*** FAQ.html.orig 2006-10-14 14:27:30.000000000 -0300 --- FAQ.html 2006-10-14 14:28:01.000000000 -0300 *************** *** 236,243 **** (irc.freenode.net). To connect you can use the Unix program irc -c '#postgresql' "$USER" irc.freenode.net or use any other IRC clients. A Spanish one also exists ! on the same network, (#postgresql-es), and a French one, ! (#postgresqlfr). There is also a PostgreSQL channel on EFNet.

A list of commercial support companies is available at --- 236,244 ---- (irc.freenode.net). To connect you can use the Unix program irc -c '#postgresql' "$USER" irc.freenode.net or use any other IRC clients. A Spanish one also exists ! on the same network, (#postgresql-es), a French one, ! (#postgresqlfr), and a Brazilian one, (#postgresql-br). ! There is also a PostgreSQL channel on EFNet.

A list of commercial support companies is available at *************** *** 963,969 **** being duplicated. PostgreSQL uses OIDs to link its internal system tables together.

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To uniquely number columns in user tables, it is best to use SERIAL rather than OIDs because SERIAL sequences are unique only within a single table. and are therefore less likely to overflow. --- 964,970 ---- being duplicated. PostgreSQL uses OIDs to link its internal system tables together.

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To uniquely number rows in user tables, it is best to use SERIAL rather than OIDs because SERIAL sequences are unique only within a single table. and are therefore less likely to overflow. *************** *** 1077,1083 ****

Multi-master replication allows read/write queries to be sent to multiple replicated computers. This capability also has a severe impact on performance due to the need to synchronize changes between servers. ! Pgcluster is the most popular such solution freely available for PostgreSQL.

There are also commercial and hardware-based replication solutions --- 1078,1084 ----

Multi-master replication allows read/write queries to be sent to multiple replicated computers. This capability also has a severe impact on performance due to the need to synchronize changes between servers. ! PGCluster is the most popular such solution freely available for PostgreSQL.

There are also commercial and hardware-based replication solutions