Month: June 2015
Naming temporary tables properly in PostgreSQL
Temporary tables are a core feature of SQL, and are commonly used by people around the globe. PostgreSQL provides a nice implementation of temporary tables, which has served me well over the years. An interesting question arises when using a temporary table: What if a temporary table has the same name as a “real” table? What […]
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DROP TABLE: Killing shared_buffers
UPDATED August 2023: Tuning shared_buffers in PostgreSQL is a pretty fundamental thing to do when you set up a high-performance server. In most cases, you add more memory to speed things up considerably. Many tests have shown exactly that. However, there are some corner cases which are not common, and which can cause significant performance […]
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