by Hannu Krosing, Kirk Roybal, Jim Mlodgenski
Learn how to work with PostgreSQL as if you spent the last decade working on it. PostgreSQL is capable of providing you with all of the options that you have in your favourite development language and then extending that right on to the database server. With this knowledge in hand, you will be able to respond to the current demand for advanced PostgreSQL skills in a lucrative and booming market.PostgreSQL S...
Price: $29.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2013
by Pavel Penev
The book is a set of tutorials and examples. It uses the Common Lisp language and some of the libraries we'll be using for the examples and tutorials include:- The hunchentoot web server- The Restas web framework- The SEXML library for outputting XML and HTML- Closure-template for HTML templating- Postmodern for PostgreSQL access, and cl-reddis as a simple datastore- Various utilities...
Publisher: Self-publishing | Release: 2013
Resilience and Reliability on AWS 
by Jurg van Vliet, Flavia Paganelli, Jasper Geurtsen
Cloud services are just as susceptible to network outages as any other platform. This concise book shows you how to prepare for potentially devastating interruptions by building your own resilient and reliable applications in the public cloud. Guided by engineers from 9apps - n independent provider of Amazon Web Services and Eucalyptus cloud solutions - you'll learn how to combine AWS with open source ...
Price: $11.92 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2013
by Kathleen Ting, Jarek Jarcec Cecho
Integrating data from multiple sources is essential in the age of big data, but it can be a challenging and time-consuming task. This handy cookbook provides dozens of ready-to-use recipes for using Apache Sqoop, the command-line interface application that optimizes data transfers between relational databases and Hadoop.Sqoop is both powerful and bewildering, but with this cookbook's problem-solution-d...
Price: $12.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2013
by Regina Obe, Leo Hsu
If you're thinking about migrating to the PostgreSQL open source database system, this guide provides a concise overview to help you quickly understand and use PostgreSQL's unique features. Not only will you learn about the enterprise class features in the 9.2 release, you'll also discover that PostgeSQL is more than just a database system - it's also an impressive application platform.W...
Price: $19.95 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
by Regina O. Obe, Leo S. Hsu
PostGIS is an open source spatial database extender for PostgreSQL. It equals or surpasses proprietary alternatives, allowing you to create location-aware queries with just a few lines of SQL code, and provides a back-end for mapping applications with minimal effort.PostGIS in Action teaches readers of all levels to write spatial queries that solve real-world problems. It first gives you a background in vec...
Price: $14.47 | Publisher: Manning | Release: 2011
by Simon Riggs, Hannu Krosing
How to implement PostgreSQL features for reliability and performance; How to use the latest PostgreSQL 9.0 features; Summaries to help DBAs with experience of other database systems; Advanced technical tips and scripts for experienced users; Best practice for planning and designing live databases; How and when to VACUUM your databases; Selecting and implementing robust backup techniques; Concise and clear g...
Price: $22.49 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2010
PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance
by Gregory Smith
Learn the right techniques to obtain optimal PostgreSQL database performance, from initial design to routine maintenance. Discover the techniques used to scale successful database installations. Avoid the common pitfalls that can slow your system down. Filled with advice about what you should be doing; how to build experimental databases to explore performance topics, and then move what you've learned ...
Price: $29.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2010
by Jonathan Gennick
If you're a programmer or database administrator who uses SQL in your day-to-day work, this popular pocket guide is the ideal on-the-job reference. It uses numerous examples to address the language's complexity, and covers key aspects of SQL used in Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. That includes the syntax for querying, managing transactions, and making changes to data, as well as S...
Price: $6.47 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2010
by Rick Copeland
Essential SQLAlchemy introduces a high-level open-source code library that makes it easier for Python programmers to access relational databases such as Oracle, DB2, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite. SQLAlchemy has become increasingly popular since its release, but it still lacks good offline documentation. This practical book fills the gap, and because a developer wrote it, you get an objective look at SQLAlc...
Price: $14.01 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2008