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The <B>
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POSTGRES95</A></B> User Manual</H1>
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Version 1.0 (September 5, 1995)<br><br>
<A HREF="http://s2k-ftp.cs.berkeley.edu:8000/personal/andrew">Andrew Yu</A>
and
<A HREF="http://http.cs.berkeley.edu/~jolly/">Jolly Chen</A><br>
(with the POSTGRES Group)<br>
Computer Science Div., Dept. of EECS<br>
University of California at Berkeley<br>
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<H1 align=center>Table of Contents</H1>
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<DT><A HREF="intro.html">1. INTRODUCTION</A>
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<DT><A HREF="intro.html#a-short-history-of-the-postgres-project">1.1. A Short History of POSTGRES</A>
<DT><A HREF="intro.html#what-is-postgres95">1.2. What is POSTGRES95?</A>
<DT><A HREF="intro.html#about-this-release">1.4. About This Release</A>
<DT><A HREF="intro.html#outline-of-this-manual">1.5. Outline of This Manual</A>
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<DT><A HREF="architec.html">2. ARCHITECTURE CONCEPTS</A>
<DT><A HREF="start.html">3. GETTING STARTED</A>
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<DT><A HREF="start.html#setting-up-your-environment">3.1. Setting Up Your Enviroment</A>
<DT><A HREF="start.html#starting-the-postmaster">3.2. Starting The Postmaster</A>
<DT><A HREF="start.html#adding-and-deleting-users">3.3. Adding And Deleting Users</A>
<DT><A HREF="start.html#starting-applications">3.4. Starting Applications</A>
<DT><A HREF="start.html#managing-a-database">3.5. Managing A Database</A>
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<DT><A HREF="start.html#creating-a-database">3.5.1. Creating A Database</A>
<DT><A HREF="start.html#accesssing-a-database">3.5.2. Accessing A Database</A>
<DT><A HREF="start.html#destroying-a-database">3.5.3. Destroying A Database</A>
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<DT><A HREF="query.html">4. QUERY LANGUAGE</A>
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<DT><A HREF="query.html#concepts">4.1. Concepts</A>
<DT><A HREF="query.html#creating-a-new-class">4.2. Creating a New Class</A>
<DT><A HREF="query.html#populating-a-class-with-instances">4.3. Populating a Class with Instances</A>
<DT><A HREF="query.html#querying-a-class">4.4. Querying a Class</A>
<DT><A HREF="query.html#redirecting-select-queries">4.5. Redirecting SELECT Queries</A>
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<DT><A HREF="advanced.html">5. ADVANCED POSTGRES SQL FEATURES</A>
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<DT><A HREF="advanced.html#inheritance">5.1. Inheritance</A>
<DT><A HREF="advanced.html#time-travel">5.2. Time Travel</A>
<DT><A HREF="advanced.html#non-atomic-values">5.3. Non-Atomic Values</A>
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<DT><A HREF="advanced.html#arrays">5.3.1. Arrays</A>
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<DT><A HREF="extend.html">6. EXTENDING SQL: AN OVERVIEW</A>
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<DT><A HREF="extend.html#how-extensibility-works">6.1. How Extensibility Works</A>
<DT><A HREF="extend.html#the-postgres-type-system">6.2. The POSTGRES Type System</A>
<DT><A HREF="extend.html#about-the-postgres-system-catalogs">6.3. About the POSTGRES System Catalogs</A>
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<DT><A HREF="xfunc.html">7. EXTENDING SQL: FUNCTIONS</A>
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<DT><A HREF="xfunc.html#query-language-sql-functions">7.1. Query Language (SQL) Functions</A>
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<DT><A HREF="xfunc.html#sql-functions-on-base-types">7.1.1. SQL Functions on Base Types</A>
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<DT><A HREF="xfunc.html#programming-language-functions">7.2. Programming Language Functions</A>
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<DT><A HREF="xfunc.html#programming-language-functions-on-base-types">7.2.1. Programming Language Functions on Base Types</A>
<DT><A HREF="xfunc.html#programming-language-functions-on-composite-types">7.2.2. Programming Language Functions on Composite Types</A>
<DT><A HREF="xfunc.html#caveats">7.2.3. Caveats</A>
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<DT><A HREF="xtypes.html">8. EXTENDING SQL: TYPES</A>
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<DT><A HREF="xtypes.html#user-defined-types">8.1. User-Defined Types</A>
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<DT><A HREF="xtypes.html#functions-needed-for-a-user-defined-type">8.1.1. Functions Needed for a User-Defined Type</A>
<DT><A HREF="xtypes.html#large-objects">8.1.2. Large Objects</A>
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<DT><A HREF="xoper.html">9. EXTENDING SQL: OPERATORS</A>
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<DT><A HREF="xaggr.html">10. EXTENDING SQL: AGGREGATES</A>
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<DT><A HREF="xindex.html">11. INTERFACING EXTENSIONS TO INDICES</A>
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<DT><A HREF="libpq.html">12. LIBPQ</A>
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<DT><A HREF="libpq.html#control-and-initialization">12.1. Control and Initialization</A>
<DT><A HREF="libpq.html#database-connection-functions">12.2. Database Connection Functions</A>
<DT><A HREF="libpq.html#query-execution-functions">12.3. Query Execution Functions</A>
<DT><A HREF="libpq.html#fast-path">12.4. Fast Path</A>
<DT><A HREF="libpq.html#asynchronous-notification">12.5. Asynchronous Notification</A>
<DT><A HREF="libpq.html#functions-associated-with-the-copy-command">12.6. Functions Associated with the COPY Command</A>
<DT><A HREF="libpq.html#tracing-functions">12.7. LIBPQ Tracing Functions</A></A>
<DT><A HREF="libpq.html#authentication-functions">12.8. User Authentication Functions</A>
<DT><A HREF="libpq.html#bugs">12.9. BUGS</A>
<DT><A HREF="libpq.html#sample-programs">12.10. Sample Programs</A>
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<DT><A HREF="libpq.html#sample-program-1">12.10.1. Sample Program 1</A>
<DT><A HREF="libpq.html#sample-program-2">12.10.2. Sample Program 2</A>
<DT><A HREF="libpq.html#sample-program-3">12.10.3. Sample Program 3</A>
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<DT><A HREF="lobj.html">13. LARGE OBJECTS</A>
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<DT><A HREF="lobj.html#historical-note">13.1. Historical Note</A>
<DT><A HREF="lobj.html#inversion-large-objects">13.2. Inversion Large Objects</A>
<DT><A HREF="lobj.html#large-object-interfaces">13.3. Large Object Interfaces</A>
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<DT><A HREF="lobj.html#creating-large-objects">13.3.1. Creating a Large Object</A>
<DT><A HREF="lobj.html#importing-a-large-object">13.3.2. Importing a Large Object</A>
<DT><A HREF="lobj.html#exporting-a-large-object">13.3.3. Exporting a Large Object</A>
<DT><A HREF="lobj.html#opening-an-existing-large-object">13.3.4. Opening an Existing Large Object</A>
<DT><A HREF="lobj.html#writing-data-to-a-large-object">13.3.5. Writing Data to a Large Object</A>
<DT><A HREF="lobj.html#seeking-on-a-large-object">13.3.6. Seeking on a Large Object</A>
<DT><A HREF="lobj.html#closing-a-large-object-descriptor">13.3.7. Closing a Large Object Descriptor</A>
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<DT><A HREF="lobj.html#built-in-registered-functions">13.4. Built in registered functions</A>
<DT><A HREF="lobj.html#accessing-large-objects-from-libpq">13.5. Accessing Large Objects from LIBPQ</A>
<DT><A HREF="lobj.html#sample-program">13.6. Sample Program</A>
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<DT><A HREF="rules.html">14. THE POSTGRES RULE SYSTEM</A>
<DT><A HREF="admin.html">15. ADMINISTERING POSTGRES</A>
<DT><A HREF="refs.html">16. REFERENCES</A>
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<DT><A HREF="appenda.html">Appendix A: Linking Dynamically-Loaded Functions</A>
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