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Make sure that only one intro is included in the integrated doc. 

Multiple intros cause trouble since they have some section elements
 (e.g. "y2k.sgml") in common leading to duplicate labels.
Include emacs formatting hints in the intro*.sgml sources.
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doc/src/sgml/intro-ag.sgml
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<Chapter Id="intro-ag">
<TITLE>Introduction</TITLE>
<chapter id="intro-ag">
<title>Introduction</title>
<Para>
This document is the Administrator's Manual for the
<Ulink url="http://postgresql.org/"><ProductName>PostgreSQL</ProductName></Ulink>
database management system, originally developed at the University
of California at Berkeley.
<para>
This document is the Administrator's Manual for the
<ulink url="http://postgresql.org/"><productname>PostgreSQL</productname></ulink>
database management system, originally developed at the University
of California at Berkeley.
<ProductName>PostgreSQL</ProductName> is based on
<Ulink url="http://s2k-ftp.CS.Berkeley.EDU:8000/postgres/postgres.html">
<ProductName>Postgres release 4.2</ProductName></Ulink>.
The <ProductName>Postgres</ProductName> project,
led by Professor Michael Stonebraker, was sponsored by the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (<Acronym>DARPA</Acronym>), the
Army Research Office (<Acronym>ARO</Acronym>), the National Science
Foundation (<Acronym>NSF</Acronym>), and ESL, Inc.
</Para>
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is based on
<ulink url="http://s2k-ftp.CS.Berkeley.EDU:8000/postgres/postgres.html">
<productname>Postgres release 4.2</productname></ulink>.
The <productname>Postgres</productname> project,
led by Professor Michael Stonebraker, was sponsored by the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (<acronym>DARPA</acronym>), the
Army Research Office (<acronym>ARO</acronym>), the National Science
Foundation (<acronym>NSF</acronym>), and ESL, Inc.
</para>
&info;
&info;
&notation;
&y2k;
&legal;
&notation;
</chapter>
&y2k;
&legal;
</Chapter>
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doc/src/sgml/intro-pg.sgml
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<Chapter Id="intro-pg">
<TITLE>Introduction</TITLE>
<Para>
This document is the programmer's manual for the
<Ulink url="http://postgresql.org/"><ProductName>PostgreSQL</ProductName></Ulink>
database management system, originally developed at the University
of California at Berkeley.
<ProductName>PostgreSQL</ProductName> is based on
<Ulink url="http://s2k-ftp.CS.Berkeley.EDU:8000/postgres/postgres.html">
<ProductName>Postgres release 4.2</ProductName></Ulink>.
The <ProductName>Postgres</ProductName> project,
led by Professor Michael Stonebraker, has been sponsored by the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (<Acronym>DARPA</Acronym>), the
Army Research Office (<Acronym>ARO</Acronym>), the National Science
Foundation (<Acronym>NSF</Acronym>), and ESL, Inc.
</Para>
<Para>
The first part of this manual
explains the <ProductName>Postgres</ProductName>
approach to extensibility and describe how
users can extend <ProductName>Postgres</ProductName>
by adding user-defined types,
operators, aggregates, and both query language and programming
language functions.
After a discussion of the <ProductName>Postgres</ProductName>
rule system, we discuss
the trigger and SPI interfaces.
The manual concludes with a detailed description of
the programming interfaces and
support libraries for various languages.
</Para>
<Para>
We assume proficiency with UNIX and C programming.
</Para>
&info;
&notation;
&y2k;
&legal;
</Chapter>
<chapter id="intro-pg">
<title>Introduction</title>
<para>
This document is the programmer's manual for the
<ulink url="http://postgresql.org/"><productname>PostgreSQL</productname></ulink>
database management system, originally developed at the University
of California at Berkeley.
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is based on
<ulink url="http://s2k-ftp.CS.Berkeley.EDU:8000/postgres/postgres.html">
<productname>Postgres release 4.2</productname></ulink>.
The <productname>Postgres</productname> project,
led by Professor Michael Stonebraker, has been sponsored by the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (<acronym>DARPA</acronym>), the
Army Research Office (<acronym>ARO</acronym>), the National Science
Foundation (<acronym>NSF</acronym>), and ESL, Inc.
</para>
<para>
The first part of this manual
explains the <productname>Postgres</productname>
approach to extensibility and describe how
users can extend <productname>Postgres</productname>
by adding user-defined types,
operators, aggregates, and both query language and programming
language functions.
After a discussion of the <productname>Postgres</productname>
rule system, we discuss
the trigger and SPI interfaces.
The manual concludes with a detailed description of
the programming interfaces and
support libraries for various languages.
</para>
<para>
We assume proficiency with UNIX and C programming.
</para>
&info;
&notation;
&y2k;
&legal;
</chapter>
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doc/src/sgml/intro.sgml
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<Chapter Id="intro">
<TITLE>Introduction</TITLE>
<Para>
This document is the user manual for the
<Ulink url="http://postgresql.org/"><ProductName>PostgreSQL</ProductName></Ulink>
database management system, originally developed at the University
of California at Berkeley.
<ProductName>PostgreSQL</ProductName> is based on
<Ulink url="http://s2k-ftp.CS.Berkeley.EDU:8000/postgres/postgres.html">
<ProductName>Postgres release 4.2</ProductName></Ulink>.
The <ProductName>Postgres</ProductName> project,
led by Professor Michael Stonebraker, was sponsored by the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (<Acronym>DARPA</Acronym>), the
Army Research Office (<Acronym>ARO</Acronym>), the National Science
Foundation (<Acronym>NSF</Acronym>), and ESL, Inc.
</Para>
<Sect1>
<Title> What is <ProductName>Postgres</ProductName>?</Title>
<Para>
Traditional relational database management systems
(DBMSs) support a data model consisting of a collection
of named relations, containing attributes of a specific
type. In current commercial systems, possible types
include floating point numbers, integers, character
strings, money, and dates. It is commonly recognized
that this model is inadequate for future data
processing applications.
The relational model successfully replaced previous
models in part because of its "Spartan simplicity".
However, as mentioned, this simplicity often makes the
implementation of certain applications very difficult.
<ProductName>Postgres</ProductName> offers substantial additional
power by incorporating the following four additional
basic concepts in such a way that users can easily
extend the system:
<SimpleList>
<Member>classes</Member>
<Member>inheritance</Member>
<Member>types</Member>
<Member>functions</Member>
</SimpleList>
</Para>
<Para>
Other features provide additional power and flexibility:
<SimpleList>
<Member>constraints</Member>
<Member>triggers</Member>
<Member>rules</Member>
<Member>transaction integrity</Member>
</SimpleList>
</Para>
<Para>
These features put <ProductName>Postgres</ProductName> into the category of databases
referred to as <FirstTerm>object-relational</FirstTerm>. Note that this is distinct
from those referred to as <FirstTerm>object-oriented</FirstTerm>, which in general
are not as well suited to supporting the traditional relational database languages.
So, although <ProductName>Postgres</ProductName> has some object-oriented features,
it is firmly in the relational database world. In fact, some commercial databases
have recently incorporated features pioneered by <ProductName>Postgres</ProductName>.
</Para>
</Sect1>
&history;
&about;
&info;
&notation;
&y2k;
&legal;
</Chapter>
<chapter id="intro">
<title>Introduction</title>
<para>
This document is the user manual for the
<ulink url="http://postgresql.org/"><productname>PostgreSQL</productname></ulink>
database management system, originally developed at the University
of California at Berkeley.
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is based on
<ulink url="http://s2k-ftp.CS.Berkeley.EDU:8000/postgres/postgres.html">
<productname>Postgres release 4.2</productname></ulink>.
The <productname>Postgres</productname> project,
led by Professor Michael Stonebraker, was sponsored by the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (<acronym>DARPA</acronym>), the
Army Research Office (<acronym>ARO</acronym>), the National Science
Foundation (<acronym>NSF</acronym>), and ESL, Inc.
</para>
<sect1>
<title> What is <productname>Postgres</productname>?</title>
<para>
Traditional relational database management systems
(DBMSs) support a data model consisting of a collection
of named relations, containing attributes of a specific
type. In current commercial systems, possible types
include floating point numbers, integers, character
strings, money, and dates. It is commonly recognized
that this model is inadequate for future data
processing applications.
The relational model successfully replaced previous
models in part because of its "Spartan simplicity".
However, as mentioned, this simplicity often makes the
implementation of certain applications very difficult.
<productname>Postgres</productname> offers substantial additional
power by incorporating the following four additional
basic concepts in such a way that users can easily
extend the system:
<simplelist>
<member>classes</member>
<member>inheritance</member>
<member>types</member>
<member>functions</member>
</simplelist>
</para>
<para>
Other features provide additional power and flexibility:
<simplelist>
<member>constraints</member>
<member>triggers</member>
<member>rules</member>
<member>transaction integrity</member>
</simplelist>
</para>
<para>
These features put <productname>Postgres</productname> into the category of databases
referred to as <firstterm>object-relational</firstterm>. Note that this is distinct
from those referred to as <firstterm>object-oriented</firstterm>, which in general
are not as well suited to supporting the traditional relational database languages.
So, although <productname>Postgres</productname> has some object-oriented features,
it is firmly in the relational database world. In fact, some commercial databases
have recently incorporated features pioneered by <productname>Postgres</productname>.
</para>
</sect1>
&history;
&about;
&info;
&notation;
&y2k;
&legal;
</chapter>
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Local variables:
mode: sgml
sgml-omittag:nil
sgml-shorttag:t
sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
sgml-indent-step:1
sgml-indent-data:t
sgml-parent-document:nil
sgml-default-dtd-file:"./reference.ced"
sgml-exposed-tags:nil
sgml-local-catalogs:"/usr/lib/sgml/CATALOG"
sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
End:
-->
doc/src/sgml/postgres.sgml
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<!--
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/postgres.sgml,v 1.25 1999/05/27 15:49:08 thomas Exp $
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/postgres.sgml,v 1.26 1999/06/01 17:26:18 thomas Exp $
Postgres integrated documentation.
Other subset docs should be copied and shrunk from here.
thomas 1998-02-23
$Log: postgres.sgml,v $
Revision 1.26 1999/06/01 17:26:18 thomas
Make sure that only one intro is included in the integrated doc.
Multiple intros cause trouble since they have some section elements
(e.g. "y2k.sgml") in common leading to duplicate labels.
Include emacs formatting hints in the intro*.sgml sources.
Revision 1.25 1999/05/27 15:49:08 thomas
Markup fixes.
Update for v6.5 release.
......@@ -293,7 +299,12 @@ Your name here...
Installation and maintenance information.
</Para>
</PartIntro>
<!--
Disable these extra intro chapters since some elements (e.g. y2k
statement) are included in the first intro.sgml and cause errors if
included twice.
&intro-ag;
-->
&ports;
&config;
&layout;
......@@ -315,7 +326,12 @@ Your name here...
Information for extending <ProductName>Postgres</ProductName>.
</Para>
</PartIntro>
<!--
Disable these extra intro chapters since some elements (e.g. y2k
statement) are included in the first intro.sgml and cause errors if
included twice.
&intro-pg;
-->
&arch-pg;
&extend;
&xfunc;
......
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