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What is the digital copy I get with my Print order?

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What is the delivery time and cost of print book?

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USA:

Economy: Delivery to most addresses in the US within 10-15 business days

Premium: Trackable Delivery to most addresses in the US within 3-8 business days

UK:

Economy: Delivery to most addresses in the U.K. within 7-9 business days.
Shipments are not trackable

Premium: Trackable delivery to most addresses in the U.K. within 3-4 business days!
Add one extra business day for deliveries to Northern Ireland and Scottish Highlands and islands

EU:

Premium: Trackable delivery to most EU destinations within 4-9 business days.

Australia:

Economy: Can deliver to P. O. Boxes and private residences.
Trackable service with delivery to addresses in Australia only.
Delivery time ranges from 7-9 business days for VIC and 8-10 business days for Interstate metro
Delivery time is up to 15 business days for remote areas of WA, NT & QLD.

Premium: Delivery to addresses in Australia only
Trackable delivery to most P. O. Boxes and private residences in Australia within 4-5 days based on the distance to a destination following dispatch.

India:

Premium: Delivery to most Indian addresses within 5-6 business days

Rest of the World:

Premium: Countries in the American continent: Trackable delivery to most countries within 4-7 business days

Asia:

Premium: Delivery to most Asian addresses within 5-9 business days

Disclaimer:
All orders received before 5 PM U.K time would start printing from the next business day. So the estimated delivery times start from the next day as well. Orders received after 5 PM U.K time (in our internal systems) on a business day or anytime on the weekend will begin printing the second to next business day. For example, an order placed at 11 AM today will begin printing tomorrow, whereas an order placed at 9 PM tonight will begin printing the day after tomorrow.

Unfortunately, due to several restrictions, we are unable to ship to the following countries:

Afghanistan
American Samoa
Belarus
Brunei Darussalam
Central African Republic
The Democratic Republic of Congo
Eritrea
Guinea-bissau
Iran
Lebanon
Libiya Arab Jamahriya
Somalia
Sudan
Russian Federation
Syrian Arab Republic
Ukraine
Venezuela

What is custom duty/charge?

Customs duty are charges levied on goods when they cross international borders. It is a tax that is imposed on imported goods. These duties are charged by special authorities and bodies created by local governments and are meant to protect local industries, economies, and businesses.

Do I have to pay customs charges for the print book order?

The orders shipped to the countries that are listed under EU27 will not bear custom charges. They are paid by Packt as part of the order.

List of EU27 countries: www.gov.uk/eu-eea:

A custom duty or localized taxes may be applicable on the shipment and would be charged by the recipient country outside of the EU27 which should be paid by the customer and these duties are not included in the shipping charges been charged on the order.

How do I know my custom duty charges?

The amount of duty payable varies greatly depending on the imported goods, the country of origin and several other factors like the total invoice amount or dimensions like weight, and other such criteria applicable in your country.

For example:

If you live in Mexico, and the declared value of your ordered items is over $ 50, for you to receive a package, you will have to pay additional import tax of 19% which will be $ 9.50 to the courier service.
Whereas if you live in Turkey, and the declared value of your ordered items is over € 22, for you to receive a package, you will have to pay additional import tax of 18% which will be € 3.96 to the courier service.

How can I cancel my order?

Cancellation Policy for Published Printed Books:

You can cancel any order within 1 hour of placing the order. Simply contact customercare@packt.com with your order details or payment transaction id. If your order has already started the shipment process, we will do our best to stop it. However, if it is already on the way to you then when you receive it, you can contact us at customercare@packt.com using the returns and refund process.

Please understand that Packt Publishing cannot provide refunds or cancel any order except for the cases described in our Return Policy (i.e. Packt Publishing agrees to replace your printed book because it arrives damaged or material defect in book), Packt Publishing will not accept returns.

What is your returns and refunds policy?

Return Policy:

We want you to be happy with your purchase from Packtpub.com. We will not hassle you with returning print books to us. If the print book you receive from us is incorrect, damaged, doesn't work or is unacceptably late, please contact Customer Relations Team on customercare@packt.com with the order number and issue details as explained below:

If you ordered (eBook, Video or Print Book) incorrectly or accidentally, please contact Customer Relations Team on customercare@packt.com within one hour of placing the order and we will replace/refund you the item cost.
Sadly, if your eBook or Video file is faulty or a fault occurs during the eBook or Video being made available to you, i.e. during download then you should contact Customer Relations Team within 14 days of purchase on customercare@packt.com who will be able to resolve this issue for you.
You will have a choice of replacement or refund of the problem items.(damaged, defective or incorrect)
Once Customer Care Team confirms that you will be refunded, you should receive the refund within 10 to 12 working days.
If you are only requesting a refund of one book from a multiple order, then we will refund you the appropriate single item.
Where the items were shipped under a free shipping offer, there will be no shipping costs to refund.

On the off chance your printed book arrives damaged, with book material defect, contact our Customer Relation Team on customercare@packt.com within 14 days of receipt of the book with appropriate evidence of damage and we will work with you to secure a replacement copy, if necessary. Please note that each printed book you order from us is individually made by Packt's professional book-printing partner which is on a print-on-demand basis.

What tax is charged?

Currently, no tax is charged on the purchase of any print book (subject to change based on the laws and regulations). A localized VAT fee is charged only to our European and UK customers on eBooks, Video and subscriptions that they buy. GST is charged to Indian customers for eBooks and video purchases.

What payment methods can I use?

You can pay with the following card types:

Visa Debit
Visa Credit
MasterCard
PayPal

What is the delivery time and cost of print books?

Shipping Details

USA:

Economy: Delivery to most addresses in the US within 10-15 business days

Premium: Trackable Delivery to most addresses in the US within 3-8 business days

UK:

Economy: Delivery to most addresses in the U.K. within 7-9 business days.
Shipments are not trackable

Premium: Trackable delivery to most addresses in the U.K. within 3-4 business days!
Add one extra business day for deliveries to Northern Ireland and Scottish Highlands and islands

EU:

Premium: Trackable delivery to most EU destinations within 4-9 business days.

Australia:

India:

Premium: Delivery to most Indian addresses within 5-6 business days

Rest of the World:

Premium: Countries in the American continent: Trackable delivery to most countries within 4-7 business days

Asia:

Premium: Delivery to most Asian addresses within 5-9 business days

Unfortunately, due to several restrictions, we are unable to ship to the following countries:

Afghanistan
American Samoa
Belarus
Brunei Darussalam
Central African Republic
The Democratic Republic of Congo
Eritrea
Guinea-bissau
Iran
Lebanon
Libiya Arab Jamahriya
Somalia
Sudan
Russian Federation
Syrian Arab Republic
Ukraine
Venezuela

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Federico Pastor Feb 09, 2024

The "PostgreSQL 16 - Administration Cookbook" by various authors, is an essential resource for anyone tasked with the administration of PostgreSQL databases. This book provides a thorough guide covering a wide range of topics from basic maintenance to advanced performance tuning. Its practical approach, with real-world examples and tips, makes complex subjects accessible and applicable for daily tasks.What truly stands out is the detailed coverage of PostgreSQL 16's latest features, making it indispensable for those looking to update their knowledge or manage modern PostgreSQL environments efficiently. Whether you're a seasoned administrator or new to PostgreSQL, this cookbook is a valuable asset, offering clear solutions to enhance your database systems.In summary, this book is a concise, yet comprehensive guide that I highly recommend to PostgreSQL administrators seeking to improve their skills and understanding of the database system.

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Darnell Grantham Jr. Jan 10, 2024

PostgreSQL16 Administration Cookbook, written by a collective of computer scientists and database engineers, Gianni Ciolli, Boriss Mejias, Jimmy Angelakos, Vibhor Kumar, and Simon Riggs. This book is a massive collective of material spanning twelve chapters which contain thorough "recipes" or 180+ instructional notes for configuring, administering and maintaining PostgreSQL. When we think of a cookbook, we typically imagine a collection of recipes with a description of the dish, required ingredients, preparation and cook time. The authors in this same vein, provides the database administrator with frequently most used tasks that a PostgreSQL or SQL database administrator performs such as server configuration, managing security and permissions, modifying and altering database table objects, schemas and views, monitoring database performance, setting up replication and many more topics. To get the most out of this book, it is best to download the full client and server packages on your laptop, VM or server. Most of these examples are listed in command line using psql; however, pgAdmin offers a GUI tool as an alternative.If you have any knowledge of TSQL scripting using batch statements, the authors fully explain Atomicity and promote scripting over GUI.If you have experience or some knowledge of SQL monitoring then Chapter 8 presents recommendations of external monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Munin and Grafana in addition to Postgres' own pgAdmin and pgBadger which can monitor log files from the pg_stat_activity table and generate error and exception charts in html. Chapter 12 dives into replication and High Availability(HA). One of the authors, Simon Riggs, is the actual engineer who developed most of the replication features of PostgreSQL and explains it carefully although offering no guarantee that it will be a seamless configuration for all users, all the time. Riggs carefully explains streaming replication (SR) using the physical transaction logs or write-ahead logs (WAL) which if you are familiar with log shipping, writes data to a remote node. Riggs also breaks down cascading relay replication from one master node to multiple nodes where a secondary node can also cascade data to tertiary nodes and beyond. Overall, there is a large amount of material that this book covers and it is best to create a sandbox environment to get the most out of it. This is a must-have resource.

H2N Dec 13, 2023

This cookbook is a nice guide for anyone who is using PostgreSQL database management. This book introduced the latest features of PostgreSQL 16, known for its robust performance. Its practical, recipe-based approach covers everything from basic stuffs such as table creation to security, making it accessible for both new people in the field or experts. Tackling both basic and advanced topics, including role monitoring and cloud deployments, it's a great resource for effective database management.

Matvey Osipov Jan 07, 2024

From backup/restore operations to advanced topics such as replication, not only does this book cover general administration topics like security, monitoring, performance tuning, it covers best practices for database design giving new developers/admins to PostgreSQL a great reference if they are tasked with creating and/or maintaining a PostgreSQL database server.Personally coming from a SQL Server heavy background, this book eases you into how a PostgreSQL database operates and breaks down each component (eg. data files, log files, where everything is on the server PG is on and how to manage it!, etc) that you need to understand how things operation "under the hood" and how it operates in different environments like the cloud if you're not using your own infrastructure.To summarize, this book will break practical/crucial administration tasks you need to know into "How it works" and "How to do it" style demonstrations you can use in the real world. So if you are a new or existing PostgreSQL administrator or looking to learn PostgreSQL database administration, this is the perfect book!

PostgreSQL 16 Administration Cookbook: Solve real-world Database Administration challenges with 180+ practical recipes and best practices

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