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26 Aug 2026 edition
PostgreSQL

Pavel Stehule: integration Lua to psql II

Ten years ago, I attempted to enhance the \dt+ command to sort results by size. There were perhaps a hundred discussions, yet no consensus was reached on a new syntax. Eventually, I created the pspg tool, which allows…

Source: Planet PostgreSQL
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Andrew Atkinson: PostgreSQL 18: 23x Faster Inserts With UUID V7

📌 Overview We recently switched to version 7 (v7) uuid primary keys and saw significantly faster inserts for some tables. The databases were running Postgres 18.4 and mostly used v1 with some v4 uuid values for primary…

Source: Planet PostgreSQL
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28 CVEs and a GROUP BY ALL U-turn

#​662 — August 26, 2026 Web Version 🏖️ After a week of being Disneyed-out, I return tired, but more ready than ever to dive back into the (far less humid) waters of Postgres! __ Your editor, Peter Cooper Postgres Weekly…

Source: PostgreSQL Weekly
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Alexey Evlampiev: Your Deployment Is a PostgreSQL Program

Your Deployment Is a PostgreSQL Program# Every migration tool is a program that executes your SQL. Invert the control flow and deployment policy becomes SQL the project owns. By Alexey Evlampiev Abstract. Every team…

Source: Planet PostgreSQL