Hans-Jürgen Schönig 
Mastering PostgreSQL 10 [EPUB ebook] 
Expert techniques on PostgreSQL 10 development and administration

Master the capabilities of Postgre SQL 10 to efficiently manage and maintain your database

Key Features

• Your one-stop guide to mastering advanced concepts in Postgre SQL 10 with ease


• Master query optimization, replication, and high availability with Postgre SQL


• Extend the functionalities of your Postgre SQL instance to suit your organizational needs with minimal effort

Book Description

Postgre SQL is an open source database used for handling large datasets (big data) and as a JSON document database. This book highlights the newly introduced features in Postgre SQL 10, and shows you how you can build better Postgre SQL applications, and administer your Postgre SQL database more efficiently. We begin by explaining advanced database design concepts in Postgre SQL 10, along with indexing and query optimization. You will also see how to work with event triggers and perform concurrent transactions and table partitioning, along with exploring SQL and server tuning. We will walk you through implementing advanced administrative tasks such as server maintenance and monitoring, replication, recovery, high availability, and much more. You will understand common and not-so-common troubleshooting problems and how you can overcome them. By the end of this book, you will have an expert-level command of advanced database functionalities and will be able to implement advanced administrative tasks with Postgre SQL 10.

What you will learn

• Get to grips with the advanced features of Postgre SQL 10 and handle advanced SQL


• Make use of the indexing features in Postgre SQL and fine-tune the performance of your queries


• Work with stored procedures and manage backup and recovery


• Master replication and failover techniques


• Troubleshoot your Postgre SQL instance for solutions to common and not-so-common problems


• Learn how to migrate your database from My SQL and Oracle to Postgre SQL without any hassle

Who this book is for

If you are a Postgre SQL data architect or an administrator and want to understand how to implement advanced functionalities and master complex administrative tasks with Postgre SQL 10, then this book is perfect for you. Prior experience of administrating a Postgre SQL database and a working knowledge of SQL are required to make the best use of this book.

Hans-Jürgen Schönig has 18 years’ experience with Postgre SQL. He is the CEO of a Postgre SQL consulting and support company called Cybertec Schönig & Schönig Gmb H. It has successfully served countless customers around the globe. Before founding Cybertec Schönig & Schönig Gmb H in 2000, he worked as a database developer at a private research company that focused on the Austrian labor market, where he primarily worked on data mining and forecast models. He has also written several books about Postgre SQL.