PostgreSQL 16.4 Documentation
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
Copyright © 1996–2024 The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
Table of Contents
- Preface
- I. Tutorial
- II. The SQL Language
- III. Server Administration
- 16. Installation from Binaries
- 17. Installation from Source Code
- 18. Installation from Source Code on Windows
- 19. Server Setup and Operation
- 20. Server Configuration
- 21. Client Authentication
- 22. Database Roles
- 23. Managing Databases
- 24. Localization
- 25. Routine Database Maintenance Tasks
- 26. Backup and Restore
- 27. High Availability, Load Balancing, and Replication
- 28. Monitoring Database Activity
- 29. Monitoring Disk Usage
- 30. Reliability and the Write-Ahead Log
- 31. Logical Replication
- 32. Just-in-Time Compilation (JIT)
- 33. Regression Tests
- 17. Installation from Source Code
- 16. Installation from Binaries
- IV. Client Interfaces
- V. Server Programming
- 38. Extending SQL
- 39. Triggers
- 40. Event Triggers
- 41. The Rule System
- 42. Procedural Languages
- 43. PL/pgSQL — SQL Procedural Language
- 44. PL/Tcl — Tcl Procedural Language
- 45. PL/Perl — Perl Procedural Language
- 46. PL/Python — Python Procedural Language
- 47. Server Programming Interface
- 48. Background Worker Processes
- 49. Logical Decoding
- 50. Replication Progress Tracking
- 51. Archive Modules
- 39. Triggers
- 38. Extending SQL
- VI. Reference
- VII. Internals
- 52. Overview of PostgreSQL Internals
- 53. System Catalogs
- 54. System Views
- 55. Frontend/Backend Protocol
- 56. PostgreSQL Coding Conventions
- 57. Native Language Support
- 58. Writing a Procedural Language Handler
- 59. Writing a Foreign Data Wrapper
- 60. Writing a Table Sampling Method
- 61. Writing a Custom Scan Provider
- 62. Genetic Query Optimizer
- 63. Table Access Method Interface Definition
- 64. Index Access Method Interface Definition
- 65. Generic WAL Records
- 66. Custom WAL Resource Managers
- 67. B-Tree Indexes
- 68. GiST Indexes
- 69. SP-GiST Indexes
- 70. GIN Indexes
- 71. BRIN Indexes
- 72. Hash Indexes
- 73. Database Physical Storage
- 74. Transaction Processing
- 75. System Catalog Declarations and Initial Contents
- 76. How the Planner Uses Statistics
- 77. Backup Manifest Format
- 53. System Catalogs
- 52. Overview of PostgreSQL Internals
- VIII. Appendixes
- A. PostgreSQL Error Codes
- B. Date/Time Support
- C. SQL Key Words
- D. SQL Conformance
- E. Release Notes
- F. Additional Supplied Modules and Extensions
- G. Additional Supplied Programs
- H. External Projects
- I. The Source Code Repository
- J. Documentation
- K. PostgreSQL Limits
- L. Acronyms
- M. Glossary
- N. Color Support
- O. Obsolete or Renamed Features
- B. Date/Time Support
- A. PostgreSQL Error Codes
- Bibliography
- Index