Tag: what’s new
Read the latest PostgreSQL news, the most important topics are covered in CYBERTEC’s “what’s new” blog posts. New features, version releases, and more.
Aliases for sub-SELECTS in FROM clause
What are aliases in SQL? SQL aliases in FROM clauses are used to give a result set a temporary name. A result set may be produced by a table or view name, sub-SELECT and/or VALUES clause. An alias is created with the AS keyword, but the grammar allows us to omit it. An alias only […]
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. Now this important feature has finally made it into PostgreSQL core, in PostgreSQL 15. To show people how this vital command works, I have decided to come up with a technical preview to introduce my readers […]
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. […]
pg_read_all_data – a system level “read all data” role for PostgreSQL!
By Kaarel Moppel – I don’t usually post about upcoming PostgreSQL features and rather concentrate on tools available / versions released… but this feature, pg_read_all_data, 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 […]
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 […]
pg_timetable: start-up improvements
¡Hola, queridos amigos! We’ve released several valuable features for pg_timetable in May. It’s summer already, and time is flying fast! I hope all of you are well and safe, as well as your families and friends. Here I want to introduce what’s new and how that is useful briefly. If you are unfamiliar with pg_timetable, […]
Tech preview: How PostgreSQL 12 handles prepared plans
PostgreSQL 12 is just around the corner and therefore we already want to present some of the new features we like. One important new feature gives users and devops the chance to control the behavior of the PostgreSQL optimizer. Prepared plans are always a major concern (especially people moving from Oracle seem to be most […]
pg_crash: Making database crashes great again
Some of you might have seen Kaarel Moppel’s talk about pg_crash at pgconfeu 2017 in Warsaw. However, for those who didn’t have the chance to visit this year’s European conference, I decided to come up with a little blog post introducing you to the blessings of our new module. pg_crash and what it is good […]