====== 10 reasons to entrust your data to PostgreSQL ======


  - **Data integrity**. PostgreSQL respects the ACID rules and preserves referential integrity.
  - **Freedom**. PostgreSQL's BSD Licence is simple and non-ambiguous: you can use, modify and redistribute it freely.
  - **Standard compliance**. PostgreSQL is very consistent with ANSI SQL standards.
  - **Clear and robust source code**. PostgreSQL contributors are particularly attentive and rigorous in order to ensure the quality of each release.
  - **Performance**. Numerous studies show that PostgreSQL is able to compete with the best DBMS on the marketplace.
  - **Scalability**. Thanks to its great adaptation to any kind of infrastructure, PostgreSQL allows optimal use of resources.
  - **Native full text search engine**. PostgreSQL's expression search functions are among the simpliest and fastest.
   - **Many stored procedures languages** : PL/pgSQL, PL/Perl, PL/PHP, PL/Python, PL/Ruby, PL/Java ...
   - **Multiple replication tools**. PostgreSQL offers a wide range of mechanisms for high availability (synchronous, asynchronous, master-slave, multi-master ...)
   - **An active international community**. PostgreSQL is an independant project, supported by hundreds of individuals and corporations.


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