Scaling Postgres

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the dangers of temporary tables, better transparent data encryption, pig the extension wizard, and table level lock considerations. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/349-the-dangers-of-temporary-tables/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training ca...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss whether the future of containers and Postgres, UUIDv7 commit, and a pg_duckdb interview. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/348-the-future-is-containers/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https:...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the new pg_incremental extension for processing data pipelines, a set of Postgres monitoring queries, handling alter table retries and large object dump performance. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/347-easy-incremental-data-processing/ Want to learn more about Postgres pe...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss things I do not do such as use default partitions, play column Tetris, ELT using special data types or create 7+ millions tables in a database. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/346-things-i-do-not-do-in-postgres/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss OrioleDB getting Postgres over 5 times faster, historical OLAP performance, efficient queries and whether you should us track_planning. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/345-over-5x-faster-postgres/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss new releases, collation speed, ZFS performance, insert benchmarking and pglz vs. lz4 performance. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/344-performance-hard-things/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss new Postgres releases and an out-of-band release to address issues, increasing insert performance by 2X, pg_search benchmarks and fast OpenStreetMap loading. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/343-postgres-release-warning/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the read and write performance of Postgres on ZFS, handling URL text identifiers in the database, denormalization and a new pgvector release. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/342-faster-writes-with-zfs/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training c...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the future of Postgres upgrades, the usefulness of pg_dump, partitioning with minimal downtime and limitless Aurora. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/341-the-future-of-postgres-upgrades/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres P...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss whether you need a vectorizer, different ways to bin or bucket timestamps, addressing a bad plan and advanced psql. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/340-do-you-need-a-vectorizer/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performan...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss pg_parquet allowing Postgres to read and write parquet files, other useful extensions, open source bounties, and Postgres gotchas. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/339-postgres-goes-parquet/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgr...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the JSON goodies in Postgres 17, trigger recursion, pg_dump as backup and pg_timeseries columnar performance. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/338-json-goodies-in-postgres-17/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how one query runs 77 times faster in Postgres 17, a detailed Postgres 17 performance webinar, using logical replication fail over slots and a discussion on Patroni. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/337-77-times-faster-in-postgres-17/ Want to learn more about Postgres perf...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss more about the features released with Postgres 17, an example of performance improvements, things to watch out for, and the start of Postgres 18. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/336-more-postgres-17-highlights/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE t...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the release of Postgres 17, b-tree performance gains, logical replication enhancements and different levels of performance tuning. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/335-postgres-17-released/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgre...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how to optimize your database for analytics, how to speed up counts, improvements to TimescaleDB and why you should stop using serial. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/334-optimizing-for-analytics/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss when select can write, Postgres RC1 is released, Tetris in SQL and copy, swap, drop. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/333-when-select-writes/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scal...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss what can happen when queries get slow, backup best practices, Postgres emergencies and the state of Postgres survey. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/332-sometimes-it-is-slow/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss whether pg_dump is a backup tool, the pgMonitor extension, Postgres malware, and application uses for the merge command. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/331-is-pg_dump-a-backup-tool/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Perf...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the merging of Postgres and DuckDB via the pg_duckdb extension, how this can help the analytics story for Postgres, some ways to improve PG analytics and building a search engine. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/330-splicing-elephant-and-duck-dna/ Want to learn more about...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss PGlite, an embeddable Postgres, postgres.new which adds AI features, new Postgres releases and the performance of synchronous replication. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/329-pglite-embeddable-postgres/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss different get or create implementations, a new pgBouncer version, alter default privileges, and six degrees of separation with Postgres. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/328-implement-get-or-create/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training calle...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss using Postgres for graph queries, the fastest way to copy data from one table to another, dealing with linux memory overcommit and compression. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/327-postgres-graph-queries/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we talk about speeding up index creation, extensions to track wait events, a row pattern recognition feature and savepoints. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/326-faster-index-creation/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance De...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss more ways to keep the superior performance of keyset pagination, how to implement UUIDv7 in SQL functions, how expensive extended statistics are and the benefits of range columns. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/325-faster-paging/ Want to learn more about Postgres perform...