<p>
PostgreSQL comes with <a href="/about/featurematrix/">many features</a> aimed to help developers build applications, administrators to protect data integrity and build fault-tolerant environments, and help you manage your data no matter how big or small the dataset. In addition to being <a href="/about/license/">free and open source</a>, PostgreSQL is highly extensible. For example, you can define your own data types, build out custom functions, even write code from <a href="/docs/current/xplang.html">different programming languages</a> without recompiling your database!
</p>
-<p>PostgreSQL tries to conform with the <a href="/docs/current/features.html">SQL standard</a> where such conformance does not contradict traditional features or could lead to poor architectural decisions. Many of the features required by the SQL standard are supported, though sometimes with slightly differing syntax or function. Further moves towards conformance can be expected over time. As of the version 13 release in September 2020, PostgreSQL conforms to at least 170 of the 179 mandatory features for SQL:2016 Core conformance. As of this writing, no relational database meets full conformance with this standard.
+<p>PostgreSQL tries to conform with the <a href="/docs/current/features.html">SQL standard</a> where such conformance does not contradict traditional features or could lead to poor architectural decisions. Many of the features required by the SQL standard are supported, though sometimes with slightly differing syntax or function. Further moves towards conformance can be expected over time. As of the version 14 release in September 2021, PostgreSQL conforms to at least 170 of the 179 mandatory features for SQL:2016 Core conformance. As of this writing, no relational database meets full conformance with this standard.
</p>
<p>Below is an inexhaustive list of various features found in PostgreSQL, with more being added in every <a href="/developer/roadmap/">major release</a>:
</p>
<strong>Data Types</strong>
<ul>
<li>Primitives: Integer, Numeric, String, Boolean</li>
- <li>Structured: Date/Time, Array, Range, UUID</li>
+ <li>Structured: Date/Time, Array, Range / Multirange, UUID</li>
<li>Document: JSON/JSONB, XML, Key-value (Hstore)</li>
<li>Geometry: Point, Line, Circle, Polygon</li>
<li>Customizations: Composite, Custom Types</li>
<h3>30+ Years Development</h3>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-3 feature-grid">
- <h3>600+ Contributors</h3>
+ <h3>650+ Contributors</h3>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-3 feature-grid">
- <h3>50,000+ Commits</h3>
+ <h3>52,000+ Commits</h3>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-3 feature-grid">
<h3>55+ Local User Groups</h3>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-sm-3 feature-grid">
- <h3>1,400,000+ Lines of C</h3>
+ <h3>1,500,000+ Lines of C</h3>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-3 feature-grid">
<h3>650+ Events</h3>
are subject to changes that are backwards incompatible at any time during
the development of the betas, and could possibly be removed altogether.</p>
-{% comment %}
+
<p>
- <strong>PostgreSQL 13 has been released</strong>. The first beta of version 14
- is not yet available for testing. Beta testing of version 14 is likely to
- begin around May 2021.
+ <strong>PostgreSQL 14 is released</strong>. The first beta of version 15
+ is not yet available for testing. Beta testing of version 15 is likely to
+ begin around May 2022.
</p>
-{% endcomment %}
+{% comment %}
<p>
The current beta release is <strong>PostgreSQL 14 RC 1</strong>. For more
information on the current beta release and how to test, please view the links below.
<a href="https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/HowToBetaTest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Guide to PostgreSQL Beta Testing</a>
</li>
</ul>
+{% endcomment %}
{%endblock%}