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Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 01:04:34 -0800
From: Daniel Bruce Lynes <dlynes@shaw.ca>
Subject: Re: What's a good PostgreSQL guide book?
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On Wednesday 26 March 2003 14:30, Gary Hendricks wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'm thinking of buying "Practical PostgreSQL"
> from O'Reilly.
>
> Has anyone got any comments on this book?
> Can anyone suggest alternatives?
>
> My level is best described as "intermediate".
> Thanks in advance!

Another good one is 'PostgreSQL:  Introduction and Concepts', by our very own 
Bruce Momjian.  However, it is a bit dated.  It seems to have been written 
around the time 7.0 or 7.1 came out.  It's not current with the 7.2 series of 
PostgreSQL.