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PostgreSQL 8.4.22 Documentation

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group

Table of Contents

Preface

What is PostgreSQL?
A Brief History of PostgreSQL
Conventions
Further Information
Bug Reporting Guidelines

I. Tutorial

1. Getting Started
2. The SQL Language
3. Advanced Features

II. The SQL Language

4. SQL Syntax
5. Data Definition
6. Data Manipulation
7. Queries
8. Data Types
9. Functions and Operators
10. Type Conversion
11. Indexes
12. Full Text Search
13. Concurrency Control
14. Performance Tips

III. Server Administration

15. Installation from Source Code
16. Installation from Source Code on Windows
17. Server Setup and Operation
18. Server Configuration
19. Client Authentication
20. Database Roles and Privileges
21. Managing Databases
22. Localization
23. Routine Database Maintenance Tasks
24. Backup and Restore
25. High Availability, Load Balancing, and Replication
26. Monitoring Database Activity
27. Monitoring Disk Usage
28. Reliability and the Write-Ahead Log
29. Regression Tests

IV. Client Interfaces

30. libpq - C Library
31. Large Objects
32. ECPG - Embedded SQL in C
33. The Information Schema

V. Server Programming

34. Extending SQL
35. Triggers
36. The Rule System
37. Procedural Languages
38. PL/pgSQL - SQL Procedural Language
39. PL/Tcl - Tcl Procedural Language
40. PL/Perl - Perl Procedural Language
41. PL/Python - Python Procedural Language
42. Server Programming Interface

VI. Reference

I. SQL Commands
II. PostgreSQL Client Applications
III. PostgreSQL Server Applications

VII. Internals

43. Overview of PostgreSQL Internals
44. System Catalogs
45. Frontend/Backend Protocol
46. PostgreSQL Coding Conventions
47. Native Language Support
48. Writing A Procedural Language Handler
49. Genetic Query Optimizer
50. Index Access Method Interface Definition
51. GiST Indexes
52. GIN Indexes
53. Database Physical Storage
54. BKI Backend Interface
55. How the Planner Uses Statistics

VIII. Appendixes

A. PostgreSQL Error Codes
B. Date/Time Support
C. SQL Key Words
D. SQL Conformance
E. Release Notes
F. Additional Supplied Modules
G. External Projects
H. The Source Code Repository
I. Documentation
J. Acronyms

Bibliography

Index

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