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PostgreSQL 16: Further reducing tasks that require superuser

In a previous post we’ve seen that vacuum and analyze operations can be granted to users which are not superuser starting with PostgreSQL 16. Work is still(…)

New cast testing functions for PostgreSQL 16

As the development of PostgreSQL moves on, more and more new features get committed. A recently commit patch added two new functions, which can be used to validate if a cast will work and what error message would be(…)

Overcome jboss-cli Limitations with Ansible

The work on YaK JBoss/WildFly component helped me to improve my knowledge of Ansible, but not only. I also learned a lot on jboss-cli scripting and especially limitations that comes with it. For instance, followings(…)

Improve your development experience in PostgreSQL’s PL/pgSQL by using plpgsql_check

In the last post we’ve highlighted some tips when developing functions and/or procedures in PostgreSQL’s PL/pgSQL. Especially the Compile-Time and Run-Time checks can save you a lot of work and give you important hints while(…)

cloud-init native Ansible support

Cloud-init is a software developed to setup automatically a cloud virtual machine using metadata ingested and applied at the first boot or at a chosen frequency. All the magic happens through a #cloud-config YAML file. #cloud-config already supports Ansible(…)

Control-M/EM : Use case workload policy and odate

Introduction Hi team I had a request to block a bunch of jobs in order to allow another to perform a maintenance task on the related servers/applications , but only for specific date and time window(example for(…)

Some tips when developing in PostgreSQL’s PL/pgSQL

When you develop functions or procedures in PostgreSQL’s PL/pgSQL there are some points to consider, which make your life easier. This post is not about control structures,(…)

Documentum – xPlore PrimaryDsearch not responding to curl/wget/browser requests anymore

A few weeks ago, I faced an issue at a customer where xPlore PrimaryDsearch would stop responding to curl/wget/browser requests from time to time. The impacted environments were containers (pods) hosted on Kubernetes. At this customer, we were in(…)

ODA version 19.17 is available: how to patch?

How to patch your ODA to 19.17(…)

AWS re:Invent 2022 – Day 4 – Keynote day

Thursday starts with one of the most awaited keynote of the conference. The keynote Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon.com. He started with a video inspired by the famous scene from Matrix when Neo has to choose between the blue(…)