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> PostgreSQL is an object-relational database management system
(ORDBMS) based on POSTGRES, Version 4.2, developed at the University
of California at Berkeley Computer Science Department. The POSTGRES
project, led by Professor Michael Stonebraker, was sponsored by the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Army Research
Office (ARO), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and ESL, Inc.
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> PostgreSQL is an open-source descendant of this original Berkeley
code. It provides SQL92/SQL99 language support and other modern
features.
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> More information can be found from the <A
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