PostgreSQL in Action

PostgreSQL, or Postgres serves as one of the most sought after relational database solutions. Holding a big legacy, the project was started as POSTGRES by Michael Stonebraker in late 1980s to address the issues pertaining with Ingres, the predecessor to the relational database system. Gaining progress, postgresql.org was released in July 1996. Gradually, it went ahead to become the database of choice for many small and big enterprises.

Advantages of PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL has several competing alternatives, including MySQL, SQLite, Firebird, Oracle Database, IBM DB2, Apache Ignite, Microsoft SQL, and Mimer SQL. Though, PostgreSQL stands ahead of these relational database technologies owing to its splendid features and benefits, some of which are:

Reduced costs

Unlike MySQL, PostgreSQL is a completely Open-sourced database solution. This makes it free to use, thereby reducing development costs.

Customizable

Being open-source, you can customize the database system to fit your organizational and data requirements, be it manufacturing, trading, sales and marketing, finance, science and technology or any sort of custom portal.

Extensibility

Another benefit is the scope of implementation across web, mobile, desktop and decentralized platforms. Most importantly, it supports both relational (SQL) as well as non-relational (JSON) data structures.

Scalability

The database system can be relied upon for smoothly running large data-driven and real-time applications, also considering future loads and scalability concerns.

Community Support

The use and implementation of Postgres is expanding. Likewise, there is now a big community of developers and firms working and contributing to it.

PostgreSQL Tools

PostgreSQL boasts of a large collection of tools and extensions which assist development. Examples include PostGIS (for geographical data), pgAdmin (for GUI), Slony-I (for replication), and others.

Security

Postgres complies with ANSI SQL standard and is generally considered a very secure platform. Features such as Multi-factor authentication and restricted access control ensure the safety of your data.

Other Features

There are multiple other factors which owe to the success of Postgres such as full-text searches, complete ACID (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability) compliance, support for Multi-version concurrency control (MVCC) and multiple data types, including string, number, date, time and graphics, amongst others.

PostgreSQL has been designated as the fastest growing relational database management system, gradually overtaking MySQL to rank first in the list of the most used RDBMSs. Besides, It's features have earned it the "Database System Of The Year" award multiple times. The developers at SarvayXenia have delivered numerous PHP and ROR projects with PostgreSQL implementation. Do contact us for any query regarding these services.