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>   There are only two client interfaces included in the base
   <SPAN
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>      <A
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      primary C language interface, and because many other client interfaces
      are built on top of it.
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>      <A
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   All other language interfaces are external projects and are distributed
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   some of these projects. Note that some of these packages might not be
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   information on each language interface, including licensing terms, refer to
   its website and documentation.
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>DBD::Pg</TD
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>Perl DBI driver</TD
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>JDBC</TD
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>libpqxx</TD
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>.NET</TD
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>.NET data provider</TD
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>pgtclng</TD
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>psqlODBC</TD
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>The most commonly-used ODBC driver</TD
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