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 Duration 14 hours

Course Outline

Introduction to PostgreSQL

  • A Brief History of PostgreSQL
  • Key Features
  • Overview of Internals
  • Limits and Key Terminology

Installation and Configuration

  • Prerequisites
  • Installing from Packages and Creating a Database
  • Installing from Source Code
  • Setting Up Client Applications
  • Starting and Stopping the Database Server
  • Configuring the Environment

The SQL Language

  • SQL Syntax Basics
  • Data Definition
  • Data Manipulation
  • Writing Queries
  • Understanding Data Types
  • Working with JSON
  • Functions and Operators
  • Type Conversion
  • Indexing

Transactions and Concurrency

  • Transactions and Isolation Levels
  • Multi-Version Concurrency Control

Client Interfaces

  • Command Line Interface - psql
  • Graphical Interface - pgadmin4

Server Programming

  • Extending SQL Capabilities
  • Implementing Triggers
  • The Rule System
  • Using Procedural Languages
  • PL/pgSQL - SQL Procedural Language
  • Managing Errors
  • Working with Cursors

Foreign Data Wrappers

  • Extensions in PostgreSQL
  • Adding an FDW to a Database
  • Using postgres_fdw
  • Using file_fdw
  • Other Available FDWs

SQL Tuning

  • Logging Mechanisms in PostgreSQL
  • Analyzing Query Plans
  • Optimizing Query Performance
  • Utilizing Statistics
  • Planner Parameters
  • Parallel Query Scans
  • Adhering to SQL Best Practices
  • Advanced Indexing Strategies
  • Table Partitioning

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A solid understanding of SQL

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