From 69ab90c7753c08bd192f70c24fab178c7261b829 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 22:56:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update AIX FAQ to show readline options more clearly. Backpatch FAQ's to 8.1.X. --- doc/FAQ | 10 +++++----- doc/FAQ_AIX | 16 +++++++++++----- doc/FAQ_brazilian | 2 +- doc/FAQ_czech | 2 +- doc/FAQ_french | 2 +- doc/FAQ_german | 2 +- doc/FAQ_japanese | 2 +- doc/FAQ_polish | 2 +- doc/FAQ_turkish | 2 +- doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html | 10 +++++----- doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_brazilian.html | 2 +- doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_czech.html | 2 +- doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_french.html | 2 +- doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_german.html | 2 +- doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_japanese.html | 2 +- doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_polish.html | 2 +- doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_turkish.html | 2 +- 17 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/FAQ b/doc/FAQ index 2c70d78fb9..3a37a89def 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ +++ b/doc/FAQ @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL - Last updated: Fri Feb 24 23:28:40 EST 2006 + Last updated: Sun Apr 2 23:40:12 EDT 2006 Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ PostgreSQL Data Base Management System - Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group Portions Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Regents of the University of California @@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ Maximum size for a database? unlimited (32 TB databases exist) Maximum size for a table? 32 TB - Maximum size for a row? 1.6TB + Maximum size for a row? 400 GB Maximum size for a field? 1 GB Maximum number of rows in a table? unlimited Maximum number of columns in a table? 250-1600 depending on column @@ -506,8 +506,8 @@ from the operating system. Large tables are stored as multiple 1 GB files so file system size limits are not important. - The maximum table size and maximum number of columns can be quadrupled - by increasing the default block size to 32k. + The maximum table size, row size, and maximum number of columns can be + quadrupled by increasing the default block size to 32k. One limitation is that indexes can not be created on columns longer than about 2,000 characters. Fortunately, such indexes are rarely diff --git a/doc/FAQ_AIX b/doc/FAQ_AIX index db3776acad..57fd24fd42 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ_AIX +++ b/doc/FAQ_AIX @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ From: Zeugswetter Andreas -$Date: 2006/03/01 22:25:36 $ +$Date: 2006/04/05 22:56:11 $ On AIX 4.3.2 PostgreSQL compiled with the native IBM compiler xlc (vac.C 5.0.1) passes all regression tests. Other versions of OS and @@ -129,14 +129,18 @@ for details about the problem. Working around the problem: --------------------------- -1) Use the new 8.2devel backend Makefile: +Try one of the following: + +o Use the new 8.2devel backend Makefile: + After the matter of readline's export list and the problems that were occurring on AIX because of it being linked to the backend, a filter to exclude unneeded libraries from being linked against the backend was added. Get revision 1.112 of src/backend/Makefile from CVS and replace the copy that came with postgres with it. Build normally. -2) Use libedit: +o Use libedit + There are a few libedit ports available online. Build and install the desired port. If libreadline.a can be found in /lib, /usr/lib, or in any location passed to postgres' configure via "--with-libraries=", @@ -154,14 +158,16 @@ If the version of libedit used calls its "history.h" something other than history.h, place a symlink called history.h to it somewhere that the C preprocessor will check. -3) Configure with "--without-readline": +o Configure with "--without-readline" + postgres can be configured with the option "--without-readline". When this is enabled, postgres will not link against libreadline or libedit. psql will not have history, tab completion, or any of the other niceties that readline and libedit bring, but external readline wrappers exist that add that functionality. -4) Use readline 5.0: +o Use readline 5.0 + Readline 5.0 does not induce the problems, however it does export memcpy and strncpy when built using the easy method of "-bexpall". Like 4.3, it is possible to do a build that does not export these symbols, diff --git a/doc/FAQ_brazilian b/doc/FAQ_brazilian index 45297e3059..0f8ddf1925 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ_brazilian +++ b/doc/FAQ_brazilian @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ PostgreSQL Sistema de Gerência de Banco de Dados - Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group Portions Copyright (c) 1994-6 Regents of the University of California Permissão de uso, cópia, modificação e distribuição desse software e diff --git a/doc/FAQ_czech b/doc/FAQ_czech index 1a2b33cb68..441ef1213a 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ_czech +++ b/doc/FAQ_czech @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ PostgreSQL je pøedmìtem následujících autorských práv: - Dílèí Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + Dílèí Copyright (c) 1996-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group Dílèí Copyright (c) 1994-6, Regents of the University of California Udìluje se oprávnìní k u¾ití, rozmno¾ování, provádìní úprav a diff --git a/doc/FAQ_french b/doc/FAQ_french index 1b224e877c..69a9da8242 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ_french +++ b/doc/FAQ_french @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ PostgreSQL Data Base Management System - Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group Portions Copyright (c) 1994-6 Regents of the University of California Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its diff --git a/doc/FAQ_german b/doc/FAQ_german index a650444dcf..6f70c9d1d2 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ_german +++ b/doc/FAQ_german @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ PostgreSQL Data Base Management System - Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group Portions Copyright (c) 1994-6 Regents of the University of California Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its diff --git a/doc/FAQ_japanese b/doc/FAQ_japanese index 173a3acf92..1d76f9e87e 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ_japanese +++ b/doc/FAQ_japanese @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ PostgreSQL PostgreSQL Data Base Management System -Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group Portions +Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group Portions Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Regents of the University of California Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its diff --git a/doc/FAQ_polish b/doc/FAQ_polish index b2be9d9bf6..3f7ee4c227 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ_polish +++ b/doc/FAQ_polish @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ PostgreSQL Data Base Management System - Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group Portions Copyright (c) 1994-6 Regents of the University of California Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its diff --git a/doc/FAQ_turkish b/doc/FAQ_turkish index 50634d0573..9ebc5a39a6 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ_turkish +++ b/doc/FAQ_turkish @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ PostgreSQL Data Base Management System - Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group Portions Copyright (c) 1994-6 Regents of the University of California Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html index 4fd3016986..e382d0cb11 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ alink="#0000ff">

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL

-

Last updated: Fri Feb 24 23:28:40 EST 2006

+

Last updated: Sun Apr 2 23:40:12 EDT 2006

Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@

PostgreSQL Data Base Management System

-

Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group +

Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group Portions Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Regents of the University of California

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software @@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ Maximum size for a database?unlimited (32 TB databases exist) Maximum size for a table?32 TB -Maximum size for a row?1.6TB +Maximum size for a row?400 GB Maximum size for a field?1 GB Maximum number of rows in a table?unlimited Maximum number of columns in a table?250-1600 depending @@ -673,8 +673,8 @@ table?unlimited multiple 1 GB files so file system size limits are not important.

-

The maximum table size and maximum number of columns can be - quadrupled by increasing the default block size to 32k.

+

The maximum table size, row size, and maximum number of columns + can be quadrupled by increasing the default block size to 32k.

One limitation is that indexes can not be created on columns longer than about 2,000 characters. Fortunately, such indexes are diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_brazilian.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_brazilian.html index 3cd1493f01..214eec3407 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_brazilian.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_brazilian.html @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@

PostgreSQL Sistema de Gerência de Banco de Dados

-

Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group +

Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group Portions Copyright (c) 1994-6 Regents of the University of California

Permissão de uso, cópia, modificação diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_czech.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_czech.html index c69f97ecb6..9eea7cee0e 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_czech.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_czech.html @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@

PostgreSQL je pøedmìtem následujících autorských práv:

-

Dílèí Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group +

Dílèí Copyright (c) 1996-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group Dílèí Copyright (c) 1994-6, Regents of the University of California

Udìluje se oprávnìní k u¾ití, rozmno¾ování, provádìní úprav a diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_french.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_french.html index 6764c28c22..d34953b522 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_french.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_french.html @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@

PostgreSQL Data Base Management System

-

Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group +

Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group Portions Copyright (c) 1994-6 Regents of the University of California

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_german.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_german.html index a15fb5f9ec..c5a865d879 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_german.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_german.html @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ href="mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us).

PostgreSQL Data Base Management System

-

Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group +

Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group Portions Copyright (c) 1994-6 Regents of the University of California

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_japanese.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_japanese.html index e00eb0d647..f4205dde39 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_japanese.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_japanese.html @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ href="mailto:juk at PostgreSQL.jp">juk at PostgreSQL.jp)

PostgreSQL Data Base Management System

- Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group + Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group Portions Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Regents of the University of California

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_polish.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_polish.html index f61e6feb91..c7387c39de 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_polish.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_polish.html @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@

PostgreSQL Data Base Management System

-

Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group +

Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group Portions Copyright (c) 1994-6 Regents of the University of California

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_turkish.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_turkish.html index ac31a57ab7..41f90ba494 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_turkish.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ_turkish.html @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ adreslerinde g

1.2) PostgreSQL'in haklarý nedir?

PostgreSQL Data Base Management System

-

Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group +

Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group Portions Copyright (c) 1994-6 Regents of the University of California

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software -- 2.50.1