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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1> |
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<P>Last updated: Tue Aug 31 23:28:02 EDT 2004</P> |
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<P>Last updated: Sun Nov 14 16:32:47 EST 2004</P> |
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<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href= |
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"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR> |
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from a function?<BR> |
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<A href="#4.26">4.26</A>) Why can't I reliably create/drop |
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temporary tables in PL/PgSQL functions?<BR> |
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<A href="#4.27">4.27</A>) What replication options are available?<BR> |
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<A href="#4.28">4.28</A>) What encryption options are available?<BR> |
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<A href="#4.28">4.27</A>) What encryption options are available?<BR> |
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<H2 align="center">Extending PostgreSQL</H2> |
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<SMALL>EXECUTE</SMALL> for temporary table access in PL/PgSQL. This |
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will cause the query to be reparsed every time.</P> |
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<H4><A name="4.27">4.27</A>) What replication options are available? |
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</H4> |
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<P>There are several master/slave replication options available. |
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These allow only the master to make database changes and the slave |
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can only do database reads. The bottom of <a |
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href="http://gborg.PostgreSQL.org/genpage?replication_research"> |
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http://gborg.PostgreSQL.org/genpage?replication_research</a> lists |
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them. A multi-master replication solution is being worked on at <a |
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href="http://gborg.PostgreSQL.org/project/pgreplication/projdisplay.php">http://gborg.PostgreSQL.org/project/pgreplication/projdisplay.php</a>.</P> |
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<H4><A name="4.28">4.28</A>) What encryption options are available? |
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<H4><A name="4.27">4.27</A>) What encryption options are available? |
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</H4> |
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<UL> |
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<LI><I>contrib/pgcrypto</I> contains many encryption functions for |
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