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The PostGIS Team is pleased to release PostGIS 3.7.0alpha1! Best Served with PostgreSQL 19 Beta1 and GEOS 3.15 which will be released soon. This version requires PostgreSQL 14 - 19beta1, GEOS 3.10 or higher, and Proj 6.1+. To take…
In HOT Updates in Postgres we covered page pruning clean up HOT chains, an elegant shortcut where PostgreSQL reclaims dead tuple space during ordinary reads. All that without waiting for any background process. But pruning is exactly that:…
It has been a month since PG DATA 2026, the first full-scale event organized by Prairie Postgres. Looking at the feedback we received from the seekers, sponsors, and participants (and regrets of those who were unable to come :)), I…
Data checksums are one of those Postgres features that, when they are doing their job, are easily forgotten. They sit quietly in the header of every data page as a small integer fingerprint, forever waiting to thwart the threat of cosmic…