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 Duration 14 hours

Course Outline

Introduction to PostgreSQL

  • Overview of PostgreSQL's History
  • Key Features
  • Summary of Internal Mechanisms
  • Constraints and Terminology

Installation and Configuration

  • Prerequisites
  • Package-Based Installation and Database Creation
  • Building from Source Code
  • Installing Client Tools
  • Managing Database Server Lifecycle
  • Configuring the Environment

The SQL Language

  • SQL Syntax Rules
  • Data Definition Statements
  • Data Manipulation Operations
  • Constructing Queries
  • Data Type Systems
  • Handling JSON
  • Using Functions and Operators
  • Converting Data Types
  • Indexing Strategies

Transactions and Concurrency

  • Transaction Management and Isolation Levels
  • Multi-Version Concurrency Control (MVCC)

Client Interfaces

  • Command-Line Tool: psql
  • Graphical Tool: pgAdmin4

Server Programming

  • Extending SQL Capabilities
  • Implementing Triggers
  • Understanding the Rule System
  • Working with Procedural Languages
  • PL/pgSQL - The SQL Procedural Language
  • Managing Errors
  • Utilizing Cursors

Foreign Data Wrappers

  • Extensions within PostgreSQL
  • Integrating FDWs into Databases
  • Using postgres_fdw
  • Using file_fdw
  • Exploring Other FDWs

SQL Tuning

  • Implementing Logging in PostgreSQL
  • Analyzing Query Plans
  • Techniques for Query Optimization
  • Interpreting Statistics
  • Configuring Planner Parameters
  • Parallel Query Scans
  • Adhering to SQL Best Practices
  • Optimizing Indexes
  • Implementing Table Partitioning

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Proficiency in SQL

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