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PostgreSQL trigram GIST vs. GIN indexes
I have a PostgreSQL 9.1 database that contains 10M+ rows and some text fields that need similarity and %word%-like searches, so I decided to use trigram indexes.
Initially, I started to use GIN ...
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Conceptual data model for a billing system
I am working on an existing MySQL database. My task is to create a new data model for a billing system on that existing application.
I have created a conceptual data model (click to enlarge):
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MySQL deadlock: upsert query acquiring gap lock twice?
I am trying to debug a deadlock scenario which has been puzzling me for quite some time now. I am wondering if someone can shed any light into how this can happen.
Here is the deadlock output:
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DBeaver launch script from file
I'm trying to find a good alternative to SQL Developer for performing queries and scripts on Oracle instances.
I find DBeaver to be an interesting tool, it has a lot of great features, BUT it seems ...
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Convert query in words to relational algebra
I have a follow-up question to a question I have previously asked on SO.
Instead of the query from my initial question, I want to convert the following into relational algebra:
List the names and ...
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SSMS 2014 (and 2012) CTRL+TAB requires pressing enter
Sometime last week my CTRL+TAB behavior changed. I used to hit CTRL+TAB, release, then I would be in my previous document tab. Now I hit CTRL+TAB, release, and the nav window is still open requiring ...
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AWS RDS postrgres massive disk use, small tables
I can't figure out why our AWS postgres server has consumed all of it's space. We just had to up the storage space allocated to it, but can't find any hint from postgres that it's using that much ...
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Working on a decision tree database design
I'm doing the conceptual model for a Decision tree database. The goal is store any Decision tree.
I have four entity types: DecisionTree, Node, Branch and Leaf.
Each Decision tree is composed of ...
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Extended Events - sqlserver.process_login_finish Not Firing?
We're trying to see whether a client is able to reach a database server, as it's receiving error:
[DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]SQL Server does not exist or
access denied.
The error ...
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How to minimize access exclusive table locks while reducing bloat or ALTER (ing) a table?
In some circumstances, I've been told not to do a VACUUM FULL (or CLUSTER) of a table that is in production, because that will exclusively lock it for longer than wished. The same might apply to ...
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Inconsistent equality checking of Unicode text in Postgres 9.5?
Using PostgreSQL 9.5. It seems like Postgres is being inconsistent with how it compares strings similar to لى. A unique constraint is considering some strings equal that GROUP BY is considering ...
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Oracle Ref Partitioning: Deadlock due to child table row migration
My ordering application uses Oracle 11g Database. This DB has a primary table ORDERS and multiple child tables like ORDER_DETAILS, PLAN etc.
ORDERS table is LIST partitioned on STATUS column and all ...
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Change Tracking across several Tables
I'm looking into providing DB level change tracking within my system. I need to be able to track changes at an entity level, rather than just individual tables.
Right now, we have triggers on each of ...
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verify that mongos server is connected to config servers
I've been writing a backup script for sharded replica-sets and it's almost done. Except I can't seem to get it to successfully start the balancer backup after everything's all said and done.
Here's ...
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Postgresql with just index storage
I have a PostgreSQL table with a key (bigint) and a value (double). The table has tens of billions of rows. I have a single btree on the (key,value) for aid lookups by key. The table is never updated.
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