[Courses] [Postgresql] What is PostgreSQL?

[Liz Young]

On Monday 19 November 2007 18:26:11 Michelle M wrote:
> - Give us a brief intro to yourself, and why you are taking this course

I'm Liz and I've been lurking around LinuxChix for a long time.  I figured 
there would be a lot of smart people participating in this course, so here I 
am lurking again :-). 

> - If you haven't already, think of a concrete project you'd like to use
> PG with. Share with us a brief synopsis of the project: the problem, the
> platform, the approach you'll think you'll take, and why you think PG
> might be a good fit. It should be something that will be fun, and
> perhaps a bit challenging for you.

I am helping a friend track orders in OOCalc for one specific vendor. I'd like 
to put this into a database so it's easier to track and report. It's all 
Linux here, but we do interface quite frequently with Windows users and Excel 
spreadsheets. I don't know if PG is a good fit, but I want to start 
somewhere.

Also, I have an install of LedgerSMB that is not getting used much. The more I 
understand about PG (and Perl) the better.

-Liz