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AlmaLinux+PostgreSQL

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This installs PostgreSQL 15 on AlmaLinux 9 (don’t forget the PostgreSQL 15 Documentation site). The executable is available in the script that the postgresql.org provides; however, it seems appropriate to show how to find that script for any platform.

When you launch the postgres.org web site, you will see the following dialog. Click the Download-> button to choose an operating system.

On the next webpage, click on the Linux icon button to proceed.

This page expands for you to choose a Linux distribution. Click on the Red Hat/Rocky/CentOS button to proceed.

This web page lets you choose a platform, which should be Red Hat Enterprise, Rocky, or Oracle version 9.

The selection fills out the web page and provides a setup script. The script installs the PostgreSQL packages, disables the built-in PostgreSQL module, installs PostgreSQL 15 Server, initialize, enable, and start PostgreSQL Server.

Here are the detailed steps:

  1. Install the PostgreSQL by updating dependent packages before installing it with the script provided by the PostgreSQL download web site: 

    # Install the repository RPM:
sudo dnf install -y https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/reporpms/EL-9-x86_64/pgdg-redhat-repo-latest.noarch.rpm
 
# Disable the built-in PostgreSQL module:
sudo dnf -qy module disable postgresql
 
# Install PostgreSQL:
sudo dnf install -y postgresql15-server
 
# Optionally initialize the database and enable automatic start:
sudo /usr/pgsql-15/bin/postgresql-15-setup initdb
sudo systemctl enable postgresql-15
sudo systemctl start postgresql-15

    Display detailed console log →

    Last metadata expiration check: 20:38:10 ago on Mon 21 Nov 2022 02:07:25 AM EST.
pgdg-redhat-repo-latest.noarch.rpm              3.6 kB/s |  12 kB     00:03    
Dependencies resolved.
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 Package                 Architecture  Version        Repository           Size
================================================================================
Installing:
 pgdg-redhat-repo        noarch        42.0-28        @commandline         12 k
 
Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install  1 Package
 
Total size: 12 k
Installed size: 14 k
Downloading Packages:
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Regex version mismatch, expected: 10.40 2022-04-14 actual: 10.37 2021-05-26
Regex version mismatch, expected: 10.40 2022-04-14 actual: 10.37 2021-05-26
  Preparing        :                                                        1/1 
  Installing       : pgdg-redhat-repo-42.0-28.noarch                        1/1 
  Verifying        : pgdg-redhat-repo-42.0-28.noarch                        1/1 
 
Installed:
  pgdg-redhat-repo-42.0-28.noarch                                               
 
Complete!
 
Last metadata expiration check: 20:38:10 ago on Mon 21 Nov 2022 02:07:25 AM EST.
pgdg-redhat-repo-latest.noarch.rpm              3.6 kB/s |  12 kB     00:03    
Dependencies resolved.
================================================================================
 Package                 Architecture  Version        Repository           Size
================================================================================
Installing:
 pgdg-redhat-repo        noarch        42.0-28        @commandline         12 k
 
Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install  1 Package
 
Total size: 12 k
Installed size: 14 k
Downloading Packages:
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Regex version mismatch, expected: 10.40 2022-04-14 actual: 10.37 2021-05-26
Regex version mismatch, expected: 10.40 2022-04-14 actual: 10.37 2021-05-26
  Preparing        :                                                        1/1 
  Installing       : pgdg-redhat-repo-42.0-28.noarch                        1/1 
  Verifying        : pgdg-redhat-repo-42.0-28.noarch                        1/1 
 
Installed:
  pgdg-redhat-repo-42.0-28.noarch                                               
 
Complete!
Importing GPG key 0x442DF0F8:
 Userid     : "PostgreSQL RPM Building Project <pgsql-pkg-yum@postgresql.org>"
 Fingerprint: 68C9 E2B9 1A37 D136 FE74 D176 1F16 D2E1 442D F0F8
 From       : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-PGDG
Importing GPG key 0x442DF0F8:
 Userid     : "PostgreSQL RPM Building Project <pgsql-pkg-yum@postgresql.org>"
 Fingerprint: 68C9 E2B9 1A37 D136 FE74 D176 1F16 D2E1 442D F0F8
 From       : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-PGDG
Importing GPG key 0x442DF0F8:
 Userid     : "PostgreSQL RPM Building Project <pgsql-pkg-yum@postgresql.org>"
 Fingerprint: 68C9 E2B9 1A37 D136 FE74 D176 1F16 D2E1 442D F0F8
 From       : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-PGDG
Importing GPG key 0x442DF0F8:
 Userid     : "PostgreSQL RPM Building Project <pgsql-pkg-yum@postgresql.org>"
 Fingerprint: 68C9 E2B9 1A37 D136 FE74 D176 1F16 D2E1 442D F0F8
 From       : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-PGDG
Importing GPG key 0x442DF0F8:
 Userid     : "PostgreSQL RPM Building Project <pgsql-pkg-yum@postgresql.org>"
 Fingerprint: 68C9 E2B9 1A37 D136 FE74 D176 1F16 D2E1 442D F0F8
 From       : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-PGDG
Importing GPG key 0x442DF0F8:
 Userid     : "PostgreSQL RPM Building Project <pgsql-pkg-yum@postgresql.org>"
 Fingerprint: 68C9 E2B9 1A37 D136 FE74 D176 1F16 D2E1 442D F0F8
 From       : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-PGDG
Importing GPG key 0x442DF0F8:
 Userid     : "PostgreSQL RPM Building Project <pgsql-pkg-yum@postgresql.org>"
 Fingerprint: 68C9 E2B9 1A37 D136 FE74 D176 1F16 D2E1 442D F0F8
 From       : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-PGDG
Unable to resolve argument postgresql
Error: Problems in request:
missing groups or modules: postgresql
Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:02 ago on Mon 21 Nov 2022 10:46:16 PM EST.
Dependencies resolved.
================================================================================
 Package                  Arch        Version                 Repository   Size
================================================================================
Installing:
 postgresql15-server      x86_64      15.1-1PGDG.rhel9        pgdg15      6.0 M
Installing dependencies:
 lz4                      x86_64      1.9.3-5.el9             baseos       58 k
 postgresql15             x86_64      15.1-1PGDG.rhel9        pgdg15      1.5 M
 postgresql15-libs        x86_64      15.1-1PGDG.rhel9        pgdg15      296 k
 
Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install  4 Packages
 
Total download size: 7.8 M
Installed size: 33 M
Downloading Packages:
(1/4): lz4-1.9.3-5.el9.x86_64.rpm                91 kB/s |  58 kB     00:00    
(2/4): postgresql15-libs-15.1-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_6  97 kB/s | 296 kB     00:03    
(3/4): postgresql15-15.1-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64.rpm 214 kB/s | 1.5 MB     00:07    
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Total                                           446 kB/s | 7.8 MB     00:17     
PostgreSQL 15 for RHEL / Rocky 9 - x86_64       1.4 MB/s | 1.7 kB     00:00    
Importing GPG key 0x442DF0F8:
 Userid     : "PostgreSQL RPM Building Project <pgsql-pkg-yum@postgresql.org>"
 Fingerprint: 68C9 E2B9 1A37 D136 FE74 D176 1F16 D2E1 442D F0F8
 From       : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-PGDG
Key imported successfully
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Regex version mismatch, expected: 10.40 2022-04-14 actual: 10.37 2021-05-26
Regex version mismatch, expected: 10.40 2022-04-14 actual: 10.37 2021-05-26
  Preparing        :                                                        1/1 
  Installing       : postgresql15-libs-15.1-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64              1/4 
  Running scriptlet: postgresql15-libs-15.1-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64              1/4 
  Installing       : lz4-1.9.3-5.el9.x86_64                                 2/4 
  Installing       : postgresql15-15.1-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64                   3/4 
  Running scriptlet: postgresql15-15.1-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64                   3/4 
  Running scriptlet: postgresql15-server-15.1-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64            4/4 
  Installing       : postgresql15-server-15.1-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64            4/4 
  Running scriptlet: postgresql15-server-15.1-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64            4/4 
Regex version mismatch, expected: 10.40 2022-04-14 actual: 10.37 2021-05-26
Regex version mismatch, expected: 10.40 2022-04-14 actual: 10.37 2021-05-26
 
  Verifying        : lz4-1.9.3-5.el9.x86_64                                 1/4 
  Verifying        : postgresql15-15.1-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64                   2/4 
  Verifying        : postgresql15-libs-15.1-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64              3/4 
  Verifying        : postgresql15-server-15.1-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64            4/4 
 
Installed:
  lz4-1.9.3-5.el9.x86_64                                                        
  postgresql15-15.1-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64                                          
  postgresql15-libs-15.1-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64                                     
  postgresql15-server-15.1-1PGDG.rhel9.x86_64                                   
 
Complete!
Initializing database ... /sbin/restorecon: Regex version mismatch, expected: 10.40 2022-04-14 actual: 10.37 2021-05-26
/sbin/restorecon: Regex version mismatch, expected: 10.40 2022-04-14 actual: 10.37 2021-05-26
/sbin/restorecon: Regex version mismatch, expected: 10.40 2022-04-14 actual: 10.37 2021-05-26
/sbin/restorecon: Regex version mismatch, expected: 10.40 2022-04-14 actual: 10.37 2021-05-26
/sbin/restorecon: Regex version mismatch, expected: 10.40 2022-04-14 actual: 10.37 2021-05-26
/sbin/restorecon: Regex version mismatch, expected: 10.40 2022-04-14 actual: 10.37 2021-05-26
OK
 
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/postgresql-15.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/postgresql-15.service.
  2. The simpmlest way to verify the installation is to check for the psql executable. You can do that with this command: 

    which psql

    It should return:

    /usr/bin/psql
  3. Attempt to login with the following command-line interface (CLI) syntax: 

    psql -U postgres -W

    It should fail and return the following:

    psql: error: connection to server on socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: FATAL:  Peer authentication failed for user "postgres"

    This error occurs because you’re not the postgres user, and all other users must designate that they’re connecting to an account with a password. The following steps let you configure the Operating System (OS).

    • You must shell out to the root superuser’s account, and then shell out to the postgres user’s account to test your connection because postgres user’s account disallows direct connection.

      su - root
su - postgres

      You can verify the current postgres user with this command:

      whoami

      It should return the following:

      postgres

      As the postgres user, you connect to the database without a password. You use the following syntax:

      psql -U postgres

      It should display the following:

      psql (15.1)
Type "help" for help.
    • At this point, you have some operating system (OS) stuff to setup before configuring a PostgreSQL sandboxed videodb database and student user. Exit psql with the following command:

      postgres=# \q

      Navigate to the PostgreSQL home database directory as the postgres user with this command: 

      cd /var/lib/pgsql/15/data

      Edit the pg_hba.conf file to add lines for the postgres and student users:

      # TYPE  DATABASE        USER            ADDRESS                 METHOD
 
# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
local   all             all                                     peer
local   all             postgres                                peer
local   all             student                                 peer
 
# IPv4 local connections:
host    all             all             127.0.0.1/32            scram-sha-256
# IPv6 local connections:
host    all             all             ::1/128                 scram-sha-256
# Allow replication connections from localhost, by a user with the
# replication privilege.
local   replication     all                                     scram-sha-256
host    replication     all             127.0.0.1/32            scram-sha-256
host    replication     all             ::1/128                 scram-sha-256

      Navigate up the directory tree from the /var/lib/pgsql/15/data directory, which is also the data dictionary, to the following /var/lib/pgsql/15 base directory:

      cd /var/lib/pgsql/15

      Create a new video_db directory. This is where you will deploy the video_db tablespace. You create this directory with the following command:

      mkdir video_db

      Change the video_db permissions to read, write, and execute for only the owner with this syntax as the postgres user:

      chmod 700 video_db
    • Exit the postgres user with the exit command and open PostgreSQL’s 5432 listener port as the root user. You can use the following command, as the root user:

      firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port 5432/tcp --permanent
    • You must shell out from the root user to the postgres user with the following command:

      su - postgres
  4. Connect to the postgres account and perform the following commands:

    • After connecting as the postgres superuser, you can create a video_db tablespace with the following syntax: 

      CREATE TABLESPACE video_db
  OWNER postgres
  LOCATION 'C:\Users\username\video_db';

      This will return the following:

      CREATE TABLESPACE

      You can query whether you successfully create the video_db tablespace with the following:

      SELECT * FROM pg_tablespace;

      It should return the following:

        oid  |  spcname   | spcowner | spcacl | spcoptions
-------+------------+----------+--------+------------
  1663 | pg_default |       10 |        |
  1664 | pg_global  |       10 |        |
 16389 | video_db   |       10 |        | 
(3 rows)
    • You need to know the PostgreSQL default collation before you create a new database. You can write the following query to determine the default correlation:

      postgres=# SELECT datname, datcollate FROM pg_database WHERE datname = 'postgres';

      It should return something like this:

       datname  | datcollate  
----------+-------------
 postgres | en_US.UTF-8
(1 row)

      The datcollate value of the postgres database needs to the same value for the LC_COLLATE and LC_CTYPE parameters when you create a database. You can create a videodb database with the following syntax provided you’ve made appropriate substitutions for the LC_COLLATE and LC_CTYPE values below:

      CREATE DATABASE videodb
  WITH OWNER = postgres
  ENCODING = 'UTF8'
  TABLESPACE = video_db
  LC_COLLATE = 'en_US.UTF-8'
  LC_CTYPE = 'en_US.UTF-8'
  CONNECTION LIMIT = -1;

      You can verify the creation of the videodb with the following command:

      postgres# \l

      It should show you a display like the following:

                                                       List of databases
   Name    |  Owner   | Encoding |   Collate   |    Ctype    | ICU Locale | Locale Provider |   Access privileges   
-----------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+------------+-----------------+-----------------------
 postgres  | postgres | UTF8     | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 |            | libc            | 
 template0 | postgres | UTF8     | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 |            | libc            | =c/postgres          +
           |          |          |             |             |            |                 | postgres=CTc/postgres
 template1 | postgres | UTF8     | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 |            | libc            | =c/postgres          +
           |          |          |             |             |            |                 | postgres=CTc/postgres
 videodb   | postgres | UTF8     | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 |            | libc            | 
(4 rows)

      Then, you can assign comment to the database with the following syntax:

      COMMENT ON DATABASE videodb IS 'Video Store Database';
  5. Create a Role, Grant, and User:

    In this section you create a dba role, grant privileges on a videodb database to a role, and create a user with the role that you created previously with the following three statements. There are three steps in this sections.

    • The first step creates a dba role: 

      CREATE ROLE dba WITH SUPERUSER;
    • The second step grants all privileges on the videodb database to both the postgres superuser and the dba role: 

      GRANT TEMPORARY, CONNECT ON DATABASE videodb TO PUBLIC;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE videodb TO postgres;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE videodb TO dba;

      Any work in pgAdmin4 requires a grant on the videodb database to the postgres superuser. The grant enables visibility of the videodb database in the pgAdmin4 console as shown in the following image.

    • The third step changes the ownership of the videodb database to the student user: 

      ALTER DATABASE videodb OWNER TO student;

      You can verify the change of ownership for the videodb from the postgres user to student user with the following command:

      postgres# \l

      It should show you a display like the following:

                                                       List of databases
   Name    |  Owner   | Encoding |   Collate   |    Ctype    | ICU Locale | Locale Provider |   Access privileges   
-----------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+------------+-----------------+-----------------------
 postgres  | postgres | UTF8     | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 |            | libc            | 
 template0 | postgres | UTF8     | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 |            | libc            | =c/postgres          +
           |          |          |             |             |            |                 | postgres=CTc/postgres
 template1 | postgres | UTF8     | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 |            | libc            | =c/postgres          +
           |          |          |             |             |            |                 | postgres=CTc/postgres
 videodb   | student  | UTF8     | en_US.UTF-8 | en_US.UTF-8 |            | libc            | =Tc/student          +
           |          |          |             |             |            |                 | student=CTc/student  +
           |          |          |             |             |            |                 | dba=CTc/student
(4 rows)
    • The fourth step creates a student user with the dba role: 

      CREATE USER student
  WITH ROLE dba
       ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'student';

      After this step, you need to disconnect as the postgres superuser with the following command:

      \q
  6. Connect to the videodb database as the student user with the PostgreSQL CLI, create a new_hire table and quit the database.

    The following syntax lets you connect to a videodb database as the student user. You should note that the Linux OS student user name should match the database user name.

    psql -Ustudent -W -dvideodb

    You create the new_hire table in the public schema of the videodb database with the following syntax:

    CREATE TABLE new_hire
( new_hire_id  SERIAL        CONSTRAINT new_hire_pk PRIMARY KEY
, first_name   VARCHAR(20)   NOT NULL
, middle_name  VARCHAR(20)
, last_name    VARCHAR(20)   NOT NULL
, hire_date    DATE          NOT NULL
, UNIQUE(first_name, middle_name, hire_date));

    You can describe the new_hire table with the following command:

    \d new_hire

    You quit the psql connection with a quit; or \q, like so

    quit;
  7. Installing, configuring, and launching pgadmin4 (don’t forget the pgAdmin 4 Documentation site):

    • You need to install three sets of packages. They’re the pgadmin-server, policycoreutils-python-utils, and pgadmin4-desktop.

      • Apply the pgadmin-server package: 

        sudo yum install https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/pgadmin/pgadmin4/yum/redhat/rhel-9Server-x86_64/pgadmin4-server-6.16-1.el9.x86_64.rpm

        Display detailed console log →

        Last metadata expiration check: 0:36:13 ago on Mon 28 Nov 2022 12:59:07 AM EST.
pgadmin4-server-6.16-1.el9.x86_64.rpm                                                           1.9 MB/s |  73 MB     00:38    
Dependencies resolved.
================================================================================================================================
 Package                           Architecture             Version                        Repository                      Size
================================================================================================================================
Installing:
 pgadmin4-server                   x86_64                   6.16-1.el9                     @commandline                    73 M
 
Transaction Summary
================================================================================================================================
Install  1 Package
 
Total size: 73 M
Installed size: 265 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Regex version mismatch, expected: 10.40 2022-04-14 actual: 10.37 2021-05-26
Regex version mismatch, expected: 10.40 2022-04-14 actual: 10.37 2021-05-26
  Preparing        :                                                                                                        1/1 
  Installing       : pgadmin4-server-6.16-1.el9.x86_64                                                                      1/1 
  Verifying        : pgadmin4-server-6.16-1.el9.x86_64                                                                      1/1 
 
Installed:
  pgadmin4-server-6.16-1.el9.x86_64                                                                                             
 
Complete!
      • Apply or upgrade (which is the default at this point) the policycoreutils-python-utils package: 

        sudo dnf install policycoreutils-python-utils

        Display detailed console log →

        Last metadata expiration check: 0:50:44 ago on Mon 28 Nov 2022 12:59:07 AM EST.
Package policycoreutils-python-utils-3.3-6.el9_0.noarch is already installed.
Dependencies resolved.
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 Package                                      Architecture           Version                    Repository                 Size
================================================================================================================================
Upgrading:
 libsemanage                                  x86_64                 3.4-2.el9                  baseos                    118 k
 policycoreutils                              x86_64                 3.4-4.el9                  baseos                    202 k
 policycoreutils-devel                        x86_64                 3.4-4.el9                  appstream                 139 k
 policycoreutils-python-utils                 noarch                 3.4-4.el9                  appstream                  69 k
 python3-libsemanage                          x86_64                 3.4-2.el9                  appstream                  80 k
 python3-policycoreutils                      noarch                 3.4-4.el9                  appstream                 2.0 M
 
Transaction Summary
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Upgrade  6 Packages
 
Total download size: 2.6 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/6): policycoreutils-python-utils-3.4-4.el9.noarch.rpm                                         28 kB/s |  69 kB     00:02    
(2/6): python3-libsemanage-3.4-2.el9.x86_64.rpm                                                  32 kB/s |  80 kB     00:02    
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Total                                                                                           521 kB/s | 2.6 MB     00:05     
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Regex version mismatch, expected: 10.40 2022-04-14 actual: 10.37 2021-05-26
Regex version mismatch, expected: 10.40 2022-04-14 actual: 10.37 2021-05-26
  Preparing        :                                                                                                        1/1 
  Upgrading        : libsemanage-3.4-2.el9.x86_64                                                                          1/12 
  Upgrading        : python3-libsemanage-3.4-2.el9.x86_64                                                                  2/12 
  Upgrading        : policycoreutils-3.4-4.el9.x86_64                                                                      3/12 
  Running scriptlet: policycoreutils-3.4-4.el9.x86_64                                                                      3/12 
  Upgrading        : python3-policycoreutils-3.4-4.el9.noarch                                                              4/12 
  Upgrading        : policycoreutils-python-utils-3.4-4.el9.noarch                                                         5/12 
  Upgrading        : policycoreutils-devel-3.4-4.el9.x86_64                                                                6/12 
  Cleanup          : policycoreutils-devel-3.3-6.el9_0.x86_64                                                              7/12 
  Cleanup          : policycoreutils-python-utils-3.3-6.el9_0.noarch                                                       8/12 
  Cleanup          : python3-policycoreutils-3.3-6.el9_0.noarch                                                            9/12 
  Cleanup          : python3-libsemanage-3.3-2.el9.x86_64                                                                 10/12 
  Running scriptlet: policycoreutils-3.3-6.el9_0.x86_64                                                                   11/12 
  Cleanup          : policycoreutils-3.3-6.el9_0.x86_64                                                                   11/12 
  Cleanup          : libsemanage-3.3-2.el9.x86_64                                                                         12/12 
  Running scriptlet: libsemanage-3.3-2.el9.x86_64                                                                         12/12 
  Verifying        : policycoreutils-devel-3.4-4.el9.x86_64                                                                1/12 
  Verifying        : policycoreutils-devel-3.3-6.el9_0.x86_64                                                              2/12 
  Verifying        : policycoreutils-python-utils-3.4-4.el9.noarch                                                         3/12 
  Verifying        : policycoreutils-python-utils-3.3-6.el9_0.noarch                                                       4/12 
  Verifying        : python3-libsemanage-3.4-2.el9.x86_64                                                                  5/12 
  Verifying        : python3-libsemanage-3.3-2.el9.x86_64                                                                  6/12 
  Verifying        : python3-policycoreutils-3.4-4.el9.noarch                                                              7/12 
  Verifying        : python3-policycoreutils-3.3-6.el9_0.noarch                                                            8/12 
  Verifying        : libsemanage-3.4-2.el9.x86_64                                                                          9/12 
  Verifying        : libsemanage-3.3-2.el9.x86_64                                                                         10/12 
  Verifying        : policycoreutils-3.4-4.el9.x86_64                                                                     11/12 
  Verifying        : policycoreutils-3.3-6.el9_0.x86_64                                                                   12/12 
 
Upgraded:
  libsemanage-3.4-2.el9.x86_64                   policycoreutils-3.4-4.el9.x86_64      policycoreutils-devel-3.4-4.el9.x86_64   
  policycoreutils-python-utils-3.4-4.el9.noarch  python3-libsemanage-3.4-2.el9.x86_64  python3-policycoreutils-3.4-4.el9.noarch 
 
Complete!
      • Apply the pgadmin4-desktop package: 

        sudo dnf install -y https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/pgadmin/pgadmin4/yum/redhat/rhel-9Server-x86_64/pgadmin4-desktop-6.16-1.el9.x86_64.rpm

        Display detailed console log →

        Last metadata expiration check: 1:14:02 ago on Mon 28 Nov 2022 12:59:07 AM EST.
pgadmin4-desktop-6.16-1.el9.x86_64.rpm                                                          3.1 MB/s |  88 MB     00:28    
Dependencies resolved.
================================================================================================================================
 Package                          Architecture           Version                             Repository                    Size
================================================================================================================================
Installing:
 pgadmin4-desktop                 x86_64                 6.16-1.el9                          @commandline                  88 M
Installing dependencies:
 libatomic                        x86_64                 11.3.1-2.1.el9.alma                 baseos                        56 k
 
Transaction Summary
================================================================================================================================
Install  2 Packages
 
Total size: 88 M
Total download size: 56 k
Installed size: 341 M
Downloading Packages:
libatomic-11.3.1-2.1.el9.alma.x86_64.rpm                                                         83 kB/s |  56 kB     00:00    
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                                                                            39 kB/s |  56 kB     00:01     
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Regex version mismatch, expected: 10.40 2022-04-14 actual: 10.37 2021-05-26
Regex version mismatch, expected: 10.40 2022-04-14 actual: 10.37 2021-05-26
  Preparing        :                                                                                                        1/1 
  Installing       : libatomic-11.3.1-2.1.el9.alma.x86_64                                                                   1/2 
  Installing       : pgadmin4-desktop-6.16-1.el9.x86_64                                                                     2/2 
  Running scriptlet: pgadmin4-desktop-6.16-1.el9.x86_64                                                                     2/2 
  Verifying        : libatomic-11.3.1-2.1.el9.alma.x86_64                                                                   1/2 
  Verifying        : pgadmin4-desktop-6.16-1.el9.x86_64                                                                     2/2 
 
Installed:
  libatomic-11.3.1-2.1.el9.alma.x86_64                            pgadmin4-desktop-6.16-1.el9.x86_64                           
 
Complete!
    • You configure your .bashrc file to add the pgadmin4 directory to your $PATH environment variable. 

      # Add the pgadmin4 executable to the $PATH.
export set PATH=$PATH:/usr/pgadmin4/bin

      You also configure your .bashrc file to add a pgadmin4 function, which simplifies how you call the pgadmin4 executable.

      # Function to ensure pgadmin4 call is simplified and without warnings.
pgadmin4 () 
{
  # Call the pgadmin4 executable.
  if [[ `type -t pgadmin4` = 'function' ]]; then
    if [ -f "/usr/pgadmin4/bin/pgadmin4" ]; then
      /usr/pgadmin4/bin/pgadmin4 2>/dev/null &
    else
      echo "[/usr/pgadmin4/bin/pgadmin4] is not found."
    fi
  else
    echo "[pgadmin4] is not a function"
  fi
}

      You can launch your pgadmin4 program file now with the following syntax as the student user:

      pgadmin4

      It takes a couple moments to launch the pgadmin4 desktop. The initial screen will look like:

      After pgadmin4 launches, you’re prompted for a master password. Enter the password and click the OK button to proceed.

      After entering the password, you arrive at the base dialog, as shown.

      Click the Add New Server link, which prompts you to register your database. Enter videodb in the Name field and click the Connection tab to the right of the General tab.

      In the Connection dialog, enter the following values:

      • Host name/address: localhost
      • Port: 5432
      • Maintenance database: postgres
      • Username: student
      • Password: student

      Enter a name for your database. In this example, videodb is the Server Name. Click the Save button to proceed.

This completes the instructions for installing, configuring, and using PostgreSQL on AlmaLinux. As always, I hope it helps those looking for instructions.

Written by maclochlainn

November 24th, 2022 at 11:48 pm

Posted in AlmaLinux,Linux,pgAdmin4,Postgres,PostgreSQL 11,Red Hat

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PostgreSQL Upsert Intro

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Oracle and SQL Server use the MERGE statement, MySQL uses the REPLACE INTO statement or ON DUPLICATE KEY, but PostgreSQL uses an upsert. The upsert isn’t a statement per se. It is like MySQL’s INSERT statement with the ON DUPLICATE KEY clause. PostgreSQL uses an ON CONFLICT clause in the INSERT statement and there anonymous block without the $$ delimiters.

The general behaviors of upserts is covered in the PostgreSQL Tutorial. It has the following prototype:

INSERT INTO TABLE_NAME(column_list) VALUES(value_list)
ON CONFLICT target action;

The target can be a column name, an ON CONSTRAINT constraint name, or a WHERE predicate, while the action can be DO NOTHING (or ignore) or a DO UPDATE statement. I wrote the following example to show how to leverage a unique constraint with a DO NOTHING and DO UPDATE behavior.

My example conditionally drops a table, creates a table with a unique constraint, inserts a few rows, updates with a DO UPDATE clause, updates with DO NOTHING clause, and queries the results with a bit of formatting.

  1. Conditionally drop the test table. 

    /* Suppress warnings from the log file. */
SET client_min_messages = 'error';
 
/* Conditionally drop table. */
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test;

  2. Create the test table. 

    /* Create a test table. */
CREATE TABLE test
( test_id      SERIAL
, first_name   VARCHAR(20)
, middle_name  VARCHAR(20)
, last_name    VARCHAR(20)
, updated      INTEGER DEFAULT 0
, update_time  TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
, CONSTRAINT test_uq_key UNIQUE (first_name,middle_name,last_name));

  3. Insert six rows into the test table. 

    /* Insert six rows. */
INSERT INTO test
( first_name, middle_name, last_name )
VALUES
 ('Harry','James','Potter')
,('Ginerva','Molly','Potter')
,('Lily','Luna','Potter')
,('Albus','Severus','Potter')
,('James',NULL,'Potter')
,('Lily',NULL,'Potter');

  4. Create a five second delay. 

    /* Sleep for 5 seconds. */
DO $$
BEGIN
  PERFORM pg_sleep(5);
END;
$$;

  5. Use the INSERT statement with a DO UPDATE clause that increments the updated column of the test table. 

    /* Upsert on unique key constraint conflict. */
INSERT INTO test
( first_name
, middle_name
, last_name )
VALUES
('Harry'
,'James'
,'Potter')
ON CONFLICT ON CONSTRAINT test_uq_key
DO
  UPDATE
  SET    updated = excluded.updated + 1
  ,      update_time = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;

  6. Use the INSERT statement with a DO NOTHING clause. 

    /* Upsert on unique key constraint ignore update. */
INSERT INTO test
( first_name
, middle_name
, last_name )
VALUES
('Harry'
,'James'
,'Potter')
ON CONFLICT ON CONSTRAINT test_uq_key
DO NOTHING;

  7. Query the test table. 

    /* Formatted query to demonstrate result of UPSERT statement. */
SELECT   test_id
,        last_name || ', '
||       CASE
           WHEN middle_name IS NOT NULL THEN first_name || ' ' || middle_name
           ELSE first_name
         END AS full_name
,        updated
,        date_trunc('second',update_time AT TIME ZONE 'MST') AS "timestamp"
FROM     test
ORDER BY last_name
,        first_name
,        CASE
           WHEN middle_name IS NOT NULL THEN middle_name
           ELSE 'A'
         END;

    Display results:

     test_id |       full_name       | updated |      timestamp      
---------+-----------------------+---------+---------------------
       4 | Potter, Albus Severus |       0 | 2019-11-24 19:23:10
       2 | Potter, Ginerva Molly |       0 | 2019-11-24 19:23:10
       1 | Potter, Harry James   |       1 | 2019-11-24 19:23:15
       5 | Potter, James         |       0 | 2019-11-24 19:23:10
       6 | Potter, Lily          |       0 | 2019-11-24 19:23:10
       3 | Potter, Lily Luna     |       0 | 2019-11-24 19:23:10
(6 rows)

As always, I hope this helps those looking for clear examples to solve problems.

Written by maclochlainn

November 24th, 2019 at 7:26 pm

Posted in Fedora,LAMP,Linux,Postgres,PostgreSQL,Upsert

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Postgres Overloaded Routines

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Earlier I showed how to write an anonymous block in PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL to drop routines, like functions and procedures. However, it would only work when they’re not overloaded functions or procedures. The following lets you drop all routines, including overloaded functions and procedures. Overloaded procedures are those that share the same name but have different parameter lists.

Before you can test the anonymous block, you need to create a set of overloaded functions or procedures. You can create a set of overloaded hello procedures with the following syntax:

CREATE FUNCTION hello()
RETURNS text AS
$$
DECLARE
  output  VARCHAR;
BEGIN
  SELECT 'Hello World!' INTO output;
  RETURN output;
END
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
 
CREATE FUNCTION hello(whom text)
RETURNS text AS
$$
DECLARE
  output  VARCHAR;
BEGIN
  SELECT CONCAT('Hello ',whom,'!') INTO output;
  RETURN output;
END
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
 
CREATE FUNCTION hello(id int, whom text)
RETURNS text AS
$$
DECLARE
  output  VARCHAR;
BEGIN
  SELECT CONCAT('[',id,'] Hello ',whom,'!') INTO output;
  RETURN output;
END
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;

You can test the overloaded hello function, like so from the videodb schema:

videodb=> SELECT hello();
    hello     
--------------
 Hello World!
(1 ROW)
 
videodb=> SELECT hello('Captain Marvel');
         hello         
-----------------------
 Hello Captain Marvel!
(1 ROW)
 
videodb=> SELECT hello(1,'Captain America');
           hello            
----------------------------
 [1] Hello Captain America!
(1 ROW)

Then, you can query the information_schema to verify that you’ve created a set of overloaded procedures with the following query:

SELECT   proc.specific_schema AS procedure_schema
,        proc.specific_name
,        proc.routine_name AS procedure_name
,        proc.external_language
,        args.parameter_name
,        args.parameter_mode
,        args.data_type
FROM     information_schema.routines proc left join information_schema.parameters args
ON       proc.specific_schema = args.specific_schema
AND      proc.specific_name = args.specific_name
WHERE    proc.routine_schema NOT IN ('pg_catalog', 'information_schema')
AND      proc.routine_type IN ('FUNCTION','PROCEDURE')
ORDER BY procedure_schema
,        specific_name
,        procedure_name
,        args.ordinal_position;

It should return the following:

 procedure_schema | specific_name | procedure_name | external_language | parameter_name | parameter_mode | data_type 
------------------+---------------+----------------+-------------------+----------------+----------------+-----------
 public           | hello_35451   | hello          | PLPGSQL           |                |                | 
 public           | hello_35452   | hello          | PLPGSQL           | whom           | IN             | text
 public           | hello_35453   | hello          | PLPGSQL           | id             | IN             | integer
 public           | hello_35453   | hello          | PLPGSQL           | whom           | IN             | text
(4 rows)

The set session command maps the videodb catalog for the following anonymous block program.

SET SESSION "videodb.catalog_name" = 'videodb';

The following anonymous block lets you get rid of any ordinary or overloaded function and procedure:

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DO $$
DECLARE
  /* Declare an indefinite length string for SQL statement. */
  sql  VARCHAR;
 
  /* Declare variables to manage cursor return values. */
  row  RECORD;
  arg  VARCHAR;
 
  /* Declare parameter list. */
  list VARCHAR;
 
  /* Declare a routine cursor. */
  routine_cursor CURSOR FOR
    SELECT routine_name
    ,      specific_name
    ,      routine_type
    FROM   information_schema.routines
    WHERE  specific_catalog = current_setting('videodb.catalog_name')
    AND    routine_schema = 'public';
 
  /* Declare a parameter cursor. */
  parameter_cursor CURSOR (cv_specific_name varchar) FOR
    SELECT args.data_type
    FROM   information_schema.parameters args
    WHERE  args.specific_schema = 'public'
    AND    args.specific_name = cv_specific_name;
 
BEGIN
  /* Open the cursor. */
  OPEN routine_cursor;
  <<row_loop>>
  LOOP
    /* Fetch table names. */
    FETCH routine_cursor INTO row;
 
    /* Exit when no more records are found. */
    EXIT row_loop WHEN NOT FOUND;
 
    /* Initialize parameter list. */
    list := '(';
 
    /* Open the parameter cursor. */
    OPEN parameter_cursor(row.specific_name::varchar);
    <<parameter_loop>>
    LOOP
      FETCH parameter_cursor INTO arg;
 
      /* Exit the parameter loop. */
      EXIT parameter_loop WHEN NOT FOUND;
 
      /* Add parameter and delimit more than one parameter with a comma. */
      IF LENGTH(list) > 1 THEN
        list := CONCAT(list,',',arg);
      ELSE
        list := CONCAT(list,arg);
      END IF;
    END LOOP;
 
    /* Close the parameter list. */
    list := CONCAT(list,')');
 
    /* Close the parameter cursor. */
    CLOSE parameter_cursor;
 
    /* Concatenate together a DDL to drop the table with prejudice. */
    sql := 'DROP '||row.routine_type||' IF EXISTS '||row.routine_name||list;
 
    /* Execute the DDL statement. */
    EXECUTE sql;
  END LOOP;
 
  /* Close the routine_cursor. */
  CLOSE routine_cursor;
END;
$$;

Now, you possess the magic to automate cleaning up your schema when you combine this with my earlier post on dynamically dropping tables, sequences, and triggers.

Written by maclochlainn

November 5th, 2019 at 12:11 am

Posted in Fedora,Linux,Postgres,PostgreSQL,sql,Stored Procedures

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Postgres Drop Structures

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While building my PostgreSQL environment for the class, I had to write a couple utilities. They do the following:

  1. Drops all the tables from a schema.
  2. Drops all the sequences from a schema that aren’t tied to an _id column with a SERIAL data type.
  3. Drops all the functions and procedures (qualified as routines) from a schema.
  4. Drops all the triggers from a schema.

The following gives you the code for all four files: drop_tables.sql, drop_sequences.sql, drop_routines.sql, and drop_triggers.sql.

  • The drop_tables.sql Script:

    • /* Verify all tables present. */
SELECT table_name
FROM   information_schema.tables
WHERE  table_catalog = current_setting('videodb.catalog_name')
AND    table_schema = 'public';
 
DO $$
DECLARE
  /* Declare an indefinite length string and record variable. */
  sql  VARCHAR;
  row  RECORD;
 
  /* Declare a cursor. */
  table_cursor CURSOR FOR
    SELECT table_name
    FROM   information_schema.tables
    WHERE  table_catalog = current_setting('videodb.catalog_name')
    AND    table_schema = 'public';
BEGIN
  /* Open the cursor. */
  OPEN table_cursor;
  LOOP
    /* Fetch table names. */
    FETCH table_cursor INTO row;
 
    /* Exit when no more records are found. */
    EXIT WHEN NOT FOUND;
 
    /* Concatenate together a DDL to drop the table with prejudice. */
    sql := 'DROP TABLE IF EXISTS '||row.table_name||' CASCADE';
 
    /* Execute the DDL statement. */
    EXECUTE sql;
  END LOOP;
 
  /* Close the cursor. */
  CLOSE table_cursor;
END;
$$;
 
/* Verify all tables are dropped. */
SELECT table_name
FROM   information_schema.tables
WHERE  table_catalog = current_setting('videodb.catalog_name')
AND    table_schema = 'public';

  • The drop_sequences.sql script:

    • /* Verify all tables present. */
SELECT sequence_name
FROM   information_schema.sequences
WHERE  sequence_catalog = current_setting('videodb.catalog_name')
AND    sequence_schema = 'public';
 
DO $$
DECLARE
  /* Declare an indefinite length string and record variable. */
  sql  VARCHAR;
  row  RECORD;
 
  /* Declare a cursor. */
  sequence_cursor CURSOR FOR
    SELECT sequence_name
    FROM   information_schema.sequences
    WHERE  sequence_catalog = current_setting('videodb.catalog_name')
    AND    sequence_schema = 'public';
BEGIN
  /* Open the cursor. */
  OPEN sequence_cursor;
  LOOP
    /* Fetch table names. */
    FETCH sequence_cursor INTO row;
 
    /* Exit when no more records are found. */
    EXIT WHEN NOT FOUND;
 
    /* Concatenate together a DDL to drop the table with prejudice. */
    sql := 'DROP SEQUENCE IF EXISTS '||row.sequence_name;
 
    /* Execute the DDL statement. */
    EXECUTE sql;
  END LOOP;
 
  /* Close the cursor. */
  CLOSE sequence_cursor;
END;
$$;
 
/* Verify all tables are dropped. */
SELECT sequence_name
FROM   information_schema.sequences
WHERE  sequence_catalog = current_setting('videodb.catalog_name')
AND    sequence_schema = 'public';

  • The drop_routines.sql script:

    • /* Verify all tables present. */
SELECT routine_name
,      routine_type
FROM   information_schema.routines
WHERE  specific_catalog = current_setting('videodb.catalog_name')
AND    specific_schema = 'public';
 
DO $$
DECLARE
  /* Declare an indefinite length string and record variable. */
  sql  VARCHAR;
  row  RECORD;
 
  /* Declare a cursor. */
  routine_cursor CURSOR FOR
    SELECT routine_name
    ,      routine_type
    FROM   information_schema.routines
    WHERE  specific_catalog = current_setting('videodb.catalog_name')
    AND    routine_schema = 'public';
BEGIN
  /* Open the cursor. */
  OPEN routine_cursor;
  LOOP
    /* Fetch table names. */
    FETCH routine_cursor INTO row;
 
    /* Exit when no more records are found. */
    EXIT WHEN NOT FOUND;
 
    /* Concatenate together a DDL to drop the table with prejudice. */
    sql := 'DROP '||row.routine_type||' IF EXISTS '||row.routine_name;
 
    /* Execute the DDL statement. */
    EXECUTE sql;
  END LOOP;
 
  /* Close the cursor. */
  CLOSE routine_cursor;
END;
$$;
 
/* Verify all tables are dropped. */
SELECT routine_name
,      routine_type
FROM   information_schema.routines
WHERE  specific_catalog = 'videodb'
AND    specific_schema = 'public';

  • The drop_triggers.sql script:

    • /* Verify all tables present. */
SELECT trigger_name
FROM   information_schema.triggers
WHERE  trigger_catalog = current_setting('videodb.catalog_name')
AND    trigger_schema = 'public';
 
DO $$
DECLARE
  /* Declare an indefinite length string and record variable. */
  sql  VARCHAR;
  row  RECORD;
 
  /* Declare a cursor. */
  trigger_cursor CURSOR FOR
    SELECT trigger_name
    FROM   information_schema.triggers
    WHERE  trigger_catalog = current_setting('videodb.catalog_name')
    AND    trigger_schema = 'public';
BEGIN
  /* Open the cursor. */
  OPEN trigger_cursor;
  LOOP
    /* Fetch table names. */
    FETCH trigger_cursor INTO row;
 
    /* Exit when no more records are found. */
    EXIT WHEN NOT FOUND;
 
    /* Concatenate together a DDL to drop the table with prejudice. */
    sql := 'DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS '||row.trigger_name;
 
    /* Execute the DDL statement. */
    EXECUTE sql;
  END LOOP;
 
  /* Close the cursor. */
  CLOSE trigger_cursor;
END;
$$;
 
/* Verify all tables are dropped. */
SELECT trigger_name
FROM   information_schema.triggers
WHERE  trigger_catalog = current_setting('videodb.catalog_name')
AND    trigger_schema = 'public';

You can create a cleanup_catalog.sql script to call all four in sequence, like the following: 

\i /home/student/Data/cit225/postgres/lib/utility/drop_tables.sql
\i /home/student/Data/cit225/postgres/lib/utility/drop_sequences.sql
\i /home/student/Data/cit225/postgres/lib/utility/drop_routines.sql
\i /home/student/Data/cit225/postgres/lib/utility/drop_triggers.sql

The nice thing about this approach is that you won’t see any notices when tables, sequences, routines, or triggers aren’t found. It’s a clean approach to cleaning the schema for a testing environment.

Written by maclochlainn

October 27th, 2019 at 3:58 pm

Posted in Linux,Postgres,PostgreSQL,sql,Unix

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Postgres Print Debug Notes

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A student asked how you print output from PL/pgSQL blocks. The student wanted to know if there was something like the following in Oracle’s PL/SQL programming language:

dbms_output.put_line('some string');

or, in Java programming the:

System.out.println("some string");

The RAISE NOTICE is the equivalent to these in Postgres PL/pgSQL, as shown in the following anonymous block:

do $$
BEGIN
  raise notice 'Hello World!';
END;
$$;

It prints:

NOTICE:  Hello World!

You can write a hello_world function as a named PL/pgSQL block:

CREATE FUNCTION hello_world()
RETURNS text AS
$$
DECLARE
  output  VARCHAR(20);
BEGIN
  /* Query the string into a local variable. */
  SELECT 'Hello World!' INTO output;
 
  /* Return the output text variable. */
  RETURN output;
END
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;

You can call it with the following:

SELECT hello_world();

It prints:

 hello_world  
--------------
 Hello World!
(1 row)

Here’s a full test case with stored procedure in PL/pgSQL:

-- Drop the msg table.
DROP TABLE msg;
 
-- Create the msg table.
CREATE TABLE msg
( comment  VARCHAR(400) );
 
-- Transaction Management Example.
DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS testing
( IN pv_one                 VARCHAR(30)
, IN pv_two                 VARCHAR(10));
 
-- Transaction Management Example.
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE testing
( IN pv_one                 VARCHAR(30)
, IN pv_two                 VARCHAR(10)) AS
$$
DECLARE
  /* Declare error handling variables. */
  err_num      TEXT;
  err_msg      INTEGER;
BEGIN
  /* Log actdual parameter values. */
  INSERT INTO msg VALUES (pv_one||'.'||pv_two);
 
EXCEPTION
  WHEN OTHERS THEN
    err_num := SQLSTATE;
    err_msg := SUBSTR(SQLERRM,1,100);
    RAISE NOTICE 'Trapped Error: %', err_msg;
END
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
 
do $$
DECLARE
  lv_one VARCHAR(30) := 'INDIVIDUAL';
  lv_two VARCHAR(19) := 'R11-514-34';
BEGIN
  RAISE NOTICE '[%]', lv_one;
  RAISE NOTICE '[%]', lv_two;
  CALL testing( pv_one := lv_one, pv_two := lv_two );
END
$$;
 
-- Query any logged results.
SELECT * FROM msg;

It prints:

DROP TABLE
CREATE TABLE
DROP PROCEDURE
CREATE PROCEDURE
psql:fixed.sql:61: NOTICE:  [INDIVIDUAL]
psql:fixed.sql:61: NOTICE:  [R11-514-34]
DO
        comment        
-----------------------
 INDIVIDUAL.R11-514-34
(1 row)

I hope this helps those looking for a solution.

Written by maclochlainn

October 12th, 2019 at 5:03 pm

Posted in Java,PL/pgSQL,pl/sql,Postgres,PostgreSQL

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Postgres SQL Nuance

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I ran across an interesting nuance between Oracle and Postgres with the double-pipe operator. I found that the following query failed to cross port from Oracle to Postgres:

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COL account_number  FORMAT A10  HEADING "Account|Number"
COL full_name       FORMAT A16  HEADING "Name|(Last, First MI)"
COL city            FORMAT A12  HEADING "City"
COL state_province  FORMAT A10  HEADING "State"
COL telephone       FORMAT A18  HEADING "Telephone"
SELECT   m.account_number
,        c.last_name || ', ' || c.first_name
||       CASE
           WHEN c.middle_name IS NOT NULL THEN ' ' || c.middle_name
         END AS full_name
,        a.city
,        a.state_province
,        t.country_code || '-(' || t.area_code || ') ' || t.telephone_number AS telephone
FROM     member m INNER JOIN contact c ON m.member_id = c.member_id INNER JOIN
         address a ON c.contact_id = a.contact_id INNER JOIN
         street_address sa ON a.address_id = sa.address_id INNER JOIN
         telephone t ON c.contact_id = t.contact_id AND a.address_id = t.address_id
WHERE    c.last_name = 'Winn';

In Oracle, a CASE statement ignores the null of a missing ELSE clause between lines 4 and 5. Oracle assumes a null value is an empty string when concatenated to a string with the double-piped concatenation operator. Oracle’s implementation differs from the ANSI standard and is non-compliant.

It would display the following thanks to the SQL reporting features that don’t exist in other Command-Line Interface (CLI) implementations, like mysql, psql, sqlcmd, or cql:

Account    Name
Number     (Last, First MI) City         State      Telephone
---------- ---------------- ------------ ---------- ------------------
B293-71445 Winn, Randi      San Jose     CA         001-(408) 111-1111
B293-71445 Winn, Brian      San Jose     CA         001-(408) 111-1111

However, it fails in Postgres without a notice, warning, or error. Postgres simply returns a null string for the missing ELSE clause and follows the rule that any string concatenated against a null is a null. That means it retunes a null value for the full_name column above. The Postgres behavior is the ANSI standard behavior. After years of working with Oracle it was interesting to have this pointed out while porting a query.

You can fix the statement in Postgres by adding an explicit ELSE clause on a new line 5 that appends an empty string, like this:

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SELECT   m.account_number
,        c.last_name || ', ' || c.first_name
||       CASE
           WHEN c.middle_name IS NOT NULL THEN ' ' || c.middle_name
           ELSE ''
         END AS full_name
,        a.city
,        a.state_province
,        t.country_code || '-(' || t.area_code || ') ' || t.telephone_number AS telephone
FROM     member m INNER JOIN contact c ON m.member_id = c.member_id INNER JOIN
         address a ON c.contact_id = a.contact_id INNER JOIN
         street_address sa ON a.address_id = sa.address_id INNER JOIN
         telephone t ON c.contact_id = t.contact_id AND a.address_id = t.address_id
WHERE    c.last_name = 'Winn';

It would display:

 account_number |  full_name  |   city   | state_province |     telephone      
----------------+-------------+----------+----------------+--------------------
 B293-71445     | Winn, Randi | San Jose | CA             | 001-(408) 111-1111
 B293-71445     | Winn, Brian | San Jose | CA             | 001-(408) 111-1111
(2 rows)

As always, I hope this helps those looking to solve a problem.

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October 12th, 2019 at 1:20 pm

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Postgres Foreign Constraints

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You can’t disable a foreign key constraint in Postgres, like you can do in Oracle. However, you can remove the foreign key constraint from a column and then re-add it to the column.

Here’s a quick test case in five steps:

  1. Drop the big and little table if they exists. The first drop statement requires a cascade because there is a dependent little table that holds a foreign key constraint against the primary key column of the big table. The second drop statement does not require the cascade keyword because there is not a dependent foreign key constraint. 

    DROP TABLE IF EXISTS big CASCADE;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS little;

  2. Create the big and little tables: 

    -- Create the big table.
CREATE TABLE big
( big_id     SERIAL
, big_text   VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL
, CONSTRAINT pk_little_1 PRIMARY KEY (big_id));
 
-- Display the big table.
\d big
 
-- Create little table.
CREATE TABLE little
( little_id     SERIAL
, big_id        INTEGER     NOT NULL
, little_text   VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL
, CONSTRAINT fk_little_1 FOREIGN KEY (big_id) REFERENCES big (big_id));
 
-- Display the little table.
\d little

    If you failed to designate the big_id column as a primary key constrained, Postgres will raise the following exception:

    ERROR:  there IS no UNIQUE CONSTRAINT matching given KEYS FOR referenced TABLE "big"

  3. Insert a non-compliant row in the little table. An insert statement into the little table with a value for the foreign key column that does not exist in the big_id column of the big table would fail with the following error: 

    ERROR:  INSERT OR UPDATE ON TABLE "little" violates FOREIGN KEY CONSTRAINT "fk_little_1"
DETAIL:  KEY (big_id)=(2) IS NOT present IN TABLE "big".

    Re-enabling the foreign key constraint, the insert statement succeeds after you first insert a new row into the big table with the foreign key value for the little table as its primary key. The following two insert statements add a row to both the big and little table:

    -- Insert into a big table.
INSERT INTO big
(big_text)
VALUES
('Cat in the Hat 2');
 
-- Insert into a little table.
INSERT INTO little
(big_id
,little_text)
VALUES
( 2
,'Thing 3');

    Then, you can query it like this:

    SELECT *
FROM   big b JOIN little l ON b.big_id = l.big_id;

     big_id |     big_text     | little_id | big_id | little_text 
--------+------------------+-----------+--------+-------------
      1 | Cat IN the Hat 1 |         1 |      1 | Thing 1
      1 | Cat IN the Hat 1 |         2 |      1 | Thing 2
      2 | Cat IN the Hat 2 |         3 |      2 | Thing 3
(3 ROWS)

  4. You can drop a foreign key constraint with the following syntax: 

    ALTER TABLE little DROP CONSTRAINT fk_little_1;

  5. You can add a foreign key constraint with the following syntax: 

    ALTER TABLE little ADD CONSTRAINT fk_little_1 FOREIGN KEY (big_id) REFERENCES big (big_id);

As always, I hope this helps you solve problems.

Written by maclochlainn

October 8th, 2019 at 8:49 pm

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Postgres Remove Constraints

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You can’t disable a not null constraint in Postgres, like you can do in Oracle. However, you can remove the not null constraint from a column and then re-add it to the column.

Here’s a quick test case in four steps:

  1. Drop a demo table if it exists: 

    DROP TABLE IF EXISTS demo;

  2. Create a demo table if it exists: 

    CREATE TABLE demo
( demo_id    SERIAL
, demo_text  VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL );

  3. Insert a compliant row in the demo table if it exists: 

    INSERT INTO demo
(demo_text)
VALUES
('Thing 1');

    Attempt to insert another row with a null value in the demo_text column:

    INSERT INTO demo
(demo_text)
VALUES
(NULL);

    It raises the following error:

    INSERT 0 1
psql:remove_not_null.sql:22: ERROR:  NULL VALUE IN COLUMN "demo_text" violates not-NULL CONSTRAINT
DETAIL:  Failing ROW contains (2, NULL).

  4. You can drop the not null constraint from the demo_text column: 

    ALTER TABLE demo ALTER COLUMN demo_text DROP NOT NULL;

    You can now successfully insert a row with a demo_text column value of null. After you have performed your table maintenance you can add the not null constraint back on to the demo_text column.

    You need to update the row with a null value in the demo_text column with a valid value before you re-add the not null constraint. The following shows an update statement that replaces the null value with a text string:

    UPDATE demo
SET    demo_text = 'Thing 2'
WHERE  demo_text IS NULL;

    Now, you can change the demo_text column back to a not null constrained column with the following syntax.

    ALTER TABLE demo ALTER COLUMN demo_text SET NOT NULL;

    5. While you can not defer the constraint, removing it and adding it back works well.

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October 8th, 2019 at 12:26 am

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Postgres Check Constraints

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The Postgres 11 database documentation says that it supports naming constraints. While you can create a table with named constraints inside the CREATE TABLE statement, the names are not assigned to the not null check constraint.

Here’s a quick test case in three steps:

  1. Drop a demo table if it exists: 

    DROP TABLE IF EXISTS demo;

  2. Drop a demo table if it exists: 

    CREATE TABLE demo
( demo_id    SERIAL
, demo_text  VARCHAR(20) CONSTRAINT nn_demo_1 NOT NULL );

  3. Create a demo table if it exists: 

    SELECT substr(check_clause,1,strpos(check_clause,' ')-1) AS check_column
,      constraint_name
FROM   information_schema.check_constraints
WHERE  check_clause LIKE 'demo_text%';

    You should see the following output with a parsed check_column name and the system generated check constraint name rather than the nn_demo_1 constraint name:

     check_column |    constraint_name    
--------------+-----------------------
 demo_text    | 2200_18896_2_not_null
(1 row)

    4. On the bright side, you can name primary key and foreign key constraints.

Written by maclochlainn

October 7th, 2019 at 10:35 pm

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