PgConf.Russia 2017

I love complex knowledge domains, strong typing in applications, and 3NF, but I hate ORM. That is why I’ve been actively storing serialized structures in JSON fields (even before the JSON type was introduced). In this talk, I will tell you about some specifics of storing complex structures within DBMS fields, what problems can arise, and how to cushion the blow.

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1. What is an autonomous transaction?
2. An overview of autonomous transactions in "big" DBMS: Oracle.
3. Autonomous transaction logic in Postgres Pro.
4. An overview of emulation methods for autonomous transactions in PostgreSQL.
5. Comparing performance of the built-in Postgres Pro autonomous transaction mechanism and PostgreSQL emulation methods.

VIDEO

Often it is enforced by the customer or even by law, to document the circumstances of the production of parts or lots. This talk is about the automated generation and storage of the corresponding administrative data and their correlation to measurements. Administrative data are entities like suppliers batch, article, serial number or production date. They are often to be exchanged with ERP systems.

Tencent, based in China, is one of the world's largest companies in the social networking space. This talk discusses how Tencent modified the code of Postgres-XC to meet their internal payment system requirements