Percona is excited to announce the beta release of Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 11 on August 19, 2019. This release signifies a change in Percona’s software release process. In order to provide a full-featured and holistic solution, we are introducing a product distribution: a database product and tools that enable solving essential practical tasks […]
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We have been writing blog posts about how to write simple extensions in C language and a little more complex one by Ibrar which were well received by PostgreSQL user community. Then we observed that many PostgreSQL users create simple triggers for small auditing requirements, and then feel the pain of trigger on transactions. […]
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In a Linux world, whenever your database server crashes or gets terminated, you need to find its cause. There can be several reasons for this. It can be SIGSEGV, which is a crash due to some bug in the backend server, but this is the least likely reason. The most common reason is running […]
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One of the great features of PostgreSQL is its extendability. My colleague and senior PostgreSQL developer Ibar has blogged about developing an extension with much broader capabilities including callback functionality. But in this blog post, I am trying to address a complete novice user who has never tried but wants to develop a simple […]
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There is always a need for profiling tools in databases for admins or developers. While it is easy to understand the point where an SQL is spending more time using
EXPLAIN or
EXPLAIN ANALYZE in PostgreSQL, the same would not work for functions. Recently, Jobin has published a blog post where he demonstrated how […]
