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Learn PostgreSQL

You're reading from   Learn PostgreSQL Use, manage, and build secure and scalable databases with PostgreSQL 16

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837635641
Length 744 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Luca Ferrari Luca Ferrari
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Enrico Pirozzi Enrico Pirozzi
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to PostgreSQL 2. Getting to Know Your Cluster FREE CHAPTER 3. Managing Users and Connections 4. Basic Statements 5. Advanced Statements 6. Window Functions 7. Server-Side Programming 8. Triggers and Rules 9. Partitioning 10. Users, Roles, and Database Security 11. Transactions, MVCC, WALs, and Checkpoints 12. Extending the Database – the Extension Ecosystem 13. Query Tuning, Indexes, and Performance Optimization 14. Logging and Auditing 15. Backup and Restore 16. Configuration and Monitoring 17. Physical Replication 18. Logical Replication 19. Useful Tools and Extensions 20. Other Books You May Enjoy
21. Index

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  • What is a role?

    A role can be a single user or a group of users that have access to the cluster and its databases. A role is the basic unit to grant access and define permissions. See the Understanding roles section for more details.

  • What does the INHERITS clause do?

    The INHERITS clause makes a role inherit, that is get, instantly and dynamically all the permissions granted to the role from which it inherits. Without the INHERITS clause, the role still has the permissions of the role it belongs to, but an explicit SET ROLE is required in order to use such permissions. See the Roles that inherit from other roles section for more details.

  • What is an Access Control List (ACL)?

    An ACL is the specification of a set of permissions attached to a database object, and is the way PostgreSQL implements and store the permissions. See the ACLs section for more details.

  • What are the statements to add...
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