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development of PostgreSQL.
The authors of PostgreSQL 1.01 were Andrew Yu and Jolly Chen. Many
others have contributed to the porting, testing, debugging and
others have contributed to the porting, testing, debugging, and
enhancement of the code. The original Postgres code, from which
PostgreSQL is derived, was the effort of many graduate students,
undergraduate students, and staff programmers working under the
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1.2) What's the copyright on PostgreSQL?
PostgreSQL is subject to the following COPYRIGHT.
PostgreSQL is subject to the following COPYRIGHT:
PostgreSQL Data Base Management System
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1.5) Where can I get PostgreSQL?
The primary anonymous ftp site for PostgreSQL is
ftp://ftp.PostgreSQL.org/pub. For mirror sites, see our main web site.
ftp://ftp.PostgreSQL.org/pub. For mirror sites, see our main Web site.
1.6) Where can I get support?
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psql has some nice \d commands to show information about types,
operators, functions, aggregates, etc.
Our web site contains even more documentation.
Our Web site contains even more documentation.
1.9) How do I find out about known bugs or missing features?
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1.12) How do I join the development team?
First, download the latest source and read the PostgreSQL Developers
documentation on our web site, or in the distribution. Second,
documentation on our Web site, or in the distribution. Second,
subscribe to the pgsql-hackers and pgsql-patches mailing lists. Third,
submit high-quality patches to pgsql-patches.
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Of course, MySQL doesn't have any of the features mentioned in
the Features section above. We are built for flexibility and
features, though we continue to improve performance through
profiling and source code analysis. There is an interesting web
profiling and source code analysis. There is an interesting Web
page comparing PostgreSQL to MySQL at
http://openacs.org/why-not-mysql.html
We handle each user connection by creating a Unix process.
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There is also one at http://www.phone.net/home/mwm/hotlist/.
For web integration, PHP is an excellent interface. It is at
For Web integration, PHP is an excellent interface. It is at
http://www.php.net
For complex cases, many use the Perl interface and CGI.pm.
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We have a nice graphical user interface called pgaccess, which is
shipped as part of the distribution. Pgaccess also has a report
generator. The web page is http://www.flex.ro/pgaccess
generator. The Web page is http://www.flex.ro/pgaccess
We also include ecpg, which is an embedded SQL query language
interface for C.

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of PostgreSQL.<P>
The authors of PostgreSQL 1.01 were Andrew Yu and Jolly Chen. Many
others have contributed to the porting, testing, debugging and
others have contributed to the porting, testing, debugging, and
enhancement of the code. The original Postgres code, from which
PostgreSQL is derived, was the effort of many graduate students,
undergraduate students, and staff programmers working under the
@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ It is pronounced <I>Post-Gres-Q-L.</I>
<H4><A NAME="1.2">1.2</A>) What's the copyright on
PostgreSQL?</H4><P>
PostgreSQL is subject to the following COPYRIGHT.<P>
PostgreSQL is subject to the following COPYRIGHT:<P>
PostgreSQL Data Base Management System<P>
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The primary anonymous ftp site for PostgreSQL is
<A
HREF="ftp://ftp.PostgreSQL.org/pub">ftp://ftp.PostgreSQL.org/pub</A>.
For mirror sites, see our main web site.
For mirror sites, see our main Web site.
<H4><A NAME="1.6">1.6</A>) Where can I get support?</H4><P>
@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/awbook.html</A>.<P>
<I>psql</I> has some nice \d commands to show information about types,
operators, functions, aggregates, etc.<P>
Our web site contains even more documentation.<P>
Our Web site contains even more documentation.<P>
<H4><A NAME="1.9">1.9</A>) How do I find out about known bugs or missing features?
</H4><P>
@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ Yes, we easily handle dates past the year 2000AD, and before 2000BC.<P>
<H4><A NAME="1.12">1.12</A>) How do I join the development team?</H4><P>
First, download the latest source and read the PostgreSQL Developers
documentation on our web site, or in the distribution.
documentation on our Web site, or in the distribution.
Second, subscribe to the <I>pgsql-hackers</I> and <I>pgsql-patches</I> mailing lists.
Third, submit high-quality patches to pgsql-patches.<P>
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doesn't have any of the features mentioned in the <I>Features</I>
section above. We are built for flexibility and features, though we
continue to improve performance through profiling and source code
analysis. There is an interesting web page comparing PostgreSQL to MySQL
analysis. There is an interesting Web page comparing PostgreSQL to MySQL
at <a href="http://openacs.org/why-not-mysql.html">
http://openacs.org/why-not-mysql.html</a><BR><BR>
@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ HREF="http://www.webtools.com">http://www.webtools.com</A><P>
There is also one at <A HREF="http://www.phone.net/home/mwm/hotlist/">
http://www.phone.net/home/mwm/hotlist/.</A><P>
For web integration, PHP is an excellent interface. It is at
For Web integration, PHP is an excellent interface. It is at
<A HREF="http://www.php.net">http://www.php.net</A><P>
For complex cases, many use the Perl interface and CGI.pm.<P>
@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ A report generator? An embedded query language interface?</H4><P>
We have a nice graphical user interface called <I>pgaccess,</I> which is
shipped as part of the distribution. <I>Pgaccess</I> also has a report
generator. The web page is <A HREF=
generator. The Web page is <A HREF=
"http://www.flex.ro/pgaccess">http://www.flex.ro/pgaccess</A><P>
We also include <I>ecpg,</I> which is an embedded SQL query language interface for

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