The PostgreSQL contrib tree ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This subtree contains tools, modules, and examples that are not maintained as part of the core PostgreSQL system, mainly because they only address a limited audience or are too inelegant to be sold as an official feature. That, however, does not preclude their usefulness. Each subdirectory contains a README file with information about the module. Most items can be built with `gmake all' and installed with `gmake install' in the usual fashion, after you have run the `configure' script in the top-level directory. Some directories supply new user-defined functions, operators, or types. After you have installed the files you need to register the new entities in the database system by running the commands in the supplied .sql file. For example, $ psql -d dbname -f module.sql See the PostgreSQL documentation for more information about this procedure. Index: ------ array - Array iterator functions by Massimo Dal Zotto earthdistance - Operator for computing earth distance for two points by Hal Snyder findoidjoins - Finds the joins used by oid columns by examining the actual values in the oid columns and row oids. by Bruce Momjian fulltextindex - Full text indexing using triggers by Maarten Boekhold isbn_issn - PostgreSQL type extensions for ISBN (books) and ISSN (serials) by Garrett A. Wollman linux - Scripts for starting and stopping the PostgreSQL server on a Linux system by Thomas Lockhart lo - Large Object maintenance by Peter Mount mSQL-interface - mSQL API translation library by Aldrin Leal mac - Support functions for MAC address types by Lawrence E. Rosenman miscutil - PostgreSQL assert checking and various utility functions by Massimo Dal Zotto noupdate - trigger to prevent updates on single columns pgbench - TPC-B like benchmarking tool by Tatsuo Ishii pg_dumplo - Dump large objects by Karel Zak soundex - Soundex function spi - Various trigger functions, examples for using SPI. string - C-like input/output conversion routines for strings by Massimo Dal Zotto tips/apache_logging - Getting Apache to log to PostgreSQL by Terry Mackintosh tools - Assorted developer tools by Massimo Dal Zotto unixdate - Conversions from integer to datetime by Thomas Lockhart userlock - User locks by Massimo Dal Zotto vacuumlo - Remove orphaned large objects by Peter T Mount