diff --git a/doc/FAQ b/doc/FAQ index 507dd804cebccef53d3d92208f6df35bd6f7a0fb..163178fa38da8b1672cd2b4a7afb5d3a4db78af1 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ +++ b/doc/FAQ @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL - Last updated: Mon Apr 21 10:54:04 EDT 2003 + Last updated: Tue Apr 22 14:02:41 EDT 2003 Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html index 54f8b1ae590f2b730ecbf326de1f53b9d5e48077..33ba50b25973f10460cfdcf5ed86ec46f07f2a7f 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ alink="#0000ff"> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1> - <P>Last updated: Mon Mar 17 11:32:59 EST 2003</P> + <P>Last updated: Tue Apr 22 14:02:41 EDT 2003</P> <P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href= "mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR> @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ "http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html">http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html</A>.</P> <P>Platform-specific questions are answered at <A href= - "http://www.PostgreSQL.org/users-lounge/docs/index.html">http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/index.html</A>.</P> + "http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/index.html">http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/index.html</A>.</P> <HR> <H2 align="center">General Questions</H2> @@ -245,11 +245,16 @@ <P>The database server can run on Windows NT and Win2k using Cygwin, the Cygnus Unix/NT porting library. See <I>pgsql/doc/FAQ_MSWIN</I> in the distribution or the MS Windows FAQ - at <A href="http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faqs/faq-mswin.html"> - http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faqs/faq-mswin.html</A>.</P> + at <A href="http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faqs/text/FAQ_MSWIN"> + http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faqs/text/FAQ_MSWIN</A>.</P> <p>A native port to MS Win NT/2000/XP is currently being worked - on.</p> + on. For more details on the current status of PostgreSQL on Windows see + <a href="http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/Windows"> + http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/Windows</a>.</p> + + <p>There is also a Novell Netware 6 port at + <a href="http://forge.novell.com">http://forge.novell.com</a>.</p> <H4><A name="1.5">1.5</A>) Where can I get PostgreSQL?</H4> @@ -309,8 +314,8 @@ <A href="http://www.PostgreSQL.org">http://www.PostgreSQL.org</A> </BLOCKQUOTE> - <P>There is also an IRC channel on EFNet, channel - <I>#PostgreSQL</I>. I use the Unix command <CODE>irc -c + <P>There is also an IRC channel on EFNet and OpenProjects, + channel <I>#PostgreSQL</I>. I use the Unix command <CODE>irc -c '#PostgreSQL' "$USER" irc.phoenix.net.</CODE></P> <P>A list of commercial support companies is available at <A href= @@ -326,8 +331,8 @@ <P>Several manuals, manual pages, and some small test examples are included in the distribution. See the <I>/doc</I> directory. You - can also browse the manual online at <A href= - "http://www.ca.PostgreSQL.org/users-lounge/docs/">http://www.ca.PostgreSQL.org/users-lounge/docs/</A>.</P> + can also browse the manuals online at <A href= + "http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs">http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs</A>.</P> <P>There are two PostgreSQL books available online at <A href= "http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/awbook.html">http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/awbook.html</A> @@ -602,7 +607,7 @@ <I>postmaster</I>. For most systems, with default numbers of buffers and processes, you need a minimum of ~1 MB. See the <A href= - "http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?kernel-resources.html">PostgreSQL + "http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/view.php?version=current&idoc=1&file=kernel-resources.html">PostgreSQL Administrator's Guide</A> for more detailed information about shared memory and semaphores.</P> @@ -1342,11 +1347,10 @@ BYTEA bytea variable-length byte array (null-byte safe) <H4><A name="4.25">4.25</A>) How do I return multiple rows or columns from a function?</H4> - <P>You can return result sets from PL/pgSQL functions using - <I>refcursors</I>. See <A href= - "http://www.PostgreSQL.org/idocs/index.php?plpgsql-cursors.html"> - http://www.PostgreSQL.org/idocs/index.php?plpgsql-cursors.html</A>, - section 23.7.3.3.</P> + <P>In 7.3, you can easily return multiple rows or columns from a + function, + <a href="http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/SetReturningFunctions"> + http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/SetReturningFunctions</a>. <H4><A name="4.26">4.26</A>) Why can't I reliably create/drop temporary tables in PL/PgSQL functions?</H4>