Andrew Dunstan: PostgreSQL 9.4 and beyond
PostgreSQL 9.4 is released today, and once again my main input has been in the JSON area. We've introduced a new spiffy JSON type called "jsonb" that makes performing operations on JSON much, much...
View ArticleMichael Paquier: Postgres 9.5 feature highlight: CHECK constraints for...
Foreign tables are getting step-by-step closer to the features that are present in normal relations with the addition of support for CHECK constraints.commit: fc2ac1fb41c2defb8caf825781af75db158fb7a9...
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Abdul Yadi: Call Memory Cache Functionality from Within Stored Procedure
I apologize for my cancelled post titled “Linux System Programming in C”. It is supposed to be posted under other category.To alleviate database load, my first pick is pgpool-II with...
View ArticlePaul Ramsey: Foreign Data Wrappers for PostGIS
The last couple weeks have seen two interesting updates in the world of PostgreSQL “foreign data wrappers” (FDW). Foreign data wrappers allow you to access remote data inside your database, exactly...
View ArticleAndrew Dunstan: Waiting for extra statement stats
One of the things I was hoping would make it into PostgreSQL 9.4 and didn't was some extra statistics in pg_stat_statements. Specifically, it was proposed to add minimum, maximum and (after I proposed...
View ArticleRobins Tharakan: Why's my database suddenly so big?
In a Product based company, at times DB Developers don't get direct access to production boxes. Instead, an IT resource ends up managing a large swathe of Web / DB boxes. Since such a resource...
View ArticlePavel Stehule: plpgsql_check is available via PGXN repository
Only small notice - plpgsql_check is available from PGXN repository. More about PGXN on FAQ page.
View ArticleLuca Ferrari: Me @ Planet PostgreSQL
This is my first attempt to appear on Planet PostgreSQL. I'm Luca, the current president of the Italian PostgreSQL Users' Group (ITPUG) and I'm a PostgreSQL addicted. Unluckily I'm currently not using...
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Greg Sabino Mullane: Bucardo replication trigger enabling
Armadillo by Chris van DyckBucardo is one of the trigger-based replication systems for Postgres (others include Slony and Londiste). All of these not only use triggers to gather information on what has...
View ArticleRobert Haas: Parallelism Update
It's been over a year since I last blogged about parallelism, so I think I'm past due for an update, especially because some exciting things are happening.First, Amit Kapila has published a draft patch...
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Denish Patel: Wrapping up 2014 & Welcoming 2015!
It’s about a time to wrap up 2014 This year, 2014, has been very successful and productive year for my career and professional development. I have got chance to speak at 5 conferences and a Postgres...
View ArticleLuca Ferrari: ITPUG's Advent Calendar
This December, borrowing a concept commonly used in other communities, I decide to challenge the ITPUG members in writing an Advent Calendar. The idea is quite simple: write a post (related to...
View ArticleHubert 'depesz' Lubaczewski: Waiting for 9.5 – Add point polygon distance...
On 15th of December, Heikki Linnakangas committed patch: Add point <-> polygon distance operator. Alexander Korotkov, reviewed by Emre Hasegeli. I'm not actually using geometric types at all....
View ArticleJosh Berkus: PostgreSQL New Zealand Visit
I will be in New Zealand next month for LinuxConf AU. In addition to a PostgreSQL replication tutorial at LCA, I will have other events to get in touch with the PostgreSQL community in Auckland and...
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Abdul Yadi: Call Memory Cache Functionality from Within Stored Procedure...
Cache Invalidation My previous post with the same title leaves a question: how to invalidate cache and deal with race condition. Colin ‘t Hart suggested to implement “on commit trigger” which is not...
View ArticleLeo Hsu and Regina Obe: OGR foreign data wrapper on Windows first taste
This christmas I received something very special from Paul Ramsey and Even Roualt as detailed in Foreign Data Wrappers for PostGIS. It's been something I've been patiently waiting for for 4 years. I...
View ArticleLeo Hsu and Regina Obe: Foreign Data Wrappers for PostgreSQL 9.4 Windows
As stated in last article, I've packaged FDW binaries for PostgreSQL 9.4 windows 32-bit and 64-bit and added in the ogr_fdw one. These we've tested with the standard EDB VS built PostgreSQL windows...
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Raghavendra Rao: Implementing Switchover/Switchback in PostgreSQL 9.3.
This post educates sophisticated DBA's on how to setup graceful Switchover and Switchback environment in PostgreSQL high availability. Firstly, thanks to patch authors Heikki and Fujii for making...
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Dinesh Kumar: Heterogeneous Database Sync
HiAs a part of ORACLE to PostgreSQL Migration, I come across to implement a trigger on Oracle, which sync it's data to PostgreSQL. I have tried witha simple table as below, which is hopefully helpful...
View ArticleAndrew Dunstan: pg_repack redux
I got an idea the other day about how to get over the recent problem I had encountered with pg_repack colliding with a lock request on the table made while it was copying data, but before it tried to...
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