pkgsrc/databases/postgresql80/DESCR
jdolecek fc812047e4 PostgreSQL 8.0.1 packages. A dump/restore using pg_dump is required
for those wishing to migrate data from any previous release.

Major changes relative to 7.4.x:
* Savepoints
* Point-in-Time recovery
* Tablespaces
* Improved buffer management
* ALTER TABLE column management improvements

Full list of changes is available at:

	http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/release.html#RELEASE-8-0

Also note that PostgreSQL server listens also on localhost (127.0.0.1)
by default now.
2005-02-06 12:32:05 +00:00

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PostgreSQL is a robust, next-generation, Object-Relational DBMS (ORDBMS),
derived from the Berkeley Postgres database management system. While
PostgreSQL retains the powerful object-relational data model, rich data types
and easy extensibility of Postgres, it replaces the PostQuel query language
with an extended subset of SQL.
PostgreSQL is free and the complete source is available.
This is the meta-package for the PostgreSQL database system.