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The following are the steps and guide in how to install and setup Vectorchord extension in your EDB EPAS PostgreSQL cluster. First, you will need to install the two RPM packages for PgVector and VectorChord from EDB Latest package repositories. Execute the following command to check that two packages are installed on your redhat …
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As pre-requisite for incremental backup feature the below two parameters should be set first: postgres=# show summarize_wal; summarize_wal on postgres=# show wal_level; wal_level replica if summarize_wal parameter not set then set it and you will need to restart postgres instance to take affect. postgres=# ALTER SYSTEM SET summarize_wal = on; To perform a simulation i …
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One of the questions that someone would logically ask, when was the PostgreSQL cluster instance got created. Unfortunately there is no direct answer for this…I tried to find any database view or command that can retrieve this information but couldn’t. One of the techniques that can help to answer this question is finding template0 database …
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Here I am going to explore performing a minor PostgreSQL upgrade from 11.2 to 11.3 . when we say “minor” which is digit after the base version release. psql postgres=# select * from version(); To check the location of your PostgreSQL binaries: ps -ef | grep postgres OR From the environment variables profile: PGHOME=/usr/lib/postgresql/11/bin I will shutdown …
In this blogpost I will discuss how can you remap database objects you would like to move from one schema to another. The method i will be using is through backup dump: In a database “company_sales”, I have tables under the default “PUBLIC” schema: // I will first create the destination schema: create schema schema1; …
In PostgreSQL there are two main password encryption algorithms : md5 , SCRAM-SHA-256. its worth mentioning that SCRAM is more secure of course than md5 however, you need to check application driver compatibility. In postgresql.conf file, the password_encryption parameter is set to md5 by default. I will simulate creating a new account called “emad”: create …
If you have ever worked in a relational database system before, I am sure you know the concept of a schema. A schema can be described as a “container” for all of your database objects (tables,views,…etc). each database objects will be placed under the specified schema: schema_name.table_name So basically you can have the same exact …
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My Name is Emad Al-Mousa, IT Consultant with 10+ years of experience. I am specialized in Database technology, especially in database security and open source database technologies. This blog is dedicated for PostgreSQL technology.
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