The documentation of an evolving system like MonetDB often runs behind the implementation. We apologize for the inconvenience upfront. We have included a commentary sections for users to contribute updates to the documentation as they see fit to be shared by others. The manuals are split into a few categories, summarized below
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User guide
The user guide is the starting point for managing database servers on your machine. It provides introductions to the MonetDB daemon, system resource claims, backup- and recovery, etc.
SQL reference manual
The SQL reference manual contains a synopsis of the SQL 2003 language features being supported by MonetDB.
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SQL recipes
A series of short essays addressing recurring challenges in using MonetDB SQL to realize applications, including
What graphical user clients to use?
How to run a cluster of MonetDB servers?
How to fast load data from external sources?
How to monitor and set optimizers?
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Extensions
SQL language extensions such as geospatial.
Internals
A concise description of the MonetDB architecture, its interface language MAL, data structures and algorithms are a good starting point for getting your feet wet when diving into the code itself.
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