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10.05.2022 | Laurenz Albe

Time zone management in PostgreSQL

© Laurenz Albe 2022 Next to character encoding, time zones are among the least-loved topics in computing. In addition, PostgreSQL’s implementation of timestamp with time zone is somewhat surprising. So I thought it might be worth to write up an introduction to time zone management and recommendations for its practical use. Time zones and the […]

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03.05.2022 | Hans-Jürgen Schönig

PostgreSQL 15: Using MERGE in SQL

It’s been many years since the first ideas to implement the MERGE command surfaced on the PostgreSQL mailing list. Many years later, this important feature has finally made it into PostgreSQL core, and will (as of today) make it into PostgreSQL 15. To show people how this vital command works, I have decided to come […]

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29.04.2022 | Pavlo Golub

pgwatch2 v1.9 Final Release

We are thrilled to announce that the FINAL version of pgwatch2 v1.9 is now ready for your production environment! pgwatch provides a secure, open-source, flexible, self-contained PostgreSQL metrics monitoring/dashboarding solution. pgwatch2 v1.9 supports monitoring PG versions 9.0 to 14 out of the box. Upgrade, or install pgwatch today to see how fantastic it really is. […]

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26.04.2022 | Florian Nadler

Analyzing historical flight data with MobilityDB

MobilityDB is on the move Since my last article about MobilityDB, the overall project has further developed and improved. This is a very good reason to invest some time and showcase MobilityDB’s rich feature stack by analyzing historical flight data from OpenSky-Network, a non-profit organisation which has been collecting air traffic surveillance data since 2013. […]

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19.04.2022 | Hans-Jürgen Schönig

Find and fix a missing PostgreSQL Index

Spot a missing PostgreSQL index Missing indexes are a key ingredient if you are looking for a perfect recipe to ruin performance in the most efficient way possible. 🙂  However, if you want to ensure that your database performs well and if you are generally not in favor of user complaints – better watch out […]

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12.04.2022 | Hans-Jürgen Schönig

Multiranges in PostgreSQL 14

Understanding Multiranges Range types have been around in PostgreSQL for quite some time and are successfully used by developers to store various kinds of intervals with upper and lower bounds. However, in PostgreSQL 14 a major new feature has been added to the database which makes this feature even more powerful: multiranges. To help you […]

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05.04.2022 | Hans-Jürgen Schönig

PostgreSQL: mapping timestamps (date_bin)

date_bin and timestamps in PostgreSQL Date and time are relevant to pretty much every PostgreSQL application. A new function was added to PostgreSQL 14 to solve a problem which has caused challenges for many users out there over the years: How can we map timestamps to time bins? The function is called date_bin. What people […]

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29.03.2022 | Laurenz Albe

How to DROP ROLE or DROP USER in PostgreSQL

© Laurenz Albe 2022 You might, at first glance, believe that DROP ROLE (or DROP USER, which is the same) is a simple matter. However, that’s not always the case. So I thought it might be a good idea to show you the problems involved and how to solve them. Why is there no DROP […]

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22.03.2022 | Laurenz Albe

Query parameter data types and performance

© Laurenz Albe 2022 Recently, I could help solve a “mysterious” performance problem for a customer. The problem turned out to be a badly chosen query parameter type, which led to poor query performance. After working on this customer’s case, I realized that the meaning of the data type of a query parameter is not […]

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15.03.2022 | Laurenz Albe

Pipeline mode for better PostgreSQL performance on slow networks

© Laurenz Albe 2022 It is known that high network latency is bad for database performance. PostgreSQL v14 has introduced “pipeline mode” for the libpq C API, which is particularly useful to get decent performance over high-latency network connections. If you are using a hosted database in “the cloud”, then this article might be interesting […]

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08.03.2022 | Hans-Jürgen Schönig

PostgreSQL: Creating checksums for tables

There are certain types of questions which accompany any PostgreSQL consultant throughout his or her entire career. Invariably, one of those questions is: “How can we compare the content of two tables?” This is an important thing to know, because we might want to ensure that data is identical after a migration, or perhaps we […]

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01.03.2022 | Pavlo Golub

pgwatch2 v1.9 Beta released and available for testing

We want to announce that the beta release of pgwatch2 v1.9 is now available for download. This release contains previews of all features that will be available in the final release of pgwatch2 v1.9, though some details of the release could change before then. You can find information about all of the new features and […]

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