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PostgreSQL 10 Administration Cookbook - Fourth Edition
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PostgreSQL 10 Administration Cookbook - Fourth Edition

by Simon Riggs, Gianni Ciolli
May 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
576 pages
30h 25m
English
Packt Publishing
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2. Exploring the Database

In this chapter, we'll cover the following recipes:

  • What version is the server?
  • What is the server uptime?
  • Locating the database server files
  • Locating the database server's message log
  • Locating the database's system identifier
  • Listing databases on this database server
  • How many tables are there in a database?
  • How much disk space does a database use?
  • How much disk space does a table use?
  • Which are my biggest tables?
  • How many rows in a table?
  • Quickly estimating the number of rows in a table
  • Listing extensions in this database
  • Understanding object dependencies
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