kemnitz@HERMES.BERKELEY.EDU (Greg Kemnitz) (11/03/90)
Postgres 2.01 Now Available
The 2.01 release of Postgres will fix bugs that were present in 2.0, be
somewhat faster, and has several functional upgrades over 2.0, including:
o Full support for Sparcstations (including ADT's), and a fully functional
dynamic loader.
o Many bugs fixed in the query rewrite rule system.
o The version system is now available.
o Many other fixes and improvements.
Supported ports of Version 2.01 of Postgres are for DECstation 3100 running
Ultrix less than 4.0, Sun 3, and Sparcstation/Sun 4.
Obtaining Postgres:
You can obtain Postgres by either ordering a tape or via anonymous FTP.
Here's how:
(1) Send a check payable to the Regents of the University
of California for $150.00 to:
Postgres Project
521 Evans Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720.
Indicate in your accompanying letter whether you want
the system on a 9-track tape at 1600 BPI, at 6250 BPI,
on a cartridge tape for SUN shoeboxes (QIC 24 format),
or on a TK50 DEC cartridge tape.
(2) FTP the code to your site over the net by typing
the following bracketed text without brackets. You
should see similar output.
% [ ftp 128.32.149.1 ] # or ftp postgres.berkeley.edu
Connected to 128.32.149.1.
220 postgres FTP server (Version 4.4 Sun Feb 5 07:58:07 PST 1989) ready.
Name (128.32.149.1:): [ anonymous ]
331 Guest login ok, send ident as password.
Password:[ mylogin@myhost ]
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
ftp> [ cd pub ]
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> [ get postgres-setup.me ]
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for postgres-setup.me (NNNNNNN bytes).
ftp> [ binary ]
200 Type set to I.
ftp> [ get postgres-v2r01.tar.Z ]
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for postgres-v2r01.new.tar.Z (NNNNNNN bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
local: postgres-v2r01.tar.Z remote: postgres-v2r01.tar.Z
NNNNNNN bytes received in MMM.MM seconds (KK Kbytes/s)
ftp> [ quit ]
221 Goodbye.
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Getting Postgres Papers:
You can obtain papers about Postgres by anonymous FTP or by ordering hard
copies. A file containing the Postgres papers is available for FTP and is
called
pub/postgres-papers.tar.Z
Please use the above FTP instructions to get these papers (including transfering
the file in BINARY mode). (NOTE: If you obtained the full Postgres
distribution, these papers are in the doc and ref subdirectories.)
If you don't have access to the net, you can order hardcopies by sending
a check payable to U. C. Regents to the following address:
Jeff Wilkenson
Electronics Research Laboratory
253M Cory Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720
Reports are $5.00 + 10 cents per page, and there is a limit of six (6)
reports per order. Please specify the paper number and title when
ordering.
M85/59 Extending a Database System w/Procedures (revised) 30 pages
M85/67 Inclusion of New Types in Relational Database Systems 21 pages
M85/95 The Design of POSTGRES 32 pages
M86/40 A Shared Object Hierarchy (revised) 27 pages
M86/59 Object Management in POSTGRES using Procedures 14 pages
M86/85 The POSTGRES Papers 115 pages
M87/6 The Design of the POSTGRES Storage System 22 pages
M87/13 The POSTGRES Data Model 14 pages
M87/20 * Picasso Status Report 9 pages
M87/38 A Rule Manager for Relational Database Systems 22 pages
M88/7 Future Trends in Data Base Systems 19 pages
M88/20 The POSTGRES Reference Manual (Revised) 117 pages
* NOT included in the TAR file when obtained via FTP.
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Greg Kemnitz | "I ran out of the room - I
Postgres Chief Programmer | didn't want to be killed by a pile
kemnitz@postgres.berkeley.edu | of ULTRIX manuals" :-)
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| --A friend at DEC Palo Alto in the Quake