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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL |
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL |
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Last updated: Thu Oct 2 14:08:20 EDT 1997 |
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Last updated: Wed Oct 15 23:16:48 EDT 1997 |
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Version: 6.2 |
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Version: 6.2.1 |
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Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (maillist@candle.pha.pa.us) |
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Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (maillist@candle.pha.pa.us) |
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1.6) Latest release of PostgreSQL |
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1.6) Latest release of PostgreSQL |
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The latest release of PostgreSQL is version 6.2, which was released |
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The latest release of PostgreSQL is version 6.2.1, which was released |
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on October 2, 1997. For information about what is new in 6.2, see our |
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on October 17th, 1997. For information about what is new in 6.2.1, see |
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TODO list on our WWW page. |
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our TODO list on our WWW page. |
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1.7) Is there a commercial version of PostgreSQL? |
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1.7) Is there a commercial version of PostgreSQL? |
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PostgreSQL v1.09 is compatible with databases created with v1.01. |
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PostgreSQL v1.09 is compatible with databases created with v1.01. |
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Upgrading to 6.1 requires a dump and restore from previous releases. |
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Upgrading to 6.2.1 from pre-6.2 requires a dump and restore. |
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Upgrading from 6.1 to 6.1.1 requires running configure, compile of the |
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Upgrading to 6.2.1 from 6.2 does not require a dump, but see the |
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new release, recompile of all your custom applications to use the new |
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appropriate /migration file in the distribution. |
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libpq, and then an install while the postmaster is temporarily |
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stopped. |
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Upgrading to 6.2 requires a dump and restore from previous releases. |
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Those ugrading from versions earlier than 1.09 must upgrade to 1.09 |
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Those ugrading from versions earlier than 1.09 must upgrade to 1.09 |
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first without a dump/reload, then dump the data from 1.09, and then |
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first without a dump/reload, then dump the data from 1.09, and then |
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load it into 6.2. |
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load it into 6.2.1. |
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1.11) Are there ODBC drivers for PostgreSQL? |
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1.11) Are there ODBC drivers for PostgreSQL? |
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could select the same new id. This statement should be performed |
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could select the same new id. This statement should be performed |
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within a transaction. |
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within a transaction. |
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Yet another way is to use general trigger function autoinc() |
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Yet another way is to use general trigger function autoinc() from |
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from contrib/spi/autoinc.c |
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contrib/spi/autoinc.c. |
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3.16) What are the pg_psort.XXX files in my database directory? |
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3.16) What are the pg_psort.XXX files in my database directory? |
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