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upgrade to the PostgreSQL 7.3 series and provide an update to the 7.2 series, 7.2.4. :~] This port _will_ be removed and should EOL'ed in about 6 months time. Since there is no future for these bits, ignore their heritage commit an orphan for the 7 series. See the postgresql7 port for future and past bits. This port is only intended to serve as a means of postponing an inevitable upgrade to recent release. DBAs, please plan and begin upgrading to 7.3.X, the grass really is greener. Release notes: http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/release-7-2-4.html PR: ports/48025 Submitted by: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net>
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PostgreSQL is a sophisticated Object-Relational DBMS, supporting
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almost all SQL constructs, including subselects, transactions, and
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user-defined types and functions. It is the most advanced open-source
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database available anywhere. Commercial Support is also available.
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The original Postgres code was the effort of many graduate students,
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undergraduate students, and staff programmers working under the direction of
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Professor Michael Stonebraker at the University of California, Berkeley. In
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1995, Andrew Yu and Jolly Chen took on the task of converting the DBMS query
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language to SQL and created a new database system which came to known as
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Postgres95. Many others contributed to the porting, testing, debugging and
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enhancement of the Postgres95 code. As the code improved, and 1995 faded into
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memory, PostgreSQL was born.
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PostgreSQL development is presently being performed by a team of Internet
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developers who are now responsible for all current and future development. The
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development team coordinator is Marc G. Fournier (scrappy@PostgreSQL.ORG).
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Support is available from the PostgreSQL developer/user community through the
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support mailing list (questions@PostgreSQL.ORG).
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PostgreSQL is free and the complete source is available.
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This port is for the old 7.2 branch, for those who cannot upgrade to
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the newer versions.
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WWW: http://www.postgresql.org/
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