Our course on writing T-SQL queries for SQL Server has been very popular. But we’ve had so many requests for a similar course targeting PostgreSQL, as it has become more and more popular.
We’re pleased to announce that this course is now available, and it’s low cost. Just $95 USD. And you don’t even need to install PostgreSQL to do the course. You can find details of it here:
Writing SQL Queries for PostgreSQL
2025-09-18
I had the pleasure of recording a new PG Down Under podcast this morning. My guest was James Blackwood-Sewell.
James loves Postgres, Rust, and Kubernetes, and he says, in that order.
He spends his time chasing his children around New Zealand, working on making search transactional at ParadeDB, and talking about PGRX (a Rust based framework for writing Postgres extensions).
In this show, we start by discussing Rust and why it’s become a hot topic amongst developers. In particular, it has strengths around writing reliable code because of its memory management, and its compile-time checking.
2025-09-11
I had the pleasure of recording a new PG Down Under podcast last night. My guest was Grant Fritchey.
Grant has worked in IT for more than thirty years, as a developer and a DBA and I’ve known him for many of those years. Grant is known for his writing, as a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, and an AWS Community Builder.
Grant is a product evangelist with our friends at RedGate.
2025-08-27
I had the pleasure of recording a new PG Down Under podcast tonight. My guest was Jimmy Angelakos.
With over 25 years of experience in software architecture and a deep expertise in PostgreSQL, Jimmy is a recognized authority in the world of database systems. His career has spanned key roles at industry leaders like 2ndQuadrant and EDB, where he contributed to cutting-edge solutions and open-source advancements.
Jimmy’s journey began with a Computer Science degree from the University of Aberdeen, and since then, he has worked with and significantly contributed to numerous open-source tools. His passion for the PostgreSQL community shines through as an active member of PostgreSQL Europe and a regular contributor to the PostgreSQL project. A sought-after speaker, he shares his insights at conferences and events dedicated to databases and open-source software.
2025-02-28
It was great to catch up with Joey D’Antoni today and to have him on a SQL Down Under podcast.
Joey D’Antoni is an Architect and SQL Server MVP with over two decades of experience, working in both Fortune 500 and smaller firms. He holds a BS in Computer Information Systems from Louisiana Tech University and an MBA from North Carolina State University. He is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and VMware vExpert.
2025-02-01
I’ve had a busy time reading books lately. Another one from my friends at PackT that looked interesting to me was Database Design and Modeling with PostgreSQL and MySQL: Build efficient and scalable databases for modern applications using open source databases by Alkin Tezuysal and Ibrar Ahmed.
Database design and modeling is a passion of mine and, while most of my time in recent years has been spent on the SQL Server side of the fence, I’m always involved in PostgreSQL projects, and occasionally with MySQL. Each database has “a way of doing things” that’s considered best practices. MySQL has never been a database engine that I’m keen on, but with tools like WordPress, it’s always been part of some projects.
2024-10-02
Welcome to show 3 for PG Down Under!
Once again, I really enjoyed recording today’s show. It features Ryan Booz. Ryan is an evangelist with our friends at Red-Gate, focussing on PostgreSQL.
In this show, Ryan shares his experiences with community in relation to PostgreSQL. Next, we ventured into the challenges and benefits of being an application vendor working against PostgreSQL, and in particular, the extensibility model and how it compares to other products.
2024-07-25
Welcome to show 2 for PG Down Under!
I really enjoyed recording today’s show with John Miner. John is a data architect at Insight in the USA. Over many years, John was a data platform MVP, is a strong community contributor, and blogs at craftydba.com.
After I created the Wide World Importers sample databases for Microsoft back in 2016, I did also do a migration of the code to PostgreSQL. That didn’t get released for quite a while but I’ve now seen it out there in the wild. I wanted to do a show on the migration but was concerned that I had done it so long ago, that I might have forgotten what surprised me at the time.
2024-05-04
Welcome to PG Down Under!
I’ve worked with data most of my life and I love all aspects of it, and PostgreSQL has been part of it. Whenever possible, I’ve attended local PostgreSQL user groups to make sure I stay across what’s happening with it, even though my primary work was with SQL Server. PostgreSQL has been part of many client engagements over the years.
For some time, I’ve been starting to build up a series of podcasts for PostgreSQL developers and DBAs.
2024-03-08
