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1997-04-10 22:22:06 +00:00
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PostgreSQL is a robust, next-generation, Object-Relational DBMS (ORDBMS),
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derived from the Berkeley Postgres database management system. While
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PostgreSQL retains the powerful object-relational data model, rich data types
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and easy extensibility of Postgres, it replaces the PostQuel query language
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with an extended subset of SQL.
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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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More information and documentation can be found on the PostgreSQL website,
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at: http://www.PostgreSQL.Org
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