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@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Last updated: Fri Jun 2 11:32:13 EDT 2000
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A
HREF="mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR><P>
The most recent version of this document can be viewed at the postgreSQL
The most recent version of this document can be viewed at the PostgreSQL
Web site, <A HREF="http://www.Postgresql.org">http://www.PostgreSQL.org</A>.<P>
Linux-specific questions are answered in <A
@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ HPUX-specific questions are answered in <A
HREF="http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faq-hpux.html">http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faq-hpux.html</A>.<P>
Solaris-specific questions are answered in <A
HREF="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq-solaris.html">http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq-solaris.html</A>.<P>
HREF="http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faq-solaris.html">http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faq-solaris.html</A>.<P>
Irix-specific questions are answered in <A
HREF="http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faq-irix.html">http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faq-irix.html</A>.<P>
@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ free and the complete source is available.<P>
PostgreSQL development is being performed by a team of Internet
developers who all subscribe to the PostgreSQL development mailing list.
The current coordinator is Marc G. Fournier (<A
HREF="mailto:scrappy@postgreSQL.org">scrappy@postgreSQL.org</A>). (See
HREF="mailto:scrappy@PostgreSQL.org">scrappy@PostgreSQL.org</A>). (See
below on how to join). This team is now responsible for all current and
future development of PostgreSQL.<P>
@ -265,8 +265,7 @@ Unix/NT porting library. See pgsql/doc/README.NT in the distribution.<P>
<H4><A NAME="1.5">1.5</A>) Where can I get PostgreSQL?</H4><P>
The primary anonymous ftp site for PostgreSQL is
<A
HREF="ftp://ftp.postgreSQL.org/pub">ftp://ftp.postgreSQL.org/pub</A>
<P>
HREF="ftp://ftp.PostgreSQL.org/pub">ftp://ftp.PostgreSQL.org/pub</A>.
For mirror sites, see our main web site.
<H4><A NAME="1.6">1.6</A>) Where can I get support for PostgreSQL?</H4><P>
@ -275,7 +274,7 @@ There is no official support for PostgreSQL from the University of
California, Berkeley. It is maintained through volunteer effort.<P>
The main mailing list is: <A
HREF="mailto:pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org">pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org</A>.
HREF="mailto:pgsql-general@PostgreSQL.org">pgsql-general@PostgreSQL.org</A>.
It is available for discussion of matters pertaining to PostgreSQL.
To subscribe, send a mail with the lines in the body (not
the subject line)
@ -286,11 +285,11 @@ the subject line)
</PRE><P>
to <A
HREF="mailto:pgsql-general-request@postgreSQL.org">pgsql-general-request@postgreSQL.org</A>.<P>
HREF="mailto:pgsql-general-request@PostgreSQL.org">pgsql-general-request@PostgreSQL.org</A>.<P>
There is also a digest list available. To subscribe to this list, send
email to: <A HREF="mailto:pgsql-general-digest-request@postgreSQL.org">
pgsql-general-digest-request@postgreSQL.org</A> with a body of:
email to: <A HREF="mailto:pgsql-general-digest-request@PostgreSQL.org">
pgsql-general-digest-request@PostgreSQL.org</A> with a body of:
<PRE>
subscribe
@ -302,7 +301,7 @@ received around 30k of messages.<P>
The bugs mailing list is available. To subscribe to this list, send email
to <A
HREF="mailto:bugs-request@postgreSQL.org">bugs-request@postgreSQL.org</A>
HREF="mailto:bugs-request@PostgreSQL.org">bugs-request@PostgreSQL.org</A>
with a body of:<P>
<PRE>
@ -312,7 +311,7 @@ with a body of:<P>
There is also a developers discussion mailing list available. To
subscribe to this list, send email to <A
HREF="mailto:hackers-request@postgreSQL.org">hackers-request@postgreSQL.org</A>
HREF="mailto:hackers-request@PostgreSQL.org">hackers-request@PostgreSQL.org</A>
with a body of:<P>
<PRE>
@ -324,7 +323,7 @@ Additional mailing lists and information about PostgreSQL can be found
via the PostgreSQL WWW home page at:
<BLOCKQUOTE>
<A HREF="http://www.postgreSQL.org">http://www.postgreSQL.org</A>
<A HREF="http://www.PostgreSQL.org">http://www.PostgreSQL.org</A>
</BLOCKQUOTE><P>
There is also an IRC channel on EFNet, channel #PostgreSQL.
@ -347,14 +346,14 @@ We plan to have major releases every four months.<P>
Several manuals, manual pages, and some small test examples are
included in the distribution. See the /doc directory. You can also
browse the manual on-line at <A
HREF="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/postgres">
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/postgres.</A>
HREF="http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/postgres">
http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/postgres.</A>
in the distribution.
<P>
There is a PostgreSQL book availiable at <A
HREF="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/awbook.html">
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/awbook.html</A><P>
HREF="http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/awbook.html">
http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/awbook.html</A><P>
<I>psql</I> has some nice \d commands to show information about types,
operators, functions, aggregates, etc.<P>
@ -365,14 +364,14 @@ The web site contains even more documentation.<P>
</H4><P>
PostgreSQL supports an extended subset of SQL-92. See our
<A HREF="http://www.postgreSQL.org/docs/todo.html">
<A HREF="http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/todo.html">
TODO</A> for a list of known bugs, missing features, and future plans.<P>
<H4><A NAME="1.10">1.10</A>) How can I learn SQL?</H4><P>
The PostgreSQL book at <A
HREF="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/awbook.html">
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/awbook.html</A> teaches SQL.
HREF="http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/awbook.html">
http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/awbook.html</A> teaches SQL.
There is a nice tutorial at <A
HREF="http://w3.one.net/~jhoffman/sqltut.htm">
@ -410,10 +409,10 @@ committed were likely to be of high quality.
<H4><A NAME="1.13">1.13</A>) How do I submit a bug report?</H4><P>
Fill out the "bug-template" file and send it to: <A
HREF="mailto:bugs@postgreSQL.org">bugs@postgreSQL.org</A><P>
HREF="mailto:bugs@PostgreSQL.org">bugs@PostgreSQL.org</A><P>
Also check out our ftp site <A
HREF="ftp://ftp.postgreSQL.org/pub">ftp://ftp.postgreSQL.org/pub</A> to
HREF="ftp://ftp.PostgreSQL.org/pub">ftp://ftp.PostgreSQL.org/pub</A> to
see if there is a more recent PostgreSQL version or patches.<P>
@ -503,8 +502,8 @@ in our BSD-style license stated above.<BR><BR>
There are two ODBC drivers available, PsqlODBC and OpenLink ODBC.<P>
PsqlODBC is included in the distribution. More information about it can
be gotten from: <A HREF="ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/odbc/index.html">
ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/odbc/index.html</A><P>
be gotten from: <A HREF="ftp://ftp.PostgreSQL.org/pub/odbc/index.html">
ftp://ftp.PostgreSQL.org/pub/odbc/index.html</A><P>
OpenLink ODBC can be gotten from <A HREF="http://www.openlinksw.com/">
http://www.openlinksw.com</A>. It works with their standard ODBC client
@ -516,7 +515,7 @@ commercial-quality support, but a freeware version will always be
available. Questions to <A
HREF="mailto:postgres95@openlink.co.uk">postgres95@openlink.co.uk</A>.<P>
See also the <A HREF="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/programmer/odbc.htm">
See also the <A HREF="http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/programmer/odbc.htm">
ODBC chapter of the Programmer's Guide</A>.<P>
@ -1050,7 +1049,7 @@ You can also use each row's <I>oid</I> field as a unique value. However, if
you need to dump and reload the database, you need to use <I>pg_dump's -o</I>
option or <SMALL>COPY WITH OIDS</SMALL> option to preserve the oids.<P>
<A HREF="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/aw_pgsql_book">Numbering Rows.</A>
<A HREF="http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/aw_pgsql_book">Numbering Rows.</A>
<H4><A NAME="4.16.2">4.16.2</A>) How do I get the back the generated SERIAL value after an insert?</H4><P>
Probably the simplest approach is to to retrieve the next SERIAL value from the sequence object with the <I>nextval()</I> function <I>before</I> inserting and then insert it explicitly. Using the example table in <A HREF="#4.16.1">4.16.1</A>, that might look like this: