What is PostgreSQL?

• A Brief History of PostgreSQL
• Conventions
• Further Information
• Bug Reporting Guidelines

Introduction to PostgreSQL

• Installation and Creating Database
• The SQL Language
• Advanced Features

The SQL Language

• SQL Syntax
• Data Definition
• Data Manipulation
• Queries
• Data Types
• Functions and Operators
• Type Conversion
• Indexes
• Full Text Search
• Concurrency Control
• Performance Tips

Server Administration

• Installation from Source Code
• Installation from Source Code on Windows
• Server Setup and Operation
• Server Configuration
• Client Authentication
• Database Roles
• Managing Databases
• Localization
• Routine Database Maintenance Tasks
• Backup and Restore
• High Availability, Load Balancing, and Replication
• Recovery Configuration
• Monitoring Database Activity
• Monitoring Disk Usage
• Reliability and the Write-Ahead Log
• Regression Tests

Client Interfaces

• libpq - C Library
• Large Objects
• ECPG - Embedded SQL in C
• The Information Schema

Server Programming

• Extending SQL
• Triggers
• The Rule System
• Procedural Languages
• PL/pgSQL - SQL Procedural Language
• PL/Tcl - Tcl Procedural Language
• PL/Perl - Perl Procedural Language
• PL/Python - Python Procedural Language
• Server Programming Interface

Internals

• Overview of PostgreSQL Internals
• System Catalogs
• Frontend/Backend Protocol
• PostgreSQL Coding Conventions
• Native Language Support
• Writing A Procedural Language Handler
• Writing A Foreign Data Wrapper
• Genetic Query Optimizer
• Index Access Method Interface Definition
• GiST Indexes
• GIN Indexes
• Database Physical Storage
• BKI Backend Interface
• How the Planner Uses Statistics