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Learning PostgreSQL 11 - Third Edition

By : Salahaldin Juba, Andrey Volkov
Book Image

Learning PostgreSQL 11 - Third Edition

By: Salahaldin Juba, Andrey Volkov

Overview of this book

PostgreSQL is one of the most popular open source database management systems in the world, and it supports advanced features included in SQL standards. This book will familiarize you with the latest features in PostgreSQL 11, and get you up and running with building efficient PostgreSQL database solutions from scratch. Learning PostgreSQL, 11 begins by covering the concepts of relational databases and their core principles. You’ll explore the Data Definition Language (DDL) and commonly used DDL commands supported by ANSI SQL. You’ll also learn how to create tables, define integrity constraints, build indexes, and set up views and other schema objects. As you advance, you’ll come to understand Data Manipulation Language (DML) and server-side programming capabilities using PL/pgSQL, giving you a robust background to develop, tune, test, and troubleshoot your database application. The book will guide you in exploring NoSQL capabilities and connecting to your database to manipulate data objects. You’ll get to grips with using data warehousing in analytical solutions and reports, and scaling the database for high availability and performance. By the end of this book, you’ll have gained a thorough understanding of PostgreSQL 11 and developed the necessary skills to build efficient database solutions.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

Technical requirements

The examples in this chapter can be executed in the same database we have already used, car_portal, but they do not depend on the objects in that database. To create the database, use the schema.sql script and data.sql to fill it with sample data. All the code samples are provided in the examples.sql file.

The code samples in the chapter are written based on the assumption that the user executing the commands is able to connect to a PostgreSQL server and is allowed to create databases.

The way we will define a remote server connection using the postgres_fdw extension in the section Data differences, require that the user is able to connect to the database using the host authentication type without a password. To achieve that please add two lines in the beginning of the configuration file pg_hba.conf, as follows:

host  all  car_portal,car_portal_new  127...