Mastering PostgreSQL 10: Expert techniques on PostgreSQL 10 development and administration
by: Hans-Jurgen Schonig
ISBN-10: 1788472292
ISBN-13: 9781788472296
Released: 2018-01-31
Pages: 428
Publisher finelybook 出版社: Packt
Book Description
PostgreSQL is an open source database used for handling large datasets (big data) and as a JSON document database. This book highlights the newly introduced features in PostgreSQL 10,and shows you how you can build better PostgreSQL applications,and administer your PostgreSQL database more efficiently. We begin by explaining advanced database design concepts in PostgreSQL 10,along with indexing and query optimization. You will also see how to work with event triggers and perform concurrent transactions and table partitioning,along with exploring SQL and server tuning. We will walk you through implementing advanced administrative tasks such as server maintenance and monitoring,replication,recovery,high availability,and much more. You will understand common and not-so-common troubleshooting problems and how you can overcome them. By the end of this book,you will have an expert-level command of advanced database functionalities and will be able to implement advanced administrative tasks with PostgreSQL 10.
Contents
1: POSTGRESQL OVERVIEW
2: UNDERSTANDING TRANSACTIONS AND LOCKING
3: MAKING USE OF INDEXES
4: HANDLING ADVANCED SQL
5: LOG FILES AND SYSTEM STATISTICS
6: OPTIMIZING QUERIES FOR GOOD PERFORMANCE
7: WRITING STORED PROCEDURES
8: MANAGING POSTGRESQL SECURITY
9: HANDLING BACKUP AND RECOVERY
10: MAKING SENSE OF BACKUPS AND REPLICATION
11: DECIDING ON USEFUL EXTENSIONS
12: TROUBLESHOOTING POSTGRESQL
13: MIGRATING TO POSTGRESQL
What You Will Learn
Get to grips with the advanced features of PostgreSQL 10 and handle advanced SQL
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
Learn how to migrate your database from MySQL and Oracle to PostgreSQL without any hassle
Authors
Hans-Jürgen Schönig
Hans-Jürgen Schönig has 18 years’ experience with PostgreSQL. He is the CEO of a PostgreSQL consulting and support company called Cybertec Schönig & Schönig GmbH. It has successfully served countless customers around the globe.
Before founding Cybertec Schönig & Schönig 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.
