PostgreSQL client libraries
PostgreSQL client libraries are a collection of software components (drivers, APIs, Object-Relational Mappers) that enable applications to connect, communicate, and interact with PostgreSQL databases. They abstract the complexities of the database's wire protocol, manage connections, and…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 1989
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- PostgreSQL client libraries were created to provide a standardized, high-level, and efficient programmatic interface for applications to interact with a PostgreSQL database, abstracting away the low-level network communication, binary protocol details, and data type conversions that would otherwise require manual implementation for each application and language.
- Platforms
- Web (via backend services), Linux, Windows, Other Unix-like systems, FreeBSD, macOS
Related technologies
Notable users
- Lyft
- Uber
- Countless startups and enterprises across various industries relying on PostgreSQL.
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- Skype
- Apple
- Netflix