1 PostgreSQL Database Management System
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4 This directory contains the source code distribution of the PostgreSQL
5 database management system.
7 PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system
8 that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including
9 transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types
10 and functions. This distribution also contains C language bindings.
12 PostgreSQL has many language interfaces, many of which are listed here:
14 http://www.postgresql.org/download
16 See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install
17 PostgreSQL. That file also lists supported operating systems and
18 hardware platforms and contains information regarding any other
19 software packages that are required to build or run the PostgreSQL
20 system. Changes between all PostgreSQL releases are recorded in the
21 file HISTORY. Copyright and license information can be found in the
22 file COPYRIGHT. A comprehensive documentation set is included in this
23 distribution; it can be read as described in the installation
26 The latest version of this software may be obtained at
27 http://www.postgresql.org/download/. For more information look at our
28 web site located at http://www.postgresql.org/.