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  • References/Database/PostgreSQL/Tutorial/Advanced Features

Inheritance is a concept from object-oriented databases. It opens up interesting new possibilities of database design. Let's create two tables:

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passwordcheck
  • References/Database/PostgreSQL/Appendixes/Additional Supplied Modules

The passwordcheck module checks users' passwords whenever they are set with CREATE

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Internals//Genetic Query Optimizer: Genetic Query Optimization (GEQO) in PostgreSQL
  • References/Database/PostgreSQL/Internals/Genetic Query Optimizer

The GEQO module approaches the query optimization problem as though it were the well-known traveling salesman problem (

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pg_freespacemap
  • References/Database/PostgreSQL/Appendixes/Additional Supplied Modules

The pg_freespacemap module provides a means for examining the free space map (FSM). It provides a function called pg_freespace

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dict_xsyn
  • References/Database/PostgreSQL/Appendixes/Additional Supplied Modules

dict_xsyn (Extended Synonym Dictionary) is an example of an add-on dictionary template for full-text search. This dictionary type replaces words

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Log File Maintenance
  • References/Database/PostgreSQL/Maintenance

It is a good idea to save the database server's log output somewhere, rather than just discarding it via /dev/null. The log output is invaluable

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Asynchronous Commit
  • References/Database/PostgreSQL/Write-Ahead Log

Asynchronous commit is an option that allows transactions to complete more quickly, at the cost that the most recent transactions may be lost if the

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DROP DOMAIN
  • References/Database/PostgreSQL/Commands

NameDROP DOMAIN -- remove a domain Synopsis

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Internals//SP-GiST Indexes: Built-in Operator Classes
  • References/Database/PostgreSQL/Internals/SP-GiST Indexes

The core PostgreSQL distribution includes the SP-GiST operator classes shown in Table 62-1.

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Internals//Index Access Method: Index Locking Considerations
  • References/Database/PostgreSQL/Internals/Index Access Method

Index access methods must handle concurrent updates of the index by multiple processes. The core PostgreSQL system obtains

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