Download List

Project Description

PostgreSQL is a robust relational database system with over 25 years of active development that runs on all major operating systems. It is fully ACID compliant, and has full support for foreign keys, joins, views, triggers, and stored procedures (in multiple languages). It includes most SQL92 and SQL99 data types, including INTEGER, NUMERIC, BOOLEAN, CHAR, VARCHAR, DATE, INTERVAL, and TIMESTAMP. It also supports storage of binary large objects, including pictures, sounds, or video. It has native programming interfaces for C/C++, Java, .Net, Perl, Python, Ruby, Tcl, and ODBC, among others, and exceptional documentation.

System Requirements

System requirement is not defined
Information regarding Project Releases and Project Resources. Note that the information here is a quote from Freecode.com page, and the downloads themselves may not be hosted on OSDN.

2006-01-06 19:59
8.1.1

Improves concurrent access to the shared buffer cache. Allows index scans to use an intermediate in-memory bitmap. Two-phase commit has been added. Creates a new role system that replaces users and groups. Automatically uses indexes for MIN() and MAX(). Adds shared row level locks using SELECT ... FOR SHARE. Adds dependencies on shared objects, specifically roles. Improves performance for partitioned tables.
Tags: Stable, Major feature enhancements

2005-04-13 05:06
8.0.2

This release includes a new, patent-free buffer replacement policy (2Q) that replaces a patent-pending algorithm from IBM (ARC). Write performance on Windows has been significantly improved. The major version number of the libpq library has been incremented, and a number of bugs have been fixed.
Tags: Stable, Major bugfixes

2005-01-19 11:02
8.0.0

This release features native support for Win32, savepoints,
point in time recovery, tablespaces, overhauled buffer
management for better performance and scalability, the
ability to change the type of a column via ALTER TABLE, and
much more.
Tags: Stable, Major feature enhancements

2004-12-13 05:32
8.0.0rc1

Tags: Development, Major bugfixes

2004-11-24 03:55
8.0.0beta5

This beta release fixes numerous issues discovered in the
previous betas, as well as documentation improvements and
general polish
Tags: Development, Major bugfixes

Project Resources