Postgres Weekly |
Issue 75 October 1, 2014
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A simple guide for DB migrations |
Adding columns to your database can sometimes be a painful experience resulting in downtime while that new addition is made. Seldom if ever does this have to be the case with Postgres.
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Craig Kerstiens |
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Allocation Set Internals |
Want to learn a bit more around the internals of how memory is allocated within Postgres? Here’s a great dive into the internals of the DB itself.
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PostgreSQL Addict |
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So You Want Another PostgreSQL Database? (Part 1) |
There comes a time in many application’s lives where you need to scale beyond a single Postgres instance. Here’s the start of a series that starts to delve into the things you need to know and consider if you’re working to scale that yourself.
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John Young |
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Postgres: Time Travelling Debugger |
Ever interact with a system where results change over time? If so then debugging can be well… difficult. Here’s a form of keeping an audit log in Postgres to help with such.
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Gary Sieling |
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Upcoming Postgres 9.4beta3 release |
After some resolution around on disk format changes to the much exciting JSONB datatype, 9.4 beta 3 is around the corner inching us every closer to the full release.
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postgresql.org |
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Toshi - Open Source Bitcoin Node |
Want you’re own bitcoin node that’s powered by Postgres? Here it is. And a great place to practice your SQL skills on a large dataset.
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Toshi |
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Using Postgres Composite Types in Django |
If you’ve ever had to deal with scheduling applications and calendaring you know what seems on the surface to be simple can create all sorts of pain. Here’s a deep dive into one solution involving composite types in PG.
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Matthew Schinckel |
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