First version of external projects manual section.

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+ <chapter id="external-projects">
+  <title>External Projects</title>
+
+  <para>
+   <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is a large piece of very
+   complex software, and managing the code is a difficult process. We
+   have found that many enhancements to
+   <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> can be more efficiently
+   developed independently of the main project. They can have their own
+   developer teams, email lists, their own bug tracking, and their own
+   release schedule. While their independence makes development easier,
+   it makes users job harder. They have to hunt around looking for
+   database enhancements to meet their needs.
+  </para>
+
+  <para>
+   This section will outlines some of the more popular externally
+   developed enhancements and guides you on how to find them.
+  </para>
+
+ <sect1 id="interfaces">
+  <title>Externally Developed Interfaces</title>
+
+  <indexterm>
+   <primary>interfaces</primary>
+  </indexterm>
+
+  <para>
+   <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> packages very few interfaces
+   with the base distribution. <application>libpq</> is packaged because
+   it is the primary <application>C</> interface and many other
+   interfaces are built on top of it. <application>ecpg</> is packaged
+   because it is tied to the server-side grammar so it is very dependent
+   on the database version. All the other interfaces are independent
+   projects.
+  </para>
+
+  <para>
+   To use other interfaces, you have to do some searching. For example,
+   <productname>GBorg</> at <ulink url="http://gborg.postgresql.org">
+   http://gborg.postgresql.org</ulink> has over thirty interfaces listed
+   in its <literal>Drivers/Interfaces</> section. Some of the more
+   popular interfaces are:
+
+   <variablelist>
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term>ODBC</term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       This is the most common interface for <application>Windows</>
+       applications.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term>psqlODBC</term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       This is the most common interface for <application>Windows</>
+       applications.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term>Npgsql</term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       <application>.Net</> interface for more recent
+       <application>Windows</> applications.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term>libpq++</term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       An older <application>C++</> interface.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term>libpqxx</term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       A newer <application>C++</> interface.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term>pgperl</term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       A <application>Perl</> interface with an <acronym>API</> similar
+       to <application>libpq</>.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term>DBD-Pg</term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       A <application>Perl</> interface that uses the
+       <acronym>DBD</>-standard <application>API</>.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term>pgtcl</term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       The original version of the <application>TCL</> interface.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term>PyGreSQL</term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       A <application>Python</> interface library.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term>pgjdbc</term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       A <application>JDBC</> interface.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term>pgtclng</term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       A newer version of the <application>TCL</> interface.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
+   </variablelist>
+   </para>
+
+  <para>
+   That section also contains several server-side languages that are
+   separate projects. <application>pgFoundry</> at <ulink
+   url="http://pgfoundry.org">http://pgfoundry.org</ulink> contains
+   even more projects. Other projects are not even hosted on these
+   servers and you will have to do an internet search to find them.
+  </para>
+
+ </sect1>
+ 
+ <sect1 id="extensions">
+ <title>Extensions</title>
+
+  <indexterm>
+   <primary>extensions</primary>
+  </indexterm>
+
+  <para>
+   <productname>PostgreSQL</> was designed from the start to be
+   extensible. For this reason, extensions loaded into the database can
+   function just like features that are packaged with the database. The
+   <filename>/contrib</> directory shipped with the source code
+   contains a large number of extensions. The <filename>READMD</> file
+   in that directory contains a summary. They include conversion tools,
+   full-text indexing, <acronym>XML</> tools, and additional data types
+   and indexing methods. Other extensions are developed independently,
+   like <application>PostGIS</>. Even <application>PostgreSQL</>
+   replication solutions are developed externally. For example,
+   <application>Slony</> is a popular master/slave replication solution
+   that is developed independently from the main projects.
+  </para>
+
+ </sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="administration-tools">
+ <title>Administration Tools</title>
+
+  <indexterm>
+   <primary>administration tools</primary>
+  </indexterm>
+
+  <para>
+   There are several administration tools available for
+   <productname>PostgreSQL</>. The most popular is
+   <application>pgadmin</>, and there are several commercially
+   available ones.
+  </para> 
+
+ </sect1>
+</chapter>
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 <!entity dfunc      SYSTEM "dfunc.sgml">
 <!entity ecpg       SYSTEM "ecpg.sgml">
 <!entity extend     SYSTEM "extend.sgml">
+<!entity external-projects SYSTEM "external-projects.sgml">
 <!entity func-ref   SYSTEM "func-ref.sgml">
 <!entity infoschema SYSTEM "information_schema.sgml">
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