PostgreSQL Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Recognize and avoid these sixty common PostgreSQL mistakes!

The best mistakes to learn from are ones made by other people! In PostgreSQL Mistakes and How To Avoid Them you'll explore dozens of common PostgreSQL errors so you can easily avoid them in your own projects.

In PostgreSQL Mistakes and How To Avoid Them you'll learn how to:





Avoid configuration and operation issues
Maximize PostgreSQL utility and performance
Fix bad SQL practices
Solve common security and administration issues
Ensure smooth migration and upgrades
Diagnose and fix a bad database


Fixing a PostgreSQL mistake can be tricky and time-consuming, especially when you're making risky live changes to an in-use system. PostgreSQL Mistakes and How To Avoid Them helps you spot and sidestep problems in setup, admin, querying, migrating, upgrading, and more. Follow these tested best practices to ensure top performance and future-proof your database systems for seamless change and growth. Each of the 60 mistakes is carefully described and accompanied by a demo, along with an explanation that expands your knowledge of PostgreSQL internals and helps you to build a stronger mental model of how the database engine works.