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authorBruce Momjian2005-03-11 21:46:54 +0000
committerBruce Momjian2005-03-11 21:46:54 +0000
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Here's the patch to fix a lot of markup errors in the HTML FAQs. Doesn't
change content (at least not supposed to). Magnus Hagander
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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
- <P>Last updated: Thu Feb 24 23:18:31 EST 2005</P>
+ <P>Last updated: Fri Mar 11 16:42:06 EST 2005</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
and Win2003. A prepackaged installer is available at <a href=
"http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller">
http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller</a>. MSDOS-based versions
- of Windows (Win95, Win98, WinMe) can run PostgreSQL using Cygwin.
+ of Windows (Win95, Win98, WinMe) can run PostgreSQL using Cygwin.</P>
<p>There is also a Novell Netware 6 port at
<a href="http://forge.novell.com">http://forge.novell.com</a>,
@@ -217,14 +217,14 @@
via email. The main web site to subscribe to the email lists is
<a href="http://www.postgresql.org/community/lists/">
http://www.postgresql.org/community/lists/</a>. The <I>general</I>
- or <I>bugs</I> lists are a good place to start.
+ or <I>bugs</I> lists are a good place to start.</P>
<P>The major IRC channel is <I>#postgresql</I> on Freenode
(<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 of the other popular 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.
+ (<I>#postgresqlfr</I>). There is also a PostgreSQL channel on EFNet.</P>
<P>A list of commercial support companies is available at <A href=
"http://techdocs.postgresql.org/companies.php">
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@
<li>Use of Prepared queries</li>
<li>Use of <SMALL>ANALYZE</SMALL> to maintain accurate optimizer
statistics</li>
- <li>Regular use of <SMALL>VACUUM</SMALL> or <I>pg_autovacuum</I>
+ <li>Regular use of <SMALL>VACUUM</SMALL> or <I>pg_autovacuum</I></li>
<li>Dropping of indexes during large data changes</li>
</ul><BR>
<BR>
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@
<SMALL>SELECT</SMALL> time, use a cursor and
<SMALL>FETCH</SMALL>.</P>
- <P>To <SMALL>SELECT</SMALL> a random row, use:
+ <P>To <SMALL>SELECT</SMALL> a random row, use:</P>
<PRE>
SELECT col
FROM tab
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@
<H4><A name="4.3">4.3</A>) How do you change a column's data type?</H4>
<P>Changing the data type of a column can be done easily in 8.0
- and later with <SMALL>ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN TYPE</SMALL>.
+ and later with <SMALL>ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN TYPE</SMALL>.</P>
<P>In earlier releases, do this:</P>
<PRE>
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@
<P>These are the limits:</P>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
-<TABLE BORDER=1>
+<TABLE >
<TR><TD>Maximum size for a database?</TD><TD>unlimited (32 TB databases
exist)</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Maximum size for a table?</TD><TD>32 TB</TD></TR>
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ table?</TD><TD>unlimited</TD></TR>
used if the table is larger than a minimum size, and the query
selects only a small percentage of the rows in the table. This is
because the random disk access caused by an index scan can be
- slower than a straight read through the table, or sequential scan.
+ slower than a straight read through the table, or sequential scan. </P>
<P>To determine if an index should be used, PostgreSQL must have
statistics about the table. These statistics are collected using
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ table?</TD><TD>unlimited</TD></TR>
<H4><A name="4.10">4.10</A>) What is the difference between the
various character types?</H4>
<BLOCKQUOTE>
-<TABLE BORDER=1>
+<TABLE >
<TR><TH>Type</TH><TH>Internal Name</TH><TH>Notes</TH></TR>
<TR><TD>VARCHAR(n)</TD><TD>varchar</TD><TD>size specifies maximum
length, no padding</TD></TR>
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ length</TD></TR>
<P>It is easy using set-returning functions,
<a href="http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/SetReturningFunctions">
- http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/SetReturningFunctions</a>.
+ http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/SetReturningFunctions</a></P>.
<H4><A name="4.20">4.20</A>) Why do I get "relation with OID #####
does not exist" errors when accessing temporary tables in PL/PgSQL
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ length</TD></TR>
<I>pg_hba.conf</I>, and the client <I>sslmode</I> must not be
<I>disable.</I> (Note that it is also possible to use a third-party
encrypted transport, such as stunnel or ssh, rather than PostgreSQL's
- native SSL connections.)
+ native SSL connections.)</LI>
<LI>Database user passwords are automatically encrypted when stored in
the system tables.</LI>
<LI>The server can run using an encrypted file system.</LI>