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SQL/JSON patches committed to PostgreSQL 15!

PostgreSQL SQL/JSON: PostgreSQL continues evolving its support for modern data formats with each release. Notably, PostgreSQL 15 introduces significant improvements to handle JSON data more efficiently. These updates bring greater flexibility, performance, and ease of […]

The Power of Partnership: How MinervaDB Transforms Corporate Open Source Database Infrastructure Operations?

Real Stories, Real Impact Once upon a time, in the fast-paced world of global corporations, a new era of data-driven decision-making was taking shape. As businesses began facing increasing pressure to manage vast amounts of […]

Disaster Recovery for PostgreSQL on Kubernetes: Simplifying Business Continuity

Introduction: In the digital age, businesses cannot afford to overlook the importance of disaster recovery. With increasing reliance on data, system outages or data loss can have catastrophic consequences, leading to significant disruptions and financial […]

Know Your Isolation Levels to Develop Optimal and Scalable PostgreSQL-based Applications

Isolation levels in PostgreSQL play a crucial role in ensuring the consistency, performance, and scalability of your applications. By understanding and selecting the appropriate isolation level, you can develop optimal and scalable PostgreSQL-based applications. Let’s […]

Streaming versus blocking operators in MySQL

In MySQL, operators in a query execution plan can be classified as streaming or blocking. This classification is based on how they process and propagate rows during query execution. Let’s explore the differences between streaming […]

Tips and Tricks – Troubleshooting Redo Performance in InnoDB.

Troubleshooting redo performance in InnoDB involves identifying and addressing potential bottlenecks or issues that affect the efficiency of redo log processing. The redo log plays a critical role in ensuring data durability and crash recovery […]

MySQL Scalar Subquery Unnesting transformation

Scalar subquery unnesting is a transformation technique that the MySQL optimizer uses to optimize queries involving scalar subqueries. Scalar subqueries return a single value. You typically use them in expressions or as part of the […]

How to control MySQL execution plans with hints?

In MySQL, you can use query hints to give suggestions or directives to the query optimizer. These hints guide the optimizer on how to generate the execution plan for a specific query. As a result, […]

How to gather statistics of PostgreSQL only when stale?

In PostgreSQL, you can gather statistics only when they become stale by using the pg_stat_statements extension along with the track_activity_query_size configuration parameter. Follow these steps to achieve this: CREATE EXTENSION pg_stat_statements; 3. Query the pg_stat_statements […]

Why do I have SQL statement plans in PostgreSQL that change for the worse?

In PostgreSQL, several reasons can cause SQL statement plans to worsen over time. These changes may lead to decreased query performance and unexpected behavior. Below are some common factors that contribute to deteriorating SQL statement […]

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