diff --git a/contrib/pginterface/Makefile b/contrib/pginterface/Makefile
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index 7759ef8d28f8f181e2499329c2c8e40fed302f1b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/contrib/pginterface/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Makefile
-#
-#
-TARGET = pginsert
-CFLAGS = -g -Wall -I/u/postgres95/include
-LIBS = -L/u/postgres95/lib -lpq
-
-$(TARGET) : pginsert.o pginterface.o halt.o
-	$(CC) -o $(TARGET) $(XFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) \
-		 pginsert.o pginterface.o halt.o $(LIBS)
-
-clean:
-	rm -f *.o $(TARGET) log core
-
-install:
-	make clean
-	make CFLAGS=-O
-	install -s -o bin -g bin $(TARGET) /usr/local/bin
diff --git a/contrib/pginterface/README b/contrib/pginterface/README
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index 5062431f096d3b7d09928d6b299bed6a826f9fec..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/contrib/pginterface/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-
-
-   			      Pginterface 1.0
-
-Attached is a copy of the Postgres support routines I wrote to allow me
-to more cleanly interface to the libpg library, more like a 4gl SQL
-interface.
-
-It has several features that may be useful for others:
-
-I have simplified the C code that calls libpq by wrapping all the
-functionality of libpq in calls to connectdb(), doquery(), fetch(), and
-disconnectdb().  Each call returns a structure or value, so if you need
-to do more work with the result, you can.  Also, I have a global
-variable that allows you to disable the error checking I have added to
-the doquery() routine.
-
-I have added a function called fetch(), which allows you to pass
-pointers as parameters, and on return the variables are filled with the
-data from the binary cursor you opened.  These binary cursors are not
-useful if you are running the query engine on a system with a different
-architecture than the database server.  If you pass a NULL pointer, the
-column is skipped, and you can use libpq to handle it as you wish.
-
-I have used sigprocmask() to block the reception of certain signals
-while the program is executing SQL queries.  This prevents a user
-pressing Control-C from stopping all the back ends.  It blocks SIGHUP,
-SIGINT, and SIGTERM, but does not block SIGQUIT or obviously kill -9. 
-If your platform does not support sigprocmask(), you can remove those
-function calls.  ( Am I correct that abnormal termination can cause
-shared memory resynchronization?)
-
-There is a demo program called pginsert that demonstrates how the
-library can be used.
-
-You can create a library of pginterface.c and halt.c, and just include
-pginterface.h in your source code.
-
-I am willing to maintain this if people find problems or want additional
-functionality. 
-
-Bruce Momjian (root@candle.pha.pa.us)
diff --git a/contrib/pginterface/halt.c b/contrib/pginterface/halt.c
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index 58ca11a58783eeafc9754b41b24aad5003b0fb09..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/contrib/pginterface/halt.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-/*
-**
-**	halt.c
-**
-**	This is used to print out error messages and exit
-*/
-
-#include <varargs.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-
-
-/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-**
-**	halt - print error message, and call clean up routine or exit
-**
-**------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-/*VARARGS*/
-void halt(va_alist)
-va_dcl
-{
-	va_list arg_ptr;
-	char	*format, *pstr;
-	void (*sig_func)();
-
-	va_start(arg_ptr);
-	format = va_arg(arg_ptr,char *);
-	if (strncmp(format,"PERROR", 6) != 0)
-		vfprintf(stderr,format,arg_ptr);
-	else
-	{
-		for (pstr=format+6; *pstr == ' ' || *pstr == ':'; pstr++)
-			;
-		vfprintf(stderr,pstr,arg_ptr);
-		perror("");
-	}			
-	va_end(arg_ptr);
-	fflush(stderr);
-
-		/* call one clean up function if defined */
-	if ( (sig_func = signal(SIGTERM, SIG_DFL)) != SIG_DFL &&
-	      sig_func != SIG_IGN)
-		(*sig_func)(0);
-	else if ( (sig_func = signal(SIGHUP, SIG_DFL)) != SIG_DFL &&
-	      		sig_func != SIG_IGN)
-		(*sig_func)(0);
-	else if ( (sig_func = signal(SIGINT, SIG_DFL)) != SIG_DFL &&
-	      		sig_func != SIG_IGN)
-		(*sig_func)(0);
-	else if ( (sig_func = signal(SIGQUIT, SIG_DFL)) != SIG_DFL &&
-	      		sig_func != SIG_IGN)
-		(*sig_func)(0);
-	exit(1);
-}
diff --git a/contrib/pginterface/halt.h b/contrib/pginterface/halt.h
deleted file mode 100644
index cb4ea545b9b338449314ff56df253ebbe807fc94..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/contrib/pginterface/halt.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-/*
-** halt.h
-**
-*/
-
-void halt();
-
diff --git a/contrib/pginterface/pginsert.c b/contrib/pginterface/pginsert.c
deleted file mode 100644
index b49d3449c66fe971b5a5b0e298a73a9a5316a684..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/contrib/pginterface/pginsert.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * insert.c
- *
-*/
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <time.h>
-#include "halt.h"
-#include <libpq-fe.h>
-#include "pginterface.h"
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-	char query[4000];
-	int row =1;
-	int	aint;
-	float afloat;
-	double adouble;
-	char achar[11], achar16[17], abpchar[11], avarchar[51], atext[51];
-	time_t aabstime;
-	
-	if (argc != 2)
-		halt("Usage:  %s database\n",argv[0]);
-
-	connectdb(argv[1],NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL);
-
-	on_error_continue();
-	doquery("DROP TABLE testfetch");
-	on_error_stop();
-
-	doquery("\
-		CREATE TABLE testfetch( \
-			aint 	int4, \
-			afloat 	float4, \
-			adouble float8, \
-			achar	char, \
-			achar16	char16, \
-			abpchar char(10), \
-			avarchar varchar(50), \
-			atext	text, \
-			aabstime abstime) \
-		");
-
-	while(1)
-	{
-		sprintf(query,"INSERT INTO testfetch VALUES ( \
-			%d, \
-			2322.12, \
-			'923121.0323'::float8, \
-			'A', \
-			'Betty', \
-			'Charley', \
-			'Doug', \
-			'Ernie', \
-			'now' )", row);
-		doquery(query);
-		
-		doquery("BEGIN WORK");
-  		doquery("DECLARE c_testfetch BINARY CURSOR FOR \
-					SELECT * FROM testfetch");
-
-		doquery("FETCH ALL IN c_testfetch");
-
-		while (fetch(
-			&aint, 	
-			&afloat, 	
-			&adouble, 
-			achar,	
-			achar16,	
-			abpchar, 
-			avarchar, 
-			atext,
-			&aabstime) != END_OF_TUPLES)
-				printf("int %d\nfloat %f\ndouble %f\nchar %s\nchar16 %s\n\
-bpchar %s\nvarchar %s\ntext %s\nabstime %s",
-				aint, 	
-				afloat, 	
-				adouble, 
-				achar,	
-				achar16,	
-				abpchar, 
-				avarchar,
-				atext,
-				ctime(&aabstime));
-
-		
-		doquery("CLOSE c_testfetch");
-		doquery("COMMIT WORK");
-		printf("--- %-d rows inserted so far\n",row);
-		
-		row++;
-	}
-
-	disconnectdb();
-	return 0;
-}
-
diff --git a/contrib/pginterface/pginterface.c b/contrib/pginterface/pginterface.c
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index 9df7021eb71a80e4aebd18fe6c964c24a4c0cad4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/contrib/pginterface/pginterface.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,177 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * pginterface.c
- *
-*/
-
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <stdarg.h>
-
-#include "halt.h"
-#include <libpq-fe.h>
-#include "pginterface.h"
-
-static void sig_disconnect();
-static void set_signals();
-
-#define NUL '\0'
-
-/* GLOBAL VARIABLES */
-static PGconn* conn;
-static PGresult* res = NULL;
-
-#define ON_ERROR_STOP	0
-#define ON_ERROR_CONTINUE	1
-
-static int	on_error_state = ON_ERROR_STOP;
-
-/* LOCAL VARIABLES */
-static sigset_t block_sigs, unblock_sigs;
-static int tuple;
-
-/*
-**
-**	connectdb - returns PGconn structure
-**
-*/
-PGconn *connectdb(	char *dbName,
-					char *pghost,
-					char *pgport,
-					char *pgoptions,
-					char *pgtty)
-{
-	/* make a connection to the database */
-	conn = PQsetdb(pghost, pgport, pgoptions, pgtty, dbName);
-	if (PQstatus(conn) == CONNECTION_BAD)
-		halt("Connection to database '%s' failed.\n%s\n", dbName,
-			PQerrorMessage(conn));
-	set_signals();
-	return conn;
-}
-
-/*
-**
-**	disconnectdb
-**
-*/
-void disconnectdb()
-{
-	PQfinish(conn);
-}
-
-/*
-**
-**	doquery	- returns PGresult structure
-**
-*/
-PGresult *doquery(char *query)
-{
-	if (res != NULL)
-		PQclear(res);
-
-	sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK,&block_sigs,NULL);
-	res = PQexec(conn, query);
-	sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK,&unblock_sigs,NULL);
-
-	if (on_error_state == ON_ERROR_STOP &&
-		(res == NULL ||
-		 PQresultStatus(res) ==	PGRES_BAD_RESPONSE ||
-		 PQresultStatus(res) ==	PGRES_NONFATAL_ERROR ||
-		 PQresultStatus(res) ==	PGRES_FATAL_ERROR))
-	{
-		if (res != NULL)
-				fprintf(stderr,"query error:  %s\n",PQcmdStatus(res));
-		else	fprintf(stderr,"connection error:  %s\n",PQerrorMessage(conn));
-		PQfinish(conn);
-		halt("failed request:  %s\n", query);
-	}
-	tuple = 0;
-	return res;
-}
-
-/*
-**
-**	fetch - returns tuple number (starts at 0), or the value END_OF_TUPLES
-**			NULL pointers are skipped
-**
-*/
-int fetch(void *param, ...)
-{
-	va_list ap;
-	int arg, num_args;
-
-	num_args = PQnfields(res);
-
-	if (tuple >= PQntuples(res))
-		return END_OF_TUPLES;
-	va_start(ap, param);
-	for (arg = 0; arg < num_args; arg++)
-	{
-		if (param != NULL)
-		{
-			if (PQfsize(res, arg) == -1)
-			{
-				memcpy(param,PQgetvalue(res,tuple,arg),PQgetlength(res,tuple,arg));
-				((char *)param)[PQgetlength(res,tuple,arg)] = NUL;
-			}
-			else
-				memcpy(param,PQgetvalue(res,tuple,arg),PQfsize(res,arg));
-		}
-		param = va_arg(ap, char *);
-	}
-	va_end(ap);
-	return tuple++;
-}
-
-/*
-**
-**	on_error_stop
-**
-*/
-void on_error_stop()
-{
-	on_error_state = ON_ERROR_STOP;
-}
-	
-/*
-**
-**	on_error_continue
-**
-*/
-void on_error_continue()
-{
-	on_error_state = ON_ERROR_CONTINUE;
-}
-	
-/*
-**
-**	sig_disconnect
-**
-*/
-static void sig_disconnect()
-{
-	fprintf(stderr,"exiting...\n");
-	PQfinish(conn);
-	exit(1);
-}
-
-/*
-**
-**	set_signals
-**
-*/
-static void set_signals()
-{
-	sigemptyset(&block_sigs);
-	sigemptyset(&unblock_sigs);
-	sigaddset(&block_sigs,SIGTERM);
-	sigaddset(&block_sigs,SIGHUP);
-	sigaddset(&block_sigs,SIGINT);
-/*	sigaddset(&block_sigs,SIGQUIT); no block */
-	sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK,&unblock_sigs,NULL);
-	signal(SIGTERM,sig_disconnect);
-	signal(SIGHUP,sig_disconnect);
-	signal(SIGINT,sig_disconnect);
-	signal(SIGQUIT,sig_disconnect);
-}
diff --git a/contrib/pginterface/pginterface.h b/contrib/pginterface/pginterface.h
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index 6e074ff234954e16269ffb230bb29887dfc1fb7f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/contrib/pginterface/pginterface.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * pglib.h
- *
-*/
-
-PGresult *doquery(char *query);
-PGconn 	*connectdb();
-void	disconnectdb();
-int		fetch(void *param, ...);
-void	on_error_continue();
-void	on_error_stop();
-
-#define END_OF_TUPLES	(-1)