# PostgreSQL

Covering v7.0 for general release
The PostgreSQL Development Team
Thomas
Lockhart
Caltech/JPL
(last updated 2000-05-01)

PostgreSQL is Copyright © 1996-2000 by PostgreSQL Inc.

## Summary

Postgres, developed originally in the UC Berkeley Computer Science Department, pioneered many of the object-relational concepts now becoming available in some commercial databases. It provides SQL92/SQL3 language support, transaction integrity, and type extensibility. PostgreSQL is an open-source descendant of this original Berkeley code.

## User's Guide

Information for users.

&intro; &syntax; &datatype; &oper; &func; &typeconv; &indices; &array; &inherit; &plsql; &pltcl; &plperl; &mvcc; &environ; &manage; &storage; &plan; &populate; &commands;

## Administrator's Guide

Installation and maintenance information.

&ports; &config; &layout; &install; &installw; &runtime; &security; &start-ag; &manage-ag; &trouble; &recovery; &regress; &release;

## Programmer's Guide

Information for extending Postgres.

&arch-pg; &extend; &xfunc; &xtypes; &xoper; &xaggr; &rules; &xindex; &indexcost; &gist; &dfunc; &trigger; &spi; &xplang;

## Interfaces

User and programmer interfaces.

&func-ref; &lobj; &ecpg; &libpq; &libpqpp; &libpgtcl; &libpgeasy; &odbc; &jdbc; &lisp;

## Developer's Guide

The Developer's Guide includes discussion of design decisions and suggestions for future development.

&sources; &arch-dev; &options; &geqo; &protocol; &signals; &compiler; &bki; &page;

## Tutorial

Introduction for new users.

&sql; &arch; &start; &query; &advanced;

## Appendices

Additional related information.

&datetime; &cvs; &docguide; &biblio;