]> Covering v7.0 for general release The PostgreSQL Development Team Thomas Lockhart Caltech/JPL (last updated 2000-05-01) PostgreSQL is Copyright © 1996-2000 by PostgreSQL Inc. Postgres, developed originally in the UC Berkeley Computer Science Department, pioneered many of the object-relational concepts now becoming available in some commercial databases. It provides SQL92/SQL3 language support, transaction integrity, and type extensibility. PostgreSQL is an open-source descendant of this original Berkeley code. &intro-ag; &installation; &installw; &runtime; &client-auth; &charset; &manage-ag; &user-manag; &backup; &recovery; ®ress; &release; &biblio;