Re: postgresql book - practical or something newer?

"vincent" <vinny@xs4all.nl> writes:
> In the manual yes, but I think there's definately a need for a howto
> document, something that demonstrates how to handle typical database
> functionality in PgSQL. Many of the people I've convinced to start using
> PostgeSQL spend the first week or so asking me questions on how to do
> basic things in PostgreSQL. When I say that there's a manual, the
> complaint usually is what I've noticed myself: the manual is great for
> looking up individual facts, but your problem may consist of 15 facts and
> it's up to you to connect the dots.

Surely even a book that's a little out-of-date can serve fine for that
kind of introduction?

            regards, tom lane