What This Book Is Not
Before reading this book, you should know what it won’t cover.
This Is Not an Installation Guide
Installing the databases in this book is sometimes easy, sometimes challenging, and sometimes downright ugly. For some databases, you’ll be able to use stock packages, and for others, you’ll need to compile from source. We’ll point out some useful tips here and there, but by and large you’re on your own. Cutting out installation steps allows us to pack in more useful examples and a discussion of concepts, which is what you really want anyway, right?
Administration Manual? We Think Not
Along the same lines of installation, this book will not cover everything you’d find in an administration manual. Each of these databases has ...
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