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### PostgreSQL Requirements
+As of GitLab 9.0, PostgreSQL 9.6 is recommended. Lower versions of PostgreSQL
+may work but primary testing and developement takes place using PostgreSQL 9.6.
+
Users using PostgreSQL must ensure the `pg_trgm` extension is loaded into every
GitLab database. This extension can be enabled (using a PostgreSQL super user)
by running the following query for every database: