About - PostgreSQL The origins of PostgreSQL date back to 1986 as part of the POSTGRES project at the University of California at Berkeley and has more than 35 years of active development on the core platform
Downloads - PostgreSQL Downloads PostgreSQL Downloads PostgreSQL is available for download as ready-to-use packages or installers for various platforms, as well as a source code archive if you want to build it yourself
Documentation - PostgreSQL Documentation View the manual Manuals You can view the manual for an older version or download a PDF of a manual from the below table
PostgreSQL: Documentation: 17: 1. What Is PostgreSQL? PostgreSQL is an object-relational database management system (ORDBMS) based on POSTGRES, Version 4 2, developed at the University of California at Berkeley Computer Science Department POSTGRES pioneered many concepts that only became available in some commercial database systems much later
PostgreSQL: Documentation: 17: postgres postgres is the PostgreSQL database server In order for a client application to access a database it connects (over a network or locally) to a running postgres instance The postgres instance then starts a separate server process to handle the connection One postgres instance always manages
PostgreSQL: Documentation: 17: 2. A Brief History of PostgreSQL The object-relational database management system now known as PostgreSQL is derived from the POSTGRES package written at the University of California at Berkeley With decades of development behind it, PostgreSQL is now the most advanced open-source database available anywhere
PostgreSQL wiki Welcome to the PostgreSQL Wiki! This wiki contains user documentation, how-tos, and tips 'n' tricks related to PostgreSQL It also serves as a collaboration area for PostgreSQL contributors
PostgreSQL: Documentation: 17: Part I. Tutorial Welcome to the PostgreSQL Tutorial The tutorial is intended to give an introduction to PostgreSQL, relational database concepts, and the SQL language We assume some general knowledge about how to use computers and no particular Unix or programming experience is required