Database Administration & Monitoring

PostgreSQL 17: Track skipped rows from COPY in pg_stat_progress_copy

In one of the last posts we’ve looked at how you tell copy to ignore any rows which do not fit into the target table starting with PostgreSQL 17. While this is great, this also hides(…)

PostgreSQL’s New Milestone in Security: Officially CVE Numbering Authority

The PostgreSQL Community just made a significant leap forward in database security :Postgresql is now a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA). Here is the original announcement about PostgreSQL being added as a CNA on the CVE website.

PostgreSQL 17: Incremental backups, pg_walsummary

In the last posts about the new incremental backup feature we’ve looked at the following topics: How does it work in general? PostgreSQL 17: Support for incremental backups Backup chains, what is it?(…)

PostgreSQL 17: copy and SAVE_ERROR_TO

Another great feature just got committed for PostgreSQL 17 and hopefully will not be reverted until the final release later this year. You probably already know copy. Whenever you want to load something into or unload something out of(…)

PostgreSQL 17: Incremental backups, system information functions

In the first post about incremental backups we’ve looked at how you can do incremental backups in general starting with PostgreSQL 17, probably, if it does not get reverted for some reason until PostgreSQL 17 is(…)

PostgreSQL 17: Incremental backups and backup chains

In the last post about the introduction of incremental backups for PostgreSQL 17 we’ve looked at the basic concepts of that feature and how you can use it. In the meantime Robert(…)

PostgreSQL 17: Support for incremental backups

When it comes to backing up and and restoring a PostgreSQL cluster, most of our customers rely either on pgBackRest or Barman. The reason for this is pretty clear: Both of those(…)

pgconf.eu 2023 – First participation

I am thrilled to share that I had the opportunity to attend the 13th Annual PostgreSQL Conference Europe in Prague which took place between the 12th and the 15th of December. It was my first participation(…)

2023.pgconf.eu – recap

This year’s edition of PostgreSQL Conference Europe finished last Friday, the 15th of December. It was the largest ever PostgreSQL Conference Europe with more than 700 attendees. For me the week already started on Monday, because(…)

PosgreSQL + SQL Server = WiltonDB – Part 1 – Installation

I know,  few years ago, it was uncredible to associate SQL Server & PostgreSQL or see Microsoft in the Open source world. 😉 The world changes and we follow it… My colleague Daniel Westermann will enjoy that I write(…)