PostgreSQL Administrator's Guide

Covering v6.3 for general release

by The PostgreSQL Development Team

Edited by Thomas Lockhart

(last updated 1998-02-23)

PostgreSQL is copyright (C) 1998 by the Postgres Global Development Group.

Table of Contents
Summary
1. Introduction
What is Postgres?
A Short History of Postgres
The Berkeley Postgres Project
Postgres95
PostgreSQL
About This Release
Resources
Copyrights and Trademarks
2. Ports
Currently Supported Platforms
Unsupported Platforms
3. Installation
Requirements to Run Postgres
Installation Procedure
Playing with Postgres
The Next Step
Porting Notes
Ultrix4.x
Linux
BSD/OS
NeXT
4. Runtime Environment
Locale Support
What are the Benefits?
What are the Drawbacks?
5. Starting postmaster
6. Adding and Deleting Users
7. Disk Management
Alternate Locations
8. Troubleshooting
9. Managing a Database
Creating a Database
Accessing a Database
Destroying a Database
10. Database Recovery
11. Regression Test
Regression Environment
Directory Layout
Regression Test Procedure
Regression Analysis
Comparing expected/actual output
Error message differences
OID differences
Date and time differences
Floating point differences
Polygon differences
Random differences
The expected files
12. Release Notes
Release 6.3
Release 6.2.1
Release 6.2
Release 6.1
Timing Results
v6.3
v6.1
SQL References
Index
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