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PostgreSQL 13 Cookbook

You're reading from   PostgreSQL 13 Cookbook Over 120 recipes to build high-performance and fault-tolerant PostgreSQL database solutions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838648138
Length 344 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Vallarapu Naga Avinash Kumar Vallarapu Naga Avinash Kumar
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Cluster Management Fundamentals 2. Cluster Management Techniques FREE CHAPTER 3. Backup and Recovery 4. Advanced Replication Techniques 5. High Availability and Automatic Failover 6. Connection Pooling and Load Balancing 7. Securing through Authentication 8. Logging and Analyzing PostgreSQL Servers 9. Critical Services Monitoring 10. Extensions and Performance Tuning 11. Upgrades and Patches 12. About Packt 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Finding the difference between a major and minor release in PostgreSQL

It is very common to hear the term major or minor version upgrade in Postgres.

Up to the major PostgreSQL version 9.6, the first two digits of the version number are considered the major version. Starting from PostgreSQL 10, the first digit of the version number is termed as the major version. Similarly, the third digit of the version number is considered as the minor version until 9.6, while the second digit is considered as the minor version starting from PostgreSQL 10.

For example, if the PostgreSQL version is 9.6.5, 9.6 is the major version and 5 is the minor version number. If the version of PostgreSQL is 13.2, 13 is the major version and 2 is the minor version of major version 13. Thus, PostgreSQL 10.x, 11.x, 12.x, and 13.x are considered to be the major versions of PostgreSQL.

A minor release (or version) in PostgreSQL usually includes patches for bugs, fixes to security vulnerabilities, or improvements to...

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