Practical PostgreSQL

Drake, Joshua; Worsley, John

ISBN 10: 1565928466 / ISBN 13: 9781565928466

Published by O'Reilly Media, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Practical PostgreSQL
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565928466
• ISBN 13: 9781565928466
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Arguably the most capable of all the open source databases, PostgreSQL is an object-relational database management system first developed in 1977 by the University of California at Berkeley. In spite of its long history, this robust database suffers from a lack of easy-to-use documentation. Practical PostgreSQL fills that void with a fast-paced guide to installation, configuration, and usage.

This comprehensive new volume shows you how to compile PostgreSQL from source, create a database, and configure PostgreSQL to accept client-server connections. It also covers the many advanced features, such as transactions, versioning, replication, and referential integrity that enable developers and DBAs to use PostgreSQL for serious business applications. The thorough introduction to PostgreSQL's PL/pgSQL programming language explains how you can use this very useful but under-documented feature to develop stored procedures and triggers. The book includes a complete command reference, and database administrators will appreciate the chapters on user management, database maintenance, and backup & recovery. With Practical PostgreSQL, you will discover quickly why this open source database is such a great open source alternative to proprietary products from Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft.

About the Author

Worsley is co-owner of Command Prompt, Inc.

Drake is co-owner of Command Prompt, Inc.