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The PostgreSQL port has a collection of "side orders":
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postgresql-doc
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For all of the html documentation
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p5-Pg
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A perl5 API for client access to PostgreSQL databases.
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postgresql-tcltk
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If you want tcl/tk client support.
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postgresql-jdbc
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For Java JDBC support.
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postgresql-odbc
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For client access from unix applications using ODBC as access
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method. Not needed to access unix PostgreSQL servers from Win32
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using ODBC. See below.
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ruby-postgres, py-PyGreSQL
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For client access to PostgreSQL databases using the ruby & python
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languages.
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p5-postgresql-plperl, postgresql-pltcl & postgresql-plruby
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For using perl5, tcl & ruby as procedural languages.
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postgresql-contrib
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Lots of contributed utilities, postgresql functions and
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datatypes. There you find autovacuum, pgcrypto and many other cool
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things.
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etc etc...
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For procedural languages and postgresql functions, please note that
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you might have to update them when updating the server. For example,
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the "elog" method disappeared in postgresql-7.4, so postgresql-contrib
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must be updated along with the server.
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If you have many tables and many clients running, consider raising
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kern.maxfiles using sysctl(8), or reconfigure your kernel
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appropriately.
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You should vacuum and backup your database regularly. There is a
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periodic script, /usr/local/share/postgresql/502.pgsql, that you may
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find useful.
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To allow many simultaneous connections to your PostgreSQL server, you
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should raise the SystemV shared memory limits in your kernel. Here are
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example values for allowing up to 180 clients (tinkering in
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postgresql.conf also needed, of course):
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options SYSVSHM
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options SYSVSEM
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options SYSVMSG
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options SHMMAXPGS=65536
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options SEMMNI=40
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options SEMMNS=240
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options SEMUME=40
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options SEMMNU=120
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If you plan to access your PostgreSQL server using ODBC, please
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consider running the SQL script /usr/local/share/postgresql/odbc.sql
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to get the functions required for ODBC compliance.
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