Mastering PostgreSQL 12 - 3rd Edition [kornbolt]

Mastering PostgreSQL 12, 3rd Edition [kornbolt]





Master the capabilities of PostgreSQL 12 such as advanced indexing, high availability, database configuration, database monitoring, and more to efficiently manage and maintain your database



Key Features

Master advanced concepts of PostgreSQL 12 with real-world examples and sample datasets

Explore aspects like query parallelism, data replication, database administration, and more

Extend the functionalities of PostgreSQL instance to suit your organizations needs with minimal effort

Book Description

PostgreSQL has earned a strong reputation for reliability, feature robustness, and performance. This third edition of Mastering PostgreSQL 12 helps you build dynamic database solutions for enterprise applications using the latest release of PostgreSQL, which enables database analysts to design both the physical and technical aspects of the system architecture with ease.



This book begins with an introduction to the newly released features in PostgreSQL 12 to help you build efficient and fault-tolerant PostgreSQL applications. You'll examine all of the advanced aspects of PostgreSQL in detail, including logical replication, database clusters, performance tuning, monitoring, and user management. You will also work with the PostgreSQL optimizer, configuring PostgreSQL for high speed, and see how to move from Oracle to PostgreSQL. As you progress through the chapters, you will cover transactions, locking, indexes, and optimizing queries to improve performance. Additionally, you'll learn to manage network security and explore backups and replications, while understanding the useful extensions of PostgreSQL so that you can optimize the speed and performance of large databases.



By the end of this book, you will be able to use your database to its utmost capacity by implementing advanced administrative tasks with ease.



What you will learn

Get to grips with advanced PostgreSQL 12 features and SQL functions

Use indexing features in PostgreSQL to fine-tune the performance of queries

Work with stored procedures and manage backup and recovery

Master replication and failover techniques to reduce data loss

Replicate PostgreSQL database systems to create proper backups and to scale your database

Manage and improve the security of your server to protect your data

Troubleshoot your PostgreSQL instance for solutions to common and not-so-common problems

Who This Book Is For

This book is ideal for PostgreSQL developers and administrators, and database professionals wanting to implement advanced functionalities and master complex administrative tasks with PostgreSQL 12. Prior exposure to PostgreSQL as well as familiarity with the basics of database administration is expected.