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Mastering PostgreSQL 9.6

By : Hans-Jürgen Schönig
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Mastering PostgreSQL 9.6

By: Hans-Jürgen Schönig

Overview of this book

PostgreSQL is an open source database used for handling large datasets (Big Data) and as a JSON document database. It also has applications in the software and web domains. This book will enable you to build better PostgreSQL applications and administer databases more efficiently. We begin by explaining the advanced database design concepts in PostgreSQL 9.6, along with indexing and query optimization. You will also see how to work with event triggers and perform concurrent transactions and table partitioning, along with exploring SQL and server tuning. We will walk you through implementing advanced administrative tasks such as server maintenance and monitoring, replication, recovery and high availability, and much more. You will understand the common and not-so-common troubleshooting problems and how you can overcome them. By the end of this book, you will have an expert-level command of the advanced database functionalities and will be able to implement advanced administrative tasks with PostgreSQL.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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PostgreSQL Overview

PostgreSQL Overview

PostgreSQL is one of the world's most advanced open source database systems and it has many features widely used by developers and system administrators alike. In this book, many of those cool features will be covered and discussed in great detail.

In this chapter, you will be introduced to PostgreSQL and the cool new features available in PostgreSQL 9.6 and beyond. All relevant new functionality will be covered in detail. Given the sheer number of changes made to the code and given the size of the PostgreSQL project, this list of features is of course not complete, so I tried to focus on the most important aspects relevant to most people.

The features outlined in this chapter will be split into the following categories:

  • Database administration
  • SQL and developer-related
  • Backup, recovery, and replication
  • Performance-related topics