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PostgreSQL Databases

Alarsoft database experts offer PostgreSQL programming services, also combining the knowledge of php and PostgreSQL to work out a web project. While MySQL is considered the most popular database PostgreSQL is recognized as the most advanced one. Let's have a closer look at this database management system.

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database management system. Since it was started at University of California, Berkeley in the early eighties PostgreSQL has been developed and improved through the last fifteen years. During this period the reputation of a reliable and correct database system has been earned. The PostgreSQL is known for the least number of mistakes per a thousand of lines of code and considered to be "the world's most advanced Open Source database".
PostgreSQL is released under a BSD-style license. This license gives PostgreSQL developers the freedom to use, modify and distribute PostgreSQL in any form they like, open or closed source. Any modifications, enhancements, or changes in PostgreSQL databases can be made freely. As with many other open-source programs, PostgreSQL is not controlled by any single company, but has a global community of developers and companies to develop it. Alarsoft can be considered a part of this community as its developers have been involved in PostgreSQL development since the company appeared.

PostgreSQL runs on all major operating systems, including Linux, UNIX (AIX, BSD, HP-UX, SGI IRIX, Mac OS X, Solaris, Tru64), and Windows. PostgreSQL runs stored procedures in more than a dozen programming languages, including Java, Perl, Python, Ruby, Tcl, C/C++, and its own PL/pgSQL, which is similar to Oracle's PL/SQL.
PostgreSQL is not only a powerful database system capable of running the whole enterprise; it is a development platform upon which various software products that require a capable RDBMS can be developed.

Case Study of PostgreSQL Database Design

Probably, the most famous case of utilizing PostgreSQL in an online service is concerned with Yahoo! The company claims that it uses PostgreSQL to store and manage its data. At the moment this data is equal to 2 petabytes. The company representatives also say that it is not just the biggest database in the world but also the busiest one. 24 billion pieces of information are submitted to the system daily.