PostgreSQL 14 Administration
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First Steps
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PSQL – Introducing PostgreSQL 14
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PSQL – How to get PostgreSQL
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PSQL – Connecting to the PostgreSQL server
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PSQL – Enabling access for network/remote users
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PSQL – Using the pgAdmin4 GUI tool
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PSQL – Using the OmniDB GUI tool
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PSQL – Using the psql query and scripting tool
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PSQL – Changing your password securely
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PSQL – Avoiding hardcoding your password
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PSQL – Using a connection service file
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PSQL – Troubleshooting a failed connection
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PSQL – PostgreSQL in the cloud
Exploring the Database
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PSQL – What type of server is this?
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PSQL – What version is the server?
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PSQL – What is the server uptime?
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PSQL – Locating the database server files
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PSQL – Locating the database server’s message log
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PSQL – Locating the database’s system identifier
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PSQL – Listing databases on the database server
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PSQL – How many tables are there in a database?
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PSQL – How much disk space does a database use?
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PSQL – How much disk space does a table use?
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PSQL – Which are my biggest tables?
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PSQL – How many rows are there in a table?
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PSQL – Quickly estimating the number of rows in a table
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PSQL – Listing extensions in this database
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PSQL – Understanding object dependencies
Server Configuration
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PSQL – RTFM
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PSQL – Planning a new database
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PSQL – Setting configuration parameters for the database server
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PSQL – Setting configuration parameters in your programs
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PSQL – Finding the configuration settings for your session
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PSQL – Finding parameters with non-default settings
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PSQL – Setting parameters for particular groups of users
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PSQL – A basic server configuration checklist
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PSQL – Adding an external module to PostgreSQL
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PSQL – Using an installed module/extension
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PSQL – Managing installed extensions
Server Control
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PSQL – Overview of controlling the database server
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PSQL – Starting the database server manually
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PSQL – Stopping the server safely and quickly
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PSQL – Stopping the server in an emergency
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PSQL – Reloading the server configuration files
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PSQL – Restarting the server quickly
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PSQL – Preventing new connections
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PSQL – Restricting users to only one session each
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PSQL – Pushing users off the system
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PSQL – Deciding on a design for multitenancy
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PSQL – Using multiple schemas
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PSQL – Giving users their own private databases
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PSQL – Running multiple servers on one system
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PSQL – Setting up a connection pool
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PSQL – Accessing multiple servers using the same host and port
Tables and Data
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PSQL – Choosing good names for database objects
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PSQL – Handling objects with quoted names
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PSQL – Enforcing the same name and definition for columns
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PSQL – Identifying and removing duplicates
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PSQL – Preventing duplicate rows
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PSQL – Finding a unique key for a set of data
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PSQL – Generating test data
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PSQL – Randomly sampling data
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PSQL – Loading data from a spreadsheet
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PSQL – Loading data from flat files
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PSQL – Making bulk data changes using server-side procedures with transactions
Security
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PSQL – Overview of PostgreSQL security
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PSQL – The PostgreSQL superuser
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PSQL – Revoking user access to a table
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PSQL – Granting user access to a table
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PSQL – Granting user access to specific columns
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PSQL – Granting user access to specific rows
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PSQL – Creating a new user
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PSQL – Temporarily preventing a user from connecting
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PSQL – Removing a user without dropping their data
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PSQL – Checking whether all users have a secure password
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PSQL – Giving limited superuser powers to specific users
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PSQL – Auditing database access
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PSQL – Always knowing which user is logged in
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PSQL – Integrating with LDAP
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PSQL – Connecting using encryption (SSL/GSSAPI)
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PSQL – Using SSL certificates to authenticate
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PSQL – Mapping external usernames to database roles
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PSQL – Using column-level encryption
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PSQL – Setting up cloud security using predefined roles
Database Administration
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PSQL – Writing a script that either succeeds entirely or fails entirely
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PSQL – Writing a psql script that exits on the first error
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PSQL – Using psql variables
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PSQL – Placing query output into psql variables
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PSQL – Writing a conditional psql script
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PSQL- Investigating a psql error
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PSQL – Setting the psql prompt with useful information
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PSQL – Using pgAdmin for DBA tasks
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PSQL – Scheduling jobs for regular background execution
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PSQL – Performing actions on many tables
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PSQL – Adding/removing columns on a table
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PSQL – Changing the data type of a column
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PSQL – Changing the definition of an enum data type
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PSQL – Adding a constraint concurrently
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PSQL – Adding/removing schemas
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PSQL – Moving objects between schemas
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PSQL – Adding/removing tablespaces
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PSQL – Moving objects between tablespaces
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PSQL – Accessing objects in other PostgreSQL databases
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PSQL – Accessing objects in other foreign databases
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PSQL – Making views updatable
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PSQL- Using GENERATED data columns
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PSQL – Using data compression
Monitoring and Diagnosis
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PSQL – Overview of PostgreSQL monitoring
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PSQL – Cloud-native monitoring
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PSQL – Providing PostgreSQL information to monitoring tools
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PSQL – Real-time viewing using pgAdmin
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PSQL – Checking whether a user is connected
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PSQL- Checking whether a computer is connected
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PSQL – Repeatedly executing a query in psql
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PSQL – Checking which queries are running
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PSQL – Monitoring the progress of commands
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PSQL – Checking which queries are active or blocked
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PSQL – Knowing who is blocking a query
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PSQL – Killing a specific session
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PSQL – Detecting an in-doubt prepared transaction
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PSQL – Knowing whether anybody is using a specific table
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PSQL – Knowing when a table was last used
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PSQL – Usage of disk space by temporary data
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PSQL – Understanding why queries slow down
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PSQL – Analyzing the real-time performance of your queries
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PSQL – Investigating and reporting a bug
Regular Maintenance
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PSQL – Controlling automatic database maintenance
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PSQL – Avoiding auto-freezing and page corruptions
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PSQL – Removing issues that cause bloat
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PSQL – Removing old prepared transactions
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PSQL – Actions for heavy users of temporary tables
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PSQL – Identifying and fixing bloated tables and indexes
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PSQL – Monitoring and tuning a vacuum
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PSQL – Maintaining indexes
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PSQL – Finding unused indexes
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PSQL – Carefully removing unwanted indexes
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PSQL – Planning maintenance
Performance and Concurrency
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PSQL – Finding slow SQL statements
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PSQL – Finding out what makes SQL slow
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PSQL – Reducing the number of rows returned
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PSQL – Simplifying complex SQL queries
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PSQL – Speeding up queries without rewriting them
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PSQL – Discovering why a query is not using an index
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PSQL – Forcing a query to use an index
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PSQL – Using parallel query
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PSQL – Creating time-series tables using partitioning
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PSQL – Using optimistic locking to avoid long lock waits
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PSQL – Reporting performance problems
Backup and Recovery
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PSQL – Understanding and controlling crash recovery
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PSQL – Planning your backups
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PSQL – Hot logical backups of one database
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PSQL – Hot logical backups of all databases
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PSQL – Backups of database object definitions
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PSQL – A standalone hot physical backup
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PSQL – Hot physical backups with Barman
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PSQL – Recovery of all databases
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PSQL – Recovery to a point in time
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PSQL – Recovery of a dropped/damaged table
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PSQL – Recovery of a dropped/damaged database
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PSQL – Extracting a logical backup from a physical one
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PSQL – Improving performance of logical backup/recovery
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PSQL – Improving performance of physical backup/recovery
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PSQL – Validating backups
Replication and Upgrades
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PSQL – Replication concepts
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PSQL – Replication best practices
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PSQL – Setting up streaming replication
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PSQL – Setting up streaming replication security
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PSQL – Hot Standby and read scalability
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PSQL – Managing streaming replication
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PSQL – Using repmgr
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PSQL – Using replication slots
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PSQL – Monitoring replication
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PSQL – Performance and sync rep
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PSQL – Delaying, pausing, and synchronizing replication
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PSQL – Logical replication
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PSQL – BDR
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PSQL – Archiving transaction log data
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PSQL – Upgrading minor releases
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PSQL – Major upgrades in-place
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PSQL – Major upgrades online
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