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PostgreSQL Notes for Professionals

Comprehensive guide for learning and mastering PostgreSQL, covering SQL, indexing, replication, backups, and performance tuning.

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About this Course

PostgreSQL is a powerful, open-source object-relational database system known for its reliability, feature robustness, and performance. It supports advanced SQL compliance, extensibility, and ACID transactions.

This guide covers PostgreSQL installation and architecture, SQL querying, data types, indexing strategies, constraints, views, stored procedures, replication, partitioning, backups with pg_dump and pg_basebackup, and performance monitoring.

Whether you're a developer integrating Postgres or a DBA managing large clusters, these notes provide a thorough reference for effective PostgreSQL administration and development.

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What You'll Learn

SQL syntax, data types, and DML operations in PostgreSQL
Indexes, constraints, and views
Stored procedures and functions with PL/pgSQL
Backup and restore strategies
Replication and high availability
Partitioning and sharding techniques
Performance tuning and query optimization
Security best practices and role management