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PostgreSQL Development Essentials

You're reading from PostgreSQL Development Essentials Advanced querying, data modeling and performance tuning

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2016

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781783989003

Length 210 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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PostgreSQL

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Database Programming

Author (1):

Baji Shaik

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Table of Contents (12) Chapters

Preface

1. Advanced SQL FREE CHAPTER

2. Data Manipulation

3. Triggers

4. Understanding Database Design Concepts

5. Transactions and Locking

6. Indexes and Constraints

7. Table Partitioning

8. Query Tuning and Optimization

9. PostgreSQL Extensions and Large Object Support

10. Using PHP in PostgreSQL

11. Using Java in PostgreSQL

Chapter 1. Advanced SQL

This book is all about an open source software product, a relational database called PostgreSQL. PostgreSQL is an advanced SQL database server, available on a wide range of platforms. The purpose of this book is to teach database developers the fundamental practices and techniques to program database applications with PostgreSQL.

In this chapter, we will discuss the following advanced SQL topics:

Creating views
Understanding materialized views
Creating cursors
Using the GROUP BY clause
Using the HAVING clause
Understanding complex topics such as subqueries and joins

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Authors (1)

Baji Shaik

Baji Shaik

Baji Shaik is a database administrator and developer. He is currently working as a database consultant at OpenSCG. He has an engineering degree in telecommunications, and he started his career as a C# and Java developer. He started working with databases in 2011 and, over the years, he has worked with Oracle, PostgreSQL, and Greenplum. His background spans a wide depth and breadth of expertise and experience in SQL/NoSQL database technologies. He has architectured and designed many successful database solutions addressing challenging business requirements. He has provided solutions using PostgreSQL for reporting, business intelligence, data warehousing, applications, and development support. He has a good knowledge of automation, orchestration, and DevOps in a cloud environment. He comes from a small village named Vutukutu in Andhra Pradesh and currently lives in Hyderabad. He likes to watch movies, read books, and write technical blogs. He loves to spend time with family. He has tech-reviewed Troubleshooting PostgreSQL by Packt Publishing. He is a certified PostgreSQL professional.

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