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Table of contents:

  • Preface
    • 1.  What Is Tantor SE-1C?
    • 2. A Brief History of PostgreSQL
    • 3. What are the differences between Tantor SE 1C 16 and PostgreSQL 16
    • 4. 1C improvements
    • 5. Conventions
    • 6. Bug Reporting Guidelines
  • Part I. Tutorial
    • Chapter 1. Synopsis
      • 1.1. Synopsis
      • 1.2. Architectural Fundamentals
      • 1.3. Creating a Database
      • 1.4. Accessing a Database
    • Chapter 2. The SQL Language
      • 2.1. Introduction
      • 2.2. Concepts
      • 2.3. Creating a New Table
      • 2.4. Populating a Table With Rows
      • 2.5. Querying a Table
      • 2.6. Joins Between Tables
      • 2.7. Aggregate Functions
      • 2.8. Updates
      • 2.9. Deletions
    • Chapter 3. Advanced Features
      • 3.1. Introduction
      • 3.2. Views
      • 3.3. Foreign Keys
      • 3.4. Transactions
      • 3.5. Window Functions
      • 3.6. Inheritance
      • 3.7. Conclusion
  • Part II. The SQL Language
    • Chapter 4. SQL Syntax
      • 4.1. Lexical Structure
      • 4.2. Value Expressions
      • 4.3. Calling Functions
    • Chapter 5. Data Definition
      • 5.1. Table Basics
      • 5.2. Default Values
      • 5.3. Generated Columns
      • 5.4. Constraints
      • 5.5. System Columns
      • 5.6. Modifying Tables
      • 5.7. Privileges
      • 5.8. Row Security Policies
      • 5.9. Schemas
      • 5.10. Inheritance
      • 5.11. Table Partitioning
      • 5.12. Foreign Data
      • 5.13. Other Database Objects
      • 5.14. Dependency Tracking
    • Chapter 6. Data Manipulation
      • 6.1. Inserting Data
      • 6.2. Updating Data
      • 6.3. Deleting Data
      • 6.4. Returning Data from Modified Rows
    • Chapter 7. Queries
      • 7.1. Overview
      • 7.2. Table Expressions
      • 7.3. Select Lists
      • 7.4. Combining Queries (UNION, INTERSECT, EXCEPT)
      • 7.5. Sorting Rows (ORDER BY)
      • 7.6. LIMIT and OFFSET
      • 7.7. VALUES Lists
      • 7.8. WITH Queries (Common Table Expressions)
    • Chapter 8. Data Types
      • 8.1. Numeric Types
      • 8.2. Monetary Types
      • 8.3. Character Types
      • 8.4. Binary Data Types
      • 8.5. Date/Time Types
      • 8.6. Boolean Type
      • 8.7. Enumerated Types
      • 8.8. Geometric Types
      • 8.9. Network Address Types
      • 8.10. Bit String Types
      • 8.11. Text Search Types
      • 8.12. UUID Type
      • 8.13. XML Type
      • 8.14. JSON Types
      • 8.15. Arrays
      • 8.16. Composite Types
      • 8.17. Range Types
      • 8.18. Domain Types
      • 8.19. Object Identifier Types
      • 8.20. pg_lsn Type
      • 8.21. Pseudo-Types
    • Chapter 9. Functions and Operators
      • 9.1. Logical Operators
      • 9.2. Comparison Functions and Operators
      • 9.3. Mathematical Functions and Operators
      • 9.4. String Functions and Operators
      • 9.5. Binary String Functions and Operators
      • 9.6. Bit String Functions and Operators
      • 9.7. Pattern Matching
      • 9.8. Data Type Formatting Functions
      • 9.9. Date/Time Functions and Operators
      • 9.10. Enum Support Functions
      • 9.11. Geometric Functions and Operators
      • 9.12. Network Address Functions and Operators
      • 9.13. Text Search Functions and Operators
      • 9.14. UUID Functions
      • 9.15. XML Functions
      • 9.16. JSON Functions and Operators
      • 9.17. Sequence Manipulation Functions
      • 9.18. Conditional Expressions
      • 9.19. Array Functions and Operators
      • 9.20. Range/Multirange Functions and Operators
      • 9.21. Aggregate Functions
      • 9.22. Window Functions
      • 9.23. Subquery Expressions
      • 9.24. Row and Array Comparisons
      • 9.25. Set Returning Functions
      • 9.26. System Information Functions and Operators
      • 9.27. System Administration Functions
      • 9.28. Trigger Functions
      • 9.29. Event Trigger Functions
      • 9.30. Statistics Information Functions
    • Chapter 10. Type Conversion
      • 10.1. Overview
      • 10.2. Operators
      • 10.3. Functions
      • 10.4. Value Storage
      • 10.5. UNION, CASE, and Related Constructs
      • 10.6. SELECT Output Columns
    • Chapter 11. Indexes
      • 11.1. Introduction
      • 11.2. Index Types
      • 11.3. Multicolumn Indexes
      • 11.4. Indexes and ORDER BY
      • 11.5. Combining Multiple Indexes
      • 11.6. Unique Indexes
      • 11.7. Indexes on Expressions
      • 11.8. Partial Indexes
      • 11.9. Index-Only Scans and Covering Indexes
      • 11.10. Operator Classes and Operator Families
      • 11.11. Indexes and Collations
      • 11.12. Examining Index Usage
    • Chapter 12. Full Text Search
      • 12.1. Introduction
      • 12.2. Tables and Indexes
      • 12.3. Controlling Text Search
      • 12.4. Additional Features
      • 12.5. Parsers
      • 12.6. Dictionaries
      • 12.7. Configuration Example
      • 12.8. Testing and Debugging Text Search
      • 12.9. Preferred Index Types for Text Search
      • 12.10. psql Support
      • 12.11. Limitations
    • Chapter 13. Concurrency Control
      • 13.1. Introduction
      • 13.2. Transaction Isolation
      • 13.3. Explicit Locking
      • 13.4. Data Consistency Checks at the Application Level
      • 13.5. Serialization Failure Handling
      • 13.6. Caveats
      • 13.7. Locking and Indexes
    • Chapter 14. Performance Tips
      • 14.1. Using EXPLAIN
      • 14.2. Statistics Used by the Planner
      • 14.3. Controlling the Planner with Explicit JOIN Clauses
      • 14.4. Populating a Database
      • 14.5. Non-Durable Settings
    • Chapter 15. Parallel Query
      • 15.1. How Parallel Query Works
      • 15.2. When Can Parallel Query Be Used?
      • 15.3. Parallel Plans
      • 15.4. Parallel Safety
  • Part III. Server Administration
    • Chapter 16. Installation from Binaries
      • 16.1. Downloading and Executing the Installer
      • 16.2. Installer Options
    • Chapter 17. Server Setup and Operation
      • 17.1. The Tantor SE-1C User Account
      • 17.2. Creating a Database Cluster
      • 17.3. Starting the Database Server
      • 17.4. Managing Kernel Resources
      • 17.5. Shutting Down the Server
      • 17.6. Upgrading a Tantor SE-1C Cluster
      • 17.7. Preventing Server Spoofing
      • 17.8. Encryption Options
      • 17.9. Secure TCP/IP Connections with SSL
      • 17.10. Secure TCP/IP Connections with GSSAPI Encryption
      • 17.11. Secure TCP/IP Connections with SSH Tunnels
      • 17.12. Registering Event Log on Windows
    • Chapter 18. Server Configuration
      • 18.1. Setting Parameters
      • 18.2. File Locations
      • 18.3. Connections and Authentication
      • 18.4. Resource Consumption
      • 18.5. Write Ahead Log
      • 18.6. Replication
      • 18.7. Query Planning
      • 18.8. Error Reporting and Logging
      • 18.9. Run-time Statistics
      • 18.10. Automatic Vacuuming
      • 18.11. Client Connection Defaults
      • 18.12. Lock Management
      • 18.13. Version and Platform Compatibility
      • 18.14. Error Handling
      • 18.15. Preset Options
      • 18.16. Customized Options
      • 18.17. Developer Options
      • 18.18. Short Options
    • Chapter 19. Client Authentication
      • 19.1. The pg_hba.conf File
      • 19.2. User Name Maps
      • 19.3. Authentication Methods
      • 19.4. Trust Authentication
      • 19.5. Password Authentication
      • 19.6. GSSAPI Authentication
      • 19.7. SSPI Authentication
      • 19.8. Ident Authentication
      • 19.9. Peer Authentication
      • 19.10. LDAP Authentication
      • 19.11. RADIUS Authentication
      • 19.12. Certificate Authentication
      • 19.13. PAM Authentication
      • 19.14. BSD Authentication
      • 19.15. Authentication Problems
    • Chapter 20. Database Roles
      • 20.1. Database Roles
      • 20.2. Role Attributes
      • 20.3. Role Membership
      • 20.4. Dropping Roles
      • 20.5. Predefined Roles
      • 20.6. Function Security
    • Chapter 21. Managing Databases
      • 21.1. Overview
      • 21.2. Creating a Database
      • 21.3. Template Databases
      • 21.4. Database Configuration
      • 21.5. Destroying a Database
      • 21.6. Tablespaces
    • Chapter 22. Localization
      • 22.1. Locale Support
      • 22.2. Collation Support
      • 22.3. Character Set Support
    • Chapter 23. Routine Database Maintenance Tasks
      • 23.1. Routine Vacuuming
      • 23.2. Routine Reindexing
      • 23.3. Log File Maintenance
    • Chapter 24. Backup and Restore
      • 24.1. SQL Dump
      • 24.2. File System Level Backup
      • 24.3. Continuous Archiving and Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR)
    • Chapter 25. High Availability, Load Balancing, and Replication
      • 25.1. Comparison of Different Solutions
      • 25.2. Log-Shipping Standby Servers
      • 25.3. Failover
      • 25.4. Hot Standby
    • Chapter 26. Monitoring Database Activity
      • 26.1. Standard Unix Tools
      • 26.2. The Cumulative Statistics System
      • 26.3. Viewing Locks
      • 26.4. Progress Reporting
      • 26.5. Dynamic Tracing
    • Chapter 27. Monitoring Disk Usage
      • 27.1. Determining Disk Usage
      • 27.2. Disk Full Failure
    • Chapter 28. Reliability and the Write-Ahead Log
      • 28.1. Reliability
      • 28.2. Data Checksums
      • 28.3. Write-Ahead Logging (WAL)
      • 28.4. Asynchronous Commit
      • 28.5. WAL Configuration
      • 28.6. WAL Internals
    • Chapter 29. Logical Replication
      • 29.1. Publication
      • 29.2. Subscription
      • 29.3. Row Filters
      • 29.4. Column Lists
      • 29.5. Conflicts
      • 29.6. Restrictions
      • 29.7. Architecture
      • 29.8. Monitoring
      • 29.9. Security
      • 29.10. Configuration Settings
      • 29.11. Quick Setup
    • Chapter 30. Just-in-Time Compilation (JIT)
      • 30.1. What Is JIT compilation?
      • 30.2. When to JIT?
      • 30.3. Configuration
      • 30.4. Extensibility
  • Part IV. Client Interfaces
    • Chapter 31. libpq — C Library
      • 31.1. Database Connection Control Functions
      • 31.2. Connection Status Functions
      • 31.3. Command Execution Functions
      • 31.4. Asynchronous Command Processing
      • 31.5. Pipeline Mode
      • 31.6. Retrieving Query Results Row-by-Row
      • 31.7. Canceling Queries in Progress
      • 31.8. The Fast-Path Interface
      • 31.9. Asynchronous Notification
      • 31.10. Functions Associated with the COPY Command
      • 31.11. Control Functions
      • 31.12. Miscellaneous Functions
      • 31.13. Notice Processing
      • 31.14. Event System
      • 31.15. Environment Variables
      • 31.16. The Password File
      • 31.17. The Connection Service File
      • 31.18. LDAP Lookup of Connection Parameters
      • 31.19. SSL Support
      • 31.20. Behavior in Threaded Programs
      • 31.21. Building libpq Programs
      • 31.22. Example Programs
    • Chapter 32. Large Objects
      • 32.1. Introduction
      • 32.2. Implementation Features
      • 32.3. Client Interfaces
      • 32.4. Server-Side Functions
      • 32.5. Example Program
    • Chapter 33. ECPG — Embedded SQL in C
      • 33.1. The Concept
      • 33.2. Managing Database Connections
      • 33.3. Running SQL Commands
      • 33.4. Using Host Variables
      • 33.5. Dynamic SQL
      • 33.6. pgtypes Library
      • 33.7. Using Descriptor Areas
      • 33.8. Error Handling
      • 33.9. Preprocessor Directives
      • 33.10. Processing Embedded SQL Programs
      • 33.11. Library Functions
      • 33.12. Large Objects
      • 33.13. C++ Applications
      • 33.14. Embedded SQL Commands
      • 33.15. Informix Compatibility Mode
      • 33.16. Oracle Compatibility Mode
      • 33.17. Internals
    • Chapter 34. The Information Schema
      • 34.1. The Schema
      • 34.2. Data Types
      • 34.3. information_schema_catalog_name
      • 34.4. administrable_role_​authorizations
      • 34.5. applicable_roles
      • 34.6. attributes
      • 34.7. character_sets
      • 34.8. check_constraint_routine_usage
      • 34.9. check_constraints
      • 34.10. collations
      • 34.11. collation_character_set_​applicability
      • 34.12. column_column_usage
      • 34.13. column_domain_usage
      • 34.14. column_options
      • 34.15. column_privileges
      • 34.16. column_udt_usage
      • 34.17. columns
      • 34.18. constraint_column_usage
      • 34.19. constraint_table_usage
      • 34.20. data_type_privileges
      • 34.21. domain_constraints
      • 34.22. domain_udt_usage
      • 34.23. domains
      • 34.24. element_types
      • 34.25. enabled_roles
      • 34.26. foreign_data_wrapper_options
      • 34.27. foreign_data_wrappers
      • 34.28. foreign_server_options
      • 34.29. foreign_servers
      • 34.30. foreign_table_options
      • 34.31. foreign_tables
      • 34.32. key_column_usage
      • 34.33. parameters
      • 34.34. referential_constraints
      • 34.35. role_column_grants
      • 34.36. role_routine_grants
      • 34.37. role_table_grants
      • 34.38. role_udt_grants
      • 34.39. role_usage_grants
      • 34.40. routine_column_usage
      • 34.41. routine_privileges
      • 34.42. routine_routine_usage
      • 34.43. routine_sequence_usage
      • 34.44. routine_table_usage
      • 34.45. routines
      • 34.46. schemata
      • 34.47. sequences
      • 34.48. sql_features
      • 34.49. sql_implementation_info
      • 34.50. sql_parts
      • 34.51. sql_sizing
      • 34.52. table_constraints
      • 34.53. table_privileges
      • 34.54. tables
      • 34.55. transforms
      • 34.56. triggered_update_columns
      • 34.57. triggers
      • 34.58. udt_privileges
      • 34.59. usage_privileges
      • 34.60. user_defined_types
      • 34.61. user_mapping_options
      • 34.62. user_mappings
      • 34.63. view_column_usage
      • 34.64. view_routine_usage
      • 34.65. view_table_usage
      • 34.66. views
  • Part V. Server Programming
    • Chapter 35. Extending SQL
      • 35.1. How Extensibility Works
      • 35.2. The Tantor SE-1C Type System
      • 35.3. User-Defined Functions
      • 35.4. User-Defined Procedures
      • 35.5. Query Language (SQL) Functions
      • 35.6. Function Overloading
      • 35.7. Function Volatility Categories
      • 35.8. Procedural Language Functions
      • 35.9. Internal Functions
      • 35.10. Function Optimization Information
      • 35.11. User-Defined Aggregates
      • 35.12. User-Defined Types
      • 35.13. User-Defined Operators
      • 35.14. Operator Optimization Information
      • 35.15. Interfacing Extensions to Indexes
      • 35.16. Packaging Related Objects into an Extension
      • 35.17. Extension Building Infrastructure
    • Chapter 36. Triggers
      • 36.1. Overview of Trigger Behavior
      • 36.2. Visibility of Data Changes
      • 36.3. Writing Trigger Functions in C
      • 36.4. A Complete Trigger Example
    • Chapter 37. Event Triggers
      • 37.1. Overview of Event Trigger Behavior
      • 37.2. Event Trigger Firing Matrix
      • 37.3. Writing Event Trigger Functions in C
      • 37.4. A Complete Event Trigger Example
      • 37.5. A Table Rewrite Event Trigger Example
    • Chapter 38. The Rule System
      • 38.1. The Query Tree
      • 38.2. Views and the Rule System
      • 38.3. Materialized Views
      • 38.4. Rules on INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE
      • 38.5. Rules and Privileges
      • 38.6. Rules and Command Status
      • 38.7. Rules Versus Triggers
    • Chapter 39. Procedural Languages
      • 39.1. Installing Procedural Languages
    • Chapter 40. PL/pgSQL — SQL Procedural Language
      • 40.1. Overview
      • 40.2. Structure of PL/pgSQL
      • 40.3. Declarations
      • 40.4. Expressions
      • 40.5. Basic Statements
      • 40.6. Control Structures
      • 40.7. Cursors
      • 40.8. Transaction Management
      • 40.9. Errors and Messages
      • 40.10. Trigger Functions
      • 40.11. PL/pgSQL under the Hood
      • 40.12. Tips for Developing in PL/pgSQL
      • 40.13. Porting from Oracle PL/SQL
    • Chapter 41. PL/Tcl — Tcl Procedural Language
      • 41.1. Overview
      • 41.2. PL/Tcl Functions and Arguments
      • 41.3. Data Values in PL/Tcl
      • 41.4. Global Data in PL/Tcl
      • 41.5. Database Access from PL/Tcl
      • 41.6. Trigger Functions in PL/Tcl
      • 41.7. Event Trigger Functions in PL/Tcl
      • 41.8. Error Handling in PL/Tcl
      • 41.9. Explicit Subtransactions in PL/Tcl
      • 41.10. Transaction Management
      • 41.11. PL/Tcl Configuration
      • 41.12. Tcl Procedure Names
    • Chapter 42. PL/Perl — Perl Procedural Language
      • 42.1. PL/Perl Functions and Arguments
      • 42.2. Data Values in PL/Perl
      • 42.3. Built-in Functions
      • 42.4. Global Values in PL/Perl
      • 42.5. Trusted and Untrusted PL/Perl
      • 42.6. PL/Perl Triggers
      • 42.7. PL/Perl Event Triggers
      • 42.8. PL/Perl Under the Hood
    • Chapter 43. PL/Python — Python Procedural Language
      • 43.1. PL/Python Functions
      • 43.2. Data Values
      • 43.3. Sharing Data
      • 43.4. Anonymous Code Blocks
      • 43.5. Trigger Functions
      • 43.6. Database Access
      • 43.7. Explicit Subtransactions
      • 43.8. Transaction Management
      • 43.9. Utility Functions
      • 43.10. Python 2 vs. Python 3
      • 43.11. Environment Variables
    • Chapter 44. Server Programming Interface
      • 44.1. Interface Functions
      • 44.2. Interface Support Functions
      • 44.3. Memory Management
      • 44.4. Transaction Management
      • 44.5. Visibility of Data Changes
      • 44.6. Examples
    • Chapter 45. Background Worker Processes
    • Chapter 46. Logical Decoding
      • 46.1. Logical Decoding Examples
      • 46.2. Logical Decoding Concepts
      • 46.3. Streaming Replication Protocol Interface
      • 46.4. Logical Decoding SQL Interface
      • 46.5. System Catalogs Related to Logical Decoding
      • 46.6. Logical Decoding Output Plugins
      • 46.7. Logical Decoding Output Writers
      • 46.8. Synchronous Replication Support for Logical Decoding
      • 46.9. Streaming of Large Transactions for Logical Decoding
      • 46.10. Two-phase Commit Support for Logical Decoding
    • Chapter 47. Replication Progress Tracking
    • Chapter 48. Archive Modules
      • 48.1. Initialization Functions
      • 48.2. Archive Module Callbacks
  • Part VI. Reference
    • SQL Commands
    • PostgreSQL Client Applications
    • PostgreSQL Server Applications
  • Part VII. Internals
    • Chapter 49. Overview of PostgreSQL Internals
      • 49.1. The Path of a Query
      • 49.2. How Connections Are Established
      • 49.3. The Parser Stage
      • 49.4. The Tantor SE-1C Rule System
      • 49.5. Planner/Optimizer
      • 49.6. Executor
    • Chapter 50. System Catalogs
      • 50.1. Overview
      • 50.2. pg_aggregate
      • 50.3. pg_am
      • 50.4. pg_amop
      • 50.5. pg_amproc
      • 50.6. pg_attrdef
      • 50.7. pg_attribute
      • 50.8. pg_authid
      • 50.9. pg_auth_members
      • 50.10. pg_cast
      • 50.11. pg_class
      • 50.12. pg_collation
      • 50.13. pg_constraint
      • 50.14. pg_conversion
      • 50.15. pg_database
      • 50.16. pg_db_role_setting
      • 50.17. pg_default_acl
      • 50.18. pg_depend
      • 50.19. pg_description
      • 50.20. pg_enum
      • 50.21. pg_event_trigger
      • 50.22. pg_extension
      • 50.23. pg_foreign_data_wrapper
      • 50.24. pg_foreign_server
      • 50.25. pg_foreign_table
      • 50.26. pg_index
      • 50.27. pg_inherits
      • 50.28. pg_init_privs
      • 50.29. pg_language
      • 50.30. pg_largeobject
      • 50.31. pg_largeobject_metadata
      • 50.32. pg_namespace
      • 50.33. pg_opclass
      • 50.34. pg_operator
      • 50.35. pg_opfamily
      • 50.36. pg_parameter_acl
      • 50.37. pg_partitioned_table
      • 50.38. pg_policy
      • 50.39. pg_proc
      • 50.40. pg_publication
      • 50.41. pg_publication_namespace
      • 50.42. pg_publication_rel
      • 50.43. pg_range
      • 50.44. pg_replication_origin
      • 50.45. pg_rewrite
      • 50.46. pg_seclabel
      • 50.47. pg_sequence
      • 50.48. pg_shdepend
      • 50.49. pg_shdescription
      • 50.50. pg_shseclabel
      • 50.51. pg_statistic
      • 50.52. pg_statistic_ext
      • 50.53. pg_statistic_ext_data
      • 50.54. pg_subscription
      • 50.55. pg_subscription_rel
      • 50.56. pg_tablespace
      • 50.57. pg_transform
      • 50.58. pg_trigger
      • 50.59. pg_ts_config
      • 50.60. pg_ts_config_map
      • 50.61. pg_ts_dict
      • 50.62. pg_ts_parser
      • 50.63. pg_ts_template
      • 50.64. pg_type
      • 50.65. pg_user_mapping
    • Chapter 51. System Views
      • 51.1. Overview
      • 51.2. pg_available_extensions
      • 51.3. pg_available_extension_versions
      • 51.4. pg_backend_memory_contexts
      • 51.5. pg_config
      • 51.6. pg_cursors
      • 51.7. pg_file_settings
      • 51.8. pg_group
      • 51.9. pg_hba_file_rules
      • 51.10. pg_ident_file_mappings
      • 51.11. pg_indexes
      • 51.12. pg_locks
      • 51.13. pg_matviews
      • 51.14. pg_policies
      • 51.15. pg_prepared_statements
      • 51.16. pg_prepared_xacts
      • 51.17. pg_publication_tables
      • 51.18. pg_replication_origin_status
      • 51.19. pg_replication_slots
      • 51.20. pg_roles
      • 51.21. pg_rules
      • 51.22. pg_seclabels
      • 51.23. pg_sequences
      • 51.24. pg_settings
      • 51.25. pg_shadow
      • 51.26. pg_shmem_allocations
      • 51.27. pg_stats
      • 51.28. pg_stats_ext
      • 51.29. pg_stats_ext_exprs
      • 51.30. pg_tables
      • 51.31. pg_timezone_abbrevs
      • 51.32. pg_timezone_names
      • 51.33. pg_user
      • 51.34. pg_user_mappings
      • 51.35. pg_views
    • Chapter 52. Frontend/Backend Protocol
      • 52.1. Overview
      • 52.2. Message Flow
      • 52.3. SASL Authentication
      • 52.4. Streaming Replication Protocol
      • 52.5. Logical Streaming Replication Protocol
      • 52.6. Message Data Types
      • 52.7. Message Formats
      • 52.8. Error and Notice Message Fields
      • 52.9. Logical Replication Message Formats
      • 52.10. Summary of Changes since Protocol 2.0
    • Chapter 53. PostgreSQL Coding Conventions
      • 53.1. Formatting
      • 53.2. Reporting Errors Within the Server
      • 53.3. Error Message Style Guide
      • 53.4. Miscellaneous Coding Conventions
    • Chapter 54. Native Language Support
      • 54.1. For the Translator
      • 54.2. For the Programmer
    • Chapter 55. Writing a Procedural Language Handler
    • Chapter 56. Writing a Foreign Data Wrapper
      • 56.1. Foreign Data Wrapper Functions
      • 56.2. Foreign Data Wrapper Callback Routines
      • 56.3. Foreign Data Wrapper Helper Functions
      • 56.4. Foreign Data Wrapper Query Planning
      • 56.5. Row Locking in Foreign Data Wrappers
    • Chapter 57. Writing a Table Sampling Method
      • 57.1. Sampling Method Support Functions
    • Chapter 58. Writing a Custom Scan Provider
      • 58.1. Creating Custom Scan Paths
      • 58.2. Creating Custom Scan Plans
      • 58.3. Executing Custom Scans
    • Chapter 59. Genetic Query Optimizer
      • 59.1. Query Handling as a Complex Optimization Problem
      • 59.2. Genetic Algorithms
      • 59.3. Genetic Query Optimization (GEQO) in PostgreSQL
      • 59.4. Further Reading
    • Chapter 60. Table Access Method Interface Definition
    • Chapter 61. Index Access Method Interface Definition
      • 61.1. Basic API Structure for Indexes
      • 61.2. Index Access Method Functions
      • 61.3. Index Scanning
      • 61.4. Index Locking Considerations
      • 61.5. Index Uniqueness Checks
      • 61.6. Index Cost Estimation Functions
    • Chapter 62. Generic WAL Records
    • Chapter 63. Custom WAL Resource Managers
    • Chapter 64. B-Tree Indexes
      • 64.1. Introduction
      • 64.2. Behavior of B-Tree Operator Classes
      • 64.3. B-Tree Support Functions
      • 64.4. Implementation
    • Chapter 65. GiST Indexes
      • 65.1. Introduction
      • 65.2. Built-in Operator Classes
      • 65.3. Extensibility
      • 65.4. Implementation
      • 65.5. Examples
    • Chapter 66. SP-GiST Indexes
      • 66.1. Introduction
      • 66.2. Built-in Operator Classes
      • 66.3. Extensibility
      • 66.4. Implementation
      • 66.5. Examples
    • Chapter 67. GIN Indexes
      • 67.1. Introduction
      • 67.2. Built-in Operator Classes
      • 67.3. Extensibility
      • 67.4. Implementation
      • 67.5. GIN Tips and Tricks
      • 67.6. Limitations
      • 67.7. Examples
    • Chapter 68. BRIN Indexes
      • 68.1. Introduction
      • 68.2. Built-in Operator Classes
      • 68.3. Extensibility
    • Chapter 69. Hash Indexes
      • 69.1. Overview
      • 69.2. Implementation
    • Chapter 70. Database Physical Storage
      • 70.1. Database File Layout
      • 70.2. TOAST
      • 70.3. Free Space Map
      • 70.4. Visibility Map
      • 70.5. The Initialization Fork
      • 70.6. Database Page Layout
      • 70.7. Heap-Only Tuples (HOT)
    • Chapter 71. Transaction Processing
      • 71.1. Transactions and Identifiers
      • 71.2. Transactions and Locking
      • 71.3. Subtransactions
      • 71.4. Two-Phase Transactions
    • Chapter 72. System Catalog Declarations and Initial Contents
      • 72.1. System Catalog Declaration Rules
      • 72.2. System Catalog Initial Data
      • 72.3. BKI File Format
      • 72.4. BKI Commands
      • 72.5. Structure of the Bootstrap BKI File
      • 72.6. BKI Example
    • Chapter 73. How the Planner Uses Statistics
      • 73.1. Row Estimation Examples
      • 73.2. Multivariate Statistics Examples
      • 73.3. Planner Statistics and Security
    • Chapter 74. Backup Manifest Format
      • 74.1. Backup Manifest Top-level Object
      • 74.2. Backup Manifest File Object
      • 74.3. Backup Manifest WAL Range Object
  • Part VIII. Appendixes
    • Appendix A. Tantor SE-1C Error Codes
    • Appendix B. Date/Time Support
      • B.1. Date/Time Input Interpretation
      • B.2. Handling of Invalid or Ambiguous Timestamps
      • B.3. Date/Time Key Words
      • B.4. Date/Time Configuration Files
      • B.5. POSIX Time Zone Specifications
      • B.6. History of Units
      • B.7. Julian Dates
    • Appendix C. SQL Key Words
    • Appendix D. SQL Conformance
      • D.1. Supported Features
      • D.2. Unsupported Features
      • D.3. XML Limits and Conformance to SQL/XML
    • Appendix E. Release Notes
      • E.1. Release Notes for Tantor SE-1C 16.10.2
      • E.2. Release Notes for Tantor SE-1C 16.10.1
      • E.3. Release Notes for Tantor SE-1C 16.8.1
      • E.4. Release Notes for Tantor SE-1C 16.8.0
      • E.5. Release Notes for Tantor SE-1C 16.6.2
      • E.6. Release Notes for Tantor SE-1C 16.6.1
      • E.7. Release Notes for Tantor SE-1C 16.6.0
      • E.8. Release Notes for Tantor SE-1C 16.4.0
      • E.9. Release Notes for Tantor SE-1C 16.2.1
      • E.10. Release 16.10
      • E.11. Release 16.9
      • E.12. Release 16.8
      • E.13. Release 16.7
      • E.14. Release 16.6
      • E.15. Release 16.5
      • E.16. Release 16.4
      • E.17. Release 16.3
      • E.18. Release 16.2
      • E.19. Release 16.1
      • E.20. Release 16
      • E.21. Prior Releases
    • Appendix F. Additional Supplied Modules and Extensions
      • F.1. adminpack — pgAdmin support toolpack
      • F.2. amcheck — tools to verify table and index consistency
      • F.3. auth_delay — pause on authentication failure
      • F.4. auto_explain — log execution plans of slow queries
      • F.5. basebackup_to_shell — example “shell” pg_basebackup module
      • F.6. basic_archive — an example WAL archive module
      • F.7. bloom — bloom filter index access method
      • F.8. btree_gin — GIN operator classes with B-tree behavior
      • F.9. btree_gist — GiST operator classes with B-tree behavior
      • F.10. citext — a case-insensitive character string type
      • F.11. spi — Server Programming Interface features/examples
      • F.12. credcheck
      • F.13. cube — a multi-dimensional cube data type
      • F.14. dbcopies_decoding
      • F.15. dblink — connect to other PostgreSQL databases
      • F.16. dict_int — example full-text search dictionary for integers
      • F.17. dict_xsyn — example synonym full-text search dictionary
      • F.18. earthdistance — calculate great-circle distances
      • F.19. fasttrun
      • F.20. file_fdw — access data files in the server’s file system
      • F.21. fulleq
      • F.22. fuzzystrmatch — determine string similarities and distance
      • F.23. hstore — hstore key/value datatype
      • F.24. HypoPG
      • F.25. intagg — integer aggregator and enumerator
      • F.26. intarray — manipulate arrays of integers
      • F.27. isn — data types for international standard numbers (ISBN, EAN, UPC, etc.)
      • F.28. lo — manage large objects
      • F.29. ltree — hierarchical tree-like data type
      • F.30. mchar
      • F.31. old_snapshot — inspect old_snapshot_threshold state
      • F.32. online_analyze
      • F.33. pageinspect — low-level inspection of database pages
      • F.34. page_repair
      • F.35. passwordcheck — verify password strength
      • F.36. pgAudit
      • F.37. pgAudit Log to File
      • F.38. pg_buffercache — inspect Tantor SE-1C buffer cache state
      • F.39. pg_cron
      • F.40. pgcrypto — cryptographic functions
      • F.41. pg_freespacemap — examine the free space map
      • F.42. pg_hint_plan
      • F.43. pg_prewarm — preload relation data into buffer caches
      • F.44. pg_repack
      • F.45. pgrowlocks — show a table’s row locking information
      • F.46. pg_stat_kcache
      • F.47. pg_stat_statements — track statistics of SQL planning and execution
      • F.48. pgstattuple — obtain tuple-level statistics
      • F.49. pg_store_plans
      • F.50. pg_surgery — perform low-level surgery on relation data
      • F.51. pg_trace
      • F.52. pg_trgm — support for similarity of text using trigram matching
      • F.53. pg_uuidv7
      • F.54. pg_visibility — visibility map information and utilities
      • F.55. pg_wait_sampling
      • F.56. pg_walinspect — low-level WAL inspection
      • F.57. plantuner
      • F.58. postgres_fdw — access data stored in external Tantor SE-1C servers
      • F.59. seg — a datatype for line segments or floating point intervals
      • F.60. sepgsql — SELinux-, label-based mandatory access control (MAC) security module
      • F.61. sslinfo — obtain client SSL information
      • F.62. tablefunc — functions that return tables (crosstab and others)
      • F.63. tcn — a trigger function to notify listeners of changes to table content
      • F.64. test_decoding — SQL-based test/example module for WAL logical decoding
      • F.65. transp_anon
      • F.66. tsm_system_rows — the SYSTEM_ROWS sampling method for TABLESAMPLE
      • F.67. tsm_system_time — the SYSTEM_TIME sampling method for TABLESAMPLE
      • F.68. unaccent — a text search dictionary which removes diacritics
      • F.69. uuid-ossp — a UUID generator
      • F.70. wal2json
      • F.71. xml2 — XPath querying and XSLT functionality
    • Appendix G. Additional Supplied Programs
      • G.1. Client Applications
      • G.2. Server Applications
    • Appendix H. Additional External Modules
      • H.1. ldap2pg
      • H.2. MySQL Foreign Data Wrapper
      • H.3. Oracle FDW
      • H.4. pg_cluster
      • H.5. pg_configurator
      • H.6. pg_timetable
      • H.7. pgbouncer
      • H.8. TDS Foreign data wrapper
    • Appendix I. External Projects
      • I.1. Client Interfaces
      • I.2. Administration Tools
      • I.3. Procedural Languages
      • I.4. Extensions
    • Appendix J. Tantor SE-1C Limits
    • Appendix K. Acronyms
    • Appendix L. Glossary
    • Appendix M. Color Support
      • M.1. When Color is Used
      • M.2. Configuring the Colors
    • Appendix N. Obsolete or Renamed Features
      • N.1. recovery.conf file merged into postgresql.conf
      • N.2. Default Roles Renamed to Predefined Roles
      • N.3. pg_xlogdump renamed to pg_waldump
      • N.4. pg_resetxlog renamed to pg_resetwal
      • N.5. pg_receivexlog renamed to pg_receivewal
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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