Complete Guide to PostgreSQL

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PostgreSQL is an object-relational database management system (ORDBMS) based on POSTGRES, Version 4.2. The latter was developed at the University of California in the computer science department of Berkeley.

PostgreSQL is an open source descendant of the original Berkeley code. It supports a large part of the SQL standard while offering many modern features.

Table of contents

• What is PostgreSQL?
• A Brief History of PostgreSQL
• The Berkeley POSTGRES Project
• Postgres95
• PostgreSQL
• Conventions
• Further Information
• Bug Reporting Guidelines
• Identifying Bugs
• What to Report
• Where to Report Bugs
• Tutorial
• Getting Started
• Installation
• Architectural Fundamentals
• Creating a Database
• Accessing a Database
• The SQL Language
• Introduction
• Concepts
• Creating a New Table
• Populating a Table With Rows
• Other Data Type and Function Changes
• PL/pgSQL Server-Side Language Changes
• PL/Perl Server-Side Language Changes
• PL/Python Server-Side Language Changes
• Query Changes
• Object Manipulation Changes
• Utility Command Changes
• Data Type and Function Changes
• Encoding and Locale Changes