Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Is my MySQL Gaining ?

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Martin Marques wrote:

>
> I haven't read the latest review of Bruce's book, but I can recall that the
> original version started with:
>
>  In this chapter, you will learn how to connect to the database server and
> issue simple commands to the POSTGRESQL server.
>
> At this point, the book makes the following assumptions:
>
>     * You have installed POSTGRESQL.
>     * You have a running POSTGRESQL server.
>     * You are configured as a POSTGRESQL user.
>     * You have a database called test.
> ==========================================================================
>
> Now, Joshua was talking about getting PostgreSQL started, which Bruce assums
> you already know.
>
> Anyway, I must admit that if you have PG installed and running, which is very
> simple on normal Linux distributions, this book gives a huge boost to any
> newbie.
>
>

And, if a person did not already have it installed and set up, would the
person then have not been required to find elsewhere, how to do those?

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Bret Busby
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