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Mapping Oracle datatypes to PostgreSQL

by Hans-Jürgen Schönig | 05.2018
How to map Oracle datatypes to PostgreSQL in the best way - this post helps you by making your migration to PostgreSQL as simple as possible.

Building PostgreSQL with MSYS2 and MinGW under Windows

by Pavlo Golub | 05.2018
In this blog you will learn how to build PostgreSQL from sources under Windows using MSYS2 and MinGW-64 in easy steps.

PostgreSQL: Sharing data across function calls

by Hans-Jürgen Schönig | 05.2018
Recently I did some PostgreSQL consulting in the Berlin area (Germany) when I stumbled over an interesting request: How can […]

ora_migrator: migration from Oracle to PostgreSQL

by Hans-Jürgen Schönig | 04.2018
ora_migrator is a migration tool, which makes migration as simple as possible: It only takes a single SQL statement to migrate a database.

What's in an xmax?

by Laurenz Albe | 04.2018
xmax is a PostgreSQL system column that is used to implement Multiversion Concurrency Control (MVCC). The documentation is somewhat terse: […]

idle_in_transaction_session_timeout: Terminating idle transactions in PostgreSQL

by Hans-Jürgen Schönig | 04.2018
Long PostgreSQL transactions can cause table bloat. idle_in_transaction_session_timeout limits the duration of a transaction to prevent bloat

Window function: Why first_value and last_value are not bugs

by Hans-Jürgen Schönig | 04.2018
PostgreSQL can be used for more than just trivial queries. A look into what a window function does: first_value and last_value in PostgreSQL.

PostgreSQL: Speeding up analytics and window functions

by Hans-Jürgen Schönig | 03.2018
How to improve speed is by rearranging window functions in a clever way: some clever optimization can give you better database performance.

Four reasons why VACUUM won't remove dead rows from a table

by Laurenz Albe | 03.2018
Why vacuum? Whenever rows in a PostgreSQL table are updated or deleted, dead rows are left behind. VACUUM gets rid […]

COPY in PostgreSQL: Moving data between servers

by Hans-Jürgen Schönig | 03.2018
More than copy data between a file and a table: a pretty cool feature was added to PostgreSQL. You can send data directly to the UNIX pipe.
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