PG Phriday: 10 Ways to Ruin Performance: Out Of Order
There are a lot of database engines out there. As such, a developer or DBA will naturally have varying levels of experience with each, and some of this might conflict with how PGDB (PostgreSQL)...
View ArticlePG Phriday: 10 Ways to Ruin Performance: Functionally Bankrupt
Functions are great. Having cut my teeth on a database that didn’t even provide the ability to define functions, I’ve come to almost take them for granted in PGDB (PostgreSQL). However, with this kind...
View ArticlePG Phriday: 10 Ways to Ruin Performance: Indexing the World
An easy way to give PGDB (PostgreSQL) a performance boost is to judiciously use indexes based on queries observed in the system. For most situations, this is as simple as indexing columns that are...
View ArticlePG Phriday: 10 Ways to Ruin Performance: Sex Offenders
We’re finally at the end of the 10-part PGDB (PostgreSQL) performance series I use to initiate new developers into the database world. To that end, we’re going to discuss something that affects...
View ArticlePG Phriday: Moving to 9.5
There comes a day in every young database’s life that it’s time to move on. I’m sorry 9.4, but the day has come that we must say goodbye. It’s not like we haven’t had our good times. While I truly...
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