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<appendix id="external-projects">
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<title>PgFoundry and External Projects</title>
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<para>
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is a complex software project,
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and managing the project is difficult. We have found that many
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enhancements to <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> can be more
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efficiently developed separately from the core project.
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</para>
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<para>
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To help our community with the development of their external projects,
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we have created the <ulink url="http://www.pgfoundry.org/">PgFoundry</ulink>.
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<ulink url="http://www.pgfoundry.org/">PgFoundry</ulink> is built using the
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GForge software project and is similar to SourceForge in its feature set. If
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you have a PostgreSQL related Open Source project that you would like to
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develop and need project management resources such as mailing lists, forums,
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bug tracking, and CVS, please feel free to create a new project.
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</para>
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<para>
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Secondly, many <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>-related projects are
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still hosted at <ulink url="http://gborg.postgresql.org/"><productname>GBorg</></ulink>.
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GBorg is the original external community developer site, and while it is
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currently closed to new projects in favor of PgFoundry, it still contains
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many active and relevant projects. There are other popular <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
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related projects that are hosted independently as well at other community
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sites such as <ulink url="http://www.sf.net/">SourceForge</ulink>. You should
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search the web if you don't find the project you are looking for.
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</para>
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<sect1 id="external-interfaces">
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<title>Externally Developed Interfaces</title>
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<indexterm>
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<primary>interfaces</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<para>
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> includes very few interfaces
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with the base distribution. <application>libpq</> is packaged because
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it is the primary <application>C</> interface and many other interfaces
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are build on top of it. <application>ecpg</> is also packaged because it is
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tied to the server-side grammar so is very dependent on the database
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version. All the other interfaces, such as ODBC, Java, Perl, Python, and
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others, are external projects and must be installed separately.
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</para>
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<para>
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Some of the more popular interfaces are:
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>psqlODBC</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This is the most common interface for <application>Windows</>
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applications. <ulink url="http://odbc.postgresql.org/">Website.</ulink>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>ODBCng</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Another ODBC driver for PostgreSQL.
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<ulink url="http://projects.commandprompt.com/public/odbcng/">Website.</ulink>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>PostgreSQL JDBC Driver</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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A <application>JDBC</> interface.
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<ulink url="http://jdbc.postgresql.org/">Website.</ulink>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Npgsql</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<application>.Net</> data provider for <application>C#</> applications.
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<ulink url="http://pgfoundry.org/projects/npgsql/">Website.</ulink>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>libpqxx</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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A <application>C++</> interface.
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<ulink url="http://thaiopensource.org/development/libpqxx/">Website.</ulink>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>DBD::Pg</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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A <application>Perl</> DBI driver for PostgreSQL.
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<ulink url="http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBD-Pg/">Website.</ulink>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>pgtclng</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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A <application>Tcl</> interface.
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<ulink url="http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/pgtclng/projdisplay.php">Website.</ulink>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>pyscopg</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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A <application>Python</> interface library that is DB API 2.0 compliant.
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<ulink url="http://www.initd.org/">Website.</ulink>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="external-extensions">
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<title>Extensions</title>
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<indexterm>
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<primary>extensions</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<para>
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<productname>PostgreSQL</> was designed from the start to be
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extensible. For this reason, extensions loaded into the database can
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function just like features that are packaged with the database. The
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<filename>contrib/</> directory shipped with the source code
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contains a large number of extensions. The <filename>README</> file
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in that directory contains a summary. They include conversion tools,
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full-text indexing, <acronym>XML</> tools, and additional data types
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and indexing methods. Other extensions are developed independently,
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like <application>PostGIS</>. Even <application>PostgreSQL</>
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replication solutions are developed externally. For example,
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<application>Slony-I</> is a popular master/slave replication solution
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that is developed independently from the core project.
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</para>
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<para>
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There are several administration tools available for
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<productname>PostgreSQL</>. The most popular is
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<application><ulink url="http://www.pgadmin.org/">pgAdmin III</ulink></>,
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and there are several commercially available ones as well.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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</appendix>
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