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    <H1>Developer's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for
    PostgreSQL</H1>

    <P>Last updated: Wed Sep  6 20:12:13 EDT 2006</P>

    <P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
    "mailto:bruce@momjian.us">bruce@momjian.us</A>)<BR>
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      <H2>General Questions</H2>
    <A href="#item1.1">1.1</A>) How do I get involved in PostgreSQL
    development?<BR>
     <A href="#item1.2">1.2</A>) What development environment is required
    to develop code?<BR>
     <A href="#item1.3">1.3</A>) What areas need work?<BR>
     <A href="#item1.4">1.4</A>) What do I do after choosing an item to
    work on?<BR>
     <A href="#item1.5">1.5</A>) I've developed a patch, what next?<BR>
     <A href="#item1.6">1.6</A>) Where can I learn more about the code?<BR>
     <A href="#item1.7">1.7</A>) How do I download/update the current
    source tree?<BR>
     <A href="#item1.8">1.8</A>) How do I test my changes?<BR>
     <A href="#item1.9">1.9</A>) What tools are available for
    developers?<BR>
     <A href="#item1.10">1.10</A>) What books are good for developers?<BR>
     <A href="#item1.11">1.11</A>) What is configure all about?<BR>
     <A href="#item1.12">1.12</A>) How do I add a new port?<BR>
     <A href="#item1.13">1.13</A>) Why don't you use threads, raw
    devices, async-I/O, &lt;insert your favorite wizz-bang feature
    here&gt;?<BR>
     <A href="#item1.14">1.14</A>) How are RPM's packaged?<BR>
     <A href="#item1.15">1.15</A>) How are CVS branches handled?<BR>
     <A href="#item1.16">1.16</A>) Where can I get a copy of the SQL
    standards?<BR>
     <A href="#item1.17">1.17</A>) Where can I get technical
    assistance?<BR>
     <A href="#item1.18">1.18</A>) How do I get involved in PostgreSQL web
    site development?<BR>
     

      <H2>Technical Questions</H2>
    <A href="#item2.1">2.1</A>) How do I efficiently access information in
    tables from the backend code?<BR>
     <A href="#item2.2">2.2</A>) Why are table, column, type, function,
    view names sometimes referenced as <I>Name</I> or <I>NameData,</I>
    and sometimes as <I>char *?</I><BR>
     <A href="#item2.3">2.3</A>) Why do we use <I>Node</I> and <I>List</I>
    to make data structures?<BR>
     <A href="#item2.4">2.4</A>) I just added a field to a structure. What
    else should I do?<BR>
     <A href="#item2.5">2.5</A>) Why do we use <I>palloc</I>() and