Daniel Westermann

Interested in the most advanced open source database? Where you can meet us in June …

Are you interested in what PostgreSQL can do for you? You can join us at the following events in June:(…)

Connecting your PostgreSQL instance to a MariaDB/MySQL instance

Some time ago I blogged on how to connect your PostgreSQL instance to an Oracle instance (here and here). In this post I'll do the same with a MariaDB/MySQL instance.

The (almost) same sample schema for all major relational databases (3) – MySQL/MariaDB

Some time ago I blogged on how to get the "Dell DVD Store Database Test Suite" installed in PostgreSQL and Oracle. This time we'll do the same on a MariaDB instance.

Maintenance scenarios with EDB Failover Manager (3) – Witness node

In the last posts ( Maintenance scenarios with EDB Failover Manager (1) – Standby node , Maintenance scenarios with EDB Failover Manager (2) – Primary node ) we looked at how to perform maintenance(…)

Maintenance scenarios with EDB Failover Manager (2) – Primary node

In the last post I looked at how you can do maintenance operations on the standby node when you are working in a PostgreSQL cluster protected by EDB Failover Manager. In this post I'll look on how(…)

The (almost) same sample schema for all major relational databases (2) – Oracle

In the last post we looked at how to install the "Dell DVD Store Database Test Suite" into a PostgreSQL 9.5.2 database. In this post we'll do the same with an Oracle database.

The (almost) same sample schema for all major relational databases (1) – PostgreSQL

The are times when it would be nice to have the same sample schema in all relational databases you or your company are working on. This is great if you want to compare how different databases execute the same tasks(…)

Maintenance scenarios with EDB Failover Manager (1) – Standby node

Recently at a customer we again implemented a PostgreSQL architecture as described some time ago. When we delivered the first draft of the documentation the question popped up how to handle maintenance tasks in a failover cluster(…)

Install PL/JAVA in PostgreSQL 9.5.1

Some time ago I blogged about how to install PL/JAVA in Postgres Plus Advanced Server 9.5. This resulted in an interesting comment from the maintainer of PL/Java. After(…)

Linux quick tip – What is the local time in Kolkata?

Quite easy if you know how to do it from the shell (I didn’t know it 🙂 ): dwe@dwe:~$ TZ='Asia/Kolkata' date Tue Mar 22 19:12:25 IST 2016 You can use “tzselect” to list the available combinations and get the local(…)