Postgres-XL Database Management System
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This directory contains the source code distribution of the Postgres-XL
database management system.

Postgres-XL is an advanced object-relational cluster database management
 system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including
transactions, foreign keys, user-defined types and functions.  This
distribution also contains C language bindings.

Postgres-XL has many language interfaces similar to PostgreSQL, many of
which are listed here:

	https://www.postgresql.org/download

See the file INSTALL for instructions on how to build and install
Postgres-XL.  That file also lists supported operating systems and
hardware platforms and contains information regarding any other
software packages that are required to build or run the PostgreSQL-XL
system.  Copyright and license information can be found in the
file COPYRIGHT.  A comprehensive documentation set is included in this
distribution; it can be read as described in the installation
instructions.

The latest version of this software may be obtained at
http://www.postgres-xl.org/download.  For more information look at our
web site located at http://www.postgres-xl.org.