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PostgreSQL is a sophisticated Object-Relational DBMS, supporting |
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almost all SQL constructs, including subselects, transactions, and |
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user-defined types and functions. It is the most advanced open-source |
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database available anywhere. Commercial Support is also available. |
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The original Postgres code was the effort of many graduate students, |
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undergraduate students, and staff programmers working under the direction of |
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Professor Michael Stonebraker at the University of California, Berkeley. In |
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1995, Andrew Yu and Jolly Chen took on the task of converting the DBMS query |
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language to SQL and created a new database system which came to known as |
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Postgres95. Many others contributed to the porting, testing, debugging and |
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enhancement of the Postgres95 code. As the code improved, and 1995 faded into |
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memory, PostgreSQL was born. |
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PostgreSQL development is presently being performed by a team of Internet |
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developers who are now responsible for all current and future development. The |
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development team coordinator is Marc G. Fournier (scrappy@PostgreSQL.ORG). |
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Support is available from the PostgreSQL developer/user community through the |
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support mailing list (questions@PostgreSQL.ORG). |
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PostgreSQL is free and the complete source is available. |
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WWW: https://www.postgresql.org/ |