postgres/contrib
Peter Eisentraut 0bd223291f Update build system. 2002-10-22 20:03:09 +00:00
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adddepend Update /contrib for "autocommit TO 'on'". 2002-10-18 18:41:22 +00:00
array Update /contrib for "autocommit TO 'on'". 2002-10-18 18:41:22 +00:00
btree_gist SET autocommit no longer needed in /contrib because pg_regress.sh does 2002-10-21 01:42:14 +00:00
chkpass Might need to link with -lcrypt. 2002-10-21 18:55:10 +00:00
cube SET autocommit no longer needed in /contrib because pg_regress.sh does 2002-10-21 01:42:14 +00:00
dbase Update /contrib for "autocommit TO 'on'". 2002-10-18 18:41:22 +00:00
dblink Add DLLIMPORT declarations needed by contrib modules. 2002-10-21 18:57:35 +00:00
dbmirror It includes 2002-10-19 02:16:40 +00:00
dbsize pgindent run. 2002-09-04 20:31:48 +00:00
earthdistance When I removed the cube based stuff from eathdistance I accidentally 2002-10-21 20:33:21 +00:00
findoidjoins Update /contrib for "autocommit TO 'on'". 2002-10-18 18:41:22 +00:00
fulltextindex Update /contrib for "autocommit TO 'on'". 2002-10-18 18:41:22 +00:00
fuzzystrmatch Update /contrib for "autocommit TO 'on'". 2002-10-18 18:41:22 +00:00
intagg Update /contrib for "autocommit TO 'on'". 2002-10-18 18:41:22 +00:00
intarray SET autocommit no longer needed in /contrib because pg_regress.sh does 2002-10-21 01:42:14 +00:00
ipc_check start of an admin tool for FreeBSD to help configure shared memory for 2001-02-27 15:37:39 +00:00
isbn_issn Update /contrib for "autocommit TO 'on'". 2002-10-18 18:41:22 +00:00
lo Update /contrib for "autocommit TO 'on'". 2002-10-18 18:41:22 +00:00
ltree SET autocommit no longer needed in /contrib because pg_regress.sh does 2002-10-21 01:42:14 +00:00
mSQL-interface pgindent run. 2002-09-04 20:31:48 +00:00
mac
miscutil Update /contrib for "autocommit TO 'on'". 2002-10-18 18:41:22 +00:00
mysql Add a bunch of pseudo-types to replace the behavior formerly associated 2002-08-22 00:01:51 +00:00
noupdate Update /contrib for "autocommit TO 'on'". 2002-10-18 18:41:22 +00:00
oid2name Update /contrib for "autocommit TO 'on'". 2002-10-18 18:41:22 +00:00
oracle Add a bunch of pseudo-types to replace the behavior formerly associated 2002-08-22 00:01:51 +00:00
pg_dumplo Update /contrib for "autocommit TO 'on'". 2002-10-18 18:41:22 +00:00
pg_logger New pgindent run with fixes suggested by Tom. Patch manually reviewed, 2001-11-05 17:46:40 +00:00
pg_upgrade Make pg_resetxlog options parsing more standard and prepare messages for 2002-08-29 22:19:03 +00:00
pgbench Fix core dump recently introduced into pgbench. 2002-10-20 19:38:10 +00:00
pgcrypto Need sys/param.h for endianness macros. 2002-10-21 18:56:30 +00:00
pgstattuple Update /contrib for "autocommit TO 'on'". 2002-10-18 18:41:22 +00:00
reindexdb Update /contrib for "autocommit TO 'on'". 2002-10-18 18:41:22 +00:00
rserv Well, this patch makes Makefile for contrib/rserv use the 2002-10-09 16:23:55 +00:00
rtree_gist SET autocommit no longer needed in /contrib because pg_regress.sh does 2002-10-21 01:42:14 +00:00
seg SET autocommit no longer needed in /contrib because pg_regress.sh does 2002-10-21 01:42:14 +00:00
spi Update /contrib for "autocommit TO 'on'". 2002-10-18 18:41:22 +00:00
start-scripts Patch to add comments to Linux startup script. 2001-07-30 14:52:42 +00:00
string Update /contrib for "autocommit TO 'on'". 2002-10-18 18:41:22 +00:00
tablefunc SET autocommit no longer needed in /contrib because pg_regress.sh does 2002-10-21 01:42:14 +00:00
tips Remove the last traces of datatypes datetime and timespan. 2002-05-03 04:11:08 +00:00
tools
tsearch SET autocommit no longer needed in /contrib because pg_regress.sh does 2002-10-21 01:42:14 +00:00
userlock Update /contrib for "autocommit TO 'on'". 2002-10-18 18:41:22 +00:00
vacuumlo Update /contrib for "autocommit TO 'on'". 2002-10-18 18:41:22 +00:00
xml Update build system. 2002-10-22 20:03:09 +00:00
Makefile First step to removing /contrib/retep, with Peter Mount's approval. 2002-10-21 00:12:46 +00:00
README First step to removing /contrib/retep, with Peter Mount's approval. 2002-10-21 00:12:46 +00:00
contrib-global.mk Assorted fixes for Cygwin: 2002-09-05 18:28:46 +00:00

README

The PostgreSQL contrib tree
---------------------------

This subtree contains porting tools, analysis utilities, and plug-in
features that are not part of the core PostgreSQL system, mainly because
they address a limited audience or are too experimental to be part of
the main source tree.  This does not preclude their usefulness.

Each subdirectory contains a README file with information about the
module.  Most items can be built with `gmake all' and installed with
`gmake install' in the usual fashion, after you have run the `configure'
script in the top-level directory.  Some directories supply new
user-defined functions, operators, or types.  After you have installed
the files you need to register the new entities in the database system
by running the commands in the supplied .sql file.  For example,

	$ psql -d dbname -f module.sql

See the PostgreSQL documentation for more information about this
procedure.


Index:
------

adddepend -
	Add object dependency information to pre-7.3 objects.
	by Rod Taylor <rbt@rbt.ca>

array -
	Array iterator functions
	by Massimo Dal Zotto <dz@cs.unitn.it>

btree_gist -
	Support for emulating BTREE indexing in GiST
	by Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su> and Teodor Sigaev <teodor@stack.net>

chkpass -
	An auto-encrypted password datatype
	by D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy@druid.net>

cube -
	Multidimensional-cube datatype (GiST indexing example)
	by Gene Selkov, Jr. <selkovjr@mcs.anl.gov>

dbase -
	Converts from dbase/xbase to PostgreSQL
	by Maarten.Boekhold <Maarten.Boekhold@reuters.com>,
	   Frank Koormann <fkoorman@usf.uni-osnabrueck.de>,
	   Ivan Baldo <lubaldo@adinet.com.uy>

dblink -
	Allows remote query execution
	by Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>

dbmirror -
	Replication server
	by Steven Singer <ssinger@navtechinc.com>

dbsize -
	Reports database and table disk space
	by Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>

earthdistance -
	Operator for computing earth distance for two points
	by Hal Snyder <hal@vailsys.com>

findoidjoins -
	Finds the joins used by oid columns by examining the actual
	values in the oid columns and row oids.
	by Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

fulltextindex -
	Full text indexing using triggers
	by Maarten Boekhold <maartenb@dutepp0.et.tudelft.nl>

fuzzystrmatch -
	Levenshtein, metaphone, and soundex fuzzy string matching
	by Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>, Joel Burton <jburton@scw.org>

intagg -
	Integer aggregator
	by mlw <markw@mohawksoft.com>

intarray -
	Index support for arrays of int4, using GiST
	by Teodor Sigaev <teodor@stack.net> and Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su>

ipc_check -
	Simple test script to help in configuring IPC.
	FreeBSD only, for now.

isbn_issn -
	PostgreSQL type extensions for ISBN (books) and ISSN (serials)
	by Garrett A. Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>

lo -
	Large Object maintenance
	by Peter Mount <peter@retep.org.uk> 

ltree -
	Tree-like data structures
	by Teodor Sigaev <teodor@stack.net> and Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su>

mSQL-interface -
	mSQL API translation library
	by Aldrin Leal <aldrin@americasnet.com>

mac -
	Support functions for MAC address types
	by Lawrence E. Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>

miscutil -
	PostgreSQL assert checking and various utility functions
	by Massimo Dal Zotto <dz@cs.unitn.it>

mysql -
	Utility to convert MySQL schema dumps to SQL92 and PostgreSQL
	by Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>
	   Max Rudensky <fonin@ziet.zhitomir.ua>
	   Valentine Danilchuk <valdan@ziet.zhitomir.ua>

noupdate -
	Trigger to prevent updates on single columns

oid2name - 
	Maps numeric files to table names
	by B Palmer <bpalmer@crimelabs.net>

oracle -
	Converts Oracle database schema to PostgreSQL
	by Gilles Darold <gilles@darold.net>

pg_dumplo -
	Dump large objects
	by Karel Zak <zakkr@zf.jcu.cz>

pg_logger -
	Stdin-to-syslog gateway for PostgreSQL
	by Nathan Myers <ncm@nospam.cantrip.org>

pg_upgrade -
	Upgrade from previous PostgreSQL version without pg_dump/reload
	by Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

pgbench -
	TPC-B like benchmarking tool
	by Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp>

pgcrypto -
	Cryptographic functions
	by Marko Kreen <marko@l-t.ee>

reindexdb - 
	Reindexes a database
	by Shaun Thomas <sthomas@townnews.com>

pgstattuple -
	A function returns the percentage of "dead" tuples in a table
	by Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp>

rserv -
	Replication server
	by Vadim B. Mikheev <vadim4o@email.com>

rtree_gist -
	Support for emulating RTREE indexing in GiST
	by Oleg Bartunov <oleg@sai.msu.su> and Teodor Sigaev <teodor@stack.net>

seg -
	Confidence-interval datatype (GiST indexing example)
	by Gene Selkov, Jr. <selkovjr@mcs.anl.gov>

spi -
	Various trigger functions, examples for using SPI.

start-scripts - 
	Scripts for starting the server at boot time.
	
string -
	C-like input/output conversion routines for strings
	by Massimo Dal Zotto <dz@cs.unitn.it>

tablefunc -
	Examples of functions returning tables
	by Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>

tips/apache_logging -
	Getting Apache to log to PostgreSQL
	by Terry Mackintosh <terry@terrym.com>

tools -
	Assorted developer tools
	by Massimo Dal Zotto <dz@cs.unitn.it>

tsearch -
	Full-text-index support using GiST
	by Teodor Sigaev <teodor@stack.net> and Oleg Bartunov
	<oleg@sai.msu.su>.

userlock -
	User locks
	by Massimo Dal Zotto <dz@cs.unitn.it>

vacuumlo -
	Remove orphaned large objects
	by Peter T Mount <peter@retep.org.uk>

xml -
	Storing XML in PostgreSQL
	by John Gray <jgray@azuli.co.uk>