This is a list of acronyms commonly used in the PostgreSQL documentation and in discussions about PostgreSQL

The BRIN interface has a high level of abstraction, requiring the access method implementer only to implement the semantics of the data type

The core PostgreSQL distribution includes the GiST operator classes shown in Table 61-1. (Some of the optional

The PostgreSQL source distribution includes several examples of index operator classes for SP-GiST, as described

The catalog pg_type stores information about data types. Base types and enum types (scalar types) are created with

At all times, PostgreSQL maintains a write ahead log (WAL) in the pg_xlog/ subdirectory

A database role can have a number of attributes that define its privileges and interact with the client authentication system.

This section describes functions for operating on sequence objects, also called sequence generators or just sequences. Sequence objects are special

NameCREATE INDEX -- define a new index Synopsis

This section describes the storage format at the level of files and directories. Traditionally, the configuration and data files used by a database