Since we started working on our first Sams book, PostgreSQL Developer's Handbook, many things have changed. The people we started working with have become friends, and writing has become a key component of our daily life. PostgreSQL has been improved constantly and the development will certainly continue in the future. It is exciting to participate in a tremendous evolution and to see how a group of volunteers develops a database system that can hardly be compared to anything else on this planet. PostgreSQL is not just a database it is a philosophy and it is magic. When reading this book, you might feel the enthusiasm we felt when writing the text and presenting solutions based on PostgreSQL to a wide audience. You will see that PHP and PostgreSQL are a wonderful team for building powerful Web applications, and in this book you will learn about both platforms. |