Database Administration & Monitoring, PostgreSQL Enhancing PostgreSQL Performance with Index Advisor and HypoPG 10.10.2024 by Joan Frey In database management, query performance is critical for efficient data retrieval. PostgreSQL, a powerful open-source database, offers various extensions to optimize and tune query performance. Two such extensions are Index Advisor and HypoPG. These tools help database administrators (DBAs) identify(…)
Database Administration & Monitoring PostgreSQL: pg_dump and extension ownership 23.09.2024 by Daniel Westermann While pg_dump must not be considered a backup tool (please use physical backups for this), it is widely used to dump and reload data. One of the main advantages is, that you can do this across major versions of(…)
Database Administration & Monitoring, Database management Getting started with Greenplum – 1 – Installation 28.02.2024 by Daniel Westermann Because PostgreSQL is fully open source there are many forks of it. One of them is called Greenplum which describes itself as “an advanced, fully featured, open source data warehouse, based on PostgreSQL”. Sounds interesting,(…)
DevOps, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL Introduction to PostgreSQL in OpenShift 07.02.2024 by DevOps I’m on a mission to tackle scary topics around DevOps these days! In my 2 previous blog posts (Part 1 and Part 2) I’ve tried to demystified the DevOps word (and world!)(…)
Database management, PostgreSQL PostgreSQL Backups with pg_back 23.01.2024 by Joan Frey 1. Introduction In the world of PostgreSQL database management, ensuring robust backup strategies is mandatory. This week I discovered on postgresql.org latest news one useful tool that streamlines this process: pg_back. pg_back serves as a dedicated dumping tool designed(…)
Database management, PostgreSQL New PostgreSQL service in OCI 13.12.2023 by Joan Frey PostgreSQL, an open-source relational database management system, offers robust features and capabilities for data storage and management. Deploying PostgreSQL within the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) provides a scalable and reliable environment. In this guide, we’ll explore the process of setting(…)
Database Administration & Monitoring, Database management, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Technology Survey PosgreSQL + SQL Server = WiltonDB – Part 1 – Installation 23.11.2023 by Stéphane Haby 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(…)
Database Administration & Monitoring, Database management Locales, collations, encodings and the PostgreSQL sort order (1) – basics 20.10.2023 by Daniel Westermann When it comes to sorting strings it is all about locales and how PostgreSQL is using them. PostgreSQL uses the locales provided by the underlying operating system, by default this is “C” or “POSIX”. To see(…)
Development & Performance, PostgreSQL Guide to Install and Use pgFormatter on Linux (openSUSE) 31.08.2023 by Joan Frey pgFormatter is a command-line tool used to format SQL code for PostgreSQL databases. It helps improve code readability and maintainability by applying consistent indentation and formatting rules to your SQL queries. This guide will walk you through the process of(…)
Database management, PostgreSQL Simplifying PostgreSQL Management: A Guide to Install and Use pgcli 18.08.2023 by Joan Frey Managing databases is a crucial aspect for a DBA, and PostgreSQL is a powerful open-source relational database management system that is widely used. To interact with a PostgreSQL database, DBA and developers often rely on command-line tools. The default tool(…)