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<title>Resources</title>
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<para>
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This manual set is organized into several parts:
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<variablelist>
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<term>Tutorial</term>
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An introduction for new users. Does not cover advanced features.
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<term>User's Guide</term>
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General information for users, including available commands and data types.
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</varlistentry>
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<term>Programmer's Guide</term>
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Advanced information for application programmers. Topics include
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type and function extensibility, library interfaces,
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and application design issues.
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<term>Administrator's Guide</term>
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Installation and management information. List of supported machines.
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<term>Developer's Guide</term>
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Information for <productname>Postgres</productname> developers.
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This is intended for those who are contributing to the
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<productname>Postgres</productname> project;
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application development information should appear in the
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<citetitle>Programmer's Guide</citetitle>.
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Currently included in the <citetitle>Programmer's Guide</citetitle>.
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<term>Reference Manual</term>
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Detailed reference information on command syntax.
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Currently included in the <citetitle>User's Guide</citetitle>.
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<para>
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In addition to this manual set, there are other resources to help you with
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<productname>Postgres</productname> installation and use:
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<term>man pages</term>
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The man pages have general information on command syntax.
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</para>
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<term>FAQs</term>
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The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) documents address both general issues
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and some platform-specific issues.
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<term>READMEs</term>
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README files are available for some contributed packages.
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<term>Web Site</term>
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<para>
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The
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<ulink url="postgresql.org"><productname>Postgres</productname></ulink>
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web site might have some information not appearing in the distribution.
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There is a <productname>mhonarc</productname> catalog of mailing list traffic
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which is a rich resource for many topics.
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<term>Mailing Lists</term>
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<para>
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The
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<ulink url="mailto:pgsql-general@postgresql.org">pgsql-general</ulink>
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(<ulink url="http://www.PostgreSQL.ORG/mhonarc/pgsql-general/">archive</ulink>)
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mailing list is a good place to have user questions answered.
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Other mailing lists are available; consult the Info Central section of the
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PostgreSQL web site for details.
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</para>
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<term>Yourself!</term>
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<para>
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<productname>Postgres</productname> is an open source product.
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As such, it depends on the user community for ongoing support.
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As you begin to use <productname>Postgres</productname>,
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you will rely on others for help, either through the
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documentation or through the mailing lists.
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Consider contributing your knowledge back. If you learn something
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which is not in the documentation, write it up and contribute it.
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If you add features to the code, contribute it.
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</para>
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<para>
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Even those without a lot of experience can provide corrections and
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minor changes in the documentation, and that is a good way to start.
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The
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<ulink url="mailto:pgsql-docs@postgresql.org">pgsql-docs</ulink>
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(<ulink url="http://www.PostgreSQL.ORG/mhonarc/pgsql-docs/">archive</ulink>)
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mailing list is the place to get going.
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