PostgreSQL Database Management System
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This directory contains the source code distribution of the PostgreSQL
database management system.
PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system
that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including
transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types
-and functions. This distribution also contains several language
-bindings, including C, C++, Perl, Python, and Tcl, as well as drivers
-for JDBC and ODBC.
+and functions. This distribution also contains C language bindings.
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+PostgreSQL has many language interfaces, many of which are listed here:
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+ http://www.postgresql.org/download
See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install
PostgreSQL. That file also lists supported operating systems and
hardware platforms and contains information regarding any other
software packages that are required to build or run the PostgreSQL
-system. Changes between all PostgreSQL releases are recorded in the
-file HISTORY. Copyright and license information can be found in the
+system. Copyright and license information can be found in the
file COPYRIGHT. A comprehensive documentation set is included in this
distribution; it can be read as described in the installation
instructions.
The latest version of this software may be obtained at
-ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/. For more information look at our web
-site located at http://www.postgresql.org/.
+http://www.postgresql.org/download/. For more information look at our
+web site located at http://www.postgresql.org/.
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