Szabo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bret Busby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL

Re: [GENERAL] [NOVICE] PostgreSQL Training

2003-12-10 Thread Bret Busby
stgreSQL. Thus, whilst, if I chose that path, it might not be any great loss, if others followed that path, and, went to MySQL instead of PostgreSQL, due to the lack of formalised training and certification of PostgreSQL skills, it would be a loss of potential usage and acceptance, by PostgreSQ