Tag: what’s new
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
pg_timetable v4.4 is available immediately!
Our team is proud to introduce a new pg_timetable v4.4 release! This time we focused on implementing a couple of new features, as well as improving performance. I want to remind you that pg_timetable is a community project. So, please, don’t hesitate to ask any questions, to report bugs, to star the pg_timetable project, and […]
pg_timetable v4 is out and available immediately!
Our team is proud to introduce a new major pg_timetable v4 release! This time a huge amount of work has been done and the pg_timetable v4 release is backward-incompatible with previous versions. However, job migration is straightforward and shouldn’t stop anyone from updating. We’ve added detailed Read the Docs documentation and will enhance it further. […]
Finally – a system level “read all data” role for PostgreSQL!
I don’t usually post about upcoming PostgreSQL features and rather concentrate on tools available / versions released… but this feature got me excited and will certainly be a huge relief for real-life usage, especially for beginners! I had almost lost hope we might see this day – but after many years of wishing for it, […]
New target_session_attrs settings for high availability and scaling in PostgreSQL v14
© Laurenz Albe 2021 PostgreSQL commit ee28cacf61 has added new options for the target_session_attrs connection parameter. This article explores how the new options can be used to simplify high availability and horizontal scaling solutions. What is target_session_attrs? The PostgreSQL client shared library libpq has support for connection strings to more than one database server: In […]
Having a 2nd look at Postgres v13 improvements
Version 13 has been out there for over a month by now and the most important stuff has already been well digested… but luckily (or not) there’s so much non-major stuff in every release! This becomes quite evident when looking at the release notes with its 150 items of change or peeking at the great […]