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6 <title>Resources</title>
9 This manual set is organized into several parts:
17 An introduction for new users. Does not cover advanced features.
23 <term>User's Guide</term>
26 General information for users, including available commands and data types.
32 <term>Programmer's Guide</term>
35 Advanced information for application programmers. Topics include
36 type and function extensibility, library interfaces,
37 and application design issues.
43 <term>Administrator's Guide</term>
46 Installation and management information. List of supported machines.
52 <term>Developer's Guide</term>
55 Information for <productname>Postgres</productname> developers.
56 This is intended for those who are contributing to the
57 <productname>Postgres</productname> project;
58 application development information should appear in the
59 <citetitle>Programmer's Guide</citetitle>.
60 Currently included in the <citetitle>Programmer's Guide</citetitle>.
66 <term>Reference Manual</term>
69 Detailed reference information on command syntax.
70 Currently included in the <citetitle>User's Guide</citetitle>.
77 In addition to this manual set, there are other resources to help you with
78 <productname>Postgres</productname> installation and use:
83 <term>man pages</term>
86 The man pages have general information on command syntax.
95 The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) documents address both general issues
96 and some platform-specific issues.
105 README files are available for some contributed packages.
111 <term>Web Site</term>
115 <ulink url="http://postgresql.org"><productname>Postgres</productname></ulink>
116 web site might have some information not appearing in the distribution.
117 There is a <productname>mhonarc</productname> catalog of mailing list traffic
118 which is a rich resource for many topics.
124 <term>Mailing Lists</term>
128 <ulink url="mailto:pgsql-general@postgresql.org">pgsql-general</ulink>
129 (<ulink url="http://www.postgresql.org/mhonarc/pgsql-general/">archive</ulink>)
130 mailing list is a good place to have user questions answered.
131 Other mailing lists are available; consult the Info Central section of the
132 PostgreSQL web site for details.
138 <term>Yourself!</term>
141 <productname>Postgres</productname> is an open source product.
142 As such, it depends on the user community for ongoing support.
143 As you begin to use <productname>Postgres</productname>,
144 you will rely on others for help, either through the
145 documentation or through the mailing lists.
146 Consider contributing your knowledge back. If you learn something
147 which is not in the documentation, write it up and contribute it.
148 If you add features to the code, contribute it.
152 Even those without a lot of experience can provide corrections and
153 minor changes in the documentation, and that is a good way to start.
155 <ulink url="mailto:pgsql-docs@postgresql.org">pgsql-docs</ulink>
156 (<ulink url="http://www.PostgreSQL.ORG/mhonarc/pgsql-docs/">archive</ulink>)
157 mailing list is the place to get going.
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