Hans-Jurgen Schonig 
Mastering PostgreSQL 11 
Expert techniques to build scalable, reliable, and fault-tolerant database applications, 2nd Edition

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

Key Features

• Master advanced concepts of Postgre SQL 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 Postgre SQL instance to suit your organization’s needs with minimal effort

Book Description

This second edition of Mastering Postgre SQL 11 helps you build dynamic database solutions for enterprise applications using the latest release of Postgre SQL, 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 Postgre SQL 11 to help you build efficient and fault-tolerant Postgre SQL applications. You’ll examine all of the advanced aspects of Postgre SQL in detail, including logical replication, database clusters, performance tuning, monitoring, and user management. You will also work with the Postgre SQL optimizer, configuring Postgre SQL for high speed, and see how to move from Oracle to Postgre SQL. 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 Postgre SQL 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 Postgre SQL 11 features and SQL functions
  
  




• 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
  
  




• Perform database migration from My SQL and Oracle to Postgre SQL with ease

Who this book is for

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