Most database tables have an artificial numeric primary key, and that number is usually generated automatically using a sequence. […]
JSON in PostgreSQL: how to use it right
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Laurenz Albe |
09.2021 The comprehensive JSON support in PostgreSQL is one of its best-loved features. Many people – particularly those with a […]
Building an Oracle to PostgreSQL migrator: Lessons learned
Oracle to PostgreSQL migration - Lessons learned in building a migration tool. How to avoid errors, null bytes and broken content.
PostGIS upgrade with Ubuntu 20.04.02
Last time, we installed PostGIS on top of PostgreSQL. Today, I will show you how to upgrade PostGIS on Ubuntu 20.04.02.
Fixing out-of-sync sequences in PostgreSQL
This post shows how to deal with out of sync PostgreSQL sequences in underlying tables using open-source pg_sequence_fixer extension
PostgreSQL grouping sets: ROLLUP & CUBE
PostgreSQL offers many OLAP-style workload features. One of those features is called “GROUPING SETS”. Let's deep dive into ROLLUP & CUBE:
PostgreSQL Security: 12 rules for database hardening
UPDATED August 2023: PostgreSQL security - make your database safe. Follow these 12 recommendations for proactive database hardening.
PostgreSQL: LIMIT vs FETCH FIRST ROWS ... WITH TIES
The LIMIT/OFFSET clause is off standard and thus not portable. Read about the proper way to handle it by using “SELECT … FETCH FIRST ROWS”.
Understanding LATERAL joins in PostgreSQL
LATERAL joins are extremely useful & can be utilized in many cases to speed up operations, or to simply make code a lot easier to understand.
Simulating temporal tables with dblink and replication delay
How to simulate unsupported out of the box temporal tables in PostgreSQL using delayed streaming replication and dblink extension
