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Add replication, encryption, and cross database FAQ items.

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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
<P>Last updated: Wed Oct 9 23:14:53 EDT 2002</P>
<P>Last updated: Fri Oct 11 00:59:31 EDT 2002</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR>
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<A href="#4.26">4.26</A>) Why can't I reliably create/drop
temporary tables in PL/PgSQL functions?<BR>
<A href="#4.27">4.27</A>) What replication options are available?<BR>
<A href="#4.28">4.28</A>) What encryption options are available?<BR>
<H2 align="center">Extending PostgreSQL</H2>
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<H4><A name="4.27">4.27</A>) What replication options are available?
</H4>
<P>There are several master/slave replication solutions available.
These allow only one server to make database changes and the slave
merely allow database reading.
These allow only the master to make database changes and the slave
can only do database reads. The bottom of <a
href="http://gborg.postgresql.org/genpage?replication_research">
http://gborg.postgresql.org/genpage?replication_research</a> lists
them. A multi-master replication solution is being worked on at <a
href="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgreplication/projdisplay.
php">http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgreplication/projdisplay.php</a>.</P>
<H4><A name="4.27">4.27</A>) What encryption options are available?
</H4>
<UL>
<LI><I>/contrib/pgcrypto</I> contains many encryption functions for
use in <SMALL>SQL</SMALL> queries.</LI>
<LI>The only way to encrypt transmission from the client to the
server is by using <I>hostssl</I> in <I>pg_hba.conf</I>.</LI>
<LI>Database user passwords are automatically encrypted when stored
in version 7.3. In previous versions, you must enable
<I>password_encryption</I> in <I>postgresql.conf</I>.</LI>
</UL>
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