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For some reason the "bpchar" type name was defined nowhere in
our SGML docs, although several places refer to it in passing.
Give it a proper mention under Character Types.

While here, also provide an explanation of how the text and varchar
types relate.  The previous wording seemed to be doing its best
to sweep text under the rug, which doesn't seem very appropriate
given its prominence in other parts of the docs.

Minor rearrangements and word-smithing for clarity, too.

Laurenz Albe and Tom Lane, per gripe from Yanliang Lei

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README

PostgreSQL Database Management System
=====================================

This directory contains the source code distribution of the PostgreSQL
database management system.

PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system
that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including
transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types
and functions.  This distribution also contains C language bindings.

PostgreSQL has many language interfaces, many of which are listed here:

	https://www.postgresql.org/download/

See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install
PostgreSQL.  That file also lists supported operating systems and
hardware platforms and contains information regarding any other
software packages that are required to build or run the PostgreSQL
system.  Copyright and license information can be found in the
file COPYRIGHT.  A comprehensive documentation set is included in this
distribution; it can be read as described in the installation
instructions.

The latest version of this software may be obtained at
https://www.postgresql.org/download/.  For more information look at our
web site located at https://www.postgresql.org/.