Course Outline

What is PostgreSQL?

  • A Brief History of PostgreSQL
  • Conventions
  • Further Information
  • Bug Reporting Guidelines

Introduction to PostgreSQL

  • Installation and Creating Database
  • The SQL Language
  • Advanced Features

The SQL Language

  • SQL Syntax
  • Data Definition
  • Data Manipulation
  • Queries
  • Data Types
  • Functions and Operators
  • Type Conversion
  • Indexes
  • Full Text Search
  • Concurrency Control
  • Performance Tips

Server Administration

  • Installation from Source Code
  • Installation from Source Code on Windows
  • Server Setup and Operation
  • Server Configuration
  • Client Authentication
  • Database Roles
  • Managing Databases
  • Localization
  • Routine Database Maintenance Tasks
  • Backup and Restore
  • High Availability, Load Balancing, and Replication
  • Recovery Configuration
  • Monitoring Database Activity
  • Monitoring Disk Usage
  • Reliability and the Write-Ahead Log
  • Regression Tests

Client Interfaces

  • libpq - C Library
  • Large Objects
  • ECPG - Embedded SQL in C
  • The Information Schema

Server Programming

  • Extending SQL
  • Triggers
  • The Rule System
  • Procedural Languages
  • PL/pgSQL - SQL Procedural Language
  • PL/Tcl - Tcl Procedural Language
  • PL/Perl - Perl Procedural Language
  • PL/Python - Python Procedural Language
  • Server Programming Interface

Internals

  • Overview of PostgreSQL Internals
  • System Catalogs
  • Frontend/Backend Protocol
  • PostgreSQL Coding Conventions
  • Native Language Support
  • Writing A Procedural Language Handler
  • Writing A Foreign Data Wrapper
  • Genetic Query Optimizer
  • Index Access Method Interface Definition
  • GiST Indexes
  • GIN Indexes
  • Database Physical Storage
  • BKI Backend Interface
  • How the Planner Uses Statistics

Requirements

A working knowledge of SQL and C

Basic system administration (Unix/Linux or Windows)

 28 Hours

Delivery Options

Private Group Training

Our identity is rooted in delivering exactly what our clients need.

  • Pre-course call with your trainer
  • Customisation of the learning experience to achieve your goals -
    • Bespoke outlines
    • Practical hands-on exercises containing data / scenarios recognisable to the learners
  • Training scheduled on a date of your choice
  • Delivered online, onsite/classroom or hybrid by experts sharing real world experience

Private Group Prices RRP from £7600 online delivery, based on a group of 2 delegates, £2400 per additional delegate (excludes any certification / exam costs). We recommend a maximum group size of 12 for most learning events.

Contact us for an exact quote and to hear our latest promotions


Public Training

Please see our public courses

Testimonials (7)

Provisional Upcoming Courses (Contact Us For More Information)

Related Categories