Scaling Postgres

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss why and what to do when updates are slow, use cases for lateral joins, moving from serial to identity for auto-incrementing ids and changes to Postgres 15. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/238-slow-updates-lateral-joins-serial-to-identity-pg15-changes/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the release of Postgres 15, the performance of different file systems with Postgres, options for connection pooling and how to secure your connections. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/237-postgres-15-released-file-systems-connection-pooling-secure-connections/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the Postgres 15 RC2, optimizing shared buffers, how to secure your database connections and blog posts from PGSQL Phriday. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/236-postgres-15-rc2-shared-buffers-secure-connections-pgsql-phriday/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the release of the Postgres 15 Release Candidate 1, new ICU collations features, how to use listen & notify and understanding TOAST. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/235-postgres-15-rc1-icu-collations-listen-notify-understanding-toast/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss using rust for Postgres extensions, performance comparisons of TimescaleDB vs. Postgres, uninterrupted writes when sharding in Citus and the Postgres data flow. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/234-rust-for-extensions-timescale-vs-postgres-uninterrupted-sharding-data-flow/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss little known useful features, a monthly community blogging initiative, PG 15 Anticipation, and getting generic plans. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/233-useful-features-community-blogging-pg15-anticipation-generic-plans/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the release of Postgres 15 Beta 4, different primary key options, sequence limits and how to examine your Postgres configuration. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/232-pg15-beta-4-primary-key-options-sequence-limits-configuration/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the PG15 changes to public schema permissions, experiences with kubernetes for Postgres management, using dump manifests for restores and a fork of PgBouncer. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/231-pg15-public-schema-kubernetes-experiences-dump-manifests-pgbouncer-fork/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how the stats collector disappears in PG15, steps to mitigate high latency connections, how to run Postgres in the browser and the future of high availability. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/230-stats-collector-gone-handling-latency-postgres-in-browser-future-high-availa...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss a new Postgres playground, a book about PG14 internals, how to corrupt your database and using anti-joins. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/229-postgres-playground-pg14-internals-db-corruption-anti-join/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss new Postgres releases, a new privilege escalation CVE, chaos testing a high availability kubernetes cluster as well as addressing other H/A questions. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/228-new-postgres-releases-privilege-escalation-cve-chaos-testing-high-availability/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss PG14's new SQL function In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss research into a performance puzzle, results from a Postgres and pgAdmin survey as well as the impacts of long running queries on Aurora and Postgres. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/227-researching-pe...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss PG14's new SQL function syntax, including buffers when doing explain analyze, how to debug autovacuum and using row-level security to handle multi-tenancy. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/226-sql-functions-explain-analyze-buffers-debug-autovacuum-rls-multi-tenancy/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss /gexec available in psql, how to delete duplicates using a window function, a new Postgres podcast and a performance talk about going from puny to powerful. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/225-psql-gexec-delete-duplicates-postgres-podcast-puny-powerful/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how too many columns in a table can affect performance, at what point BRIN indexes win over btree, and Postgres 15 supporting unique nulls and parallel distinct queries. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/224-column-performance-brin-win-unique-null-parallel-distinct/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the process of decomposing your database, how to search text in Postgres quickly, how to understand the output of pg_stat_activity and how to use window functions to solve a use case. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/223-database-decomposition-fast-text-search-understanding...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss psql shortcuts, how to debug deadlocks, how to find & stop queries and how to understand and use SCRAM authentication. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/222-postgres-15-beta-2-concerning-locks-vacuum-tuning-transaction-anomalies/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss psql shortcuts, how to debug deadlocks, how to find & stop queries and how to understand and use SCRAM authentication. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/221-psql-shortcuts-debugging-deadlocks-find-and-stop-queries-using-scram/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss a PG 14.4 release, how to skip transactions with logical replication, how to use schemas and Citus going fully open source. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/220-pg-14.4-release-subscription-skip-using-schemas-open-source-citus/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss a Postgres 14 out-of-cycle release next week, whether you should upgrade, the state of Postgres survey and a tool for automatic indexing. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/219-out-of-cycle-release-should-you-upgrade-state-of-postgres-survey-automatic-indexing/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss a severe bug with index creation in Postgres 14, view permissions options, dealing with logical replication conflicts and looking under the hood of AlloyDB. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/214-pg14-index-bug-view-permissions-logical-replication-conflicts-alloydb-under-the-...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss mistakes you can make when doing schema changes, how best to cancel statements, looking into pg_rman, and looking at a pedantry removal. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/217-schema-change-mistakes-canceling-statements-pg_rman-pedantry-removal/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the Beta 1 release of Postgres 15, optimizing a query by breaking it down, improvements to sort performance and prepared statements for partitioned tables. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/216-pg15-beta1-release-query-breakdown-sort-performance-prepared-vs-partitioned/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss parallel server-side backup compression, IO in Postgres, parquet files and the new pg_stat_monitor extension. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/215-new-releases-alloydb-time-zones-connecting-to-postgres/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss parallel server-side backup compression, IO in Postgres, parquet files and the new pg_stat_monitor extension. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/214-backup-compression-postgres-io-parquet-files-pg_stat_monitor/