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Please note: when performing a migration to 6.2 and you have an existing db, then you have to use the *new* pg_dumpall script that comes with this new postgresql release. The INSTALL file points this out explicitely !!! Changes: - startup script resides in FILESDIR - renamed it to be in sync with INSTALL file from sources - always install this startup script over an existing, because of the nature of the rc.d directory I can't install it to pgsql.sh-dist, if a pgsql.sh is already presend ... - portlint detected trailing whitespace, usage of perl with absolute path, usage of echo instead of ECHO and plenty things of this kind - post installation notes updated, mentioned the mailing list - copies the html pages as well to the share/doc directory (new manual dir) - had to update PLIST - shortened DESCR file, to match the 24 lines - added post build target, that reminds the admin how to proceed when already having a database -> INSTALL file describes migration - updated manpages
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PostgreSQL is a robust, next-generation, Object-Relational DBMS (ORDBMS),
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derived from the Berkeley Postgres database management system. While
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PostgreSQL retains the powerful object-relational data model, rich data types
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and easy extensibility of Postgres, it replaces the PostQuel query language
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with an extended subset of SQL.
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The original Postgres code was the effort of many graduate students,
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undergraduate students, and staff programmers working under the direction of
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Professor Michael Stonebraker at the University of California, Berkeley. In
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1995, Andrew Yu and Jolly Chen took on the task of converting the DBMS query
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language to SQL and created a new database system which came to known as
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Postgres95. Many others contributed to the porting, testing, debugging and
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enhancement of the Postgres95 code. As the code improved, and 1995 faded into
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memory, PostgreSQL was born.
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PostgreSQL development is presently being performed by a team of Internet
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developers who are now responsible for all current and future development. The
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development team coordinator is Marc G. Fournier (scrappy@PostgreSQL.ORG).
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Support is available from the PostgreSQL developer/user community through the
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support mailing list (questions@PostgreSQL.ORG).
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PostgreSQL is free and the complete source is available.
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More information and documentation, visit: http://www.PostgreSQL.ORG/
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