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From: wpp@marie.physik.tu-berlin.de (Kai Petzke)
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> - is it possible to use Postgres within a (hetero-)network?

It is, as long all the machines affected have the same
byte-ordering.  So it is not (directly) possible to access
a Postgres running on a Sparc from an frontend running on
Intel.

> - is it possible to embed Postgres-accesses in conventional
>   C-programs?

There is the libpq library, which allows you to issue Postquel
queries (Postquel is the Postgres Query Language).

> - how is the performance compared to other relational systems?

Performance is rather good, much better than Ingres.

> - do I have to be SU to install Postgres?

You can install Postgres on any account.

> - which platforms are supported?

DEC MIPS: ultrix4
SPARC: SunOS 4.1.2 and 4.1.3
HP PA-RISC: HP-UX 9.00 and 9.01
DEC ALPHA: OSF/1 1.3
IBM POWER: AIX 3.2.5
INTEL 386: Linux


Kai