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PostgreSQL 14 Administration Cookbook
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PostgreSQL 14 Administration Cookbook

by Simon Riggs, Gianni Ciolli
March 2022
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
608 pages
12h 36m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 2: Exploring the Database

To understand PostgreSQL, you need to see it in use. An empty database is like a ghost town without houses.

For now, we will assume that you already have a database. There are over a thousand books on how to design your own database from nothing. So, here, we aim to help people who are still learning to use the PostgreSQL database management system with handy routines to explore the database. 

The best way to start is by asking some simple questions to orient yourself and begin the process of understanding. Incidentally, these are also questions that you'll need to answer if you ask someone else for help.

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

  • What type of server is this?
  • What version is the server? ...
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ISBN: 9781803248974