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diff --git a/doc/FAQ_DEV b/doc/FAQ_DEV index d9ce6b59cbc..a0a6b1cab31 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ_DEV +++ b/doc/FAQ_DEV @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Developer's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL - Last updated: Tue Apr 16 22:10:03 EDT 2002 + Last updated: Wed Apr 17 00:59:45 EDT 2002 Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ 1.9) Why don't we use threads in the backend? 1.10) How are RPM's packaged? 1.11) How are CVS branches handled? + 1.12) Where can I get a copy of the SQL standards? Technical Questions @@ -478,6 +479,18 @@ tree right away after a major release --- we wait for a dot-release or two, so that we won't have to double-patch the first wave of fixes. + 1.12) Where can I get a copy of the SQL standards? + + There are two pertinent standards, SQL92 and SQL99. These standards + are endorsed by ANSI and ISO. A draft of the SQL92 standard is + available at http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~shadow/. The SQL99 + standard must be purchased from ANSI at http://www.ansi.org/. The main + standards document is ANSI/ISO/IEC 9075-2-1999. + + A summary of these standards is at + http://dbs.uni-leipzig.de/en/lokal/standards.pdf and + http://db.konkuk.ac.kr/present/SQL3.pdf. + Technical Questions 2.1) How do I efficiently access information in tables from the backend code? |