Preface#

Preface

Preface

This book is the official documentation of Tantor SE-1C. It has been written by the Tantor SE-1C developers and other volunteers in parallel to the development of the Tantor SE-1C software. It describes all the functionality that the current version of Tantor SE-1C officially supports.

To make the large amount of information about Tantor manageable, this documentation has been organized in several parts. Each part is targeted at a different class of users, or at users in different stages of their Tantor experience:

  • Part I is an informal introduction for new users.

  • Part II documents the SQL query language environment, including data types and functions, as well as user-level performance tuning. Every Tantor SE-1C user should read this.

  • Part III describes the installation and administration of the server. Everyone who runs a Tantor SE-1C server, be it for private use or for others, should read this part.

  • Part IV describes the programming interfaces for Tantor SE-1C client programs.

  • Part V contains information for advanced users about the extensibility capabilities of the server. Topics include user-defined data types and functions.

  • Part VI contains reference information about SQL commands, client and server programs. This part supports the other parts with structured information sorted by command or program.

  • Part VII contains assorted information that might be of use to Tantor SE-1C developers.