diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html index 2b88507475..da6e3d9afc 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@

Last updated: Sat Jan 29 23:25:05 EST 2005

Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
+ "mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)

The most recent version of this document can be viewed at If postmaster is running, start psql in one window, then find the PID of the postgres - process used by psql using

SELECT pg_backend_pid()
. + process used by psql using SELECT pg_backend_pid(). Use a debugger to attach to the postgres PID. You can set breakpoints in the debugger and issue queries from + psql. If you are debugging postgres startup, you can set PGOPTIONS="-W n", then start psql. This will cause startup to delay for n seconds so you can attach to the process with the debugger, set any breakpoints, and continue through the startup sequence.

-

There are several

log_*
server configuration variables +

There are several log_* server configuration variables that enable printing of process statistics which can be very useful for debugging and performance measurements.

@@ -897,8 +898,8 @@
  • The default C locale must be used during initdb because it is not possible to know the next-greater character in a non-C locale. You can create a special -
    text_pattern_ops
    index for such cases that work only - for
    LIKE
    indexing. + text_pattern_ops index for such cases that work only + for LIKE indexing.
  • @@ -1064,8 +1065,8 @@ BYTEA bytea variable-length byte array (null-byte safe) internal system tables together.

    To uniquely number columns in user tables, it is best to use - SERIAL rather than OIDs because - SERIAL sequences are unique only within a single + SERIAL rather than OIDs because + SERIAL sequences are unique only within a single table. and are therefore less likely to overflow. SERIAL8 is available for storing eight-byte sequence values.

    @@ -1149,8 +1150,7 @@ BYTEA bytea variable-length byte array (null-byte safe)

    Use CURRENT_TIMESTAMP:

    -CREATE TABLE test (x int, modtime timestamp DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP );
    -
    +    CREATE TABLE test (x int, modtime timestamp DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP );
     

    4.18) How do I perform an outer join?