In PostgreSQL, undo blocks are implemented using a mechanism called Multi-Version Concurrency Control (MVCC), which allows multiple versions of a row to exist in the database at the same time. When a transaction updates or […]
Deadlock is a situation where two or more transactions are blocked, waiting for each other to release locks that they hold. In PostgreSQL, deadlocks can occur in several scenarios, such as: To prevent deadlocks in […]
Multipass hash join is a technique used to optimize the performance of a hash join operation in a database management system. In a hash join, one table is used as the build input, and the […]
In PostgreSQL, you can monitor live sessions using a few different methods: You can use any of these methods to monitor live sessions in PostgreSQL, depending on your needs and the resources available to you. […]
In PostgreSQL, hash joins are used to join two tables based on a join condition that involves equality comparisons. The optimizer automatically chooses this join method if it determines that a hash join would be […]
Optimizer index caching in PostgreSQL is the process by which the database caches the index pages in memory to speed up the execution of queries. This feature helps improve the performance of queries by reducing […]
In PostgreSQL, the optimizer uses cardinality estimates to determine the most efficient execution plan for a query. Cardinality refers to the number of rows in a table or the number of rows returned by a […]
Cache Buffer Chains (CBC) is a mechanism used by the PostgreSQL storage engine to manage the buffer cache and minimize the amount of disk I/O. The buffer cache is a region of memory that is […]
PgBouncer is a lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL. It is used to reduce the overhead of establishing a new connection to a PostgreSQL database for each client request. By pooling connections, PgBouncer can handle a […]
The source code for the PostgreSQL LALR(1) parser is written in C and can be found in the PostgreSQL source code repository. The main components of the parser are: To understand how the parser works, […]
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