Two places to concentrate

Andrew Sullivan wrote:

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>>This is one reason why I would like to see some of us push PostgreSQL 
>>into a role of *the* RDBMS to study for RDBMS theory.  Unfortunately 
>>this means a lot of documentation written by experts interested in 
>>really teaching beginners the right way to do things....  I don't 
>>consider myself qualified to do this by myself.
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>I like this idea.  I wonder how to get it moving.
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I think there are two aspects to this puzzle.  The first is to support 
the companies that do training as Robert suggests.

But there is a second one too.  I think that we as a community would do 
well to create documentation about RDBMS fundamentals using PostgreSQL 
as the reference example.  Topics might include:

1)  Relational Theory
2)  Normalization
3)  Database Design (including Date's Central Rule)
4)  Performance considerations (implimentation and 
non-implimentation-specific)

Any others?  Maybe SQL as a language?  However, part of what would be 
required to make this work is that you would need to make the RDBMS as 
standards-compliant as possible, and provide the option for standard 
behavior even if people don't generally like one specific aspect of the 
standard.

Best Wishes,
Chris Travers
Metatron Technology Consulting