Postgresql 9.6: Support parallel aggregation

Re:Postgresql 9.6: Support parallel aggregation by filereaper on Monday March 21, 2016 @06:00PM (#11332482)

Short of doing a deep dive into Postgresql, do any universities use Postgresql as a basis for their DB implementation courses? I wanted to dive into Postgres and was hoping for some training wheels. Thanks.

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Re:Postgresql 9.6: Support parallel aggregation by __jal on Monday March 21, 2016 @07:17PM (#11332994)

PG is, IMHO, probably one of the best code bases for this.

I'm far and away not a database hacker, but have read parts of the code at various times to better understand what I was seeing. The codebase is incredibly well written and organized, and the documentation (both developer and user) is top-notch.

The only problem I can think of with using it in a course would be choosing what to focus on with only a semester. Add in the long revision history and I think there are also multiple theses in there on the sociology of open source.

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Re:Postgresql 9.6: Support parallel aggregation by spariev on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @04:39AM (#11335148)

There is a "Hacking PostgreSQL" course[1], which tries to explain PostgreSQL internals and architecture, but it is available in Russian only[2]

[1] http://postgrespro.ru/education/courses/hacking [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLaFqU3KCWw6Jfb8IBNk3hZ07...

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Re:Postgresql 9.6: Support parallel aggregation by calinet6 on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @07:52AM (#11335797)

CS186 at Berkeley was entirely in the guts of PostgreSQL. But then, I suppose that's not too surprising given the history.

Personally, I found it a delight to work with, and that has translated into a great respect for the product itself. It is no great surprise that the pace of development stays strong and that engineers gravitate toward it; it's set up for exactly that.

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Re:Postgresql 9.6: Support parallel aggregation by aut_dan on Monday March 21, 2016 @09:03PM (#11333641)

https://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/csep544/ might be helpful

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Re:Postgresql 9.6: Support parallel aggregation by morgante on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @12:00AM (#11334339)

My university does, though unfortunately we don't have any public course information.

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Re:Postgresql 9.6: Support parallel aggregation by ddorian43 on Monday March 21, 2016 @06:26PM (#11332690)

Dive in the documentation + mailing list + postgresql planet.

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