There are several techniques to bulk load data into PostgreSQL. I decided to compare their performance in a simple […]
Partitioning is not without risk. It might help to handle large quantities of data, but it can also have downsides - learn how to it.
This post shows how to optimize a slow query that came out of the Reproducible Builds project. The Reproducible Builds […]
How to analyze a stretch of the Tour de France in a hybrid environment, ArcGIS Enterprise & PostGIS - we’ll utilize PostGIS native geometry types instead of ESRI geometry types to analyze this challenging stage both in ArcGIS Pro and PostGIS
SQL allows you to use subqueries almost anywhere where you could have a table or column name. All you […]
How to fix the view access logging in an established database. Find out how Kirk Wolak renamed and tracked all the views in his Postgres DB.
(updated 2025-01-27) PostgreSQL uses shared memory for data shared between processes. With the exception of the dynamic shared memory […]
There are various compelling reasons to use universally unique identifiers (UUID) as primary keys. Two examples are: To be able […]
Introduction As a senior database consultant and developer at CYBERTEC PostgreSQL International, I recently enjoyed presenting at PGDay Belgium 2023 […]
CLUSTER is sometimes the last resort to squeeze performance out of an index scan. Normally, you have to repeat CLUSTER […]
What is a schema in PostgreSQL? Why do we need a schema and how can schemas be used to make your life easier? Let's find out.
(Inscription seen on a T-shirt) It's annoying to get error messages caused by encoding problems. But it is more annoying […]
