From fdbe9facdcbaa4ae0507aa177702bf5c4e28e5ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:08:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] FAQ updates --- This is a small cosmetic patch that adds pt_BR IRC channel to the lists of IRC channels, fixes a typo in the OID's question, and corrects the PGCluster's project name. Euler Taveira de Oliveira --- doc/FAQ | 11 ++++++----- doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html | 11 ++++++----- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/FAQ b/doc/FAQ index ce3ddad918a..50f22034526 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ +++ b/doc/FAQ @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL - Last updated: Mon Oct 9 20:28:14 EDT 2006 + Last updated: Sat Oct 14 19:08:19 EDT 2006 Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (bruce@momjian.us) @@ -184,8 +184,9 @@ The major IRC channel is #postgresql on Freenode (irc.freenode.net). To connect you can use the Unix program irc -c '#postgresql' "$USER" irc.freenode.net or use any other IRC clients. A Spanish one also - exists on the same network, (#postgresql-es), and a French one, - (#postgresqlfr). There is also a PostgreSQL channel on EFNet. + exists on the same network, (#postgresql-es), a French one, + (#postgresqlfr), and a Brazilian one, (#postgresql-br). There is also + a PostgreSQL channel on EFNet. A list of commercial support companies is available at http://www.postgresql.org/support/professional_support. @@ -732,7 +733,7 @@ overflow at 4 billion, and then the OIDs start being duplicated. PostgreSQL uses OIDs to link its internal system tables together. - To uniquely number columns in user tables, it is best to use SERIAL + To uniquely number rows in user tables, it is best to use SERIAL rather than OIDs because SERIAL sequences are unique only within a single table. and are therefore less likely to overflow. SERIAL8 is available for storing eight-byte sequence values. @@ -823,7 +824,7 @@ Multi-master replication allows read/write queries to be sent to multiple replicated computers. This capability also has a severe impact on performance due to the need to synchronize changes between - servers. Pgcluster is the most popular such solution freely available + servers. PGCluster is the most popular such solution freely available for PostgreSQL. There are also commercial and hardware-based replication solutions diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html index c22dc7ef668..8da16e9ee9a 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ alink="#0000ff"> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1> - <P>Last updated: Mon Oct 9 20:28:14 EDT 2006</P> + <P>Last updated: Sat Oct 14 19:08:19 EDT 2006</P> <P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href= "mailto:bruce@momjian.us">bruce@momjian.us</A>) @@ -236,8 +236,9 @@ (<I>irc.freenode.net</I>). To connect you can use the Unix program <CODE>irc -c '#postgresql' "$USER" irc.freenode.net</CODE> or use any other IRC clients. A Spanish one also exists - on the same network, (<I>#postgresql-es</I>), and a French one, - (<I>#postgresqlfr</I>). There is also a PostgreSQL channel on EFNet.</P> + on the same network, (<I>#postgresql-es</I>), a French one, + (<I>#postgresqlfr</I>), and a Brazilian one, (<I>#postgresql-br</I>). + There is also a PostgreSQL channel on EFNet.</P> <P>A list of commercial support companies is available at <A href= "http://www.postgresql.org/support/professional_support"> @@ -963,7 +964,7 @@ length</TD></TR> being duplicated. PostgreSQL uses <SMALL>OID</SMALL>s to link its internal system tables together.</P> - <P>To uniquely number columns in user tables, it is best to use + <P>To uniquely number rows in user tables, it is best to use <SMALL>SERIAL</SMALL> rather than O<SMALL>ID</SMALL>s because <SMALL>SERIAL</SMALL> sequences are unique only within a single table. and are therefore less likely to overflow. @@ -1077,7 +1078,7 @@ length</TD></TR> <P>Multi-master replication allows read/write queries to be sent to multiple replicated computers. This capability also has a severe impact on performance due to the need to synchronize changes between servers. - <A href="http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pgcluster/">Pgcluster</a> is the + <A href="http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pgcluster/">PGCluster</a> is the most popular such solution freely available for PostgreSQL.</P> <P>There are also commercial and hardware-based replication solutions -- GitLab