Re: postgresql book - practical or something newer?

[Erik Jones <erik(at)myemma(dot)com>]

On Jan 31, 2008, at 12:51 AM, Gregory Williamson wrote:

> Bruce Momjian said:
>
> > Tom Hart wrote:
> > > I definitely think that the lists are one of the shining stars for
> > > postgresql support. I've learned some good reference stuff from  
> online
> > > docs/google but the really tricky questions were only answered  
> here, and
> > > amazingly enough, quickly and with good humor. Perhaps what we  
> really
> > > need is somebody to comb through the archives looking for common
> > > problems or exceptional solutions and compile them into a "book".
> >
> > The good and bad news is that the best way to do things often  
> changes
> > from release to release, hence the need to get the most current
> > information from the mailing lists.
>
> Although I have solved almost every problem I have come up against  
> in learning, partly with archives, I've often had to resort to  
> asking the list because finding relevant missives in the archives  
> can be hard if you don't know what month to look at, and even then  
> the search results can produce a lot incidental wanderings to get  
> to the solutions.
>
> It seems that some intermediate ground (TWIKI or a document in some  
> format) might help with some of these questions, perhaps with  
> sections based on release.

That's an interesting idea.  Is there a general audience/ 
participation wiki for Postgres?  I know the developers have one, but  
a user-oriented sister wiki would probably be a good way to get lots  
of different people involved.

Erik Jones

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