Re: I am NOT a programmer!
От | Daniel Staal |
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Тема | Re: I am NOT a programmer! |
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Msg-id | 13715885f29770a013edadcb0fec7344@mail.magehandbook.com обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | I am NOT a programmer! ("Shawn Matthews" <shawntmatthews.mba@gmail.com>) |
Список | pgsql-novice |
On 2012-05-10 08:43, Shawn Matthews wrote: > Hello, > > I tried to install PostgreSQL as part of a package install of Open > Portfolio Manager, from Sourceforge.net. The trouble is, I am not a > programmer or even have significant IT experience. I was trying to > install OPPM in order to organize my daily business, which is project > based. My boss has refused to pay for any management system, and so I > started looking around for an open source solution that I can install > on all of our computers. > > My question is a two-tiered one. > > * Do I have to be a programmer to install PostgreSQL, working from > the C prompt? > * If so, where should I start to learn any of these basics so that > I > can get up and running as quickly as possible. > > I have some interest in learning programming, but am bewildered with > where to start or how to organize a learning schedule. Any help would > be greatly appreciated. The simple answer is: No, and http://www.postgresql.org/docs/ That said, if you haven't done any programming or have any IT experience, Postgresql is going to have a learning curve. ;) This is not Access or Filemaker; Postgresql is a high-end database, which is designed to be used as a data store by your company's own customized application. (Or applications.) The 'default' client that ships with Postgresql is basically a debug/setup console. I'm not familiar with the product you've referred to: If it's a full application that uses Postgresql as a data store, presumably you shouldn't have to do more than basic setup (which should be covered in their documentation), if they've done a good job of creating the package. If it's something you are building based on a more generic package - tell your boss it'll probably be cheaper (and faster) to buy something. ;) (Because your time is worth money too, and you'll have to spend a fair amount of it on a project like that.) But it would be needed to be treated like any other development project: figure out your requirements, and what you need to know. Read through some courses on SQL, and work out what you need to be able to track/store, and then work out how to do that in Postgresql. I like O'Reilly as a general source of technical information, and Postgresql itself has very good docs. (Though for a quick introduction/review of SQL, I like the SQLite docs: http://www.sqlite.org/lang.html ) And don't be afraid to ask questions as needed. You'll probably have lots. Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------
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