The Babase Documentation
[http://papio.biology.duke.edu/pocket_reference.pdf The Babase Pocket Reference] is the place to go for diagrams
[http://papio.biology.duke.edu/babase_system_html The Babase Technical Documentation]
Overview of [:WhatIsBabase:the Babase software project] for the general public
Related Sites
[http://www.princeton.edu/%7Ebaboon/ The Amboseli Baboon Research Project]
[http://www.princeton.edu/~baboon/monitoring_guide.htm Amboseli Baboon Research Project Monitoring Guide]
Documentation on the software Babase uses
The [http://www.postgresql.org PosgreSQL] web site
Postgresql version 8.1 [http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/index.html documentation]
- There are two complete on-line books on PostgreSQL. These include information on accessing the database using the psql Unix command.
[http://www.postgresql.org/docs/books/awbook.html PostgreSQL: Introduction and Concepts]
[http://www.faqs.org/docs/ppbook/book1.htm Practical PostgreSQL]
- The Babase phpPgAdmin interface contains little question marks which are links to documentation
The [http://phppgadmin.sourceforge.net/ phpPgAdmin] web site
The phpPgAdmin [http://phppgadmin.sourceforge.net/?page=faq documentation] is geared to the system's administrator but may contain some useful information
Places to go for help
Babase users are encouraged to ask questions, both on the Babase mailing list and on the mailing lists setup for questions on the software which Babase is made of. The article [http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html How to Ask Questions the Smart Way] provides good information on how to get answers when writing public mailing lists. When asking SQL related question it will almost certainly be a good idea to include a reference to http://papio.biology.duke.edu/pocket_reference.pdf and the entity-relationship diagrams contained therein.
For questions specific to babase write to the [:BabaseMailingLists:Babase mailing list] or look through its associated [http://www.eco.princeton.edu/pipermail/babase/ archive] to see if the question has not already been answered.
For questions about SQL there is PostgreSQL's mailing list for [http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-novice/ beginner's questions], PostgreSQL's mailing list for [http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-sql/ SQL questions], and the PostgreSQL [http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/ general mailing list].
For questions on the Babase web interface, including how to submit SQL queries, download results, and so forth, there is the phpPgAdmin [http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=115884 help forum].
Tips
Save your queries so you can re-run them later, need be. Put the really useful ones on this wiki.