Mastering PostgreSQL 11

This book includes the newly introduced features in PostgreSQL 11, and shows you how to build better PostgreSQL applications, and administer your PostgreSQL database efficiently. You will master the advanced features of PostgreSQL and acquire the necessary skills to build efficient database solutions.

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Master the capabilities of PostgreSQL 11 to efficiently manage and maintain your database

Key Features

Master advanced concepts of PostgreSQL 11 with real-world datasets and examples
Explore query parallelism, data replication, and database performance while working with larger datasets
Extend the functionalities of your PostgreSQL instance to suit your organization’s needs with minimal effort

Book DescriptionThis second edition of Mastering PostgreSQL 11 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 11 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 11 features and SQL functions
Make use of the indexing features in PostgreSQL and fine-tune the performance of your queries
Work with stored procedures and manage backup and recovery
Master replication and failover techniques
Troubleshoot your PostgreSQL instance for solutions to common and not-so-common problems
Perform database migration from MySQL and Oracle to PostgreSQL with ease

Who this book is forThis book is for data and database professionals wanting to implement advanced functionalities and master complex administrative tasks with PostgreSQL 11. Prior experience of database administration with PostgreSQL database will aid in understanding the concepts covered in this book.