Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
- Last updated: Fri Apr 25 10:34:17 EDT 2008
+ Last updated: Wed Jun 25 23:02:18 EDT 2008
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (bruce@momjian.us)
PostgreSQL also runs natively on Microsoft Windows NT-based operating
systems like Win2000 SP4, WinXP, and Win2003. A prepackaged installer
- is available at http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller. MSDOS-based
- versions of Windows (Win95, Win98, WinMe) can run PostgreSQL using
- Cygwin.
+ is available at http://www.postgresql.org/download/windows.
+ MSDOS-based versions of Windows (Win95, Win98, WinMe) can run
+ PostgreSQL using Cygwin.
- There is also a Novell Netware 6 port at http://forge.novell.com, and
- an OS/2 (eComStation) version at
+ There is also a Novell Netware 6 port at
+ http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Postgresql, and an OS/2
+ (eComStation) version at
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?sh=1&button=Search&key=postgre
SQL&stype=all&sort=type&dir=%2F.
There are a large number of GUI Tools that are available for
PostgreSQL from both commercial and open source developers. A detailed
- list can be found in the PostgreSQL Community Documentation
+ list can be found in the Community Guide to PostgreSQL GUI Tools.
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Administrative Questions
4.18) How do I return multiple rows or columns from a function?
It is easy using set-returning functions,
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/techdocs.17.
+ http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Return_more_than_one_row_of_data_from_
+ PL/pgSQL_functions.
4.19) Why do I get "relation with OID ##### does not exist" errors when
accessing temporary tables in PL/PgSQL functions?
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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
- <P>Last updated: Fri Apr 25 10:34:17 EDT 2008</P>
+ <P>Last updated: Wed Jun 25 23:02:18 EDT 2008</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:bruce@momjian.us">bruce@momjian.us</A>)
<P>PostgreSQL also runs natively on Microsoft Windows NT-based operating
systems like Win2000 SP4, WinXP, and Win2003. A prepackaged installer is
- available at <a href= "http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller">
- http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller</a>. MSDOS-based versions
+ available at <a href= "http://www.postgresql.org/download/windows">
+ http://www.postgresql.org/download/windows</a>. MSDOS-based versions
of Windows (Win95, Win98, WinMe) can run PostgreSQL using Cygwin.</P>
<p>There is also a Novell Netware 6 port at
- <a href="http://forge.novell.com">http://forge.novell.com</a>,
+ <a href="http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Postgresql">http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Postgresql</a>,
and an OS/2 (eComStation) version at <a href=
"http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?sh=1&button=Search&key=postgreSQL&stype=all&sort=type&dir=%2F">
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?sh=1&button=Search&key=postgreSQL&stype=all&sort=type&dir=%2F</a>.</p>
<P>There are a large number of GUI Tools that are available for PostgreSQL
from both commercial and open source developers. A detailed list can be
- found in the <A href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/techdocs.54">
- PostgreSQL Community Documentation</A></P>
+ found in the <A href="http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Community_Guide_to_PostgreSQL_GUI_Tools">
+ Community Guide to PostgreSQL GUI Tools</A>.</P>
<HR>
columns from a function?</H3>
<P>It is easy using set-returning functions,
- <a href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/techdocs.17">
- http://www.postgresql.org/docs/techdocs.17</a>.</P>
+ <a href="http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Return_more_than_one_row_of_data_from_PL/pgSQL_functions">
+ http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Return_more_than_one_row_of_data_from_PL/pgSQL_functions</a>.</P>
<H3 id="item4.19">4.19) Why do I get "relation with OID #####
does not exist" errors when accessing temporary tables in PL/PgSQL