PostgreSQL is a sophisticated Object-Relational DBMS, supporting almost all SQL constructs, including subselects, transactions, and user-defined types and functions. It is the most advanced open-source database available anywhere. Commercial Support is also available from PostgreSQL, Inc.

PostgreSQL 7.0 is Here!!! The highly anticipated 7.0 release has happened and is available HERE!!

Its been 8 months since the last major release of PostgreSQL, and the PostgreSQL Global Development Group is now proud to announce our next leap forward with the release of v7.0. For more information see the PostgreSQL News

In January of this year, the PostgreSQL steering committee was approached by Landmark Communications to discuss the creation of a new company to provide commercial support for PostgreSQL and other open-source software.

On March 3-5, Landmark sponsored a gathering of the steering committee in San Francisco. This was the first time the steering committee had ever met face-to-face, and we'd like to thank Landmark for making that possible. Several sessions included Landmark corporate staff and explored how Landmark might work with PostgreSQL.

Landmark has now publicly announced the formation of their company, called Great Bridge, to provide commercial support for PostgreSQL.

Involvement of commercial companies with Open Source projects such as PostgreSQL leads to new and, for some of us, unwelcome issues of confidentiality, and we respected Landmark's request for confidentiality in the time preceding their announcement of Great Bridge. We are happy that Landmark/Great Bridge have chosen to use PostgreSQL in their business, and look forward to seeing future contributions from them for our Open Source effort.

Landmark has expressed interest in hiring PostgreSQL developers to work for their new company. Some individuals are already in negotiations with Landmark and will make announcements at the appropriate time.

We believe this is only good news for PostgreSQL. This will give PostgreSQL two commercial support organizations: PostgreSQL Inc. and Great Bridge. PostgreSQL's increased visibility and credibility in the business world will help the project continue to grow. We encourage other interested companies to contact the steering committee to discuss how they might work with the project for the benefit of all.

See the Postgresql News for the Great Bridge LLC Press Release.

The PostgreSQL Developers are pleased to announce the release of beta5, available at: ftp.postgresql.org. Changes can be found here.

Interactive PostgreSQL for Windows is a program which allows you execute PostgreSQL queries, show tables and columns, history, show and edit tables in grid, etc. Interactive PostgreSQL for Windows is available at http://www.zeos.dn.ua

Jan Wieck has added a Projects Page for TODO items that are currently being developed (not all items are listed). Each project has a project coordinator that you can contact if you want to help out.

PostgreSQL is always making the news in one way or another, be it a review, a how-to or just a general article. The new In The News section has a growing list of these articles

The PostgreSQL Global Development Team is proud to announce the release of version 6.5.3 of its award winning PostgreSQL RDBMS. You can find the full 6.5.3 distribution tarball as well as patches to upgrade from 6.5 to 6.5.1, 6.5.1 to 6.5.2 and 6.5.2 to 6.5.3 at the PostgreSQL ftp server and its mirrors. Source and binary RPMs are also available.

Bruce Momjian is in the process of writing a book about PostgreSQL for Addison, Wesley, tentatively titled, "PostgreSQL: Introduction and Concepts." The book is on our web site now under Info Central/Documentation, in HTML and PDF formats, and is updated regularly.

The registration form is now online at http://www.pgsql.com/register and the User Gallery is at http://www.pgsql.com/user_gallery.

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group is proud to announce that we have received the 'LinuxWorld Editors Choice Award' for The Best Database Management System!

PostgreSQL, Inc. proudly announces the addition of PostgreSQL Wearables to its product line at http://www.pgsql.com/merchandise

Over the past few years, at various points, there have been people popping up and asking how they can contribute to the project, outside of coding. In response to these queries, and in accordance with our Mission Statement, PostgreSQL, Inc now offers the following method of contributing to the project: http://www.pgsql.com/contribute

The PostgreSQL documentation is available in PDF format in the /pub/doc directory on the FTP server. Check out the mirror site list for a server near you.

Ever wonder how PostgreSQL got here? There is a new paper describing our history. It also appears in the July Daemon News.