Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
- Last updated: Fri Feb 14 09:03:00 EST 2003
+ Last updated: Tue Feb 18 00:06:42 EST 2003
The database server can run on Windows NT and Win2k using Cygwin, the
Cygnus Unix/NT porting library. See pgsql/doc/FAQ_MSWIN in the
distribution or the MS Windows FAQ at
- http://www.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faq-mswin.html.
+ http://www.ca.PostgreSQL.org/docs/faq-mswin.html.
A native port to MS Win NT/2000/XP is currently being worked on.
also PHPPgAdmin ( http://phppgadmin.sourceforge.net/ ), a web-based
interface to PostgreSQL.
+ See http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/GUITools for a more detailed
+ list.
+
2.4) What languages are able to communicate with PostgreSQL?
Most popular programming languages contain an interface to PostgreSQL.
VARCHAR(n) varchar size specifies maximum length, no padding
CHAR(n) bpchar blank padded to the specified fixed length
TEXT text no specific upper limit on length
-"char" char one character
BYTEA bytea variable-length byte array (null-byte safe)
+"char" char one character
You will see the internal name when examining system catalogs and in
some error messages.
- The last four types above are "varlena" types (i.e., the first four
+ The first four types above are "varlena" types (i.e., the first four
bytes on disk are the length, followed by the data). Thus the actual
space used is slightly greater than the declared size. However, these
data types are also subject to compression or being stored out-of-line
CHAR(n) is for storing strings that are all the same length. CHAR(n)
pads with blanks to the specified length, while VARCHAR(n) only stores
the characters supplied. BYTEA is for storing binary data,
- particularly values that include NULL bytes. These types have similar
- performance characteristics.
+ particularly values that include NULL bytes. All the types described
+ here have similar performance characteristics.
4.15.1) How do I create a serial/auto-incrementing field?