You can get free "draft" versions that are close-enough-to-final to be perfectly usable. See our developers' FAQ for some links. I like the drafts partly because they're plain ASCII, and so far easier to search than PDFs ...
Great to know - thanks! Cheers Antoine -- This is where I should put some witty comment. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match