I'd also recommend reading the online books that are available...
On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Chris Humphries wrote:
> 1) FREE
> 2) FAST
> 3) "real" true acid rdbms (*cough* unlike mysql *cough*)
> 4) Been around for a long time (codebase is solid and well tested)
> 5) Secure
> 6) Has cool stuff like triggers, views, functions, rules
> 7) Good community support
> 8) "battle" testing in production environments (like e-com, and government sites)
> 9) Portable
> 10) Works like a women magnet, just uttering it's very name...
>
> 1) read the user docs
> 2) read the admin docs
> 2) search mailing list archives for answers
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> Seum-Lim Gan writes:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I am new here and am wondering if anyone knows if there is something
> > like 10 things to know about PostgreSQL ?
> >
> > Also, like 3 tips about using PostgreSQL ?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Gan