Kirk Roybal: DFWPUG Meetup July 2, 2014
Just a quick reminder that Dallas/Fort Worth PostgreSQL Users Group has a Meetup the first Wednesday of every month.What: Brainstorming on Crypto-Digests and Relational DatabasesWho: John ScottWhen:...
View ArticleChristophe Pettus: Djangocon 2014 US CFP Closes Soon
Just a reminder that the Djangocon US 2014 Call for Proposals ends July 15, 2014… we would love your talks and tutorials!
View ArticleDevrim GÜNDÜZ: Installing and configuring PostgreSQL 9.3 and 9.4 on RHEL 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 was released recently. The day after the release, we announced PostgreSQL 9.4 RPMs for RHEL 7, and last week we pushed PostgreSQL 9.3 RPMs for RHEL 7. Since Red Hat switched...
View ArticlePavel Golub: Get PostgreSQL sources using SVN
As you probably know PostgreSQL sources are managed by Git version control system. Which is great, but for me as SVN user it would be much better to get access to the sources using familiar tools, e.g....
View ArticleHubert 'depesz' Lubaczewski: Waiting for 9.5 – Add cluster_name GUC which is...
On 29th of June, Andres Freund committed patch: Add cluster_name GUC which is included in process titles if set. When running several postgres clusters on one OS instance it's often inconveniently...
View ArticleDevrim GÜNDÜZ: Running multiple PostgreSQL versions in parallel on RHEL 7
Given that we can install PostgreSQL 9.3 and 9.4 (more to come) on RHEL 7, the next step will be running them in parallel.Continue reading "Running multiple PostgreSQL versions in parallel on RHEL 7"
View ArticleDevrim GÜNDÜZ: Running more than one 9.4 /9.3 instance in parallel on RHEL 7
In the 3rd post of "PostgreSQL on RHEL7 series, I will mention about running more than one 9.4 instance on RHEL 7. This article is also valid for 9.3. Continue reading "Running more than one 9.4 /9.3...
View ArticleDevrim GÜNDÜZ: Using huge pages on RHEL 7 and PostgreSQL 9.4
PostgreSQL 9.4 will finally support huge pages. This article will cover about configuring huge pages on RHEL 7 box.Continue reading "Using huge pages on RHEL 7 and PostgreSQL 9.4"
View ArticleMichael Paquier: Postgres 9.5 feature highlight: WHERE clause pushdown in...
Postgres 9.5 is going to improve the performance of subqueries using window functions by allowing the pushdown of WHERE clauses within them. Here is a commit, done during commit fest 1, that is the...
View ArticleBaji Shaik: Oops I corrupted my table, of-course just to recover salvaged data.
The way I started the title might be confusing, "I corrupted my table", so everyone starts with "Crap !! why did you do that !!, ...", so just to justify it.......I see many customers coming for...
View ArticleBaji Shaik: Updating pg_cast helps, however sometimes !!
I've seen one of our customer is migrating a table from SQL Server to PostgreSQL using EnterpriseDB's Migration ToolKit. This table has a boolean datatype column. In migration process, MTK converts...
View ArticlePaul Ramsey: FOSS4G 2014 in Portland, Oregon, September 2014
Just a quick public service announcement for blog followers in the Pacific Northwest and environs: you've got a once in a not-quite-lifetime opportunity to attend the "Free and Open Source Software for...
View ArticleKirk Roybal: DFWPUG Meetup August 6, 2014
Just a quick reminder that Dallas/Fort Worth PostgreSQL Users Group has a Meetup the first Wednesday of every month.What: PostgreSQL-backed Websites: Middleware Considered HarmfulWho: Justin TocciWhen:...
View ArticleGreg Sabino Mullane: Version differences via Github from the command line
Photo by Benson KuaI work with a lot of open source projects, and I use the command-line for almost everything. It often happens that I need to examine a file from a project, and thanks to bash,...
View ArticleDave Cramer: PostgreSQL JDBC Driver version 9_3_1102 released
This is a maintenance release with a few interesting upgradesVersion 9.3-1102 (2014-07-10)Author:epgrubmair bug #161 fix copyOut close hanging bug #161 from epgrubmairAuthor:romank0 backpatch...
View ArticleMichael Paquier: Postgres 9.5 feature highlight: IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA
IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA is a SQL query defined in the SQL specification allowing to import from a foreign source a schema made of foreign tables. Its support has been added in Postgres 9.5 with the...
View ArticleMagnus Hagander: Getting information about PostgreSQL SSL connections
PostgreSQL can, as many other products, use SSL to secure client/server communications. It can be configured to be optional or required, to require a client certificate, or even to use the SSL client...
View ArticleHubert 'depesz' Lubaczewski: Waiting for 9.5 – Implement IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA.
On 10th of July, Tom Lane committed patch: Implement IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA. This command provides an automated way to create foreign table definitions that match remote tables, thereby reducing...
View Articlegabrielle roth: PDXPUG: July meeting – OSCON BoF Session
When: 7-8pm Tuesday Where: Oregon Convention Center, Room E147We’re having a Birds of a Feather session at OSCON instead of our usual July meeting. Come hang out with Pg peeps who are in town for the...
View ArticleHubert 'depesz' Lubaczewski: Waiting for 9.5 – psql: Show tablespace size in...
On 14th of July, Alvaro Herrera committed patch: psql: Show tablespace size in \db+ Fabrízio de Royes Mello As I previously mentioned – I'm sucker for psql additions. And while todays patch is rather...
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