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This article gives a brief introduction to EXPLAIN ANALYZE, explains what to look for and shows some helpful tools to visualize the output.
At work I was tasked to migrate our time-series analytics data from CSV file dumps that we’ve been feeding into Power BI to a dedicated database. Our Rails app’s primary database is currently MariaDB, but we wanted to have our analytics data in a separate database either way, so this was a good opportunity to use Postgres which we’re most comfortable with anyway.
YouTube-like Short IDs as Postgres Primary Keys.
In this tutorial, you will learn about the PostgreSQL temporary table and how to manage it using the CREATE TEMP TABLE and DROP TABLE statements.
Learn about smaller indexes with B-Tree Deduplication, Extended Statistics Improvements, Parallel VACUUM, improved WAL Usage Stats in Postgres 13, and more.
Many apps require database timestamps whenever a database record is created or updated. Here's how you can use triggers to automatically update timestamps in PostgreSQL
Learn how to make sure that your users' passwords are safe and secure in your PostgreSQL database.
Rebased Team writing about tech we use. Languages, frameworks, libraries, tools. Certified for 0% fluff. PostGIS is a fantastic, battle-tested suite of GIS extensions for Postgres. It handles most aspects of it, and is widely used, for example in OpenStreetMap’s Mapnik. But for your project, it’s most likely overkill. In a Q and A fashion, let’s discuss reasons for (not) using it.
A series covering everything needed to install and start using PostgreSQL with Go's standard libraries, followed by a tour of some popular Golang ORMs.
UUID also known as GUID is an alternative primary key type for SQL databases. It offers some non-obvious advantages compared to standard integer-based keys. Rails 6 release fresh out of beta introduces a new feature in ActiveRecord that makes working with UUID primary keys more straightforward. In this tutorial, we will dive deep into UUIDs with all their cons and pros.
Get to know and learn how to use some less-known features of Version 12 of PostgreSQL. You'll surely discover something new for yourself.