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PostgreSQL

Last Updated May 24, 2021 1:52 pm

Pronounced post gress cue ell.

PostgreSQL is an open source database system that began as an enhancement to the POSTGRES research prototype DBMS. Where POSTGRES used the PostQuel query language, PostgreSQL uses a subset of SQL.

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