Learn PostgreSQL: Use, manage, and build secure and scalable databases with PostgreSQL 16

by Luca Ferrari, Enrico Pirozzi

Overview

The latest edition of this PostgreSQL book will help you to start using PostgreSQL from absolute scratch, helping you to quickly understand the internal workings of the database. With a structured approach and practical examples, go on a journey that covers the basics, from SQL statements and how to run server-side programs, to configuring, managing, securing, and optimizing database performance.
This new edition will not only help you get to grips with all the recent changes within the PostgreSQL ecosystem but will also dig deeper into concepts like partitioning and replication with a fresh set of examples. The book is also equipped with Docker images for each chapter which makes the learning experience faster and easier. Starting with the absolute basics of databases, the book sails through to advanced concepts like window functions, logging, auditing, extending the database, configuration, partitioning, and replication. It will also help you seamlessly migrate your existing database system to PostgreSQL and contains a dedicated chapter on disaster recovery. Each chapter ends with practice questions to test your learning at regular intervals.
By the end of this book, you will be able to install, configure, manage, and develop applications against a PostgreSQL database.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781837636204
Publisher:	Packt Publishing
Publication date:	10/31/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	744
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Luca Ferrari has been passionate about computer science since the Commodore 64 era, and today holds a master's degree (with honors) and a Ph.D. from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. He has written several research papers, technical articles, and book chapters. In 2011, he was named an Adjunct Professor by Nipissing University. An avid Unix user, he is a strong advocate of open source, and in his free time, he collaborates with a few projects. He met PostgreSQL back in release 7.3; he was a founder and former president of the Italian PostgreSQL Community (ITPUG). He also talks regularly at technical conferences and events and delivers professional training.
Enrico Pirozzi, EnterpriseDB certified on implementation management and tuning, with a master's in computer science, has been a PostgreSQL DBA since 2003. Based in Italy, he has been providing database advice to clients in industries such as manufacturing and web development for 10 years. He has been training others on PostgreSQL since 2008. Dedicated to open source technology since early in his career, he is a cofounder of the PostgreSQL Italian mailing list, PostgreSQL-it, and of the PostgreSQL Italian community site, PSQL

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to PostgreSQL
2. Getting to Know Your Cluster
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