Written in the cookbook style, this book offers learning and techniques through recipes. It contains step-by-step instructions for administrators and developers to manage databases in PostgreSQL. The book is designed in such a way that you can read it chapter by chapter or refer to recipes in no particular order. This book is for Sysadmins, Database Administrators, Architects, Developers, and anyone with an interest in planning for or running live production databases. The book assumes that you are familiar with the basic operation of PostgreSQL.
Through example-driven recipes, with plenty of code, focused on the most vital features of the latest PostgreSQL version (9.4), both administrators and developers will follow short, specific guides to understand and leverage useful Postgre functionalities to create better and more efficient databases.
This practical guide leads you through numerous aspects of working with PostgreSQL. Step by step examples allow you to easily set up and extend PostgreSQL. "PostgreSQL Server Programming" is for moderate to advanced PostgreSQL database professionals. To get the best understanding of this book, you should have general experience in writing SQL, a basic idea of query tuning, and some coding experience in a language of your choice.
A practical guide to administer, monitor and replicate your PostgreSQL 11 database Key FeaturesStudy and apply the newly introduced features in PostgreSQL 11Tackle any problem in PostgreSQL 11 administration and managementCatch up on expert techniques for monitoring, fine-tuning, and securing your databaseBook Description PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source database management system with an enviable reputation for high performance and stability. With many new features in its arsenal, PostgreSQL 11 allows you to scale up your PostgreSQL infrastructure. This book takes a step-by-step, recipe-based approach to effective PostgreSQL administration. The book will introduce you to new features such as logical replication, native table partitioning, additional query parallelism, and much more to help you to understand and control, crash recovery and plan backups. You will learn how to tackle a variety of problems and pain points for any database administrator such as creating tables, managing views, improving performance, and securing your database. As you make steady progress, the book will draw attention to important topics such as monitoring roles, backup, and recovery of your PostgreSQL 11 database to help you understand roles and produce a summary of log files, ensuring high availability, concurrency, and replication. By the end of this book, you will have the necessary knowledge to manage your PostgreSQL 11 database efficiently. What you will learnTroubleshoot open source PostgreSQL version 11 on various platformsDeploy best practices for planning and designing live databasesSelect and implement robust backup and recovery techniques in PostgreSQL 11Use pgAdmin or OmniDB to perform database administrator (DBA) tasksAdopt efficient replication and high availability techniques in PostgreSQLImprove the performance of your PostgreSQL solutionWho this book is for This book is designed for database administrators, data architects, database developers, or anyone with an interest in planning and running live production databases using PostgreSQL 11. It is also ideal if you’re looking for hands-on solutions to any problem associated with PostgreSQL 11 administration. Some experience with handling PostgreSQL databases will be beneficial
Get to know effective ways to improve PostgreSQL's performance and master query optimization, and database monitoring. About This Book Perform essential database tasks such as benchmarking the database and optimizing the server's memory usage Learn ways to improve query performance and optimize the PostgreSQL server Explore a wide range of high availability and replication mechanisms to build robust, highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant PostgreSQL databases Who This Book Is For If you are a developer or administrator with limited PostgreSQL knowledge and want to develop your skills with this great open source database, then this book is ideal for you. Learning how to enhance the database performance is always an exciting topic to everyone, and this book will show you enough ways to enhance the database performance. What You Will Learn Build replication strategies for homogeneous and heterogeneous databases Test and build a powerful machine with multiple bench marking techniques Get to know a few SQL injection techniques Find out how to manage the replication using multiple tools Benchmark the database server using multiple strategies Work with the query processing algorithms and their internal behaviors Build a proper plan to upgrade or migrate to PostgreSQL from other databases See the essential database load balancing techniques and the various partitioning approaches PostgreSQL provides Learn memory optimization techniques and database server configurations In Detail PostgreSQL is one of the most powerful and easy to use database management systems. It has strong support from the community and is being actively developed with a new release every year. PostgreSQL supports the most advanced features included in SQL standards. It also provides NoSQL capabilities and very rich data types and extensions. All of this makes PostgreSQL a very attractive solution in software systems. If you run a database, you want it to perform well and you want to be able to secure it. As the world's most advanced open source database, PostgreSQL has unique built-in ways to achieve these goals. This book will show you a multitude of ways to enhance your database's performance and give you insights into measuring and optimizing a PostgreSQL database to achieve better performance. This book is your one-stop guide to elevate your PostgreSQL knowledge to the next level. First, you'll get familiarized with essential developer/administrator concepts such as load balancing, connection pooling, and distributing connections to multiple nodes. Next, you will explore memory optimization techniques before exploring the security controls offered by PostgreSQL. Then, you will move on to the essential database/server monitoring and replication strategies with PostgreSQL. Finally, you will learn about query processing algorithms. Style and approach This comprehensive guide is packed with practical administration tasks. Each topic is explained using examples and a step-by-step approach.
PostgreSQL offers a comprehensive set of replication related features. Unleashing the power of PostgreSQL provides you with countless opportunities and a competitive advantage over other database systems. This book will guide you through the most important concepts of PostgreSQL replication. It contains all the information you need to design and operate replicated setups. Beginning by giving you an understanding of replication concepts, the PostgreSQL transaction log, and Point-in-time Recovery, we gradually move on to setting up asynchronous and synchronous replication. Next up, you will learn to monitor a PostgreSQL cluster setup, deal with monitoring tools, and then move on to understanding Linux High Availability. Further, we explore widely-used tools such as Slony, SkyTools, Postgres-XC, and walbouncer, and set up PL/Proxy. Finally, you'll get acquainted with the new technology of BDR, which allows bidirectional replication in PostgreSQL.
Over 100 recipes to design and implement a highly available server with the advanced features of PostgreSQL 9.4,9.5 and 9.6About This Book* Create a PostgreSQL cluster that stays online even when disaster strikes* Avoid costly downtime and data loss that can ruin your business* Updated to include the newest features introduced in PostgreSQL 9.6 with hands-on industry-driven recipesWho This Book Is ForIf you are a PostgreSQL DBA working on Linux systems who want a database that never gives up, this book is for you. If you've ever experienced a database outage, restored from a backup, spent hours trying to repair a malfunctioning cluster, or simply want to guarantee system stability, this book is definitely for you.What you will learn* Protect your data with PostgreSQL replication and management tools such as Slony, Bucardo, pglogical, and WAL-E* Hardware planning to help your database run efficiently* Prepare for catastrophes and prevent them before they happen* Reduce database resource contention with connection pooling using pgpool and PgBouncer* Automate monitoring and alerts to visualize cluster activity using Nagios and collected* Construct a robust software stack that can detect and fix outages* Learn simple PostgreSQL High Availability with Patroni, or dive into the full power of Pacemaker.In DetailDatabases are nothing without the data they store. In the event of a failure - catastrophic or otherwise - immediate recovery is essential. By carefully combining multiple servers, it's even possible to hide the fact a failure occurred at all.From hardware selection to software stacks and horizontal scalability, this book will help you build a versatile PostgreSQL cluster that will survive crashes, resist data corruption, and grow smoothly with customer demand. It all begins with hardware selection for the skeleton of an efficient PostgreSQL database cluster. Then it's on to preventing downtime as well as troubleshooting some real life problems that administrators commonly face. Next, we add database monitoring to the stack, using collectd, Nagios, and Graphite. And no stack is complete without replication using multiple internal and external tools, including the newly released pglogical extension. Pacemaker or Raft consensus tools are the final piece to grant the cluster the ability to heal itself. We even round off by tackling the complex problem of data scalability.This book exploits many new features introduced in PostgreSQL 9.6 to make the database more efficient and adaptive, and most importantly, keep it running.
A guide to SQL covers such topics as retrieving records, metadata queries, working with strings, data arithmetic, date manipulation, reporting and warehousing, and hierarchical queries.
A quick and reliable way to build proven databases for core business functions Industry experts raved about The Data Model Resource Book when it was first published in March 1997 because it provided a simple, cost-effective way to design databases for core business functions. Len Silverston has now revised and updated the hugely successful 1st Edition, while adding a companion volume to take care of more specific requirements of different businesses. This updated volume provides a common set of data models for specific core functions shared by most businesses like human resources management, accounting, and project management. These models are standardized and are easily replicated by developers looking for ways to make corporate database development more efficient and cost effective. This guide is the perfect complement to The Data Model Resource CD-ROM, which is sold separately and provides the powerful design templates discussed in the book in a ready-to-use electronic format. A free demonstration CD-ROM is available with each copy of the print book to allow you to try before you buy the full CD-ROM.
Over 90 recipes to help you administer your PostgreSQL database more efficientlyAbout This Book* Get to grips with the capabilities of PostgreSQL 9.6 to administer your database more efficiently,* Monitor, replicate and make your database highly secure and available,* A step-by-step, recipe-based guide to help you tackle any problem in PostgreSQL administration with easeWho This Book Is ForIf you are an administrator who wants to leverage the useful PostgreSQL functionalities to create and manage databases efficiently, this is the book for you. This book assumes a basic working knowledge of PostgreSQL, and some previous experience in PostgreSQL administration is required.What you will learn* Implement PostgreSQL features for reliability and performance* Harness the power of the latest PostgreSQL 9.5 & 9.6 features* Manage PostgreSQL versions 9.5 & 9.6* Advanced technical tips for experienced users* Explore best practices for planning and designing live databases* Select and implement robust backup and recovery techniques* Concise and clear guidance on replication and high availability* Latest details on Logical Replication and Bi-Directional ReplicationIn DetailPostgreSQL is an open-source database management tool used for handling large data sets (big data) and also as a JSON document database.Starting with short and simple recipes to get you back up and running with an exploration of the ins and outs of your database, you will soon dive into core features such as configuration, server control, tables, and data. You will tackle a variety of problems a database administrator usually encounters - spanning from creating tables to managing views, from improving performance to securing your database, and from using monitoring tools to using storage engines. Recipes based on important topics like high availability, concurrency, replication, backup and recovery, as well as diagnostics and troubleshooting are also given special importance. By the end of this book, you will have all the knowledge you need to run, manage and maintain your PostgreSQL efficiently.DBAs of all levels will be catered for with recipes of varying difficulty, allowing the reader to administer PostgreSQL efficiently. Tagline: Over XXX recipes to help you administer your PostgreSQL database more efficiently
