Neues vom PostgreSQL Planet
David Wheeler: Mini Summit One
Great turnout and discussion for the first in a series of community talks and discussions on the postgres extension ecosystem leading up to the Extension Ecosystem Summit at pgconf.dev on May 28. Thank you!
The talk, “State of the Extension Ecosystem”, was followed by 15 minutes or so of super interesting discussion. Here are the relevant links:
Greg Sabino Mullane: Examining Postgres Upgrades with pg_upgrade
Postgres is an amazing database system, but it does come with a five-year life cycle. This means you need to perform a major upgrade of it at least every five years. Luckily, Postgres ships with the pg_upgrade program, which enables a quick and easy migration from one major version of Postgres to another.
semab tariq: PostgreSQL Internals Part 1: Understanding Database Cluster, Database and Tables
Learn about database clusters, databases, and tables to optimize performance and unleash the full potential of PostgreSQL for your projects.
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Shaun M. Thomas: PG Phriday: Redefining Postgres High Availability
Luca Ferrari: PgTraining Online Event 2024 (italian)
We are back with another event!
PgTraining Online Event 2024 (italian)
PgTraining, the amazing italian professionals that spread the word about PostgreSQL and that I joined in the last years, is organizing another online event (webinar) on next 19th April 2024.
Following the success of the previous edition(s), we decided to provide another afternoon full of PostgreSQL talks, in the hope to improve the adoption of this great database.
Luca Ferrari: pgagroal command refactoring (again!) and a new contributor!
Changes in pgagroal-cli and pgagroal-admin.
pgagroal command refactoring (again!) and a new contributor!Last year I introduced a way in pgagroal-cli and pgagroal-admin to arrange commands in a more consistent and manageable way, deprecating some commands too.
Today, a new contributor to the project, Henrique de Carvalho, committed a patch that greatly improves the way commands are handled internally.
Umair Shahid: Understanding the PostgreSQL Query Planner to Improve Query Performance
Learn how the PostgreSQL query planner estimates costs and leverages configuration parameters for efficient data retrieval and increased database performance.
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Elizabeth Garrett Christensen: Postgres Performance Boost: HOT Updates and Fill Factor
There’s a pretty HOT performance trick in Postgres that doesn’t get a ton of attention. There’s a way for Postgres to only update the heap (the table), avoiding having to update all the indexes. That’s called a HOT update, HOT stands for heap only tuple.
Daniel Vérité: Using binary-sorted indexes
Hans-Juergen Schoenig: Enforcing join orders in PostgreSQL
After the pgconfeu23 in Prague – which has been an excellent event – I decided to share some of the things I presented as a blog post to maybe shed some light on some of those topics. One of those ideas presented was the way PostgreSQL handles joins and especially join orders. Internally the PostgreSQL does a good job to optimize queries but how does it really work?
Francesco Tisiot: How to use pgbench to test PostgreSQL® performance
Testing a database performance is a must in every company. Despite everyone's needs beings slightly different, a good starting point for PostgreSQL® database is using pgbench: a tool shipped with the PostgreSQL installation that allows you to stress test a local or remote database.
This blog post showcases how to install (on a Mac) and use pgbench to create load on a remote PostgreSQL database on Aiven.
Robert Bernier: Managing Time Series Data Using TimeScaleDB-Powered PostgreSQL
Ryan Booz: Transforming and Analyzing Data in PostgreSQL
In our data hungry world, knowing how to effectively load and transform data from various sources is a highly valued skill. Over the last couple of years, I’ve learned how useful many of the data manipulation functions in PostgreSQL can supercharge your data transformation and analysis process, using just PostgreSQL and SQL.
Henrietta Dombrovskaya: This Friday, I am presenting at SCaLE!
It finally happened! My security talk was accepted, and I will present it on March 15! I can’t believe it is happening, and I hope this is the first but not the last time! If you are going to be at the conference, please stop by!
Gabriele Bartolini: CloudNativePG Recipe 3 - What!?! No superuser access?
Explore the secure defaults of a PostgreSQL cluster in this CloudNativePG recipe, aligning with the principle of least authority (PoLA). Our commitment to security and operational simplicity shines through default configurations, balancing robust protection with user-friendly settings. Advanced users can customize as needed. The article navigates default intricacies, PostgreSQL Host-Based Authentication, and the scenarios for enabling superuser access. We also touch on the careful use of the ALTER SYSTEM command, emphasizing our dedication to secure and simple operations.
Stefan Fercot: The importance of PostgreSQL timelines
Flashpoint: have you ever watched a Sci-Fi movie where the main character goes back in time, change something there (i.e. save his mother’s life) and then comes back to present days but arrives in an alternate reality? Applied to PostgreSQL backups, the alternate reality called timeline is a key notion for Point-in-Time Recovery.
Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum: Artur Zakirov
Andreas Scherbaum: PostgreSQL March Meetup in Berlin
On March 5th, 2024, we had the PostgreSQL March Meetup in Berlin. Zalando hosted the Meetup in their Berlin Headquarter near the Mercedes-Benz Arena, close to the River Spree, and the Oberbaum Bridge.