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Mastering PostgreSQL 12: Advanced techniques to build and administer scalable and reliable PostgreSQL database applications , Third Edition

Hans-Jürgen Schönig

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Paperback Nov 2019 470 pages 3rd Edition

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Grasp advanced PostgreSQL 12 concepts with real-world examples and sample datasets
Explore query parallelism, data replication, database administration, and more
Extend PostgreSQL functionalities to suit your organization’s needs with minimal effort

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Thanks to its reliability, robustness, and high performance, PostgreSQL has become the most advanced open source database on the market. This third edition of Mastering PostgreSQL helps you build dynamic database solutions for enterprise applications using the latest release of PostgreSQL, which enables database analysts to design both physical and technical aspects of system architecture with ease. Starting with an introduction to the newly released features in PostgreSQL 12, this book will help you build efficient and fault-tolerant PostgreSQL applications. You’ll thoroughly examine the advanced features of PostgreSQL, including logical replication, database clusters, performance tuning, monitoring, and user management. You’ll also work with the PostgreSQL optimizer, configure PostgreSQL for high speed, and understand how to move from Oracle to PostgreSQL. As you progress through the chapters, you’ll cover transactions, locking, indexes, and how to optimize queries for improved performance. Additionally, you’ll learn how to manage network security and explore backups and replications while understanding useful PostgreSQL extensions to help you in optimizing the performance of large databases. By the end of this PostgreSQL book, you’ll be able to get the most out of your database by implementing advanced administrative tasks effortlessly.

Who is this book for?

This book is for PostgreSQL developers and administrators and database professionals who want to implement advanced functionalities and master complex administrative tasks with PostgreSQL 12. Prior exposure to PostgreSQL as well as familiarity with the basics of database administration is expected.

What you will learn

Understand the advanced SQL functions in PostgreSQL 12
Use indexing features in PostgreSQL to fine-tune the performance of queries
Work with stored procedures and manage backup and recovery
Master replication and failover techniques to reduce data loss
Replicate PostgreSQL database systems to create backups and to scale your database
Manage and improve the security of your server to protect your data
Troubleshoot your PostgreSQL instance for solutions to common and not-so-common problems

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Publication date : Nov 29, 2019

Length: 470 pages

Edition : 3rd

Language : English

ISBN-13 : 9781838988821

Vendor :

PostgreSQL Global Development Group

Category :

Data

Languages :

SQL

Concepts :

Databases

Tools :

PostgreSQL

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17 Chapters

Section 1: Basic Overview

PostgreSQL 12 Overview

What's new in PostgreSQL 12?

Summary

Understanding Transactions and Locking

Working with PostgreSQL transactions

Understanding basic locking

Making use of FOR SHARE and FOR UPDATE

Understanding transaction isolation levels

Observing deadlocks and similar issues

Utilizing advisory locks

Optimizing storage and managing cleanup

Summary

Questions

Section 2: Advanced Concepts

Making Use of Indexes

Understanding simple queries and the cost model

Improving speed using clustered tables

Understanding additional B-tree features

Introducing operator classes

Understanding PostgreSQL index types

Achieving better answers with fuzzy searching

Understanding full-text search

Summary

Questions

Handling Advanced SQL

Introducing grouping sets

Making use of ordered sets

Understanding hypothetical aggregates

Utilizing windowing functions and analytics

Writing your own aggregates

Summary

Log Files and System Statistics

Gathering runtime statistics

Creating log files

Summary

Questions

Optimizing Queries for Good Performance

Learning what the optimizer does

Understanding execution plans

Understanding and fixing joins

Enabling and disabling optimizer settings

Partitioning data

Adjusting parameters for good query performance

Making use of parallel queries

Introducing JIT compilation

Summary

Writing Stored Procedures

Understanding stored procedure languages

Understanding various stored procedure languages

Improving functions

Using functions for various purposes

Summary

Questions

Managing PostgreSQL Security

Managing network security

Digging into RLS

Inspecting permissions

Reassigning objects and dropping users

Summary

Questions

Handling Backup and Recovery

Performing simple dumps

Handling various formats

Making Sense of Backups and Replication

Understanding the transaction log

Transaction log archiving and recovery

Setting up asynchronous replication

Upgrading to synchronous replication

Making use of replication slots

Making use of CREATE PUBLICATION and CREATE SUBSCRIPTION

Summary

Questions

Deciding on Useful Extensions

Understanding how extensions work

Making use of contrib modules

Other useful extensions

Summary

Troubleshooting PostgreSQL

Approaching an unknown database

Inspecting pg_stat_activity

Checking for slow queries

Inspecting the log

Checking for missing indexes

Checking for memory and I/O

Understanding noteworthy error scenarios

Summary

Questions

Migrating to PostgreSQL

Migrating SQL statements to PostgreSQL

Moving from Oracle to PostgreSQL

Assessment

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Dad Feb 16, 2021

This is a good comprehensive book for someone coming back to PostgreSQL after not using it for a while.

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Susanthab Jul 12, 2020

I'm new to Postgres. My back ground is MS SQL Server. This book helped me greatly, to quickly learn and practice Postgres from the beginning. This book has plenty of examples which you can run yourself and see its execution. So I'd highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to learn Postgres.

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G. Wideman Feb 11, 2020

This is not an intro book about PostgreSQL or databases in general, but it is a very good book for someone already generally familiar with databases such as MySQL or SQL Server, who can use some in-depth discussion of the PostgreSQL particulars of a spectrum of essential and moderately advanced topics. Inexplicably, Packt has failed to include the Table of Contents in the Amazon preview, so here it is: 1 Basic Overview 2 PostgreSQL 12 Overview 3 Understanding Transactions and Locking 4 Section 2: Advanced Concepts 5 Making Use of Indexes 6 Handling Advanced SQL 7 Log Files and System Statistics 8 Optimizing Queries for Good Performance 9 Writing Stored Procedures 10 Managing PostgreSQL Security 11 Handling Backup and Recovery 12 Making Sense of Backups and Replication 13 Deciding on Useful Extensions 14 Troubleshooting PostgreSQL 15 Migrating to PostgreSQL 16 Assessment 17 Other Books You May EnjoyIn the past I've found some Packt books utterly abysmal, from incomprehensible writing that was seemingly raw from Google translate, to technical information that was badly organized, irrelevant or just plain wrong. This book is very far from that. The narrative is very readable, the topics are covered at a good level of detail, and often anticipate issues that might puzzle you, or tie in related topics that you would likely want to know. "Well done!" to author Schonig, and to those at Packt responsible for facilitating a good quality result. (But maybe get that ToC into the "Look Inside"?)

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Mike Hogarth Jun 17, 2020

Average book, no details on PostgreSQL architecture. Mostly DBA info. Ok topics but adding insights into how it achieves ACID is important as fundamental knowledge

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Cathy Hart May 11, 2020

Based on the chapter headings, these topics are clearly important to mastering Postgres. However, delving into the content, the results are well short of mastering. There is repeated use of the words, "understanding", "digging into", "making use of", "handling" but again, well short of accomplishment.For example, in Chapter 9: Handling Backup and Recovery, there is little or no description of the requirements, setup, and execution of said backup and recovery; the subsequent chapter "Making sense of Backups..." is no better. There is hinting insofar as what the syntax is and what a replay command looks like, but no detail of the structure/process of the WAL, checkpoints, lsn's and other important information needed to master the topic. Case in point, in the 'Running pg_dump' section, the entire content of that is one page, half of which is consumed by an example of the command and a screen capture of the output of the --help text. It does mention that pg_dump locks the table, so that's useful, but I can get that from the official Postgres documentation.At no point did I consider myself mastering the topic after reading the brief discussions - I only realized I would have to find another source for more information. I gave it 2 stars becuase the author made good examples and determined a decent outline for the topics. However, if the intent is to produce masters after reading, the book will need to be significantly deeper.

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About the author

Hans-Jürgen Schönig

Hans-Jürgen Schönig has 25 years of experience with PostgreSQL. He is the CEO of a PostgreSQL consulting and support company called CYBERTEC PostgreSQL International GmbH, which has successfully served countless customers around the globe. Before founding CYBERTEC PostgreSQL International 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.

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