Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
- Last updated: Sat Jan 29 23:44:48 EST 2005
+ Last updated: Sun Jan 30 20:25:19 EST 2005
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
1.1) What is PostgreSQL? How is it pronounced?
- PostgreSQL is pronounced Post-Gres-Q-L.
+ PostgreSQL is pronounced Post-Gres-Q-L, also called just Postgres.
- PostgreSQL is an enhancement of the POSTGRES database management
- system (and is still sometimes reffered to as simply "Postgres"), a
- next-generation DBMS research prototype. While PostgreSQL retains the
- powerful data model and rich data types of POSTGRES, it replaces the
- PostQuel query language with an extended subset of SQL. PostgreSQL is
- free and the complete source is available.
+ PostgreSQL is an object-relational database system that has the
+ features of traditional commercial database systems with enhancements
+ to be found in next-generation DBMS systems. PostgreSQL is free and
+ the complete source code is available.
- PostgreSQL development is performed by a team of developers who all
- subscribe to the PostgreSQL development mailing list. The current
- coordinator is Marc G. Fournier (scrappy@PostgreSQL.org). (See section
- 1.6 on how to join). This team is now responsible for all development
- of PostgreSQL. It is a community project and is not controlled by any
+ PostgreSQL development is performed by a team of mostly volunteer
+ developers spread throughout the world and communicating via the
+ Internet. It is a community project and is not controlled by any
company. To get involved, see the developer's FAQ at
http://www.postgresql.org/files/documentation/faqs/FAQ_DEV.html
- The authors of PostgreSQL 1.01 were Andrew Yu and Jolly Chen. Many
- others have contributed to the porting, testing, debugging, and
- enhancement of the code. The original Postgres code, from which
- PostgreSQL is derived, was the effort of many graduate students,
- undergraduate students, and staff programmers working under the
- direction of Professor Michael Stonebraker at the University of
- California, Berkeley.
-
- The original name of the software at Berkeley was Postgres. When SQL
- functionality was added in 1995, its name was changed to Postgres95.
- The name was changed at the end of 1996 to PostgreSQL.
-
1.2) What is the copyright on PostgreSQL?
PostgreSQL is subject to the following COPYRIGHT:
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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1>
- <P>Last updated: Sat Jan 29 23:44:48 EST 2005</P>
+ <P>Last updated: Sun Jan 30 20:25:19 EST 2005</P>
<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href=
"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)
<H4><A name="1.1">1.1</A>) What is PostgreSQL? How is it pronounced?</H4>
- <P>PostgreSQL is pronounced <I>Post-Gres-Q-L</I>.</P>
-
- <P>PostgreSQL is an enhancement of the POSTGRES database management
- system (and is still sometimes reffered to as simply "Postgres"),
- a next-generation <SMALL>DBMS</SMALL> research prototype.
- While PostgreSQL retains the powerful data model and rich data
- types of POSTGRES, it replaces the PostQuel query language with an
- extended subset of <SMALL>SQL</SMALL>. PostgreSQL is free and the
- complete source is available.</P>
-
- <P>PostgreSQL development is performed by a team of
- developers who all subscribe to the PostgreSQL development mailing
- list. The current coordinator is Marc G. Fournier (<A href=
- "mailto:scrappy@PostgreSQL.org">scrappy@PostgreSQL.org</A>). (See
- section <a href="#1.6">1.6</a> on how to join). This team is now
- responsible for all development of PostgreSQL. It is a community
- project and is not controlled by any company. To get involved, see
- the developer's FAQ at <A href=
+ <P>PostgreSQL is pronounced <I>Post-Gres-Q-L</I>, also called just
+ <I>Postgres</I>.</P>
+
+ <P>PostgreSQL is an object-relational database system that has the
+ features of traditional commercial database systems with
+ enhancements to be found in next-generation <SMALL>DBMS</SMALL>
+ systems. PostgreSQL is free and the complete source code is
+ available.</P>
+
+ <P>PostgreSQL development is performed by a team of mostly volunteer
+ developers spread throughout the world and communicating via the
+ Internet. It is a community project and is not controlled by any
+ company. To get involved, see the developer's FAQ at <A href=
"http://www.postgresql.org/files/documentation/faqs/FAQ_DEV.html">
http://www.postgresql.org/files/documentation/faqs/FAQ_DEV.html</A>
</P>
- <P>The authors of PostgreSQL 1.01 were Andrew Yu and Jolly Chen.
- Many others have contributed to the porting, testing, debugging,
- and enhancement of the code. The original Postgres code, from which
- PostgreSQL is derived, was the effort of many graduate students,
- undergraduate students, and staff programmers working under the
- direction of Professor Michael Stonebraker at the University of
- California, Berkeley.</P>
-
- <P>The original name of the software at Berkeley was Postgres. When
- <SMALL>SQL</SMALL> functionality was added in 1995, its name was
- changed to Postgres95. The name was changed at the end of 1996 to
- PostgreSQL.</P>
-
<H4><A name="1.2">1.2</A>) What is the copyright on
PostgreSQL?</H4>
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