Expert PostgreSQL tutorials, tips, and performance optimization guides. Learn database administration, query optimization, and best practices for PostgreSQL 18 and beyond.
Curated lists of books to buy to learn PostgreSQL, from beginner SQL intros to advanced internals and performance books.
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Step-by-step setup for pgsql-test: seed an ephemeral Postgres database, test row-level security in both directions, and assert on triggers and constraint violations inside your existing test runner.
How-to for DBAs and developers: pg_dump formats, parallel restore, verification, and the errors that break 2 a.m. recoveries.
Need a running total, a ranking, or a month-over-month comparison in SQL? The usual instinct is a self-join, a correlated subquery, or a stack of CTEs. PostgreSQL window functions make those patterns shorter, faster, and far easier to read — without collapsing your rows the way GROUP BY does. This step-by-step tutorial walks through window […]
Full-text search is one of those features teams assume requires Elasticsearch or a separate search service. PostgreSQL has had it built in for years: tsvector, tsquery, GIN indexes, and relevance ranking are all part of the core database. For product catalogs, document libraries, log search, and site search up to millions of rows, it is […]
If your Houston startup or enterprise is still running PostgreSQL on a self-managed server, Amazon RDS is one of the fastest ways to cut operational overhead. AWS handles backups, patching, failover, and storage scaling, and its managed engine keeps you on supported versions — AWS publishes guidance on when new open source engine versions land […]
JSONB is one of PostgreSQL’s most popular features — it lets you store flexible, schema-less documents in a relational database. But the moment your JSONB table grows past a few thousand rows, unindexed queries start to crawl. The good news: PostgreSQL gives you several indexing strategies that keep JSONB fast without giving up flexibility. In […]
MySQL and PostgreSQL are the two most widely used open source relational databases, and the comparison keeps coming up — in benchmarks, in conference talks, and in migration tickets. Recent head-to-head tests continue to show PostgreSQL pulling ahead on advanced query features, JSON handling, and indexing flexibility. If your team has been considering a move, […]
1. Learn PostgreSQL (latest edition) “Learn PostgreSQL” (recent editions target PostgreSQL 15–16) is a beginner-friendly, end-to-end introduction that stays useful even after you’re no longer a beginner. It walks through SQL basics, core internals like transactions and MVCC, replication, security, backups, and monitoring, with hands-on exercises that resemble real production use cases.goodreads+1 Why a PostgreSQL […]
