PostgreSQL 7.2 Documentation
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II. Server Programming

Table of Contents
10. Architecture
10.1. Postgres Architectural Concepts
11. Extending SQL: An Overview
11.1. How Extensibility Works
11.2. The Postgres Type System
11.3. About the Postgres System Catalogs
12. Extending SQL: Functions
12.1. Query Language (SQL) Functions
12.2. Procedural Language Functions
12.3. Internal Functions
12.4. C Language Functions
12.5. Function Overloading
13. Extending SQL: Types
13.1. User-Defined Types
14. Extending SQL: Operators
14.1. Operator Optimization Information
15. Extending SQL: Aggregates
16. The Postgres Rule System
16.1. What is a Querytree?
16.2. Views and the Rule System
16.3. Rules on INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE
16.4. Rules and Permissions
16.5. Rules versus Triggers
17. Interfacing Extensions To Indexes
18. Index Cost Estimation Functions
19. GiST Indexes
20. Triggers
20.1. Trigger Creation
20.2. Interaction with the Trigger Manager
20.3. Visibility of Data Changes
20.4. Examples
21. Server Programming Interface
21.1. Interface Functions
21.2. Interface Support Functions
21.3. Memory Management
21.4. Visibility of Data Changes
21.5. Examples
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