The possibilities of profiling plpgsql code - available tools

I like stored procedures - it is great technology. But like any other technologies it allows to write not well optimized code. It is not easy to write optimized code, sql statements in complex large applications. On second hand, there are some tools, that can be used very easily, that can help. Postgres has built-in tracking functions possibility. There are PLProfiler and plpgsql_check. With these tools is easy work to detect slow part of applications.With this knowledge, the fix of performance issue is less magic.

Extending PostgreSQL in C: A Tutorial

PostgreSQL is one of the most readily extensible databases in the world. Custom data types, aggregations, functions, and more can be easily and safely written in C.

This hands-on tutorial covers the basics of writing functions, data types, and aggregates in C. It is recommended (though not strictly required) that bring their own laptops and be prepared to actually try the exercises.

Topics covered include: 1. The PostgreSQL type system 2. Creating a simple custom type in C 3. Common errors for non-C programmers 4. Creating a simple aggregate in C

There will be many opportunities for questions and discussion through the tutorial.

Миграция с Oracle на PostgreSQL с использованием автоматического конвертера

В докладе мы хотим рассказать об опыте миграции одной большой системы с Oracle на PostgreSQL. Сама система построена на стеке PHP + Oracle, её отличительной особенностью было то, что вся бизнес-логика была реализована в PL/SQL коде. В СУБД - это более 3000 пакетов с 4-10 функциями (процедурами) в каждом. В PHP - более 10000 форм со вставками анонимных блоков, используемых для получения данных, обработки и сохранения результатов в Oracle.

Для решения этой крайне объемной работы мы взяли ANTLR4 (синтаксический анализатор для чтения, обработки, выполнения или перевода структурированного текста), грамматику PL/SQL и создали автоматический конвертер, который позволяет преобразовать все объекты схемы и нашей системы из Oracle в рабочий код для PostgreSQL.

Life cycle of Database Migration from Oracle, DB2 to PostgreSQL

Many businesses which use Database management systems like Oracle, DB2 & MS SQL are unreliable these days. Moreover, the costs incurred in maintaining these systems and its product licenses keeps on increasing. As the competitors are migrating over to the new technologies and tools available in the market, it is necessary for these businesses to migrate to new environment which is efficient, consistent and reliable to stay in the market and the technologies used in the current environment have become obsolete or no longer serve the business purpose. PostgreSQL has emerged as a top open-source RDBMS software. Since there is no licensing cost associated with it most of the companies are planning to migrate the databases which are currently running on other RDBMS like Oracle, DB2, MS SQL server to PostgreSQL. This report summarizes the various methodologies, procedures and techniques involved in successfully migrating the data from Oracle to PostgreSQL & DB2 to PostgreSQL. Migration is not a simple effort there should be proper planning and testing involved in this right from database connectivity to performance analysis. In this paper we are going to cover most of the steps which we need to consider before the migration and after the migration like choosing the correct tools for implementing the migration, time taken to migrate ,data compatibility, code conversion, application connectivity to database, database configuration parameters, performance analysis, replication setups, database monitoring, patching and backup strategies.