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Inserting JSONB data in PostgreSQL 9.6

January 26, 2017/0 Comments/in Rubens' PlanetPostgreSQL /by Rubens Souza

The `jsonb_insert` function brought in with PostgreSQL 9.6 gives more control when inserting new values into a jsonb array and/or new keys into a jsonb object. This article introduces this new function together with some examples.

Back to the Future Part 3: pg_rewind with PostgreSQL 9.6

This is the third and last part of blog articles dedicated to pg_rewind. In the two previous articles we have seen how pg_rewind is useful to fix split-brain events due to mistakes in the switchover procedures, avoiding the need of new base backups. We have also seen that this is true for simple replication clusters, […]

More ‘POWER’ for PostgreSQL

October 7, 2016/0 Comments/in Featured, Gabriele's PlanetPostgreSQL /by Gabriele Bartolini

Now Available! Debian and Ubuntu packages for Power Architecture. The official announcement was published last Friday, September 30, 2016: the PostgreSQL repository for Debian and Ubuntu packages, apt.postgresql.org, has been extended by adding binary packages of IBM’s Little Endian POWER8 architecture.

Committed to the PostgreSQL Community, 2ndQuadrant Contributes to 9.6

September 29, 2016/3 Comments/in 2ndQuadrant, Featured, Umair's PlanetPostgreSQL /by Umair Shahid

The latest version of PostgreSQL 9.6 is planned to be released later today, bringing with it some much anticipated features and updates. As the most advanced open source database, PostgreSQL strives to release a major version roughly once every year. With an active and collaborative community, this PostgreSQL release boasts impressive features and updates thanks […]

The PostgreSQL 9.6 release is almost here!

September 28, 2016/3 Comments/in 2ndQuadrant, David's PlanetPostgreSQL /by David Rowley

The PostgreSQL 9.6 Release It feels like only just a few months ago that we were celebrating the release of PostgreSQL 9.5.0, but already we’re very close to the 9.6.0 release! For me personally, I’m very excited about this particular release of PostgreSQL. It was just 5 or 6 months ago that I was busy […]

Back to the Future Pt. 2: How to use pg_rewind with PostgreSQL 9.5

September 28, 2016/0 Comments/in 2ndQuadrant, Featured, Giuseppe's PlanetPostgreSQL /by 2ndQuadrant Press

In the previous blog article we have seen how pg_rewind works with a simple HA cluster, composed of a master node replicating to a standby. In this context, an eventual switchover involves just two nodes that have to be aligned. But what happens with HA clusters when there are several (also cascading) standbys? Now, consider […]

Back to the Future Pt. 1: Introduction to pg_rewind

September 12, 2016/16 Comments/in 2ndQuadrant, Featured, Giuseppe's PlanetPostgreSQL /by 2ndQuadrant Press

Since PostgreSQL 9.5, pg_rewind has been able to make a former master follow up a promoted standby although, in the meantime, it proceeded with its own timeline. Consider, for instance, the case of a switchover that didn’t work properly. Have you ever experienced a “split brain” during a switchover operation? You know, when the goal […]

PostgreSQL 9.6: Parallel Sequential Scan

July 11, 2016/0 Comments/in Featured, Francesco's PlanetPostgreSQL, PostgreSQL /by Francesco Canovai

For a long time, one of the most known shortcomings of PostgreSQL was the ability to parallelise queries. With the release of version 9.6, this will no longer be an issue. A great job has been done on this subject, starting from the commit 80558c1, the introduction of parallel sequential scan, which we will see […]

Parallel Aggregate – Getting the most out of your CPUs

March 21, 2016/10 Comments/in David's PlanetPostgreSQL /by David Rowley

A small peek into the future of what should be arriving for PostgreSQL 9.6. Today PostgreSQL took a big step ahead in the data warehouse world and we now are able to perform aggregation in parallel using multiple worker processes! This is great news for those of you who are running large aggregate queries over […]