Resources
This manual set is organized into several parts:
Tutorial
An introduction for new users. Does not cover advanced features.
User's Guide
General information for users, including available commands and data types.
Programmer's Guide
Advanced information for application programmers. Topics include
type and function extensibility, library interfaces, and application design issues.
Administrator's Guide
Installation and management information. List of supported machines.
Developer's Guide
Information for Postgres developers. This is intended
for those who are contributing to the Postgres
project; application development information should appear in the
Programmer's Guide.
Currently included in the Programmer's Guide.
Reference Manual
Detailed reference information on command syntax.
Currently included in the User's Guide.
In addition to this manual set, there are other resources to help you with
Postgres installation and use:
man pages
The man pages have general information on command syntax.
FAQs
The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) documents address both general issues
and some platform-specific issues.
READMEs
README files are available for some contributed packages.
Web Site
The Postgres web site has some information
not appearing in the distribution. There is a mhonarc catalog of mailing list traffic
which is a rich resource for many topics.
Mailing Lists
The Postgres Questions
mailing list is a good place to have user questions answered. Other mailing lists are available; consult
the web page for details.
Yourself!
Postgres is an open source product.
As such, it depends on the user community for
ongoing support. As you begin to use Postgres,
you will rely on others
for help, either through the documentation or through the mailing lists.
Consider contributing your
knowledge back. If you learn something which is not in the documentation,
write it up and contribute it.
If you add features to the code, contribute it.
Even those without a lot of experience can provide
corrections and minor changes in the documentation, and that is a good way to start.
The
Postgres Documentation
mailing list is the place to get going.