Create,developandmanagerelationaldatabasesinrealworldapplicationsusingPostgreSQLAboutThisBook?LearnaboutthePostgreSQLdevelopmentlifecycleincludingitstestingandrefactoring?BuildproductivedatabasesolutionsandusetheminJavaapplications?AcomprehensiveguidetolearnaboutSQL,PostgreSQLprocedurallanguageandPL/pgSQLWhoThisBookIsForIfyouareastudent,databasedeveloperoranadministrator,interestedindevelopingandmaintainingaPostgreSQLdatabase,thenthisbookisforyou.Noknowledgeofdatabaseprogrammingoradministrationisnecessary.WhatYouWillLearn?Learnconceptsofdatamodellingandrelationalgebra?InstallandsetupPostgreSQLdatabaseserverandclientsoftware?ImplementdatastructuresinPostgreSQL?ManipulatedatainthedatabaseusingSQL?Implementdataprocessinglogicinthedatabasewithstoredfunctions,triggersandviews?Testdatabasesolutionsandassesstheperformance?IntegratedatabasewithJavaapplications?DetailedknowledgeofthemainPostgreSQLbuildingobjects,mostusedextensions?Practicedatabasedevelopmentlifecycleincludinganalysis,modelling,(documentation),testing,bugfixesandrefactoringInDetailPostgreSQLisoneofthemostpowerfulandeasytousedatabasemanagementsystems.Ithasstrongsupportfromthecommunityandisbeingactivelydevelopedwithanewreleaseeveryyear.PostgreSQLsupportsthemostadvancedfeaturesincludedinSQLstandards.AlsoitprovidesNoSQLcapabilities,andveryrichdatatypesandextensions.AllthatmakesPostgreSQLaveryattractivesolutioninvariouskindsofsoftwaresystems.ThebookstartswiththeintroductionofrelationaldatabaseswithPostegreSQL.Itthenmovesontocoveringdatadefinitionlanguage(DDL)withemphasisonPostgreSQLandcommonDDLcommandssupportedbyANSISQL.Youwillthenlearnthedatamanipulationlanguage(DML),andadvancedtopicslikelockingandmultiversionconcurrencycontrol(MVCC).Thiswillgiveyouaveryrobustbackgroundtotuneandtroubleshootyourapplication.Thebookthencoverstheimplementationofdatamodelsinthedatabasesuchascreatingtables,settingupintegrityconstraints,buildingindexes,definingviewsandotherschemaobjects.Next,itwillgiveyouanoverviewabouttheNoSQLcapabilitiesofPostgreSQLalongwithHstore,XML,Jsonandarrays.Finallybytheendofthebook,you'lllearntousetheJDBCdriverandmanipulatedataobjectsintheHibernateframework.StyleandapproachAneasy-to-followguidetolearnprogrammingbuildapplicationswithPostgreSQL,andmanageaPostgreSQLdatabaseinstance.