bookreview
jlongino
<p>This review was originally submitted to Amazon.com and so
far 5 of 5 reviewers have found it useful. I regret that my
first ever review of a book is so negative. I strongly
recommend that you at least peruse a copy before buying it,
a mistake that I don't plan to repeat. <p><b>Update 1:</b> see
the node by [VSarkiss] below and preview the online version
before purchasing. Thanks [VSarkiss]!
<p>
I ordered this book thinking that it would provide the
information necessary to setup PostgreSQL and interface
to it via Perl. It was somewhat useful on the first count
but Perl doesn't even have a listing in the index.
<p>
Speaking of the index, it is surely the poorest one I've
encountered in any O'Reilly or other computer reference
book I've ever seen or considered buying. It fills only 3
pages front and back. This is a 600+ page book mind you.
Because of the poor index you will probably spend more
time flipping through pages or using the table of contents
which is rather scant as well.
<p>
It is too bad that I bought this book by mail order because
if I had been able to inspect it in a bookstore, I would've
never bought it. The documentation that comes with
PostgreSQL is more than adequate to get it installed and
working. If you are looking to use Perl as your front-end
language, your time and money would probably be better
spent on [isbn://1565926994|Programming the Perl DBI] by O'Reilly.
<p>--Jim
<p><b>Update 2:</b> Added a link to <u>Programming the Perl
DBI</u>
<p>
A PostgreSQL Reference
Useful info, but not very practical <tt><b>**</b>***</tt>
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