Advanced Server 8.3 Documentation

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group

Copyright © 1996-2006 The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
Portions Copyright © 2004-2008 EnterpriseDB Corporation

Table of Contents

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. Concurrency Control
13. Performance Tips

III. Server Administration

14. Installation Instructions
15. Client-Only Installation on Windows
16. Operating System Environment
17. Server Configuration
18. Database Roles and Privileges
19. Managing Databases
20. Client Authentication
21. Localization
22. Routine Database Maintenance Tasks
23. Backup and Restore
24. High Availability and Load Balancing
25. Monitoring Database Activity
26. Monitoring Disk Usage
27. Reliability and the Write-Ahead Log
28. Regression Tests

IV. Client Interfaces

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

V. Server Programming

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

VI. Reference

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

VII. Internals

42. Overview of PostgreSQL Internals
43. System Catalogs
44. Frontend/Backend Protocol
45. PostgreSQL Coding Conventions
46. Native Language Support
47. Writing A Procedural Language Handler
48. Genetic Query Optimizer
49. Index Access Method Interface Definition
50. GiST Indexes
51. GIN Indexes
52. Database Physical Storage
53. BKI Backend Interface
54. 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. The CVS Repository
G. Documentation
H. External Projects

Bibliography

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