• Title PostgreSQL 9.0 Reference Manual - Volume 2: Programming Guide
• Author(s) PostgreSQL Global Development Group
• Publisher: Network Theory Ltd.; Revised edition edition (November 30, 2010)
• Paperback 476 pages
• eBook Online, HTML, PDF
• Language: English
• ISBN-10/ASIN: 1906966060
• ISBN-13: 978-1906966065
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Book Description

This manual is part of the official reference documentation for PostgreSQL 9.0. It documents the client and server interfaces to PostgreSQL: the C/C++ interface libpq, the embedded SQL/C compiler ECPG and the server-side languages PL/pgSQL, PL/Tcl, PL/Perl and PL/Python. Each chapter includes reference documentation and examples. In particular, the use of triggers, rules and views is described in detail. The PL/pgSQL chapter also includes a guide to porting Oracle PL/SQL functions to PostgreSQL.

The other volumes of this series are Volume 1A: SQL Language (ISBN 978-1-906966-04-1), Volume 1B: SQL Command Reference (ISBN 978-1-906966-05-8), and Volume 3: Server Administration Guide (ISBN 978-1-906966-07-2). For each copy of this manual sold 1 USD is donated to the PostgreSQL project by the publisher, Network Theory Ltd.

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