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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
<P>Last updated: Wed May 4 21:42:01 EDT 2005</P>
<P>Last updated: Mon May 9 13:15:04 EDT 2005</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)
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<A href="#4.19">4.19</A>) Why do I get "relation with OID #####
does not exist" errors when accessing temporary tables in PL/PgSQL
functions?<BR>
<A href="#4.20">4.20</A>) What encryption options are available?<BR>
<A href="#4.21">4.21</A>) What replication solutions are available?<BR>
<A href="#4.20">4.20</A>) What replication solutions are available?<BR>
<HR>
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<SMALL>EXECUTE</SMALL> for temporary table access in PL/PgSQL. This
will cause the query to be reparsed every time.</P>
<H3><A name="4.20">4.20</A>) What encryption options are available?
</H3>
<UL>
<LI><I>contrib/pgcrypto</I> contains many encryption functions for
use in <SMALL>SQL</SMALL> queries.</LI>
<LI>To encrypt transmission from the client to the server, the server
must have the <I>ssl</I> option set to <I>true</I> in <I>postgresql.conf,
</I> and an applicable <I>host</I> or <I>hostssl</I> record must exist in
<I>pg_hba.conf</I>, and the client <I>sslmode</I> must not be
<I>disable.</I> (Note that it is also possible to use a third-party
encrypted transport, such as stunnel or ssh, rather than PostgreSQL's
native SSL connections.)</LI>
<LI>Database user passwords are automatically encrypted when stored in
the system tables.</LI>
<LI>The server can also run using an encrypted file system.</LI>
</UL>
<H3><A name="4.21">4.21</A>) What replication solutions are available?
<H3><A name="4.20">4.20</A>) What replication solutions are available?
</H3>
<P>Though "replication" is a single term, there are several technologies