Re: R: PostgreSQL book

PostgreSQL:
Introduction and Concepts
by Bruce Momjian


You can download a postscript version and print yourself a copy, or read
it online at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/awbook.html

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Marc SCHAEFER wrote that the Addison-Wesley wrote a book on PostgreSQL.
Anyone can give me the title and the author or the way to find it? Here
in
italy i can't find nothing !!
Thanks

-----Messaggio Originale-----
Da: "Marc SCHAEFER" <schaefer@alphanet.ch>
A: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Data invio: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 03:51 PM
Oggetto: [GENERAL] Some advanced database features, are they present
in
PostgreSQL


> Hi,
>
> I have been using PostgreSQL a bit and I have been surprised by the
good
> quality, the features, and now the Addison-Wesley book which is excellent.
> However, I have some questions about the implementation of a few
> additional features.
>
> I suppose that PostgreSQL hasn't any ability to do the following yet:
>
>    - log all transactions to a special log file, that can be used for
>      backup purposes: ie you dump the database every day, but you keep
>      the transaction log on a separate disk. Should the database disk
>      crash, you won't have any data loss if you restore the backup
and
>      replay the transaction log.
>
>    - hard transactions: cutting the power to a PostgreSQL server
>      may cause data loss and/or data corruption. Some databases use
>      sophisticated techniques to ensure serialization of operation
>      through journaling, redoing some of the transactions at
>      bootup time if required.
>
>    - the ability to synchronize two database servers, with only the
>      changes being exchanged, live. Or the ability to have many
>      servers in a load-balancing or data scattering pool.
>
>    - ability to have databases bigger than the host's maximum file
size
>
> if this is true, can someone tell me why it hasn't been implemented
yet
> (there might be very good reasons), if it will be, and if the task
seems
> complicated.
>
> thank you for your time.
>
>
>
>