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Andrej

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Jul 20, 2011, 6:11:46 PM7/20/11

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Can anyone recommend "PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance" by G. Smith?

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Andrej

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Michael Glaesemann

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Jul 20, 2011, 6:20:26 PM7/20/11

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On Jul 20, 2011, at 18:11, Andrej <andrej...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Can anyone recommend "PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance" by G. Smith?

Yes.

Tatsuo Ishii

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Jul 20, 2011, 6:29:44 PM7/20/11

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> On Jul 20, 2011, at 18:11, Andrej <andrej...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Can anyone recommend "PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance" by G. Smith?
>
> Yes.

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Vibhor Kumar

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Jul 20, 2011, 6:42:42 PM7/20/11

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On Jul 21, 2011, at 3:59 AM, Tatsuo Ishii wrote:

>> On Jul 20, 2011, at 18:11, Andrej <andrej...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Can anyone recommend "PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance" by G. Smith?
>>
>> Yes.
>
> +1.

+1.

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Steve Crawford

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Jul 20, 2011, 6:42:57 PM7/20/11

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On 07/20/2011 03:29 PM, Tatsuo Ishii wrote:
>> On Jul 20, 2011, at 18:11, Andrej<andrej...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Can anyone recommend "PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance" by G. Smith?
>> Yes.
> +1.
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Andrej

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Jul 20, 2011, 6:45:23 PM7/20/11

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Thanks all - book ordered :}

Gavin Flower

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Jul 20, 2011, 7:31:00 PM7/20/11

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On 21/07/11 10:45, Andrej wrote:
> Thanks all - book ordered :}
>

I wonder how much Greg has spent in bribes??? :-)

More seriously: I intend going through my copy in depth to get a better
unbderstanding of pg.

Stephen Frost

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Jul 20, 2011, 8:35:13 PM7/20/11

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* Gavin Flower (Gavin...@archidevsys.co.nz) wrote:
> On 21/07/11 10:45, Andrej wrote:
> >Thanks all - book ordered :}

+1

> I wonder how much Greg has spent in bribes??? :-)

He's bought me a beer. :D Or maybe I him.. ;)

> More seriously: I intend going through my copy in depth to get a
> better unbderstanding of pg.

Excellent. :)

Thanks,

Stephen

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Steve Crawford

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Jul 20, 2011, 8:46:27 PM7/20/11

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On 07/20/2011 04:31 PM, Gavin Flower wrote:
> On 21/07/11 10:45, Andrej wrote:
>> Thanks all - book ordered :}
>>
> I wonder how much Greg has spent in bribes??? :-)
>
>
> More seriously: I intend going through my copy in depth to get a
> better unbderstanding of pg.
>

The funny thing is that at full list price the cost of the book is, to
an extremely rough approximation, the same an admin's pay for one hour.

Looked at from one perspective, the purchase price is a tiny part of the
overall cost of the book.

Looked at from another, skim through for one nugget that saves you an
hour or keeps you from overspending on hardware and the book is paid for.

Cheers,
Steve

Scott Marlowe

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Jul 20, 2011, 10:07:31 PM7/20/11

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On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Andrej <andrej...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can anyone recommend "PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance" by G. Smith?

Highly recommended. I was one of Greg's reviewers and therefore read
most of it ahead of time and I was still excited to get a hard copy of
it. :)

Craig Ringer

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Jul 20, 2011, 11:30:25 PM7/20/11

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On 21/07/11 07:31, Gavin Flower wrote:
> On 21/07/11 10:45, Andrej wrote:
>> Thanks all - book ordered :}
>>
> I wonder how much Greg has spent in bribes??? :-)

Lots of time helping people out on this mailing list (for free),
contributing work to Pg, etc. That's enough bribe for me.

My copy is in the mail.

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