{
  "id": 5574054,
  "title": "PostgreSQL 19 connects the dots with standardized graph queries",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/postgresql-19-connects-the-dots-with-standardized-graph-queries",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-04T13:07:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register",
    "slug": "the-register",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/databases/2026/09/04/postgresql-19-connects-the-dots-with-standardized-graph-queries/5294500"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "PostgreSQL 19 is set to introduce standardized SQL syntax for querying property graphs, marking a significant advancement in the open source database's capabilities. The addition, scheduled for release later this month or early October, is the result of collaboration among several of the database's largest contributors. Property graph databases store data in the form of nodes, relationships, and properties, differing from the traditional table or document structures. While these databases offer advantages for specific workloads, integrating one often means incorporating an additional database management system (DBMS) into the technology stack. PostgreSQL has been working on graph query capabilities for some time, but PostgreSQL 19 takes things further by incorporating graph syntax directly into SQL, as per the SQL 2023 standard. This development is heavily influenced by engineers behind OpenCypher, the open source query language for graph databases, and includes input from PostgreSQL committers who are part of the SQL standards committee. The new capability implements SQL/PGQ, a feature that was integrated into the SQL standard in 2023. While the implementation already performs well for certain workloads, it still requires additional syntax features to fully replace dedicated graph databases for a larger number of applications. According to Alastair Turner, PostgreSQL evangelist at Percona, the current iteration focuses on creating queries across node-edge graphs, and future iterations will aim to optimize performance through indexing enhancements.",
  "summary": "Baked-in SQL syntax arrives through multi-vendor collaboration, although indexing still needs to catch up",
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