Re: [GENERAL] A book for PgSQL? A need? yes? no?

On Thu, 11 Feb 1999 rgireyev@cnmnetwork.com wrote:

// Since we are tossing ideas around, here is my two cents.
// .1c In order not to worry about royalties we can donate proceeds to
// PostgreSQL.

    Does anyone on this list have any experience with putting a book
together?  I've read O'Reilly's requirements and procedures, but that's
about as far as I've gone.  It'd be a fun community effort I think.

// .1c There is stuff that changes and there is stuff that remains the same.
// Installation, database creation, db administration, function creation etc ... are
// pretty uniform so they can be covered in the "stay put" section. The stuff that
// is more dynamic can be smacked in the "emerging technologies" section :-)
// so that the reader can simply read up on that particular technology or buy a
// whole new book.
//
// Rudy
//
// Date sent:          Wed, 10 Feb 1999 23:53:45 -0800 (PST)
// From:               dustin sallings <dustin@spy.net>
// To:                 Bob Dusek <bobd@palaver.net>
// Copies to:          Robert Chalmers <robert@chalmers.com.au>, sql@chalmers.com.au,
//            pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org
// Subject:            Re: [GENERAL] A book for PgSQL? A need? yes? no?
//
// > On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Bob Dusek wrote:
// >
// >     The problem with writing a book on Postgres is that it's still
// > being developed.  Before a book could be published, it'd be mostly
// > obsolete.  I certainly would like the exercise of assembling one, but I
// > really hate getting obsolete books.  This happened to me when I bought my
// > first Java book.  I took it home and almost nothing in it worked.  :)  Of
// > course, Postgres is changing in a compatible way, but the new stuff that's
// > introduced *dramatically* changes the way people code.  pl/pgsql is a
// > great example of this.  There's stuff that's done in pl/pgsql that
// > previously had to be done C in a really complicated way, or you had to sit
// > around wishing for.  This will change yet again when there's fk/pk
// > constraints and such.  Chances are, there'll be a lot of neat stuff that
// > will need to be included in a book before a book can be finished.  :)
// >
// >     I'm sure there's enough documentation lying around to make a
// > decent book if we want to put it together.  Figuring out royalties could
// > be kinda difficult.  :)
// >
// > // Amen.  A book would be really cool.  I would think that it would open up
// > // the PostgreSQL market a bit more, too.  A book on the shelf is
// > // advertising.
// > //
// > // A new, good, recommended book is great advertising.
// > //
// > // Bob
// > //
// > // On Thu, 11 Feb 1999, Robert Chalmers wrote:
// > //
// > // > Just wondering if there is a book specifically written around PgSQL, and if not, would anyone want one? You
know,a thing like "A Guide To PgSQL". Not too heavy, maybe in parts. User + Advanced + ODBC ? 
// > // >
// > // > What do you think?
// > // >
// > // > Robert
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