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 Duration 28 hours

Course Outline

Overview of PostgreSQL

  • Evolution and History of PostgreSQL
  • Standard Conventions
  • Additional Resources
  • Protocols for Reporting Defects

Fundamentals of PostgreSQL

  • Setup and Database Initialization
  • Core SQL Language Concepts
  • Advanced Capabilities

SQL Language Deep Dive

  • SQL Structural Rules
  • Schema Definition
  • Data Modification Operations
  • Query Construction
  • Data Type Systems
  • Utilizing Functions and Operators
  • Data Type Casting
  • Index Management
  • Full-Text Search Implementation
  • Concurrency Management
  • Optimization Best Practices

Server Management

  • Compiling and Installing from Source
  • Source Installation on Windows Platforms
  • Server Configuration and Daily Operations
  • Tuning Server Parameters
  • Client Access Authentication
  • Role Management
  • Database Lifecycle Management
  • Localization Settings
  • Regular Maintenance Procedures
  • Backup Strategies and Restoration
  • High Availability, Load Distribution, and Replication
  • Disaster Recovery Setup
  • Monitoring Database Workloads
  • Tracking Disk Consumption
  • Integrity and Write-Ahead Logging
  • Regression Testing Procedures

Client Integration

  • libpq: The C Client Library
  • Handling Large Objects
  • ECPG: Embedding SQL in C Applications
  • Exploring the Information Schema

Server-Side Development

  • Extending SQL Capabilities
  • Implementing Triggers
  • The Rule System Framework
  • Introduction to Procedural Languages
  • PL/pgSQL: SQL-Based Procedural Logic
  • PL/Tcl: Tcl-Based Procedural Logic
  • PL/Perl: Perl-Based Procedural Logic
  • PL/Python: Python-Based Procedural Logic
  • Server Programming APIs

Internal Architecture

  • High-Level View of Internal Components
  • System Catalog Structures
  • Frontend-Backend Communication Protocol
  • Coding Standards for PostgreSQL
  • Native Language Implementation
  • Developing a Procedural Language Handler
  • Creating a Foreign Data Wrapper
  • Genetic Query Optimization Algorithm
  • Index Access Method Interfaces
  • GiST Index Implementation
  • GIN Index Implementation
  • Physical Data Storage Layout
  • BKI Backend Interface
  • Statistical Planning in the Query Planner

Requirements

Proficiency in SQL and C programming

Fundamental system administration experience with Unix/Linux or Windows

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