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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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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>User's Guide</Term>
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<Para>
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General information for users, including available commands and data types.
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</ListItem>
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</VarListEntry>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>Programmer's Guide</Term>
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<Para>
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Advanced information for application programmers. Topics include
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type and function extensibility, library interfaces, and application design issues.
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</Para>
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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. This is intended
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for those who are contributing to the <ProductName>Postgres</ProductName>
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project; 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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<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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</Para>
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<VariableList>
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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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</Para>
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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 <ULink url="postgresql.org"><ProductName>Postgres</ProductName></ULink> web site has some information
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not appearing in the distribution. 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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</Para>
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<Term>Mailing Lists</Term>
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<Para>
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The <ULink url="mailto:questions@postgresql.org"><ProductName>Postgres</ProductName> Questions</ULink>
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mailing list is a good place to have user questions answered. Other mailing lists are available; consult
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the web page 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
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ongoing support. As you begin to use <ProductName>Postgres</ProductName>,
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you will rely on others
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for help, either through the documentation or through the mailing lists.
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Consider contributing your
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knowledge back. If you learn something which is not in the documentation,
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write it up and contribute it.
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If you add features to the code, contribute it.
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Even those without a lot of experience can provide
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corrections and 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:docs@postgresql.org"><ProductName>Postgres</ProductName> Documentation</ULink>
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mailing list is the place to get going.
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</Para>
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