Master the capabilities of PostgreSQL 10 to efficiently manage and
maintain your database
Key Features
- Your one-stop guide to mastering advanced concepts in PostgreSQL 10
with ease
- Master query optimization, replication, and high availability with
PostgreSQL
- Extend the functionalities of your PostgreSQL instance to suit your
organizational needs with minimal effort
Book Description
PostgreSQL is an open source database used for handling large datasets
(big data) and as a JSON document database. This book highlights the
newly introduced features in PostgreSQL 10, and shows you how you can
build better PostgreSQL applications, and administer your PostgreSQL
database more efficiently. We begin by explaining advanced database
design concepts in PostgreSQL 10, along with indexing and query
optimization. You will also see how to work with event triggers and
perform concurrent transactions and table partitioning, along with
exploring SQL and server tuning. We will walk you through implementing
advanced administrative tasks such as server maintenance and monitoring,
replication, recovery, high availability, and much more. You will
understand common and not-so-common troubleshooting problems and how you
can overcome them. By the end of this book, you will have an
expert-level command of advanced database functionalities and will be
able to implement advanced administrative tasks with PostgreSQL 10.
What you will learn
- Get to grips with the advanced features of PostgreSQL 10 and handle
advanced SQL
- Make use of the indexing features in PostgreSQL and fine-tune the
performance of your queries
- Work with stored procedures and manage backup and recovery
- Master replication and failover techniques
- Troubleshoot your PostgreSQL instance for solutions to common and
not-so-common problems
- Learn how to migrate your database from MySQL and Oracle to PostgreSQL
without any hassle
Who this book is for:
If you are a PostgreSQL data architect or an administrator and want to
understand how to implement advanced functionalities and master complex
administrative tasks with PostgreSQL 10, then this book is perfect for
you. Prior experience of administrating a PostgreSQL database and a
working knowledge of SQL are required to make the best use of this book.
