From fdbe9facdcbaa4ae0507aa177702bf5c4e28e5ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:08:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] FAQ updates --- This is a small cosmetic patch that adds pt_BR IRC channel to the lists of IRC channels, fixes a typo in the OID's question, and corrects the PGCluster's project name. Euler Taveira de Oliveira --- doc/FAQ | 11 ++++++----- doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html | 11 ++++++----- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/FAQ b/doc/FAQ index ce3ddad918a..50f22034526 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ +++ b/doc/FAQ @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL - Last updated: Mon Oct 9 20:28:14 EDT 2006 + Last updated: Sat Oct 14 19:08:19 EDT 2006 Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (bruce@momjian.us) @@ -184,8 +184,9 @@ The major IRC channel is #postgresql on Freenode (irc.freenode.net). To connect you can use the Unix program irc -c '#postgresql' "$USER" irc.freenode.net or use any other IRC clients. A Spanish one also - exists on the same network, (#postgresql-es), and a French one, - (#postgresqlfr). There is also a PostgreSQL channel on EFNet. + exists on the same network, (#postgresql-es), a French one, + (#postgresqlfr), and a Brazilian one, (#postgresql-br). There is also + a PostgreSQL channel on EFNet. A list of commercial support companies is available at http://www.postgresql.org/support/professional_support. @@ -732,7 +733,7 @@ overflow at 4 billion, and then the OIDs start being duplicated. PostgreSQL uses OIDs to link its internal system tables together. - To uniquely number columns in user tables, it is best to use SERIAL + To uniquely number rows in user tables, it is best to use SERIAL rather than OIDs because SERIAL sequences are unique only within a single table. and are therefore less likely to overflow. SERIAL8 is available for storing eight-byte sequence values. @@ -823,7 +824,7 @@ Multi-master replication allows read/write queries to be sent to multiple replicated computers. This capability also has a severe impact on performance due to the need to synchronize changes between - servers. Pgcluster is the most popular such solution freely available + servers. PGCluster is the most popular such solution freely available for PostgreSQL. There are also commercial and hardware-based replication solutions diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html index c22dc7ef668..8da16e9ee9a 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ alink="#0000ff">

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL

-

Last updated: Mon Oct 9 20:28:14 EDT 2006

+

Last updated: Sat Oct 14 19:08:19 EDT 2006

Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (bruce@momjian.us) @@ -236,8 +236,9 @@ (irc.freenode.net). To connect you can use the Unix program irc -c '#postgresql' "$USER" irc.freenode.net or use any other IRC clients. A Spanish one also exists - on the same network, (#postgresql-es), and a French one, - (#postgresqlfr). There is also a PostgreSQL channel on EFNet.

+ on the same network, (#postgresql-es), a French one, + (#postgresqlfr), and a Brazilian one, (#postgresql-br). + There is also a PostgreSQL channel on EFNet.

A list of commercial support companies is available at @@ -963,7 +964,7 @@ length being duplicated. PostgreSQL uses OIDs to link its internal system tables together.

-

To uniquely number columns in user tables, it is best to use +

To uniquely number rows in user tables, it is best to use SERIAL rather than OIDs because SERIAL sequences are unique only within a single table. and are therefore less likely to overflow. @@ -1077,7 +1078,7 @@ length

Multi-master replication allows read/write queries to be sent to multiple replicated computers. This capability also has a severe impact on performance due to the need to synchronize changes between servers. - Pgcluster is the + PGCluster is the most popular such solution freely available for PostgreSQL.

There are also commercial and hardware-based replication solutions