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authorBruce Momjian2005-05-09 17:15:15 +0000
committerBruce Momjian2005-05-09 17:15:15 +0000
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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
- <P>Last updated: Wed May 4 21:42:01 EDT 2005</P>
+ <P>Last updated: Mon May 9 13:15:04 EDT 2005</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)
@@ -115,8 +115,7 @@
<A href="#4.19">4.19</A>) Why do I get "relation with OID #####
does not exist" errors when accessing temporary tables in PL/PgSQL
functions?<BR>
- <A href="#4.20">4.20</A>) What encryption options are available?<BR>
- <A href="#4.21">4.21</A>) What replication solutions are available?<BR>
+ <A href="#4.20">4.20</A>) What replication solutions are available?<BR>
<HR>
@@ -980,24 +979,7 @@ length</TD></TR>
<SMALL>EXECUTE</SMALL> for temporary table access in PL/PgSQL. This
will cause the query to be reparsed every time.</P>
- <H3><A name="4.20">4.20</A>) What encryption options are available?
- </H3>
- <UL>
- <LI><I>contrib/pgcrypto</I> contains many encryption functions for
- use in <SMALL>SQL</SMALL> queries.</LI>
- <LI>To encrypt transmission from the client to the server, the server
- must have the <I>ssl</I> option set to <I>true</I> in <I>postgresql.conf,
- </I> and an applicable <I>host</I> or <I>hostssl</I> record must exist in
- <I>pg_hba.conf</I>, and the client <I>sslmode</I> must not be
- <I>disable.</I> (Note that it is also possible to use a third-party
- encrypted transport, such as stunnel or ssh, rather than PostgreSQL's
- native SSL connections.)</LI>
- <LI>Database user passwords are automatically encrypted when stored in
- the system tables.</LI>
- <LI>The server can also run using an encrypted file system.</LI>
- </UL>
-
- <H3><A name="4.21">4.21</A>) What replication solutions are available?
+ <H3><A name="4.20">4.20</A>) What replication solutions are available?
</H3>
<P>Though "replication" is a single term, there are several technologies