Master the capabilities of PostgreSQL 11 to efficiently manage and maintain your database
Key Features
Master advanced concepts of PostgreSQL 11 with real-world datasets and examples
Explore query parallelism, data replication, and database performance while working with larger datasets
Extend the functionalities of your PostgreSQL instance to suit your organization's needs with minimal effort
Book DescriptionThis second edition of Mastering PostgreSQL 11 helps you build dynamic database solutions for enterprise applications using the latest release of PostgreSQL, which enables database analysts to design both the physical and technical aspects of the system architecture with ease.
This book begins with an introduction to the newly released features in PostgreSQL 11 to help you build efficient and fault-tolerant PostgreSQL applications. You'll examine all of the advanced aspects of PostgreSQL in detail, including logical replication, database clusters, performance tuning, monitoring, and user management. You will also work with the PostgreSQL optimizer, configuring PostgreSQL for high speed, and see how to move from Oracle to PostgreSQL. As you progress through the chapters, you will cover transactions, locking, indexes, and optimizing queries to improve performance. Additionally, you'll learn to manage network security and explore backups and replications, while understanding the useful extensions of PostgreSQL so that you can optimize the speed and performance of large databases.
By the end of this book, you will be able to use your database to its utmost capacity by implementing advanced administrative tasks with ease.
What you will learn
Get to grips with advanced PostgreSQL 11 features and SQL functions
Make use of the indexing features in PostgreSQL and fine-tune the performance of your queries
Work with stored procedures and manage backup and recovery
Master replication and failover techniques
Troubleshoot your PostgreSQL instance for solutions to common and not-so-common problems
Perform database migration from MySQL and Oracle to PostgreSQL with ease
Who this book is forThis book is for data and database professionals wanting to implement advanced functionalities and master complex administrative tasks with PostgreSQL 11. Prior experience of database administration with PostgreSQL database will aid in understanding the concepts covered in this book.
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Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 191 mm
Dicke: 25 mm
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978-1-78953-781-9 (9781789537819)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Hans-Juergen Schoenig has 18 years' experience with PostgreSQL. He is the CEO of a PostgreSQL consulting and support company called Cybertec Schoenig and Schoenig GmbH. It has successfully served countless customers around the globe. Before founding Cybertec Schoenig and Schoenig GmbH in 2000, he worked as a database developer at a private research company that focused on the Austrian labor market, where he primarily worked on data mining and forecast models. He has also written several books about PostgreSQL.
Table of Contents
PostgreSQL Overview
Understanding Transactions and Locking
Making Use of Indexes
Handling Advanced SQL
Log Files and System Statistics
Optimizing Queries for Good Performance
Writing Stored Procedures
Managing PostgreSQL Security
Handling Backup and Recovery
Making Sense of Backups and Replication
Deciding on Useful Extensions
Troubleshooting PostgreSQL
Migrating to PostgreSQL
