PostgreSQL Weekly News – March 07 2010

== PostgreSQL Weekly News – March 07 2010 ==
Bug fix updates for PostgreSQL 7.4 through 8.4 will be out soon. Get
ready to upgrade!
The San Francisco PostgreSQL Users’ Group will be having a Test Fest
Saturday April 3, 11am to 6pm. There will be live video. Help make
this a world-wide event!
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/SFPUG_Beta_Test_Day
== PostgreSQL Product News [...]

PostgreSQL Weekly News – February 28 2010

== PostgreSQL Weekly News – February 28 2010 ==
PostgreSQL 9.0alpha4 is out. Test! More info and download
information below.
http://www.postgresql.org/developer/alpha
http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/source/9.0alpha4
Registration for PGCon 2010 is now open.
http://www.pgcon.org/2010/registration.php
BWPUG will be meeting in Falls Church, VA, USA on March 10, 2010 at
6:30pm.
http://www.xzilla.net/blog/2010/Feb/BWPUG-March-10th,-Falls-Church-take-two..html
The CfP for OSBridge is open!
http://opensourcebridge.org/events/2010/proposals/

PostgreSQL 9.0 Alpha 4 Available Now

The fourth alpha release for PostgreSQL version 9.0, 9.0alpha4, is now available. This alpha contains several new major features added since the previous alpha. Please download, install, and test it to give us early feedback on the features being developed for the next version of PostgreSQL.
Features added in Alpha4 include:

Streaming Replication for binary log-based [...]

PostgreSQL Weekly News – February 21 2010

== PostgreSQL Weekly News – February 21 2010 ==
The final commitfest for 9.0 is winding down. Thanks to all the
reviewers, etc., who are participating.
== PostgreSQL Product News ==
dataPro 1.6.1, a visual database management, development and conversion
program, released.
http://www.vive.net/products/datapro.htm
tail_n_mail 1.7.1, a monitor for PostgreSQL log files, released.
http://bucardo.org/wiki/Tnm
boxinfo 1.1.10, a script to analyze and publish information about
servers, [...]

PostgreSQL Code Factory 10.2 released

SQL Maestro Group announces the release of PostgreSQL Code Factory 10.2, a powerful Windows GUI solution aimed at the SQL queries and scripts development.
The new version is immediately available at
http://www.sqlmaestro.com/products/postgresql/codefactory/download/.
New features:
1. Starting with this version it is possible to connect to remote PostgreSQL servers via SSH tunnel using a key-based authentication (in addition to the [...]

Why PostgreSQL is a better enterprise database than MySQL

When it comes to open source databases, MySQL gets the lion’s share of attention. MySQL is an easy-to-use database, and a lot of open source Web applications are geared towards it. The other primary open source database is PostgreSQL which, while widely known, doesn’t have the same mindshare that MySQL has obtained. This is unfortunate, [...]

PostgreSQL Weekly News – January 24 2010

== PostgreSQL Weekly News – January 24 2010 ==
“PostgreSQL: Das Praxisbuch” by Thomas Pfeiffer and Andreas Wenk published.
http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de
== PostgreSQL 8.5 Feature of the Week ==
The DROP IF EXISTS syntax now works on columns and constraints.
== PostgreSQL Jobs for January ==
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-jobs/2010-01/threads.php
== PostgreSQL Local ==
The Call for Papers for East is open until January 30, 2010. [...]

PostgreSQL Weekly News – January 10 2010

== PostgreSQL Weekly News – January 10 2010 ==
Congratulations to Alvaro Herrera on the birth of his daughter.
Hot Standby User’s Group now taking place remotely on 13 Jan at
1600UTC, rather than 6 Jan as originally advertised. More details
here:
http://www.postgresql.org/about/event.1013
== PostgreSQL Product News ==
Bucardo, an asynchronous replication system with master-master
capability, is now packaged for Fedora, and on [...]

PostgreSQL Weekly News – January 03 2010

== PostgreSQL Weekly News – January 03 2010 ==
RPM packages for 8.5alpha3 are out, thanks to Devrim’s hard work. Test!
http://yum.pgsqlrpms.org/news-8.5alpha-packages-ready-for-testing.php
== PostgreSQL Product News ==
Benetl 3.3, an ETL tool for files using PostgreSQL, released.
http://www.benetl.net
Dataware Quick Application Suite 1.1, a RAD tool which supports
PostgreSQL, released.
http://www.datawarestudio.com
Npgsql 2.0.8, a .NET data provider for PostgreSQL, released.
http://www.npgsql.org
psqlODBC 08.04.0200, an ODBC [...]

PostgreSQL Live CD for 8.4.2 released

I released second version of my PostgreSQL 8.4 live CD, which is based
on Fedora 12. It includes the PostgreSQL related packages that I build
on http://yum.pgsqlrpms.org , along with PostgreSQL 8.4.2.
Details are here:
http://yum.pgsqlrpms.org/livecd.php
http://www.pglivecd.org
You can add an encrypted home directory while burning iso to USB stick,
which helps you to keep your personal data in your USB stick.
This [...]

PostgreSQL Weekly News – December 13 2009

== PostgreSQL Weekly News – December 13 2009 ==
Point Releases 8.4.2, 8.3.9, 8.2.15, 8.1.19, 8.0.23 and 7.4.27 will be
out soon. Get ready to upgrade!
Robert Haas, ITAGAKI Takahiro, Simon Riggs, and Greg Stark now have
commit bits in CVS. Kudos!
== PostgreSQL Product News ==
pgpool-II 2.3, a connection pooler and more, and pgpoolAdmin 2.3, a
GUI administration [...]

PostgreSQL Weekly News – December 06 2009

== PostgreSQL Weekly News – December 06 2009 ==
The current commitfest is ending soon. Keep reviewing others’ patches
so you can start fresh on your own
PostgreSQL now has an official release support policy. Details below.
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL_Release_Support_Policy
New Survey: How do you contribute to PostgreSQL?
http://www.postgresql.org/community
Jeff Davis presents Operator Exclusion Constraints at SFPUG on
Tuesday, [...]

Total security in a PostgreSQL database

Database security is the single biggest concern with today’s Web-based applications. Without control, you risk exposing sensitive information about your company or, worse yet, your valuable customers. In this article, learn about security measures you can take to protect your PostgreSQL database.
Read more at IBM

PostgreSQL Weekly News – November 22 2009

== PostgreSQL Weekly News – November 22 2009 ==
A report from the Brazilian PostgreSQL conference in Portuguese is at:
http://pgcon.postgresql.org.br/2009/asl/pgcconbr-2009_prest_contas.pdf
== PostgreSQL Product News ==
pgstat 1.1 released.
http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pgstat2/
== PostgreSQL Jobs for November ==
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-jobs/2009-11/threads.php
== PostgreSQL Local ==
The third edition of the Italian PostgreSQL Day will be held at the
University of Pisa on the 4th of December. [...]

PostgreSQL Weekly News – November 15 2009

== PostgreSQL Weekly News – November 15 2009 ==
Commitfest for November, 2009 has begun. Start reviewing other
people’s patches!
New Survey: Which 8.5 Alpha 2 feature have you tried?
http://www.postgresql.org/community/
== PostgreSQL Jobs for November ==
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-jobs/2009-11/threads.php
== PostgreSQL Local ==
OpenSQL Camp will be November 14-15, 2009 in Portland, OR
http://www.chesnok.com/daily/2009/07/29/opensql-camp-comes-to-portland-november-14-15-2009/
JPUG 10th Anniversary Conference is November 20-21, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-announce/2009-05/msg00018.php
Stefan [...]

PostgreSQL Weekly News – October 11 2009

== PostgreSQL Weekly News – October 11 2009 ==
The current commitfest ends this week, with alpha2 soon to follow.
Get ready to test!
Josh Berkus presents: The Mighty GUCS at SFPUG in San Francisco on
October 13, 7:00pm Pacific time. Details for the webcast, etc. below:
http://postgresql.meetup.com/1/calendar/11052731/
Federico Campoli will be presenting a PostgreSQL talk at GULP (Linux
Day Pisa) [...]

PostgreSQL Weekly News – October 04 2009

== PostgreSQL Weekly News – October 04 2009 ==
== PostgreSQL Product News ==
Bucardo 4.2.1, a replication system with dual-master capability, released.
http://bucardo.org/wiki/Bucardo
pgpool-II 2.2.5, a connection pooler and more, released.
http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pgpool/
Marc Balmer has put up a German language wiki at
http://www.postgres-support.com/
Wordpress has a plugin that makes it work with PostgreSQL.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/postgresql-for-wordpress/
== PostgreSQL Jobs for October ==
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-jobs/2009-10/threads.php
== PostgreSQL Local ==
There will [...]

PostgreSQL Weekly News – September 27 2009

== PostgreSQL Weekly News – September 27 2009 ==
The commitfest continues, with alpha2 coming soon.
== PostgreSQL Product News ==
Benetl 3.1, an ETL tool for files, released.
http://www.benetl.net
== PostgreSQL Jobs for September ==
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-jobs/2009-09/threads.php
== PostgreSQL Local ==
There will be a conference in Seattle, Washington, USA October 16-18,
2009.
http://www.postgresqlconference.org/2009/west
PGCon Brazil will be take place October 23-24 2009 at Unicamp in
Campinas, [...]

PostgreSQL Weekly News – September 20 2009

== PostgreSQL Weekly News – September 20 2009 ==
Registration for PGCon Brazil 2009 is open.
http://pgcon.postgresql.org.br
== PostgreSQL Jobs for September ==
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-jobs/2009-09/threads.php
== PostgreSQL Local ==
There will be a conference in Seattle, Washington, USA October 16-18,
2009.
http://www.postgresqlconference.org/2009/west
PGCon Brazil will be take place October 23-24 2009 at Unicamp in
Campinas, Sao Paulo state. Registration open!
http://pgcon.postgresql.org.br/2009/
PGDay.EU 2009 will be at Telecom [...]

PostgreSQL Weekly News – September 13 2009

== PostgreSQL Weekly News – September 13 2009 ==
Security updates 8.4.1, 8.3.8, 8.2.14, 8.1.18, 8.0.22 and 7.4.26
released. Upgrade ASAP!
== PostgreSQL Product News ==
Bucardo 4.0.1, a replication system with dual-master capability,
released.
http://bucardo.org/wiki/Bucardo
== PostgreSQL Jobs for September ==
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-jobs/2009-09/threads.php
== PostgreSQL Local ==
There will be a conference in Seattle, Washington, USA October 16-18,
2009.
http://www.postgresqlconference.org/2009/west
PGCon Brazil will be take place October [...]