7 2. A Brief History of PostgreSQL
9 2.1. The Berkeley POSTGRES Project
14 4. Further Information
15 5. Bug Reporting Guidelines
19 5.3. Where to Report Bugs
21 This book is the official documentation of PostgreSQL. It has been
22 written by the PostgreSQL developers and other volunteers in parallel
23 to the development of the PostgreSQL software. It describes all the
24 functionality that the current version of PostgreSQL officially
27 To make the large amount of information about PostgreSQL manageable,
28 this book has been organized in several parts. Each part is targeted at
29 a different class of users, or at users in different stages of their
30 PostgreSQL experience:
31 * Part I is an informal introduction for new users.
32 * Part II documents the SQL query language environment, including
33 data types and functions, as well as user-level performance tuning.
34 Every PostgreSQL user should read this.
35 * Part III describes the installation and administration of the
36 server. Everyone who runs a PostgreSQL server, be it for private
37 use or for others, should read this part.
38 * Part IV describes the programming interfaces for PostgreSQL client
40 * Part V contains information for advanced users about the
41 extensibility capabilities of the server. Topics include
42 user-defined data types and functions.
43 * Part VI contains reference information about SQL commands, client
44 and server programs. This part supports the other parts with
45 structured information sorted by command or program.
46 * Part VII contains assorted information that might be of use to
47 PostgreSQL developers.