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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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<!ENTITY postgresql-download-http "http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/db/postgresql/source/v&postgresql-version;/postgresql-&postgresql-version;.tar.bz2">
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<!ENTITY postgresql-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.fr.postgresql.org/source/v&postgresql-version;/postgresql-&postgresql-version;.tar.bz2">
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<!ENTITY postgresql-md5sum "075ac81c865b0af865459260bf1ca890">
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<!ENTITY postgresql-size "11.0 MB">
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<!ENTITY postgresql-buildsize "259 MB">
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<!ENTITY postgresql-time "1.34 SBU">
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]>
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<sect1 id="postgresql" xreflabel="PostgreSQL-&postgresql-version;">
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<sect1info>
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<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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<date>$Date$</date>
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</sect1info>
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<?dbhtml filename="postgresql.html"?>
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<title>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym>-&postgresql-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql">
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<primary sortas="a-PostgreSQL">PostgreSQL</primary></indexterm>
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<sect2>
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<title>Introduction to
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<application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application></title>
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<para><application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> is an advanced
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object-relational database management system (<acronym>ORDBMS</acronym>),
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derived from the Berkeley Postgres database management system.</para>
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<sect3><title>Package information</title>
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<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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<listitem><para>Download (HTTP):
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<ulink url="&postgresql-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Download (FTP):
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<ulink url="&postgresql-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &postgresql-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Download size: &postgresql-size;</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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&postgresql-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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&postgresql-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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</sect3>
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<!--
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<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
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<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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<listitem><para>Required patch: <ulink
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url="&patch-root;/postgresql-&postgresql-version;-dsssl_fix-1.patch"/></para>
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</listitem></itemizedlist>
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</sect3>
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-->
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<sect3><title><application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application>
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dependencies</title>
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<sect4><title>Optional</title>
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<para><xref linkend="python"/>,
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<xref linkend="tcl"/>,
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<xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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<xref linkend="Linux_PAM"/>,
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<xref linkend="sgml-dtd"/>,
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<xref linkend="docbook-dsssl"/>,
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<xref linkend="openjade"/>,
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<xref linkend="perl-modules"/>: SGMLSpm-&SGMLSpm-version;,
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<ulink url="http://www.pdc.kth.se/kth-krb/">krb4</ulink>,
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<xref linkend="mitkrb"/> or <xref linkend="heimdal"/>, and
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<ulink url="http://rendezvous.sourceforge.net/">Rendezvous</ulink></para>
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</sect4>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Installation of
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<application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application></title>
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<para>In order for <command>configure</command> to properly discover
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<application>Docbook <acronym>SGML</acronym>
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<acronym>DTD</acronym></application>, you may need to remove
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<application>OpenSP</application> catalog definitions from the system
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<acronym>SGML</acronym> catalogs. Use the following command before building
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the package to accomplish this:</para>
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<screen><userinput><command>sed -i.orig \
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-e "/CATALOG \/etc\/sgml\/OpenSP-1.5.1.cat/d" \
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/etc/sgml/catalog \
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/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat</command></userinput></screen>
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<para>Install <application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> with the
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following commands: </para>
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<screen><userinput><command>sed -i \
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-e "s|dsssl-stylesheets|& \\\\\n sgml/docbook/&-&docbook-dsssl-version;|" \
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configure &&
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./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-thread-safety &&
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make</command></userinput></screen>
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<para>Now, as the root user:</para>
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<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install &&
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chown -R root:root /usr/share/doc/postgresql/html</command></userinput></screen>
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<!--
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<para>The standard installation provides only the header files needed
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for client application development. Server-side applications require
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the entire <application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application>
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include tree which can be installed using the following command:</para>
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<screen><userinput><command>make install-all-headers</command></userinput></screen>
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-->
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<note><para>If you are upgrading an existing system and are going to
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install the new files over the old ones, then you should
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back up your data, shut down the old server and follow the
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instructions in <ulink
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url="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/install-upgrading.html">the
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official <application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application>
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documentation</ulink>.</para></note>
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<para>Initialize a database cluster with the following commands issued by the
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root user:</para>
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<screen><userinput role='root'><command>install -v -m755 -d /srv/pgsql/data &&
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useradd -c "PostgreSQL Server" -g users -d /srv/pgsql/data postgres &&
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chown -v postgres /srv/pgsql/data &&
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su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/initdb -D /srv/pgsql/data'</command></userinput></screen>
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<para>As the root user, start the database server with the following
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command:</para>
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<screen><userinput role='root'><command>su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/postmaster -D /srv/pgsql/data > \
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/srv/pgsql/data/logfile 2>&1 &'</command></userinput></screen>
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<para>Still as user root, create a database and verify the
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installation:</para>
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<screen><userinput role='root'><command>su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/createdb test' &&
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echo "create table t1 ( name varchar(20), state_province varchar(20) );" \
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echo "insert into t1 values ('Billy', 'NewYork');" \
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echo "insert into t1 values ('Evanidus', 'Quebec');" \
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echo "insert into t1 values ('Jesse', 'Ontario');" \
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echo "select * from t1;" | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test')</command></userinput></screen>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Command explanations</title>
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<para><command>sed -i -e "s|dsssl-stylesheets|..."</command>: This command
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puts an extra line in the <command>configure</command> script so that the
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<acronym>BLFS</acronym> installed version of the <acronym>DSSSL</acronym>
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stylesheets can be discovered.</para>
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<para><parameter>--enable-thread-safety</parameter>: This switch makes the
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client libraries thread-safe by allowing concurrent threads in
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<filename class='libraryfile'>libpq</filename> and <acronym>ECPG</acronym>
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programs to safely control their private connection handles.</para>
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<para><command>chown -R root:root /usr/share/doc/postgresql/html</command>:
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This command corrects the improper ownership of some documentation
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files.</para>
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<para><command>useradd ...</command>: Add an unprivileged user to run the
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database server.</para>
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<para><command>createdb test; create table t1; insert into t1 values...;
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select * from t1</command>: Create a database, add a table to it, insert some
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rows into the table and select them to verify that the installation is working
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properly.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Configuring
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<application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application></title>
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<sect3 id="postgresql-config"><title>Config files</title>
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<para><filename>$PGDATA/pg_ident.con</filename>,
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<filename>$PGDATA/pg_hba.conf</filename> and
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<filename>$PGDATA/postgresql.conf</filename></para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-config">
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<primary sortas="e-A.PGDATA-pg_ident.con">$PGDATA/pg_indent.con</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-config">
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<primary sortas="e-A.PGDATA-pg_hba.conf">$PGDATA/pg_hba_conf</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-config">
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<primary sortas="e-A.PGDATA-postgresql.conf">$PGDATA/postgresql.conf</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<para>The <envar>PGDATA</envar> environment variable is used to distinguish
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database clusters from one another by setting it to the value of the directory
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which contains the cluster desired. The three configuration files
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exist in every <filename class="directory">PGDATA/</filename> directory.
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Details on the format of the files and the options that can be set in
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each can be found in <ulink
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url="file:///usr/share/doc/postgresql/html/index.html"/>.</para>
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<para id="postgresql-init">Install the
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<filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql</filename> init script included in the
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<xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-init">
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<primary sortas="f-postgresql">postgresql</primary></indexterm>
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<screen><userinput><command>make install-postgresql</command></userinput></screen>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>Contents</title>
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<segmentedlist>
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<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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<seglistitem>
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<seg>clusterdb, createdb, createlang, createuser, dropdb, droplang, dropuser,
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ecpg, initdb, ipcclean, pg_config, pg_controldata, pg_ctl, pg_dump,
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pg_dumpall, pg_resetxlog, pg_restore, pltcl_delmod, pltcl_listmod,
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pltcl_loadmod, postgres, postmaster, psql, vacuumdb</seg>
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<seg>libecpg.[so,a], libecpg_compat.[so,a], libpgport.a, libpgtypes.[so,a],
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libpq.[so,a] and various charset modules.</seg>
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<seg>/srv/pgsql, /usr/include/libpq, /usr/include/postgresql,
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/usr/lib/postgresql, /usr/share/doc/postgresql and /usr/share/postgresql</seg>
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</seglistitem>
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</segmentedlist>
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<variablelist>
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<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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<varlistentry id="clusterdb">
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<term><command>clusterdb</command></term>
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<listitem><para>is a utility for reclustering tables in a
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<application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> database.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql clusterdb">
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<primary sortas="b-clusterdb">clusterdb</primary>
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</indexterm></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="createdb">
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<term><command>createdb</command></term>
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<listitem><para> creates a new
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<application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> database.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql createdb">
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<primary sortas="b-createdb">createdb</primary>
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</indexterm></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="createlang">
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<term><command>createlang</command></term>
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<listitem><para>defines a new
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<application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> procedural
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language.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql createlang">
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<primary sortas="b-createlang">createlang</primary>
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</indexterm></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="createuser">
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<term><command>createuser</command></term>
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<listitem><para>defines a new
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<application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> user account.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql createuser">
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<primary sortas="b-createuser">createuser</primary>
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</indexterm></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="dropdb">
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<term><command>dropdb</command></term>
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<listitem><para>removes a
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<application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> database.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql dropdb">
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<primary sortas="b-dropdb">dropdb</primary>
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</indexterm></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="droplang">
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<term><command>droplang</command></term>
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<listitem><para>removes a
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<application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> procedural
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language.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql droplang">
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<primary sortas="b-droplang">droplang</primary>
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</indexterm></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="dropuser">
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<term><command>dropuser</command></term>
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<listitem><para>removes a
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<application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> user account.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql dropuser">
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<primary sortas="b-dropuser">dropuser</primary>
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</indexterm></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="ecpg">
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<term><command>ecpg</command></term>
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<listitem><para>is the embedded <acronym>SQL</acronym> preprocessor.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql ecpg">
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<primary sortas="b-ecpg">ecpg</primary>
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</indexterm></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="initdb">
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<term><command>initdb</command></term>
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<listitem><para>creates a new database cluster.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql initdb">
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<primary sortas="b-initdb">initdb</primary>
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</indexterm></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="ipcclean">
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<term><command>ipcclean</command></term>
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<listitem><para>removes shared memory and semaphores left over by an aborted
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database server.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql ipcclean">
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<primary sortas="b-ipcclean">ipcclean</primary>
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</indexterm></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pg_config">
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<term><command>pg_config</command></term>
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<listitem><para>retrieves
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<application>Postgre<acronym>SQL</acronym></application> version
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information.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql pg_config">
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<primary sortas="b-pg_config">pg_config</primary>
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</indexterm></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pg_controldata">
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<term><command>pg_controldata</command></term>
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<listitem><para>returns information initialized during
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<command>initdb</command>, such as the catalog version and server
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locale.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql pg_controldata">
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<primary sortas="b-pg_controldata">pg_controldata</primary>
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</indexterm></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pg_ctl">
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<term><command>pg_ctl</command></term>
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<listitem><para>controls stopping and starting the database server.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql pg_ctl">
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<primary sortas="b-pg_ctl">pg_ctl</primary>
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</indexterm></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pg_dump">
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<term><command>pg_dump</command></term>
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<listitem><para>dumps database data and metadata into scripts which are used
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to recreate the database.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql pg_dump">
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<primary sortas="b-pg_dump">pg_dump</primary>
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</indexterm></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pg_dumpall">
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<term><command>pg_dumpall</command></term>
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<listitem><para>recursively calls <command>pg_dump</command> for each
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database in a cluster.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql pg_dumpall">
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<primary sortas="b-pg_dumpall">pg_dumpall</primary>
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</indexterm></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pg_resetxlog">
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<term><command>pg_resetxlog</command></term>
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<listitem><para>clears the write-ahead log and optionally resets some
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fields in the <filename>pg_control</filename> file.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql pg_resetxlog">
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<primary sortas="b-pg_resetxlog">pg_resetxlog</primary>
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</indexterm></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pg_restore">
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<term><command>pg_restore</command></term>
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<listitem><para>creates databases from dump files created by
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<command>pg_dump</command>.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql pg_restore">
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<primary sortas="b-pg_restore">pg_restore</primary>
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</indexterm></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pltcl_delmod">
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<term><command>pltcl_delmod</command></term>
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<listitem><para>is a support script used to delete a module from a
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<acronym>PL</acronym>/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
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requires the <application><ulink
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url="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink></application>
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package to be installed also.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_delmod">
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<primary sortas="b-pltcl_delmod">pltcl_delmod</primary>
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</indexterm></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pltcl_listmod">
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<term><command>pltcl_listmod</command></term>
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<listitem><para>is a support script used to list the modules in a
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<acronym>PL</acronym>/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
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requires the <application><ulink
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url="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink></application>
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package to be installed also.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_listmod">
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<primary sortas="b-pltcl_listmod">pltcl_listmod</primary>
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</indexterm></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="pltcl_loadmod">
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<term><command>pltcl_loadmod</command></term>
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<listitem><para>is a support script used to load a module into a
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<acronym>PL</acronym>/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
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requires the <application><ulink
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url="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink></application>
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package to be installed also.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_loadmod">
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<primary sortas="b-pltcl_loadmod">pltcl_loadmod</primary>
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</indexterm></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="postgres">
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<term><command>postgres</command></term>
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<listitem><para>is a single user database server, generally used for
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debugging.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql postgres">
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<primary sortas="b-postgres">postgres</primary>
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</indexterm></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="postmaster">
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<term><command>postmaster</command></term>
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<listitem><para>is a multi-user database daemon.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql postmaster">
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<primary sortas="b-postmaster">postmaster</primary>
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</indexterm></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="psql">
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<term><command>psql</command></term>
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<listitem><para>is a console based database shell.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql psql">
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<primary sortas="b-psql">psql</primary>
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</indexterm></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry id="vacuumdb">
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<term><command>vacuumdb</command></term>
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<listitem><para>compacts databases and generates statistics for the query
|
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analyzer.</para>
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<indexterm zone="postgresql vacuumdb">
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<primary sortas="b-vacuumdb">vacuumdb</primary>
|
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</indexterm></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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