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    Tag: plpgsql

    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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    20.10.2021 | Laurenz Albe

    WITH HOLD cursors and transactions in PostgreSQL

    © Laurenz Albe 2021 Both cursors and transactions are basic ingredients for developing a database application. This article describes how cursors and transactions interact and how WITH HOLD can work around their limitations. We will also see the dangers involved and how to properly use WITH HOLD cursors in a PL/pgSQL procedure. Cursors in PostgreSQL […]

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    12.07.2019 | CYBERTEC Guest

    Implementing Autonomous Transactions in Postgres

    Having recently witnessed quite an ingenious hack to implement some good old “println” style development debugging from stored procedures into a file, it prompted me to post knowledge to the Interwebs on two other ways how such a goal can be implemented more transparently. Also, with help of some other good old legacy technology in […]

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    01.03.2019 | Pavlo Golub

    Choose plpgsql variable names wisely

    Pavel Stehule recently wrote the post “Don’t use SQL keywords as PLpgSQL variable names” describing the situation when internal stored routine variable names match PostgreSQL keywords. But the problem is not only in keywords but also for plpgsql variable names. Consider: Output: OK, at least we have no hidden error like in Pavel’s case. Let’s […]

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