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diff --git a/src/bin/pgaccess/doc/html/tutorial/tut.html b/src/bin/pgaccess/doc/html/tutorial/tut.html deleted file mode 100644 index e5387e618df..00000000000 --- a/src/bin/pgaccess/doc/html/tutorial/tut.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ -<html><head><title>PgAccess - Tutorial</title></head> -<body bgcolor="#C0C0C0"> -<h1>PgAccess - Tutorial</h1> -<a name="admin"><h2>User Administration</h2> -The procedure for setting up <b>postgreSQL</b> usually results in a single user -named <samp>postgres</samp>. In order for anyone else to use <b>postgreSQL</b>, -users must be added. The program <samp>createuser</samp> accomplishes this. -First become the PostgreSQL administrator (usually <samp>postgres</samp>):<p> -<samp>su postgres</samp><p> -Then create a new user:<p> -<samp>createuser jim<br> -Enter user's postgres ID or RETURN to use unix user ID: 500 -><br> -Is user "jim" allowed to create databases (y/n) y<br> -Is user "jim" a superuser? (y/n) n<br> -createuser: jim was successfully added</samp><p> -You can use either the UNIX user ID or the postgres ID to identify users. See -the <b>postgreSQL</b> documentation in the "admin" section for a fuller -account of users and groups.<p> -To remove users, use the <samp>destroyuser</samp> command in the same way.<p> -<img src="screen1.jpg" border=1 align=right> -<a name="basic"><h2>Basic use of PgAccess</h2> -<h3>Creating a database</h3> -At the right is the window you should see when PgAccess starts up. The first -task for most users will be to create a database.<p> -Press the <em>New</em> button to bring up the window shown below. This will -allow you to specify the structure of the new table. It is important to note -that if you haven't specified a database when starting up PgAccess, this table -will be created in the database named <samp><username></samp>, your -username.<p> -Assume that you want to create a table with entries describing bibliographic -references in the field of chemistry. Choose a table name, such as -<samp>chemref</samp> that will be easy to recall and find in a list. Enter the -table name in the first input field.<p> -When you already have tables in a database, you can use the <em>Inherits</em> -button to toggle a list of existing tables to inherit characteristics of another -table. In this example, there should be no previous tables to use.<p> -Enter each field, giving it a name, field type and size, if the field type does -not imply the size. That is, if your first field was to be a sequence number, -and you selected <em>int2</em> as the field type, you would not have to specify -a field size. However, if your second field was to contain the author of the -reference, and was a <em>varchar</em> type, you would have to specify how many -characters would be allowed in the field.<p> -As you enter each field, click the <em>Add field</em> button to add it to the -list at the right side of the window. You can change the position of fields -using the <em>Move field up</em> and <em>Move field down</em> buttons, or delete -a field if you decide it isn't what you wanted. When you are finished -specifying fields, press the <em>Create table</em> button.<p> -<img src="newtable.jpg" border=1 align=right> -<a href="index.html#tut">Back to index</a> -</body></html> |