PostgreSQL – C/C++ Interface This tutorial is going to use libpqxx library, which is the official C++ client API for PostgreSQL. The source code for libpqxx is available under the BSD license, so you are free to download it, pass it on to others, change it, sell it, include it in your own code, and […]
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PostgreSQL – INDEXES Indexes are special lookup tables that the database search engine can use to speed up data retrieval. Simply put, an index is a pointer to data in a table. An index in a database is very similar to an index in the back of a book. For example, if you want to […]
PostgreSQL – ALTER TABLE Command The PostgreSQL ALTER TABLE command is used to add, delete or modify columns in an existing table. You would also use ALTER TABLE command to add and drop various constraints on an existing table. Syntax The basic syntax of ALTER TABLE to add a new column in an existing table […]