Book description
If you’re thinking about migrating to the PostgreSQL open source database system, this guide provides a concise overview to help you quickly understand and use PostgreSQL’s unique features. Not only will you learn about the enterprise class features in the 9.2 release, you’ll also discover that PostgeSQL is more than just a database system—it’s also an impressive application platform. With numerous examples throughout this book, you’ll learn how to achieve tasks that are difficult or impossible in other databases.
Table of contents
- PostgreSQL: Up and Running
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- Preface
- 1. The Basics
- 2. Database Administration
- 3. psql
- 4. Using pgAdmin
- 5. Data Types
- 6. Of Tables, Constraints, and Indexes
- 7. SQL: The PostgreSQL Way
- 8. Writing Functions
- 9. Query Performance Tuning
- 10. Replication and External Data
- A. Install, Hosting, and Command-Line Guides
- About the Authors
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- Copyright
Product information
- Title: PostgreSQL: Up and Running
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2012
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9781449326333
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