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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1> |
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<P>Last updated: Fri May 30 22:24:56 EDT 2003</P> |
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<P>Last updated: Fri Jun 6 18:20:23 EDT 2003</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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<H4><A name="1.7">1.7</A>) What is the latest release?</H4> |
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<P>The latest release of PostgreSQL is version 7.3.2.</P> |
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<P>The latest release of PostgreSQL is version 7.3.3.</P> |
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<P>We plan to have major releases every four months.</P> |
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"http://www.commandprompt.com/ppbook/">http://www.commandprompt.com/ppbook/</A>. |
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There is a list of PostgreSQL books available for purchase at <A |
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"http://www.ca.PostgreSQL.org/books/">http://www.ca.PostgreSQL.org/books/</A>. |
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"http://techdocs.postgresql.org/techdocs/bookreviews.php">http://techdocs.PostgreSQL.org/techdocs/bookreviews.php</A>. |
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There is also a collection of PostgreSQL technical articles at <A |
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"http://techdocs.PostgreSQL.org/">http://techdocs.PostgreSQL.org/</A>.</P> |
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<P>Also, if you have a success story about PostgreSQL, please submit |
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it to our advocacy site at <a href="http://advocacy.postgresql.org"> |
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http://advocacy.postgresql.org</a>. |
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http://advocacy.postgresql.org</a>.</P> |
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<H2 align="center">User Client Questions</H2> |
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<I>postmaster</I>. For most systems, with default numbers of |
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buffers and processes, you need a minimum of ~1 MB. See the <A |
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"http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/view.php?version=current&idoc=1&file=kernel-resources.html">PostgreSQL |
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"http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/view.php?version=current&idoc=1&file=kernel-resources.html">PostgreSQL |
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Administrator's Guide</A> for more detailed information about |
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shared memory and semaphores.</P> |
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BEGIN; |
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ALTER TABLE tab ADD COLUMN new_col <i>new_data_type</i>; |
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UPDATE tab SET new_col = CAST(old_col AS <i>new_data_type</i>); |
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ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN old_col; |
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ALTER TABLE tab DROP COLUMN old_col; |
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COMMIT; |
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</PRE> |
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<P>You might then want to do <I>VACUUM FULL tab</I> to reclaim the |
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