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On July 6th, I published, “A Transparency Moment”. There are a lot of us who would never publish such an article. ‘Your health is private,’ ‘won’t you be embarrassed,’ and ‘what if you fail?’ These are nagging thoughts and they are constant. ‘Should I publish another update?’ ‘What if I don’t make progress?’

Your health is private

While I accept the premise that sharing your ‘weakness’ with family …

PgManage 1.0b2 released

PgManage 1.0b2 released.

PgManage 1.0b released

Command Prompt is pleased to announce PgManage version 1.0b. This release adds two major features, 3 major bug fixes and over a dozen changes and improvements. PgManage is a Postgres centered multi-database management Open Source project.

New features:

  • Added backup/restore support for PostgreSQL
  • First version of PgManage Handbook was published to https://pgmanage.readthedocs.io/en/latest

Major Bugs fixed:

  • Fixed .AppImage compatibility issues for newer Linux distributions which do not have libcrypt installed
  • Added …

Your work-life balance is killing you

To be truly successful in life, we must have an equilibrium. We must balance desire, learning from success and failure, fear, exhaustion, passion, employer satisfaction, relationships, children, personal ambition and growth, tee-ball games, disappointment, ballet classes, illness, client management, and unexpected events. How can we manage all of these tasks when we try to put everything into two separate boxes? We can’t and that is why people get burned out.

Announcing PgManage 1.0a

PgManage is a Postgres centered multi-database management Open Source project. It is a fork of the previously well received project OmniDB that had been abandoned. Command Prompt has taken the helm of this project to ensure a quality project focused on the Management of PostgreSQL and related technologies.

Major Changes from OmniDB

New features:

  • new connection management UI
  • added …

The issue of convenience

Life is about people

Top 3 Reasons to Upgrade PostgreSQL End-of-Life

Databases are a vital component of any application or website, especially with the reliance on data to meet our end users’ needs. PostgreSQL databases are robust and limitless in their capabilities but not when they’re operating like it’s 1999.

Do you have any outdated end-of-life (EOL) PostgreSQL instances?

EOL software is especially prone to bugs and security issues, but scheduling and performing critical updates and upgrades can be challenging. The …

Performance Analysis of PostgreSQL Data Checksums

Recently I have been working on PostgreSQL benchmarks for its data checksums feature. This incredibly valuable option to initdb -- introduced in version 9.3 in 2013 -- allows quick detection of corrupted disk data pages. It provides the glorious opportunity to simply failover to a standby before your data becomes corrupted, rather than endure the horror of discovering the corruption afterward and attempting to recover.

But people care as much …

PostgreSQL and Financial Calculations - Part Five

The fifth and last in a series of blogs covering common mistakes in Database and Application designs for financial calculations.

Method of Rounding:

There are many methods of rounding

  1. Half Round Up
  2. Half Round Down
  3. Round Towards Zero
  4. Round Away from Zero
  5. Round Half To Even
  6. Round Half To Odd
  7. Random Round

The built-in method of rounding in PostgreSQL is Half Round Up. Unfortunately, it is not the best approach, …

PostgreSQL and Financial Calculations - Part Four

The fourth in a series of blogs covering common mistakes in Database and Application designs for financial calculations.

Database Driver, or Application Framework Created Error:

The database driver or application framework created errors are probably the hardest to find, as we are the consumer not the writer of the tool, with many assuming the casting is correct. However, we must review the documentation or the library’s code to know how …