PostgreSQL Administrator's Guide
The PostgreSQL Development Team
Edited by
Thomas Lockhart
PostgreSQL
is copyright (C) 1998 by the Postgres Global Development Group.
Table of Contents
Summary
1.
Introduction
Resources
Terminology
Notation
Y2K Statement
Copyrights and Trademarks
2.
Ports
Currently Supported Platforms
Unsupported Platforms
3.
Configuration Options
Parameters for Configuration (
configure
)
Parameters for Building (
make
)
Locale Support
What are the Benefits?
What are the Drawbacks?
Kerberos Authentication
Availability
Installation
Operation
4.
Installation
Requirements to Run
Postgres
Installation Procedure
Playing with
Postgres
The Next Step
Porting Notes
Ultrix4.x
Linux
BSD/OS
NeXT
5.
Runtime Environment
Using
Postgres
from Unix
6.
System Layout
7.
Using pg_options
8.
Starting
postmaster
9.
Adding and Deleting Users
10.
Disk Management
Alternate Locations
11.
Troubleshooting
12.
Managing a Database
Creating a Database
Accessing a Database
Destroying a Database
13.
Database Recovery
14.
Regression Test
Regression Environment
Directory Layout
Regression Test Procedure
Regression Analysis
Comparing expected/actual output
Error message differences
OID differences
Date and time differences
Floating point differences
Polygon differences
Random differences
The “expected” files
15.
Release Notes
Release 6.4
Migration to v6.4
Detailed Change List
Release 6.3.2
Detailed Change List
Release 6.3.1
Detailed Change List
Release 6.3
Migration to v6.3
Detailed Change List
Release 6.2.1
Migration from v6.2 to v6.2.1
Detailed Change List
Release 6.2
Migration from v6.1 to v6.2
Migration from v1.x to v6.2
Detailed Change List
Release 6.1.1
Migration from v6.1 to v6.1.1
Detailed Change List
Release 6.1
Migration to v6.1
Detailed Change List
Release v6.0
Migration from v1.09 to v6.0
Migration from pre-v1.09 to v6.0
Detailed Change List
Release v1.09
Release v1.02
Migration from v1.02 to v1.02.1
Dump/Reload Procedure
Detailed Change List
Release v1.01
Migration from v1.0 to v1.01
Detailed Change List
Release v1.0
Detailed Change List
Postgres95
Beta 0.03
Detailed Change List
Postgres95
Beta 0.02
Detailed Change List
Postgres95
Beta 0.01
Timing Results
v6.4beta
v6.3
v6.1
SQL
References
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