Getting started with PostgreSQL. I have never used a database program and know very little about this. I would like to install PostgreSQL on my 8.1 system, to begin learning how to work with it and develop a simple database. I have a number of questions as to how to get started.
1) Although PostgreSQL is not yet installed on my system, there is a user account that already seems to have been created on install by the name of "postgres". Currently it has no passwd, and is only accessible through root. Is this the user account I should use to work with PostgreSQL, is that what this is there for? 2) Would it be more beneficial for me at this moment in time to install PostgreSQL from the Mandrake cds, or attempt an install from source? 3) I do not want to open myself to security issues. My database is for internal use only. Will installing PostgreSQL start any servers or potentially compromisable services by default? If so, how can I turn these off, or should I? I know these are a lot of questions to dump on the group, this sort of stuff is even before what is covered in the tutorials. Thanks, everybody. -Paul Rodríguez _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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