mirror of
https://github.com/postgres/postgres.git
synced 2025-04-27 22:56:53 +03:00
9bb955c828
While working on documentation for expanded arrays, I noticed a number of details in the TOAST-related documentation that were already inaccurate or obsolete. This should be fixed independently of whether expanded arrays get in or not. One issue is that the already existing indirect-pointer facility was not documented at all. Also, the documentation says that you only need to use VARSIZE/SET_VARSIZE if you've made your variable-length type TOAST-aware, but actually we've forced that business on all varlena types even if they've opted out of TOAST by setting storage = plain. Wordsmith a few other things too, like an amusingly archaic claim that there are few 64-bit machines. I thought about back-patching this, but since all this doco is oriented to hackers and C-coded extension authors, fixing it in HEAD is probably good enough.
PostgreSQL Database Management System ===================================== This directory contains the source code distribution of the PostgreSQL database management system. PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions. This distribution also contains C language bindings. PostgreSQL has many language interfaces, many of which are listed here: http://www.postgresql.org/download See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install PostgreSQL. That file also lists supported operating systems and hardware platforms and contains information regarding any other software packages that are required to build or run the PostgreSQL system. Copyright and license information can be found in the file COPYRIGHT. A comprehensive documentation set is included in this distribution; it can be read as described in the installation instructions. The latest version of this software may be obtained at http://www.postgresql.org/download/. For more information look at our web site located at http://www.postgresql.org/.