Thread: What is PostgreSQL 8.0 ??
Hi, I have trued to find answer this, but because it is too simple question I dont find any good answer for this simple question of mine. What is this Postgre sql 8.0 progmram ? what is it do ? It may hard to believe but somehow I installed this program (and I think it is somekind of fast massive text database records handler ?? Am I right There was a spot in installation process were was I had to create account in PostgreSQL Database Server ? and give it password too, and somekind of database cluster wich were I create a second password. Is this somekind of service outside of my own computer ?? Im little confused and Im not sure why I actually installed this program, the reason was that I needed someshort text database handler or something. But could you please tell me what is this program after all ? and do I have to use it from some outside server ?? Thanks for your help. - Teemu -- Ota käyttöösi ilmainen sähköposti ja levytila - www.webinfo.fi
> I have trued to find answer this, but because it is too simple question > I dont find any good answer for this simple question of mine. > > What is this Postgre sql 8.0 progmram ? what is it do ? I believe that this link will help with most of your questions. http://www.postgresql.org/about/ But to over simplify my answer to your question, PostgreSQL is like/similar to: Oracle RDMS, MS SQL server RDMS, DB2 RDMS, MySQL, et. al. > There was a spot in installation process were was I had to create > account > in PostgreSQL Database Server ? and give it password too, > and somekind of database cluster wich were I create a second password. All of your questions can be answered in the PostgreSQL manual. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/tutorial-start.html > Is this somekind of service outside of my own computer ?? > > > Im little confused and Im not sure why I actually installed this > program, > the reason was that I needed someshort text database handler or > something. If you want to know what kinds of things PostgreSQL can do I would search for link about "RDMS." This link any many like it will explain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDBMS > But could you please tell me what is this program after all ? and > do I have to use it from some outside server ?? Postgresql can be configured to work and an server to external client if you configure it that way. Or It can be configured to only accept interal client in the server. Regards, Richard Broersma Jr.
On 5/23/06 6:19 PM, "boxi@webinfo.fi" <boxi@webinfo.fi> wrote: > Hi, > I have trued to find answer this, but because it is too simple question > I dont find any good answer for this simple question of mine. > > What is this Postgre sql 8.0 progmram ? what is it do ? http://www.postgresql.org/about
> Hi, > I have trued to find answer this, but because it is > too simple question > I dont find any good answer for this simple question > of mine. > > What is this Postgre sql 8.0 progmram ? what is it > do ? it is a high quality, free and open source database server. > It may hard to believe but somehow I installed this > program (and I > think it is > somekind of fast massive text database records > handler ?? Am I right yes, it is a high quality database system. it might not work for all applications, but it will definitely work for the vast majority of application - and work well. it doesn't have to be big, but it can be big. > There was a spot in installation process were was I > had to create > account > in PostgreSQL Database Server ? and give it > password too, > and somekind of database cluster wich were I create > a second password. i don't recall two passwords, but it has been a while since i installed postgresql. here are the install instructions - if they don't help, you can ask specific instructions here. if you use windows, you can use this install tutorial... http://www.geocities.com/operationsengineer1/ > Is this somekind of service outside of my own > computer ?? if you installed it on your computer, it runs on your computer. it can also be installed on other computers and, if you have the proper access to that computer, you can remotely manage the external postgresql server. > Im little confused and Im not sure why I actually > installed this > program, we can't help with that. ;-) having said this, though, you did pick a good db to work with - even if you didn't know it. > the reason was that I needed someshort text database > handler or > something. postgresql will likely handle your needs like a champ - and then some. > But could you please tell me what is this program > after all ? it is a very good database server. > and > do I have to use it from some outside server ?? no. if you installed it locally, it runs locally. you can set up an external computer to run the postgresql server and manage it from your computer - so you can do it either way. > Thanks for your help. good luck. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com