PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system with over 35 years of active development that has earned it a strong reputation for reliability, feature robustness, and performance. There is a wealth of information to be found describing how to install and use PostgreSQL through the official documentation. The open source community provides many helpful places to become ...
About What is PostgreSQL? PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system that uses and extends the SQL language combined with many features that safely store and scale the most complicated data workloads. The origins of PostgreSQL date back to 1986 as part of the POSTGRES project at the University of California at Berkeley and has nearly 40 years of active development ...
Description psql is a terminal-based front-end to PostgreSQL. It enables you to type in queries interactively, issue them to PostgreSQL, and see the query results. Alternatively, input can be from a file or from command line arguments. In addition, psql provides a number of meta-commands and various shell-like features to facilitate writing scripts and automating a wide variety of tasks.
PostgreSQL is available in all Ubuntu versions by default. However, Ubuntu "snapshots" a specific version of PostgreSQL that is then supported throughout the lifetime of that Ubuntu version. The PostgreSQL project maintains an Apt repository with all supported of PostgreSQL available. Included in Distribution Ubuntu includes PostgreSQL by default.
Table of Contents Preface 1. What Is PostgreSQL? 2. A Brief History of PostgreSQL 3. Conventions 4. Further Information 5. Bug Reporting Guidelines I. Tutorial 1. Getting Started 2. The SQL Language 3. Advanced Features II. The SQL Language 4. SQL Syntax 5. Data Definition 6. Data Manipulation 7. Queries 8. Data Types 9. Functions and Operators 10. Type Conversion 11. Indexes 12. Full Text ...