Tag: pgsqlphriday

Your mission, if you chose to accept it, was to share a single tip/hint/fact/something that you wish you'd known about PostgreSQL when you were just getting started learning it. Well, we've got several people who have put together some excellent posts. Let's go over 'em all, in no particular order. First up, Lætitia Avrot has a post all about the PostgreSQL documentation and it is well worth the read. I couldn't agree more with all her points. Plus, I love, love, LOVE the summary list of pointers to documentation broken down by role. Thanks so much for sharing all this. I also wrote a post about the docs. Lætitia covers them better. Next, Andreas Scherbaum has some very cool tips for using psql. My knowledge here is a bit slim.…

I will not even attempt to hide it, I'm very much in the learning phase of my PostgreSQL journey. As such, I'm constantly picking up new facts. However, I'm interested in that one thing that you wish someone had told you. That tiny bit of "AH HA!!!" information that you have now, but it took you a while to find. Just that teeniest, tiniest slice of the behavior of PostgreSQL that proved to be a game-changer for you. In short, help me and all the others out there trying to learn this stuff. Make learning PostgreSQL just a little bit faster & easier for us. Please. Why am I asking? Because this is all a part of #PGSqlPhriday 006. What is #PGSqlPhriday and how do I participate? As to what…