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Laurenz Albe

Senior Consultant & Support Engineer
Laurenz Albe is a senior consultant and support engineer at CYBERTEC. He has been working with and contributing to PostgreSQL since 2006, has written patches for core, and wrote oracle_fdw. He holds a Master's degree in Mathematics from the University of Vienna and a Master's in Computer Science from the Technical University of Vienna. In his spare time he enjoys reading to his children and pondering the roots of language.
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Articles by Laurenz Albe

Gaps in sequences in PostgreSQL

by Laurenz Albe | 09.2021
  Most database tables have an artificial numeric primary key, and that number is usually generated automatically using a sequence. […]

JSON in PostgreSQL: how to use it right

by Laurenz Albe | 09.2021
  The comprehensive JSON support in PostgreSQL is one of its best-loved features. Many people – particularly those with a […]

Index bloat reduced in PostgreSQL v14

by Laurenz Albe | 09.2021
  PostgreSQL v12 brought more efficient storage for indexes, and v13 improved that even more by adding deduplication of index […]

From MD5 to scram-sha-256 in PostgreSQL

by Laurenz Albe | 06.2021
  Since v10, PostgreSQL has provided support for scram-sha-256 for password hashing and authentication. This article describes how you can […]

About cross join in PostgreSQL

by Laurenz Albe | 06.2021
  For many people, “cross join” is something to be afraid of. They remember the time when they forgot the […]

Disabling autocommit in PostgreSQL can damage your health

by Laurenz Albe | 06.2021
  When analyzing customer's problems, I have seen the mess you can get into if you disable autocommit in your […]

How to interpret PostgreSQL EXPLAIN ANALYZE output

by Laurenz Albe | 05.2021
  UPDATED July 2023: EXPLAIN ANALYZE is the key to optimizing SQL statements in PostgreSQL. This article does not attempt […]

UUID, serial or identity columns for PostgreSQL auto-generated primary keys?

by Laurenz Albe | 05.2021
  UPDATED 14.05.2022: Sometimes customers ask me about the best choice for auto-generated primary keys. In this article, I'll explore […]

What to return from a PostgreSQL row level trigger?

by Laurenz Albe | 04.2021
  In this article, I'll talk about row level triggers, which are the most frequently used kind of triggers. I […]

When to use tablespaces in PostgreSQL

by Laurenz Albe | 03.2021
  Users with an Oracle background consider tablespaces very important and are surprised that you can find so little information […]
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