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authorBruce Momjian2005-01-30 03:52:46 +0000
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alink="#0000ff">
<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
- <P>Last updated: Sat Jan 29 21:21:25 EST 2005</P>
+ <P>Last updated: Sat Jan 29 22:51:43 EST 2005</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR>
@@ -45,14 +45,12 @@
<H2 align="center">User Client Questions</H2>
- <A href="#2.1">2.1</A>) Are there <SMALL>ODBC</SMALL> drivers for
+ <A href="#2.1">2.1</A>) What interfaces are available for
PostgreSQL?<BR>
<A href="#2.2">2.2</A>) What tools are available for using
PostgreSQL with Web pages?<BR>
<A href="#2.3">2.3</A>) Does PostgreSQL have a graphical user
interface?<BR>
- <A href="#2.4">2.4</A>) What languages are available to
- communicate with PostgreSQL?<BR>
<H2 align="center">Administrative Questions</H2>
@@ -492,26 +490,20 @@
<H2 align="center">User Client Questions</H2>
- <H4><A name="2.1">2.1</A>) Are there <SMALL>ODBC</SMALL> drivers
- for PostgreSQL?</H4>
-
- <P>There are two <SMALL>ODBC</SMALL> drivers available, PsqlODBC
- and OpenLink <SMALL>ODBC</SMALL>.</P>
-
- <P>You can download PsqlODBC from <A href=
- "http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/psqlodbc/projdisplay.php">
- http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/psqlodbc/projdisplay.php</A>.</P>
+ <H4><A name="2.1">2.1</A>) What interfaces are available for
+ PostgreSQL?</H4>
- <P>OpenLink <SMALL>ODBC</SMALL> can be gotten from <A href=
- "http://www.openlinksw.com/">http://www.openlinksw.com</A>. It
- works with their standard <SMALL>ODBC</SMALL> client software so
- you'll have PostgreSQL <SMALL>ODBC</SMALL> available on every
- client platform they support (Win, Mac, Unix, VMS).</P>
+ <P>The PostgreSQL install includes only the <SMALL>C</SMALL> and embedded
+ <SMALL>C</SMALL> interfaces. All other interfaces are independent projects
+ that are downloaded separately; being separate allows them to have their
+ own release schedule and development teams.</P>
- <P>They will probably be selling this product to people who need
- commercial-quality support, but a freeware version will always be
- available. Please send questions to <A href=
- "mailto:postgres95@openlink.co.uk">postgres95@openlink.co.uk</A>.</P>
+ <P>Some programming languages like <SMALL>PHP</SMALL> include an
+ interface to PostgreSQL. Interfaces for languages like Perl,
+ <SMALL>TCL</SMALL>, Python, and many others are available at
+ <a href="http://gborg.postgresql.org">http://gborg.postgresql.org</A>
+ in the <I>Drivers/Interfaces</I> section and via Internet search.
+ </P>
<H4><A name="2.2">2.2</A>) What tools are available for using
PostgreSQL with Web pages?</H4>
@@ -541,34 +533,9 @@
<P>See <a href="http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/GUITools">http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/GUITools</a> for a more detailed list.</P>
- <H4><A name="2.4">2.4</A>) What languages are able to communicate with
- PostgreSQL?</H4>
-
- <P>Most popular programming languages contain an interface to
- PostgreSQL. Check your programming language's list of extension
- modules.</P>
-
- <P>The following interfaces are included in the PostgreSQL
- distribution:</P>
-
- <UL>
- <LI>C (libpq)</LI>
-
- <LI>Embedded C (ecpg)</LI>
-
- <LI>Java (jdbc)</LI>
-
- <LI>Python (PyGreSQL)</LI>
-
- <LI>TCL (libpgtcl)</LI>
-
- </UL>
- <P>Additional interfaces are available at
- <a href="http://gborg.postgresql.org">http://gborg.postgresql.org</A>
- in the <I>Drivers/Interfaces</I> section.
- </P>
<HR>
+
<H2 align="center">Administrative Questions</H2>
<H4><A name="3.1">3.1</A>) How do I install PostgreSQL somewhere