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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)
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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>)
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<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 pronounced <I>Post-Gres-Q-L</I>, also called just
<I>Postgres</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 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
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 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>