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Everything about PostgreSQL

Free and open-source object relational database management system

PostgreSQL, also known as Postgres, is a free and open-source relational database management system (RDBMS) emphasizing extensibility and SQL compliance. PostgreSQL features transactions with atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability (ACID) properties, automatically updatable views, materialized views, triggers, foreign keys, and stored procedures. It is supported on all major operating systems, including Windows, Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD, and handles a range of workloads from single machines to data warehouses, data lakes, or web services with many concurrent users. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: PostgreSQLA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Adaptive and Scalable Database Management with Machine Learning Integration: A PostgreSQL Case StudyInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Practical PostgreSQLThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Serializable snapshot isolation in PostgreSQLCited 123 times
  5. Go sideways: Comparison of relational database management systemsA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Materialized viewA closely related topic

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🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. History
  2. Multiversion concurrency control (MVCC)
  3. Storage and replication
  4. Control and connectivity
  5. Security
  6. Standards compliance
  7. Benchmarks and performance
  8. Platforms
  9. Database administration
  10. Notable users
  11. Service implementations
  12. Release history

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

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