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PostgreSQL is the world’s most advanced open source database, and per the PostgreSQL Wikipedia page it is an object-relational database management system (ORDBMS) with an emphasis on extensibility and standards compliance.

In this article, we try to understand why would PostgreSQL be named an object-relational thing. What is Object Oriented Programming and how does that apply to a database system?


Dimitri Fontaine

PostgreSQL Major Contributor

Open Source Software Engineer

France