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PostgreSQL Reference Manual - Volume 2
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About the Book
This manual is the part of the official reference documentation for the PostgreSQL RDBMS (version 8.2.4). This volume covers the PostgreSQL client and server programming interfaces. These include the PL/pgPSQL language, as well as C/C++, Tcl, Perl and Python.
The authors of this manual are the developers of PostgreSQL.
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Related Titles
- PostgreSQL Reference Manual - Volume 1 by PostgreSQL Global Development Group (ISBN 0-9546120-2-7)
- PostgreSQL Reference Manual - Volume 3 by PostgreSQL Global Development Group (ISBN 0-9546120-4-3)
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Table of Contents
- Publisher's Preface
- Client Interfaces
- libpq - C Library
- Large Objects
- ECPG - Embedded SQL in C
- The Information Schema
- Server Programming
- Extending SQL
- Triggers
- The Rule System
- Procedural Languages
- PL/pgSQL - SQL Procedural Language
- PL/Tcl - Tcl Procedural Language
- PL/Perl - Perl Procedural Language
- PL/Python - Python Procedural Language
- Server Programming Interface
- Other books from the publisher
- Index
Online Manuals
- The GNU Profiler Manual - an online copy of the GNU gprof manual
- GNU Binary Utilities Manual - an online copy of the GNU binutils manual
Examples
- Source code - for the examples used in the book
Support Companies
A complete list of companies providing PostgreSQL support can be found at PostgreSQL.org.
- 2ndQuadrant - PostgreSQL support and training (United Kingdom)
Resources
- PostgreSQL Project - the official website for PostgreSQL
- Online Manual - Volume 1
- Online Manual - Volume 2
- Online Manual - Volume 3