| 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY postgresql-download-http "http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/db/postgresql/source/v&postgresql-version;/postgresql-&postgresql-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY postgresql-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.fr.postgresql.org/source/v&postgresql-version;/postgresql-&postgresql-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY postgresql-md5sum "c0914a133ce6c1e0f1d8b93982d6e881">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY postgresql-size "11.0 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY postgresql-buildsize "139 MB (additional 110 MB to run the testsuite)">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY postgresql-time "1.12 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="postgresql" xreflabel="PostgreSQL-&postgresql-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="postgresql.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>PostgreSQL-&postgresql-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="postgresql">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-PostgreSQL">PostgreSQL</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to PostgreSQL</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para><application>PostgreSQL</application> is an advanced
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| 33 | object-relational database management system (ORDBMS), derived
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| 34 | from the Berkeley Postgres database management system.</para>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 37 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 38 | <listitem>
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| 39 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&postgresql-download-http;"/></para>
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| 40 | </listitem>
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| 41 | <listitem>
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| 42 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&postgresql-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &postgresql-md5sum;</para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download size: &postgresql-size;</para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &postgresql-buildsize;</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Estimated build time: &postgresql-time;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | </itemizedlist>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <!--
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| 59 | <sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
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| 60 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 61 | <listitem><para>Required patch: <ulink
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| 62 | url="&patch-root;/postgresql-&postgresql-version;-dsssl_fix-1.patch"/></para>
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| 63 | </listitem></itemizedlist>
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| 64 | </sect3>
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| 65 | -->
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| 66 |
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| 67 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">PostgreSQL Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 70 | <para><xref linkend="python"/>,
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| 71 | <xref linkend="tcl"/>,
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| 72 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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| 73 | <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>,
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| 74 | <xref linkend="sgml-dtd"/>,
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| 75 | <xref linkend="docbook-dsssl"/>,
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| 76 | <xref linkend="openjade"/>,
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| 77 | <xref linkend="perl-sgmlspm"/>,
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| 78 | <ulink url="http://www.pdc.kth.se/kth-krb/">krb4</ulink>,
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| 79 | <xref linkend="mitkrb"/> or <xref linkend="heimdal"/>, and
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| 80 | <ulink url="http://rendezvous.sourceforge.net/">Rendezvous</ulink></para>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | </sect2>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 85 | <title>Installation of PostgreSQL</title>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <!-- Disabling obsolete text
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| 88 |
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| 89 | <para>In order for <command>configure</command> to properly discover
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| 90 | <application>Docbook SGML DTD</application>, you may need to remove
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| 91 | <application>OpenSP</application> catalog definitions from the system
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| 92 | SGML catalogs. Use the following command before building the package
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| 93 | to accomplish this:</para>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <screen role="root"><userinput>sed -i.orig \
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| 96 | -e "/CATALOG \/etc\/sgml\/OpenSP-1.5.1.cat/d" \
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| 97 | /etc/sgml/catalog \
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| 98 | /etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat</userinput></screen>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | -->
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| 101 |
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| 102 | <para>Install <application>PostgreSQL</application> with the
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| 103 | following commands: </para>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <screen><userinput>sed -i \
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| 106 | -e "s|dsssl-stylesheets|& \\\\\n sgml/docbook/&-&docbook-dsssl-version;|" \
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| 107 | configure &&
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| 108 | ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-thread-safety &&
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| 109 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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| 116 | chown -v root:root /usr/share/doc/postgresql/html</userinput></screen>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <!--
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| 119 | <para>The standard installation provides only the header files needed
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| 120 | for client application development. Server-side applications require
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| 121 | the entire <application>PostgreSQL</application>
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| 122 | include tree which can be installed using the following command:</para>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <screen><userinput><command>make install-all-headers</command></userinput></screen>
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| 125 | -->
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| 126 |
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| 127 | <note>
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| 128 | <para>If you are upgrading an existing system and are going to install
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| 129 | the new files over the old ones, then you should back up your data, shut
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| 130 | down the old server and follow the instructions in <ulink
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| 131 | url="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/install-upgrading.html">the
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| 132 | official <application>PostgreSQL</application> documentation</ulink>.</para>
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| 133 | </note>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <para>Initialize a database cluster with the following commands issued by the
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| 136 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -v -m755 -d /srv/pgsql/data &&
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| 139 | useradd -c "PostgreSQL Server" -g users -d /srv/pgsql/data \
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| 140 | -u 41 postgres &&
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| 141 | chown -v postgres /srv/pgsql/data &&
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| 142 | su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/initdb -D /srv/pgsql/data'</userinput></screen>
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| 143 |
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| 144 | <para>As the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user, start the
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| 145 | database server with the following command:</para>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | <screen role="root"><userinput>su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/postmaster -D /srv/pgsql/data > \
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| 148 | /srv/pgsql/data/logfile 2>&1 &'</userinput></screen>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | <para>Still as user <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>, create
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| 151 | a database and verify the installation:</para>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | <screen role="root"><userinput>su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/createdb test' &&
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| 154 | echo "create table t1 ( name varchar(20), state_province varchar(20) );" \
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| 155 | | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &&
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| 156 | echo "insert into t1 values ('Billy', 'NewYork');" \
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| 157 | | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &&
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| 158 | echo "insert into t1 values ('Evanidus', 'Quebec');" \
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| 159 | | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &&
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| 160 | echo "insert into t1 values ('Jesse', 'Ontario');" \
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| 161 | | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test ') &&
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| 162 | echo "select * from t1;" | (su - postgres -c '/usr/bin/psql test')</userinput></screen>
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| 163 |
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| 164 | </sect2>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 167 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 168 |
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| 169 | <para><command>sed -i -e "s|dsssl-stylesheets|..."</command>: This command
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| 170 | puts an extra line in the <command>configure</command> script so that the
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| 171 | BLFS installed version of the DSSSL stylesheets can be discovered.</para>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | <para><parameter>--enable-thread-safety</parameter>: This switch makes the
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| 174 | client libraries thread-safe by allowing concurrent threads in
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| 175 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libpq</filename> and ECPG programs to safely
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| 176 | control their private connection handles.</para>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <para><command>chown -R root:root /usr/share/doc/postgresql/html</command>:
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| 179 | This command corrects the improper ownership of some documentation
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| 180 | files.</para>
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| 181 |
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| 182 | <para><command>useradd ...</command>: Add an unprivileged user to run the
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| 183 | database server.</para>
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| 184 |
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| 185 | <para><command>createdb test; create table t1; insert into t1 values...;
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| 186 | select * from t1</command>: Create a database, add a table to it, insert
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| 187 | some rows into the table and select them to verify that the installation
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| 188 | is working properly.</para>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | </sect2>
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| 191 |
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| 192 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 193 | <title>Configuring PostgreSQL</title>
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| 194 |
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| 195 | <sect3 id="postgresql-config">
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| 196 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | <para><filename>$PGDATA/pg_ident.con</filename>,
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| 199 | <filename>$PGDATA/pg_hba.conf</filename> and
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| 200 | <filename>$PGDATA/postgresql.conf</filename></para>
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| 201 |
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| 202 | <indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-config">
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| 203 | <primary sortas="e-A.PGDATA-pg_ident.con">$PGDATA/pg_indent.con</primary>
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| 204 | </indexterm>
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| 205 |
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| 206 | <indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-config">
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| 207 | <primary sortas="e-A.PGDATA-pg_hba.conf">$PGDATA/pg_hba_conf</primary>
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| 208 | </indexterm>
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| 209 |
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| 210 | <indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-config">
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| 211 | <primary sortas="e-A.PGDATA-postgresql.conf">$PGDATA/postgresql.conf</primary>
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| 212 | </indexterm>
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| 213 |
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| 214 | <para>The <envar>PGDATA</envar> environment variable is used to
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| 215 | distinguish database clusters from one another by setting it to
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| 216 | the value of the directory which contains the cluster desired.
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| 217 | The three configuration files exist in every <filename
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| 218 | class="directory">PGDATA/</filename> directory. Details on the
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| 219 | format of the files and the options that can be set in each can
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| 220 | be found in <ulink
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| 221 | url="file:///usr/share/doc/postgresql/html/index.html"/>.</para>
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| 222 |
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| 223 | </sect3>
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| 224 |
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| 225 | <sect3 id="postgresql-init">
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| 226 | <title>Boot Script</title>
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| 227 |
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| 228 | <para>Install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/postgresql</filename>
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| 229 | init script included in the
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| 230 | <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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| 231 |
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| 232 | <indexterm zone="postgresql postgresql-init">
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| 233 | <primary sortas="f-postgresql">postgresql</primary>
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| 234 | </indexterm>
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| 235 |
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| 236 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-postgresql</userinput></screen>
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| 237 |
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| 238 | </sect3>
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| 239 |
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| 240 | </sect2>
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| 241 |
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| 242 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 243 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 244 |
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| 245 | <segmentedlist>
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| 246 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 247 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 248 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 249 |
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| 250 | <seglistitem>
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| 251 | <seg>clusterdb, createdb, createlang, createuser, dropdb, droplang,
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| 252 | dropuser, ecpg, initdb, ipcclean, pg_config, pg_controldata, pg_ctl,
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| 253 | pg_dump, pg_dumpall, pg_resetxlog, pg_restore, pltcl_delmod,
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| 254 | pltcl_listmod, pltcl_loadmod, postgres, postmaster, psql, and
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| 255 | vacuumdb</seg>
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| 256 | <seg>libecpg.[so,a], libecpg_compat.[so,a], libpgport.a, libpgtypes.[so,a],
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| 257 | libpq.[so,a], and various charset modules.</seg>
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| 258 | <seg>/srv/pgsql, /usr/include/libpq, /usr/include/postgresql,
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| 259 | /usr/lib/postgresql, /usr/share/doc/postgresql, and
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| 260 | /usr/share/postgresql</seg>
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| 261 | </seglistitem>
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| 262 | </segmentedlist>
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| 263 |
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| 264 | <variablelist>
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| 265 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 266 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 267 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 268 |
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| 269 | <varlistentry id="clusterdb">
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| 270 | <term><command>clusterdb</command></term>
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| 271 | <listitem>
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| 272 | <para>is a utility for reclustering tables in a
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| 273 | <application>PostgreSQL</application> database.</para>
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| 274 | <indexterm zone="postgresql clusterdb">
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| 275 | <primary sortas="b-clusterdb">clusterdb</primary>
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| 276 | </indexterm>
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| 277 | </listitem>
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| 278 | </varlistentry>
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| 279 |
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| 280 | <varlistentry id="createdb">
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| 281 | <term><command>createdb</command></term>
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| 282 | <listitem>
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| 283 | <para> creates a new <application>PostgreSQL</application>
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| 284 | database.</para>
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| 285 | <indexterm zone="postgresql createdb">
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| 286 | <primary sortas="b-createdb">createdb</primary>
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| 287 | </indexterm>
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| 288 | </listitem>
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| 289 | </varlistentry>
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| 290 |
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| 291 | <varlistentry id="createlang">
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| 292 | <term><command>createlang</command></term>
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| 293 | <listitem>
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| 294 | <para>defines a new <application>PostgreSQL</application> procedural
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| 295 | language.</para>
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| 296 | <indexterm zone="postgresql createlang">
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| 297 | <primary sortas="b-createlang">createlang</primary>
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| 298 | </indexterm>
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| 299 | </listitem>
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| 300 | </varlistentry>
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| 301 |
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| 302 | <varlistentry id="createuser">
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| 303 | <term><command>createuser</command></term>
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| 304 | <listitem>
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| 305 | <para>defines a new <application>PostgreSQL</application>
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| 306 | user account.</para>
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| 307 | <indexterm zone="postgresql createuser">
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| 308 | <primary sortas="b-createuser">createuser</primary>
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| 309 | </indexterm>
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| 310 | </listitem>
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| 311 | </varlistentry>
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| 312 |
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| 313 | <varlistentry id="dropdb">
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| 314 | <term><command>dropdb</command></term>
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| 315 | <listitem>
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| 316 | <para>removes a <application>PostgreSQL</application> database.</para>
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| 317 | <indexterm zone="postgresql dropdb">
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| 318 | <primary sortas="b-dropdb">dropdb</primary>
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| 319 | </indexterm>
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| 320 | </listitem>
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| 321 | </varlistentry>
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| 322 |
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| 323 | <varlistentry id="droplang">
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| 324 | <term><command>droplang</command></term>
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| 325 | <listitem>
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| 326 | <para>removes a <application>PostgreSQL</application> procedural
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| 327 | language.</para>
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| 328 | <indexterm zone="postgresql droplang">
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| 329 | <primary sortas="b-droplang">droplang</primary>
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| 330 | </indexterm>
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| 331 | </listitem>
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| 332 | </varlistentry>
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| 333 |
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| 334 | <varlistentry id="dropuser">
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| 335 | <term><command>dropuser</command></term>
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| 336 | <listitem>
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| 337 | <para>removes a <application>PostgreSQL</application>
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| 338 | user account.</para>
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| 339 | <indexterm zone="postgresql dropuser">
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| 340 | <primary sortas="b-dropuser">dropuser</primary>
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| 341 | </indexterm>
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| 342 | </listitem>
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| 343 | </varlistentry>
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| 344 |
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| 345 | <varlistentry id="ecpg">
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| 346 | <term><command>ecpg</command></term>
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| 347 | <listitem>
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| 348 | <para>is the embedded SQL preprocessor.</para>
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| 349 | <indexterm zone="postgresql ecpg">
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| 350 | <primary sortas="b-ecpg">ecpg</primary>
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| 351 | </indexterm>
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| 352 | </listitem>
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| 353 | </varlistentry>
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| 354 |
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| 355 | <varlistentry id="initdb">
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| 356 | <term><command>initdb</command></term>
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| 357 | <listitem>
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| 358 | <para>creates a new database cluster.</para>
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| 359 | <indexterm zone="postgresql initdb">
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| 360 | <primary sortas="b-initdb">initdb</primary>
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| 361 | </indexterm>
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| 362 | </listitem>
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| 363 | </varlistentry>
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| 364 |
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| 365 | <varlistentry id="ipcclean">
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| 366 | <term><command>ipcclean</command></term>
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| 367 | <listitem>
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| 368 | <para>removes shared memory and semaphores left over by an aborted
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| 369 | database server.</para>
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| 370 | <indexterm zone="postgresql ipcclean">
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| 371 | <primary sortas="b-ipcclean">ipcclean</primary>
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| 372 | </indexterm>
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| 373 | </listitem>
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| 374 | </varlistentry>
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| 375 |
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| 376 | <varlistentry id="pg_config">
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| 377 | <term><command>pg_config</command></term>
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| 378 | <listitem>
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| 379 | <para>retrieves <application>PostgreSQL</application> version
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| 380 | information.</para>
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| 381 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_config">
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| 382 | <primary sortas="b-pg_config">pg_config</primary>
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| 383 | </indexterm>
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| 384 | </listitem>
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| 385 | </varlistentry>
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| 386 |
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| 387 | <varlistentry id="pg_controldata">
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| 388 | <term><command>pg_controldata</command></term>
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| 389 | <listitem>
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| 390 | <para>returns information initialized during
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| 391 | <command>initdb</command>, such as the catalog version and server
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| 392 | locale.</para>
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| 393 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_controldata">
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| 394 | <primary sortas="b-pg_controldata">pg_controldata</primary>
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| 395 | </indexterm>
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| 396 | </listitem>
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| 397 | </varlistentry>
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| 398 |
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| 399 | <varlistentry id="pg_ctl">
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| 400 | <term><command>pg_ctl</command></term>
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| 401 | <listitem>
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| 402 | <para>controls stopping and starting the database server.</para>
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| 403 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_ctl">
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| 404 | <primary sortas="b-pg_ctl">pg_ctl</primary>
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| 405 | </indexterm>
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| 406 | </listitem>
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| 407 | </varlistentry>
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| 408 |
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| 409 | <varlistentry id="pg_dump">
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| 410 | <term><command>pg_dump</command></term>
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| 411 | <listitem>
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| 412 | <para>dumps database data and metadata into scripts which are used
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| 413 | to recreate the database.</para>
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| 414 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_dump">
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| 415 | <primary sortas="b-pg_dump">pg_dump</primary>
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| 416 | </indexterm>
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| 417 | </listitem>
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| 418 | </varlistentry>
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| 419 |
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| 420 | <varlistentry id="pg_dumpall">
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| 421 | <term><command>pg_dumpall</command></term>
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| 422 | <listitem>
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| 423 | <para>recursively calls <command>pg_dump</command> for each
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| 424 | database in a cluster.</para>
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| 425 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_dumpall">
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| 426 | <primary sortas="b-pg_dumpall">pg_dumpall</primary>
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| 427 | </indexterm>
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| 428 | </listitem>
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| 429 | </varlistentry>
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| 430 |
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| 431 | <varlistentry id="pg_resetxlog">
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| 432 | <term><command>pg_resetxlog</command></term>
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| 433 | <listitem>
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| 434 | <para>clears the write-ahead log and optionally resets some
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| 435 | fields in the <filename>pg_control</filename> file.</para>
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| 436 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_resetxlog">
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| 437 | <primary sortas="b-pg_resetxlog">pg_resetxlog</primary>
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| 438 | </indexterm>
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| 439 | </listitem>
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| 440 | </varlistentry>
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| 441 |
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| 442 | <varlistentry id="pg_restore">
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| 443 | <term><command>pg_restore</command></term>
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| 444 | <listitem>
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| 445 | <para>creates databases from dump files created by
|
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| 446 | <command>pg_dump</command>.</para>
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| 447 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pg_restore">
|
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| 448 | <primary sortas="b-pg_restore">pg_restore</primary>
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| 449 | </indexterm>
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| 450 | </listitem>
|
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| 451 | </varlistentry>
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| 452 |
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| 453 | <varlistentry id="pltcl_delmod">
|
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| 454 | <term><command>pltcl_delmod</command></term>
|
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| 455 | <listitem>
|
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| 456 | <para>is a support script used to delete a module from a
|
|---|
| 457 | PL/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
|
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| 458 | requires the <ulink
|
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| 459 | url="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink>
|
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| 460 | package to be installed also.</para>
|
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| 461 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_delmod">
|
|---|
| 462 | <primary sortas="b-pltcl_delmod">pltcl_delmod</primary>
|
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| 463 | </indexterm>
|
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| 464 | </listitem>
|
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| 465 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 466 |
|
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| 467 | <varlistentry id="pltcl_listmod">
|
|---|
| 468 | <term><command>pltcl_listmod</command></term>
|
|---|
| 469 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 470 | <para>is a support script used to list the modules in a
|
|---|
| 471 | PL/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
|
|---|
| 472 | requires the <ulink
|
|---|
| 473 | url="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink>
|
|---|
| 474 | package to be installed also.</para>
|
|---|
| 475 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_listmod">
|
|---|
| 476 | <primary sortas="b-pltcl_listmod">pltcl_listmod</primary>
|
|---|
| 477 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 478 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 479 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 480 |
|
|---|
| 481 | <varlistentry id="pltcl_loadmod">
|
|---|
| 482 | <term><command>pltcl_loadmod</command></term>
|
|---|
| 483 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 484 | <para>is a support script used to load a module into a
|
|---|
| 485 | PL/<application>Tcl</application> table. The command
|
|---|
| 486 | requires the <ulink
|
|---|
| 487 | url="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgtcl/">Pgtcl</ulink>
|
|---|
| 488 | package to be installed also.</para>
|
|---|
| 489 | <indexterm zone="postgresql pltcl_loadmod">
|
|---|
| 490 | <primary sortas="b-pltcl_loadmod">pltcl_loadmod</primary>
|
|---|
| 491 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 492 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 493 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 494 |
|
|---|
| 495 | <varlistentry id="postgres">
|
|---|
| 496 | <term><command>postgres</command></term>
|
|---|
| 497 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 498 | <para>is a single user database server, generally used for
|
|---|
| 499 | debugging.</para>
|
|---|
| 500 | <indexterm zone="postgresql postgres">
|
|---|
| 501 | <primary sortas="b-postgres">postgres</primary>
|
|---|
| 502 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 503 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 504 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 505 |
|
|---|
| 506 | <varlistentry id="postmaster">
|
|---|
| 507 | <term><command>postmaster</command></term>
|
|---|
| 508 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 509 | <para>is a multi-user database daemon.</para>
|
|---|
| 510 | <indexterm zone="postgresql postmaster">
|
|---|
| 511 | <primary sortas="b-postmaster">postmaster</primary>
|
|---|
| 512 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 513 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 514 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 515 |
|
|---|
| 516 | <varlistentry id="psql">
|
|---|
| 517 | <term><command>psql</command></term>
|
|---|
| 518 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 519 | <para>is a console based database shell.</para>
|
|---|
| 520 | <indexterm zone="postgresql psql">
|
|---|
| 521 | <primary sortas="b-psql">psql</primary>
|
|---|
| 522 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 523 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 524 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 525 |
|
|---|
| 526 | <varlistentry id="vacuumdb">
|
|---|
| 527 | <term><command>vacuumdb</command></term>
|
|---|
| 528 | <listitem>
|
|---|
| 529 | <para>compacts databases and generates statistics for the query
|
|---|
| 530 | analyzer.</para>
|
|---|
| 531 | <indexterm zone="postgresql vacuumdb">
|
|---|
| 532 | <primary sortas="b-vacuumdb">vacuumdb</primary>
|
|---|
| 533 | </indexterm>
|
|---|
| 534 | </listitem>
|
|---|
| 535 | </varlistentry>
|
|---|
| 536 |
|
|---|
| 537 | </variablelist>
|
|---|
| 538 |
|
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| 539 | </sect2>
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| 540 |
|
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| 541 | </sect1>
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