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---
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id: database
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title: Database
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description: Use Supabase to manage your data.
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sidebar_label: Overview
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---
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Every Supabase project comes with a full [Postgres](https://www.postgresql.org/) database, a free and open source
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database which is considered one of the world's most stable and advanced databases.
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## Postgres or PostgreSQL?
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PostgreSQL the database was derived from the POSTGRES Project, a package written at the University of California at Berkeley in 1986.
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This package included a query language called "PostQUEL".
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In 1994, Postgres95 was built on top of POSTGRES code, adding an SQL language interpreter as a replacement for PostQUEL.
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Eventually, Postgres95 was renamed to PostgreSQL to reflect the SQL query capability.
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After this, many people referred to it as Postgres since it's less prone to confusion. Supabase is all about
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simplicity, so we also refer to it as Postgres.
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## Features
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### Table View
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You don't have to be a database expert to start using Supabase. Our table view makes Postgres as easy to use as a spreadsheet.
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### Relationships
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Dig into the relationships within your data.
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<video width="99%" loop="" muted="" playsInline="" controls="true">
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<source src="/docs/videos/relational-drilldown-zoom.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
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</video>
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### Clone tables
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You can duplicate your tables, just like you would inside a spreadsheet.
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<video width="99%" muted playsInline controls={true}>
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<source
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src="/docs/videos/duplicate-tables.mp4"
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type="video/mp4"
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muted
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playsInline
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/>
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</video>
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### The SQL Editor
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Supabase comes with a SQL Editor. You can also save your favorite queries to run later!
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<video width="99%" muted playsInline controls={true}>
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<source src="/docs/videos/favorites.mp4" type="video/mp4" muted playsInline />
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</video>
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### Additional features
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- Supabase extends Postgres with realtime functionality using our [Realtime Server](https://github.com/supabase/realtime).
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- Every project is a full Postgres database, with `postgres` level access.
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- Supabase manages your database backups.
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- Import data directly from a CSV or excel spreadsheet.
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:::info
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Database backups **do not** include objects stored via the Storage API, as the database only includes metadata about these objects. Restoring an old backup does not restore objects that have been deleted since then.
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:::
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### Extensions
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To expand the functionality of your Postgres database, you can use extensions.
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You can enable Postgres extensions with the click of a button within the Supabase dashboard.
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<video width="99%" muted playsInline controls={true}>
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<source
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src="/docs/videos/toggle-extensions.mp4"
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type="video/mp4"
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muted
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playsInline
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/>
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</video>
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[Learn more](/docs/guides/database/extensions) about all the extensions provided on Supabase.
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## Tips
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Read about resetting your database password [here](/docs/guides/database/managing-passwords) and changing the timezone of your server [here](/docs/guides/database/managing-timezones).
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## Next steps
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- Read more about [Postgres](/docs/postgres/server/about)
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- Sign in: [app.supabase.com](https://app.supabase.com)
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