
PostgreSQL: The world's most advanced open source database
PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system with over 35 years of active development that has earned it a strong reputation for reliability, feature robustness, …
Downloads - PostgreSQL
Sep 25, 2025 · PostgreSQL is available for download as ready-to-use packages or installers for various platforms, as well as a source code archive if you want to build it yourself.
Documentation - PostgreSQL
Sep 25, 2025 · Looking for documentation for an older, unsupported, version? Check the archive of older manuals.
About - PostgreSQL
Sep 25, 2025 · PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system that uses and extends the SQL language combined with many features that safely store and scale …
PostgreSQL: Documentation: 18: 1. What Is PostgreSQL?
Sep 25, 2025 · PostgreSQL is an object-relational database management system (ORDBMS) based on POSTGRES, Version 4.2, developed at the University of California at Berkeley …
PostgreSQL: Documentation: 18: Part I. Tutorial
Sep 25, 2025 · The tutorial is intended to give an introduction to PostgreSQL, relational database concepts, and the SQL language. We assume some general knowledge about how to use …
PostgreSQL: Documentation: 18: CREATE DATABASE
Sep 25, 2025 · In particular, by writing TEMPLATE template0, you can create a pristine database (one where no user-defined objects exist and where the system objects have not been altered) …
Windows installers - PostgreSQL
Sep 25, 2025 · The Windows installer is designed to be a straightforward, fast way to get up and running with Postgres. In the unlikely event that you have issues with the installer, please …
PostgreSQL: Documentation: 18: initdb
Sep 25, 2025 · Creating a database cluster consists of creating the directories in which the cluster data will live, generating the shared catalog tables (tables that belong to the whole cluster …
PostgreSQL: Documentation: 18: pg_dump
Sep 25, 2025 · pg_dump is a utility for exporting a PostgreSQL database. It makes consistent exports even if the database is being used concurrently. pg_dump does not block other users …