| # AnalyticDB | |
| >[AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/analyticdb-for-postgresql/latest/product-introduction-overview) | |
| > is a massively parallel processing (MPP) data warehousing service | |
| > from [Alibaba Cloud](https://www.alibabacloud.com/) | |
| >that is designed to analyze large volumes of data online. | |
| >`AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL` is developed based on the open-source `Greenplum Database` | |
| > project and is enhanced with in-depth extensions by `Alibaba Cloud`. AnalyticDB | |
| > for PostgreSQL is compatible with the ANSI SQL 2003 syntax and the PostgreSQL and | |
| > Oracle database ecosystems. AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL also supports row store and | |
| > column store. AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL processes petabytes of data offline at a | |
| > high performance level and supports highly concurrent. | |
| This page covers how to use the AnalyticDB ecosystem within LangChain. | |
| ## Installation and Setup | |
| You need to install the `sqlalchemy` python package. | |
| ```bash | |
| pip install sqlalchemy | |
| ``` | |
| ## VectorStore | |
| See a [usage example](/docs/integrations/vectorstores/analyticdb). | |
| ```python | |
| from langchain_community.vectorstores import AnalyticDB | |
| ``` | |