# Postgresql and sql

**URL:** <https://community.parseplatform.org/t/postgresql-and-sql/2476>\
**Category:** Parse Server 📡\
**Created:** [March 5, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.parseplatform.org/t/postgresql-and-sql/2476 "2022-03-05T16:44:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dncpax](https://community.parseplatform.org/user_avatar/community.parseplatform.org/dncpax/32/1089_2.png) [@dncpax](https://community.parseplatform.org/u/dncpax)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.parseplatform.org/t/postgresql-and-sql/2476/1 "2022-03-05T16:44:41Z")

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Hey there. I have been lost in the ocean of backend options today, and am really impressed by Parse.  
I’m a sql guy so would like to use sql in the backend. Is this possible? I mean:

1 - create tables by hand (and indexes, and pk, fk, triggers, etc.) and use those tables in Parse?  
2 - makes queries using sql instead of learning a new dialect? for instance, send a sql query through rest api endpoint?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![davimacedo](https://community.parseplatform.org/user_avatar/community.parseplatform.org/davimacedo/32/316_2.png) [@davimacedo](https://community.parseplatform.org/u/davimacedo)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.parseplatform.org/t/postgresql-and-sql/2476/2 "2022-03-07T17:27:35Z")

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You can use Postgresql as database, but it is not recommended to create the tables by yourself and there is currently no way to write the sql queries yourself.

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**Author:** ![dncpax](https://community.parseplatform.org/user_avatar/community.parseplatform.org/dncpax/32/1089_2.png) [@dncpax](https://community.parseplatform.org/u/dncpax)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.parseplatform.org/t/postgresql-and-sql/2476/3 "2022-03-07T18:12:45Z")

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ok, thanks for your help.

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**Author:** ![lovestaco](https://community.parseplatform.org/user_avatar/community.parseplatform.org/lovestaco/32/1996_2.png) [@lovestaco](https://community.parseplatform.org/u/lovestaco)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.parseplatform.org/t/postgresql-and-sql/2476/4 "2025-07-09T17:23:04Z")

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Hi,

Offtopic

Can you show how you connected to postgres with parse server?

I’m not able to connect with this URL.

```auto
const DB_URL_PROD = "postgres://parse:parse@127.0.0.1:5433/parse"

let parse = new ParseServer({
  appId: "impressionserver",
  masterKey: "impressionserver",
  appName: "ImpressionServer",
  cloud: "./cloud/main",
  databaseURI: DB_URL_PROD,

```

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**Author:** ![xeoshow](https://community.parseplatform.org/user_avatar/community.parseplatform.org/xeoshow/32/1458_2.png) [@xeoshow](https://community.parseplatform.org/u/xeoshow)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 3:38am UTC](https://community.parseplatform.org/t/postgresql-and-sql/2476/5 "2025-09-21T03:38:52Z")

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Hello,

Is there any way I could use the pgvector and embedding column in Parse Server with regard to pgsql?

Thanks v much.