Mastering PostgreSQL 9.6: Master the capabilities of PostgreSQL 9.6 to efficiently manage and maintain your database

by Hans-Jurgen Schonig

Overview

PostgreSQL is an open source database used for handling large datasets (Big Data) and as a JSON document database. It also has applications in the software and web domains. This book will enable you to build better PostgreSQL applications and administer databases more efficiently.

We begin by explaining the advanced database design concepts in PostgreSQL 9.6, 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 and high availability, and much more. You will understand the 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 the advanced database functionalities and will be able to implement advanced administrative tasks with PostgreSQL.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783555369
Publisher:	Packt Publishing
Publication date:	05/30/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
File size:	999 KB

About the Author

Hans-Jurgen Schonig has 18 years of experience with PostgreSQL. He is the CEO of a PostgreSQL consulting and support company called Cybertec Schonig & Schonig GmbH (www.postgresql-support.de). It has successfully served countless customers around the globe.
Before founding Cybertec Schonig & Schonig GmbH in 2000, he worked as a database developer at a private research company that focused on the Austrian labor market, where he primarily worked on data mining and forecast models. He has also written several books about PostgreSQL.