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 Duration 28 hours

Course Outline

What is PostgreSQL?

  • Historical Overview of PostgreSQL
  • Conventions
  • Additional Resources
  • Guidelines for Reporting Bugs

Getting Started with PostgreSQL

  • Setup and Database Creation
  • The SQL Language
  • Advanced Capabilities

The SQL Language

  • SQL Syntax
  • Data Definition
  • Data Manipulation
  • Queries
  • Data Types
  • Functions and Operators
  • Type Conversion
  • Indexes
  • Full Text Search
  • Concurrency Control
  • Performance Optimization Tips

Server Administration

  • Compiling and Installing from Source
  • Compiling and Installing from Source on Windows
  • Server Configuration and Operations
  • Server Configuration Settings
  • Client Authentication
  • Database Roles
  • Database Management
  • Localization
  • Standard Database Maintenance Procedures
  • Backup and Restore Procedures
  • High Availability, Load Balancing, and Replication
  • Recovery Configuration
  • Monitoring Database Activity
  • Monitoring Disk Utilization
  • Reliability and the Write-Ahead Log
  • Regression Testing

Client Interfaces

  • libpq - C Library
  • Large Objects
  • ECPG - Embedded SQL in C
  • The Information Schema

Server Programming

  • Extending SQL
  • Triggers
  • The Rule System
  • Procedural Languages
  • PL/pgSQL - SQL Procedural Language
  • PL/Tcl - Tcl Procedural Language
  • PL/Perl - Perl Procedural Language
  • PL/Python - Python Procedural Language
  • Server Programming Interface

Internals

  • Overview of PostgreSQL Architecture
  • System Catalogs
  • Frontend/Backend Protocol
  • PostgreSQL Coding Standards
  • Native Language Support
  • Developing a Procedural Language Handler
  • Creating a Foreign Data Wrapper
  • Genetic Query Optimizer
  • Index Access Method Interface Definition
  • GiST Indexes
  • GIN Indexes
  • Database Physical Storage
  • BKI Backend Interface
  • How the Planner Uses Statistics

Requirements

Familiarity with SQL and C

Foundational system administration skills (Unix/Linux or Windows)

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