There were lots of lively discussions about the back-end this week, including some new people and some back after an extended absence.
EnterpriseDB has released Advanced Server 8.1 http://www.enterprisedb.com/news_events/press_releases/02_14_06b.do
Mindscript Open Source 0.97 released, now with PostgreSQL support. http://mindscript.sourceforge.net/
DBD::Pg 1.44 is out, now with improved quoting and faster do() method. http://search.cpan.org/~dbdpg/DBD-Pg-1.44/
PostgreSQLDirect .NET 2.50 Beta is out. http://www.crlab.com/pgsqlnet
pgEdit 1.2 beta released. http://pgedit.com/beta/pgedit
PyGreSQL v3.8 has been released. ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/distrib/PyGreSQL-3.8.tgz
Volkan Yazici has written a book in Turkish on PostgreSQL http://www.students.itu.edu.tr/~yazicivo/doc/postgresql-ile-programlama.html
Pervasive has created a community-driven site for PostgreSQL http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060222/daw017.html?.v=41 http://www.pervasivepostgres.com/postgresql/pgd/index.asp
Simon Riggs will be speaking at UKUUG LISA 2006 conference in Durham on Thursday 23rd March, 9:00-10:00 on Large Database Administration with PostgreSQL. http://www.ukuug.org/events/spring2006/programme/
Planet PostgreSQL: http://www.planetpostgresql.org/
General Bits, published on Mondays (PST/PDT): http://www.varlena.com/GeneralBits/
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