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User Client Questions
2.1) Are there ODBC drivers for PostgreSQL?
2.2) What tools are available for hooking PostgreSQL to Web pages?
2.2) What tools are available for use PostgreSQL with Web pages?
2.3) Does PostgreSQL have a graphical user interface? A report
generator? An embedded query language interface?
2.4) What languages are available to communicate with PostgreSQL?
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3.5) How do I prevent other hosts from accessing my PostgreSQL
database?
3.6) Why can't I connect to my database from another machine?
3.7) All my servers crash under concurrent table access. Why?
3.8) How do I tune the database engine for better performance?
3.9) What debugging features are available?
3.10) I get "Sorry, too many clients" when trying to connect. Why?
3.11) What are the pg_sorttempNNN.NN files in my database directory?
3.7) How do I tune the database engine for better performance?
3.8) What debugging features are available?
3.9) I get "Sorry, too many clients" when trying to connect. Why?
3.10) What are the pg_sorttempNNN.NN files in my database directory?
Operational Questions
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1.6) Where can I get support?
There is no support for PostgreSQL from the University of California,
Berkeley. It is maintained through volunteer effort.
The main mailing list is: pgsql-general@PostgreSQL.org. It is
available for discussion of matters pertaining to PostgreSQL. To
subscribe, send mail with the following lines in the body (not the
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There is also an IRC channel on EFNet, channel #PostgreSQL. I use the
unix command irc -c '#PostgreSQL' "$USER" irc.phoenix.net.
A list of commercial PostgreSQL support is available at
A list of commercial support companies is available at
http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/commercial-support.html.
1.7) What is the latest release?
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See also the ODBC chapter of the Programmer's Guide.
2.2) What tools are available for hooking PostgreSQL to Web pages?
2.2) What tools are available for using PostgreSQL with Web pages?
A nice introduction to Database-backed Web pages can be seen at:
http://www.webtools.com
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authentication by modifying the file $PGDATA/pg_hba.conf accordingly.
This will allow TCP/IP connections.
Inoperative semaphores can also cause crashes during heavy database
access.
3.6) Why can't I connect to my database from another machine?
The default configuration allows only unix domain socket connections
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postmaster has been started with the -i option, and add an appropriate
host entry to the file pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf.
3.7) All my servers crash under concurrent table access. Why?
This problem can be caused by a kernel that is not configured to
support semaphores.
3.8) How do I tune the database engine for better performance?
3.7) How do I tune the database engine for better performance?
Certainly, indices can speed up queries. The EXPLAIN command allows
you to see how PostgreSQL is interpreting your query, and which
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You can also use the CLUSTER command to group data in tables to match
an index. See the CLUSTER manual page for more details.
3.9) What debugging features are available?
3.8) What debugging features are available?
PostgreSQL has several features that report status information that
can be valuable for debugging purposes.
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pgsql/data/base/dbname directory. The client profile file will be put
in the client's current directory.
3.10) I get 'Sorry, too many clients' when trying to connect. Why?
3.9) I get 'Sorry, too many clients' when trying to connect. Why?
You need to increase the postmaster's limit on how many concurrent
backend processes it can start.
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was 64, and changing it required a rebuild after altering the
MaxBackendId constant in include/storage/sinvaladt.h.
3.11) What are the pg_sorttempNNN.NN files in my database directory?
3.10) What are the pg_sorttempNNN.NN files in my database directory?
They are temporary files generated by the query executor. For example,
if a sort needs to be done to satisfy an ORDER BY, and the sort