<p>There's a "nutshell " guide that covers the major db tools, oracle, mysql, postgresql, sql server, that make a good translation guide. Also look at Programming Postgresql. Some of the main devs have good books.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 19, 2011 11:30 AM, "David Tomaschik" <<a href="mailto:david@systemoverlord.com">david@systemoverlord.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> As much as I hate to admit it, I've never done anything with<br>
> PostgreSQL. Can anyone recommend a good resource for getting started?<br>> I'm rather thinking of some sort of rosetta stone from MySQL. I'm<br>> thinking of something like<br>> <a href="http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_for_Oracle_DBAs">http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_for_Oracle_DBAs</a>, but with a<br>
> MySQL background instead of Oracle. I'm not so much concerned about<br>> the SQL syntax (I'm pretty decent with ANSI SQL) as I am with the DBA<br>> side of things, which is where they really diverge.<br>
> <br>> I've looked at a few "PostgreSQL howtos" but they don't seem to get<br>> into a lot of depth. On the other hand, the pure PostgreSQL<br>> documentation is rather dry reading.<br>> <br>
> -- <br>> David Tomaschik, RHCE, LPIC-1<br>> System Administrator/Open Source Advocate<br>> OpenPGP: 0x5DEA789B<br>> <a href="http://systemoverlord.com">http://systemoverlord.com</a><br>> <a href="mailto:david@systemoverlord.com">david@systemoverlord.com</a><br>
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