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> I have done quite a bit of database programming with MS Sql Server, and also
> with Informix and a visual basic front end.
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> Does anybody have any recommendations of postgresql administration /
> reference manuals that would preferably have some php related stuff in it?
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Here is what I consider the currently best book on PostgreSQL:
Jens Hartwig: PostgreSQL - Professionell und praxisnah.
Addison-Wesley 2001. ISBN 3827318602.
Written by an experienced Oracle developper who had delved into PostgreSQL,
it is an excellent book for readers with some minimal database experience.
As far as I know it is currently only available in German.
Christoph Dalitz