Re: Conceptual Architecture

On 10/12/2011 3:50 AM, Sarma Chavali wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> We are new to PostgresSQL and in the process of learning.
> Could you please point us to a simple white paper/doc which describes
> the Conceptual Architecture of PostgresSQL?
> Thanks
> Sarma

Ahh, odd question.  Have you read the fine online manual?

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/interactive/index.html


Read about Relational Theory, and  MVCC (ask google).


Have you read Greg's book?

http://www.2ndquadrant.com/books/

After that, read the source code.

-Andy