Summary

PostgreSQL is an open source, object-oriented relational database system. It supports many advanced features and complies with the ANSI-SQL:2008 standard. It has won industry recognition and user appreciation. The PostgreSQL slogan "The world's most advanced open source database" reflects the sophistication of the PostgreSQL features. It is a result of many years of research and collaboration between academia and industry. Startup companies often favor PostgreSQL due to low licensing costs. PostgreSQL can aid profitable business models. PostgreSQL is also favored by many developers because of its capabilities and advantages.

PostgreSQL can be used for OLTP and OLAP applications. It is ACID compliant; thus, it can be used out of the box for OLTP applications. For OLAP applications, PostgreSQL supports the Windows functions, FDW, and table inheritance. Also, there are many external extensions for this purpose.

Several proprietary DBMSs are based on PostgreSQL. In addition to that, there...