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11 | 11 | <H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1> |
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13 | | -<P>Last updated: Sun Jan 30 20:37:18 EST 2005</P> |
| 13 | +<P>Last updated: Sun Jan 30 20:53:02 EST 2005</P> |
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15 | 15 | <P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<Ahref= |
16 | 16 | "mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>) |
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219 | 219 | <H4><Aname="1.5">1.5</A>) Where can I get support?</H4> |
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221 | | -<P>The main mailing list is:<Ahref= |
222 | | - "mailto:pgsql-general@PostgreSQL.org">pgsql-general@PostgreSQL.org</A>. |
223 | | - It is available for discussion of matters pertaining to PostgreSQL. |
224 | | - To subscribe, send mail with the following lines in the body (not |
225 | | - the subject line):</P> |
226 | | -<PRE> |
227 | | - subscribe |
228 | | - end |
229 | | -</PRE> |
230 | | - |
231 | | -<P>to<Ahref= |
232 | | - "mailto:pgsql-general-request@PostgreSQL.org">pgsql-general-request@PostgreSQL.org</A>.</P> |
233 | | - |
234 | | -<P>There is also a digest list available. To subscribe to this |
235 | | - list, send email to:<Ahref= |
236 | | - "mailto:pgsql-general-digest-request@PostgreSQL.org">pgsql-general-digest-request@PostgreSQL.org</A> |
237 | | - with a body of:</P> |
238 | | -<PRE> |
239 | | - subscribe |
240 | | - end |
241 | | -</PRE> |
242 | | - |
243 | | - Digests are sent out to members of this list whenever the main list |
244 | | - has received around 30k of messages. |
245 | | - |
246 | | -<P>The bugs mailing list is available. To subscribe to this list, |
247 | | - send email to<Ahref= |
248 | | - "mailto:pgsql-bugs-request@PostgreSQL.org">pgsql-bugs-request@PostgreSQL.org</A> |
249 | | - with a body of:</P> |
250 | | -<PRE> |
251 | | - subscribe |
252 | | - end |
253 | | -</PRE> |
254 | | - |
255 | | - There is also a developers discussion mailing list available. To |
256 | | - subscribe to this list, send email to<Ahref= |
257 | | - "mailto:pgsql-hackers-request@PostgreSQL.org">pgsql-hackers-request@PostgreSQL.org</A> |
258 | | - with a body of: |
259 | | -<PRE> |
260 | | - subscribe |
261 | | - end |
262 | | -</PRE> |
263 | | - |
264 | | -<P>Additional mailing lists and information about PostgreSQL can be |
265 | | - found via the PostgreSQL WWW home page at:</P> |
266 | | - |
267 | | -<BLOCKQUOTE> |
268 | | -<Ahref="http://www.PostgreSQL.org">http://www.PostgreSQL.org</A> |
269 | | -</BLOCKQUOTE> |
| 221 | +<P>The PostgreSQL community provides assistance to many of its users |
| 222 | + via email. The main web site to subscribe to the email lists is |
| 223 | +<ahref="http://www.postgresql.org/community/lists/"> |
| 224 | + http://www.postgresql.org/community/lists/</a>. The<I>general</I> |
| 225 | + or<I>bugs</I> lists are a good place to start. |
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271 | 227 | <P>The major IRC channel is<I>#postgresql</I> on Freenode |
272 | 228 | (<I>irc.freenode.net</I>). To connect you can use the Unix |
273 | | -command<CODE>irc -c '#postgresql' "$USER" irc.freenode.net</CODE> |
| 229 | +program<CODE>irc -c '#postgresql' "$USER" irc.freenode.net</CODE> |
274 | 230 | or use any of the other popular IRC clients. A Spanish one also exists |
275 | 231 | on the same network, (<I>#postgresql-es</I>), and a French one, |
276 | 232 | (<I>#postgresqlfr</I>). There is also a PostgreSQL channel on EFNet. |
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278 | 234 | <P>A list of commercial support companies is available at<Ahref= |
279 | | - "http://techdocs.postgresql.org/companies.php">http://techdocs.postgresql.org/companies.php</A>.</P> |
| 235 | + "http://techdocs.postgresql.org/companies.php">http://techdocs.postg |
| 236 | + resql.org/companies.php</A>.</P> |
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281 | 238 | <H4><Aname="1.6">1.6</A>) What is the latest release?</H4> |
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