Introduction to PostgreSQL for the Data Professional


 

Learning something new has elements of bliss and terror. We all know the bliss of learning something new. The first time you figure out how to do something is a magical feeling that one never tends to lose. Stuck in the back of your mind is the first time you rode a bike, solved a complex math problem, and as a DBA, when you built your first backup system that you felt you could rely on in a catastrophe.

The terror on the other hand, is often simply centered around the problem of not knowing how to get started. This