1. Overview pg_basebackup is a powerful tool for creating physical backups of PostgreSQL database clusters. Unlike pg_dump, which generates logical backups, pg_basebackup captures the entire cluster state. These backups are crucial for point-in-time recovery or for setting up a standby server. 2. Backup Compression Efforts to enhance backup performance have
What is a Table Access Method? Table access method is the interface between the PostgreSQL core and data storage management. Since PostgreSQL 12, it is possible to define your own custom table access method that stores data in custom forms by implementing over 45 interface API callback functions. Generally, implementing
Introduction This blog is aimed at beginners trying to learn the basics of PostgreSQL and Python but already have some experience under their belt. For this tutorial, we will assume you have PostgreSQL correctly installed on Ubuntu. All of these steps were done using PostgreSQL 16 (development version) and Python
Introduction A Foreign Data Wrapper (FDW) in PostgreSQL is an extension that allows you to access and manipulate data stored in external data sources as if they were tables within your PostgreSQL database. FDWs enable PostgreSQL to integrate with various data storage systems, both relational and non-relational, and present the
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