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pgAdmin 4
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.. image:: images/logo-right-128.png
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:align: right
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:alt: pgAdmin Logo
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Welcome to pgAdmin 4. pgAdmin is the leading Open Source management tool for
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PostgreSQL, the world's most advanced Open Source database.
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pgAdmin 4 is built on the experiences learnt over two decades of developing it's
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predecessors, pgAdmin, pgAdmin II and pgAdmin III. Its designed to meet the
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needs of both novice and experienced PostgreSQL users alike.
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Features
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pgAdmin is designed to allow users to manage and develop multiple Postgres
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databases at once. It may be run either as a web application in which case it
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supports multiple users, each with their own settings, or as a desktop
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application for individual users.
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The main application environment centres around a tree control on the left hand
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side. Users register one or more Postgres servers in the application which are
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displayed in groups on the treeview. Through opening a server, the user is
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connected to the selected database server and the tree is populated with high
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level objects, under the server node, including databases, roles and
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tablespaces. The user is then able to open a database node to see the schemas
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within that database, and a schema node to see the tables and other objects in
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that schema and so on.
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Selecting a node in the tree will cause its Properties to be displayed in the
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tab set to the right of the display. Additional tabs may be selected to view
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statistics about the selected object, or lists of objects on which the selected
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object is dependent on, or that are dependent upon the selected object. A
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dashboard tab is also present which may be used to view high-level information
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about the server that the selected object is on, such as the current sessions
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and lock information.
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Right-clicking a node on the tree will display a context sensistive menu giving
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options for different operations that may be executed on the object the node
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represents.
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A third panel is show below the tabset. For any object within the database,
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this will display the SQL that may be used to create or drop the object.
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Other features include a tool for developing executing arbitrary SQL queries and
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visually editing the results (where possible), and debugger for pl/pgsql
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function development, and various tools for performing routine and bulk database
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maintenance activities.
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Please see the appropriate documentation sections for details on the usage of
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individual features.
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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browser
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debugger
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query-tool
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Deployment
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pgAdmin is primarily written as a web application and may be deployed as a
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multi-user application on a web server. It also includes a simple runtime
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that may be used to host the program as a desktop application.
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 1
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desktop-deployment
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server-deployment
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Development
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pgAdmin is an Open Source project and accepts code contributions from anyone,
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provided they implement desirable features and are written to the required
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standard. Please read the development sections of the documentation carefully to
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learn how pgAdmin works, and how to develop improvements and new features.
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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coding-standards
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code-overview
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code-snippet
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submitting-patches
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translations
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Website
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The pgAdmin website can be found at `here <http://www.pgadmin.org>`_, and
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downloads are hosted on the
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`PostgreSQL Website <http://www.postgresql.org/download>`_.
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Licence
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pgAdmin is released under the
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`PostgreSQL Licence <http://www.postgresql.org/about/licence>`_, which is a
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liberal Open Source licence similar to BSD or MIT, and approved by the Open
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Source Initiative. The copyright for the project source code, website and
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documentation is attributed to the
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`pgAdmin Development Team <http://www.pgadmin.org/development/team.php>`_.
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