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Part IV. Client Interfaces

This part describes the client programming interfaces distributed with PostgreSQL. Each of these chapters can be read independently. Note that there are many other programming interfaces for client programs that are distributed separately and contain their own documentation (Appendix H lists some of the more popular ones). Readers of this part should be familiar with using SQL commands to manipulate and query the database (see Part II) and of course with the programming language that the interface uses.

Table of Contents

34. libpq — C Library
34.1. Database Connection Control Functions
34.2. Connection Status Functions
34.3. Command Execution Functions
34.4. Asynchronous Command Processing
34.5. Pipeline Mode
34.6. Retrieving Query Results Row-by-Row
34.7. Canceling Queries in Progress
34.8. The Fast-Path Interface
34.9. Asynchronous Notification
34.10. Functions Associated with the COPY Command
34.11. Control Functions
34.12. Miscellaneous Functions
34.13. Notice Processing
34.14. Event System
34.15. Environment Variables
34.16. The Password File
34.17. The Connection Service File
34.18. LDAP Lookup of Connection Parameters
34.19. SSL Support
34.20. Behavior in Threaded Programs
34.21. Building libpq Programs
34.22. Example Programs
35. Large Objects
35.1. Introduction
35.2. Implementation Features
35.3. Client Interfaces
35.4. Server-Side Functions
35.5. Example Program
36. ECPG — Embedded SQL in C
36.1. The Concept
36.2. Managing Database Connections
36.3. Running SQL Commands
36.4. Using Host Variables
36.5. Dynamic SQL
36.6. pgtypes Library
36.7. Using Descriptor Areas
36.8. Error Handling
36.9. Preprocessor Directives
36.10. Processing Embedded SQL Programs
36.11. Library Functions
36.12. Large Objects
36.13. C++ Applications
36.14. Embedded SQL Commands
36.15. Informix Compatibility Mode
36.16. Oracle Compatibility Mode
36.17. Internals
37. The Information Schema
37.1. The Schema
37.2. Data Types
37.3. information_schema_catalog_name
37.4. administrable_role_​authorizations
37.5. applicable_roles
37.6. attributes
37.7. character_sets
37.8. check_constraint_routine_usage
37.9. check_constraints
37.10. collations
37.11. collation_character_set_​applicability
37.12. column_column_usage
37.13. column_domain_usage
37.14. column_options
37.15. column_privileges
37.16. column_udt_usage
37.17. columns
37.18. constraint_column_usage
37.19. constraint_table_usage
37.20. data_type_privileges
37.21. domain_constraints
37.22. domain_udt_usage
37.23. domains
37.24. element_types
37.25. enabled_roles
37.26. foreign_data_wrapper_options
37.27. foreign_data_wrappers
37.28. foreign_server_options
37.29. foreign_servers
37.30. foreign_table_options
37.31. foreign_tables
37.32. key_column_usage
37.33. parameters
37.34. referential_constraints
37.35. role_column_grants
37.36. role_routine_grants
37.37. role_table_grants
37.38. role_udt_grants
37.39. role_usage_grants
37.40. routine_column_usage
37.41. routine_privileges
37.42. routine_routine_usage
37.43. routine_sequence_usage
37.44. routine_table_usage
37.45. routines
37.46. schemata
37.47. sequences
37.48. sql_features
37.49. sql_implementation_info
37.50. sql_parts
37.51. sql_sizing
37.52. table_constraints
37.53. table_privileges
37.54. tables
37.55. transforms
37.56. triggered_update_columns
37.57. triggers
37.58. udt_privileges
37.59. usage_privileges
37.60. user_defined_types
37.61. user_mapping_options
37.62. user_mappings
37.63. view_column_usage
37.64. view_routine_usage
37.65. view_table_usage
37.66. views

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