Postgresql-Intro

Question 1

What is PostgreSQL and what are some alternative relational databases?

Answer 1

PostgresSQL is a relational database management system. SQLite SQLBase are some alternative relational databases

Question 2

What are some advantages of learning a relational database?

Answer 2

A quality of many relational databases is that they support good guarantees about data integrity. They can store and modify data in a way that makes data corruption as unlikely as possible. They are also the most widely used.

Question 3

What is one way to see if PostgreSQL is running?

Answer 3

using the top command in the terminal