Tuesday, July 8, 2025

PostgreSQL

How to Secure PostgreSQL Database – Tips and Tricks

Database security offers new challenges emerge daily, and you have to pay all your efforts to prevent risks. Reliable protection grounds on a system with several security levels. Let's talk about these levels and practical measures. To start, we'll take one of the most popular database management systems – PostgreSQL.

Meet dbForge Edge, Your Ultimate Multidatabase Solution!

If you are a database developer dealing with several projects, it means you have to handle a number of database management systems simultaneously. And for each of these systems, you need to have a proper set of tools at hand. Moreover, the said set of tools must be complete and flexible enough to follow the evolving project and its current requirements.

Uploading Files in ASP.NET Core 6 MVC 

This article talks about how you can upload one or more files in an ASP.NET Core 6 application. 

How to Connect to PostgreSQL in .NET 8 using EF Core and ASP.NET Core

The integration of PostgreSQL with a .NET 6 Web API provides a powerful and flexible solution for building data-driven .NET applications.

How to implement health checks in ASP.NET 6

ASP.Net Core is a popular web development framework with many features for building web modern web applications. One of its many great features is the ability to implement health checks to determine the health of APIs, databases, etc. Health checks can help you to know if connections to the database, third-party components, etc., are healthy, degraded, or unhealthy.

Easily Connect to PostgreSQL via ODBC Drivers: Setup Guide

Connecting to a PostgreSQL database via ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) drivers allows for greater flexibility regarding the programming languages and tools used to interact with the database. ODBC is a widely supported, platform-independent API that allows for communication between an application and a database management system.

How to Configure PostgreSQL for Remote Connections: A Beginner’s Guide

Configuring PostgreSQL for remote connections is essential for accessing data from different locations. By default, PostgreSQL only allows connections from the local machine, which can be a limitation in many situations.

Empower Yourself With the Brand New dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL v3.0!

Hey PostgreSQL users, we've got some excellent news for you! There's a huge update of dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL coming your way.

Meet the Latest Update of dbForge Data Compare for PostgreSQL – v4.0!

Here comes the fourth major version of dbForge Data Compare for PostgreSQL, and it packs a bunch of new features and helpful enhancements.

dbForge Schema Compare for PostgreSQL v1.3 Is Out!

To catch up with the rest of the dbForge product line for PostgreSQL, Schema Compare has also received a couple of nice features in the newly released v1.3.

Strategies for Versioning RESTful APIs in ASP.NET 6

Consider a scenario where you already have an API live and being used by users. Let's assume you want to enhance existing API capabilities while maintaining existing functionality. While some users may still use the older API, others prefer a version with new or improved features. So, you need a way to build and manage multiple versions of your APIs. This strategy is also known as API versioning.

dbForge Studios Add Support for a Slew of Cloud Services and Databases

We've got some good news for you today! The extensive compatibility of our database tools became even broader with a good number of cloud services that you can now seamlessly use with dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL and dbForge Studio for MySQL.

TRUNCATE TABLE in SQL

The article will overview the TRUNCATE TABLE statement in SQL on particular examples and describe the differences between the TRUNCATE, DELETE, and DROP statements. When...

Working with Integration Tests in ASP.NET 6 Core

Testing is an integral element of the development process for every application. There are many types of tests such as unit tests, integration tests,...

How to Use pgFormatter: Features and Alternatives

Formatting makes SQL code accurate, readable, understandable, and standardized for teams and individuals. SQL formatter is a tool that beautifies code automatically. Formatting tools...

PostgreSQL Foreign Key

Foreign keys help normalize data in databases and reduce redundancy.  In fact, it is the FOREIGN KEY mechanism that provides the relationality of relational...

Best Practices in Using the DbContext in EF Core

Entity Framework Core is an open-source, popular, lightweight, and flexible cross-platform ORM. In Entity Framework Core (also called EF Core), a Db context is...

Consume a RESTful API Using RestSharp and C#

This article talks about REST concepts, the RESTSharp library, and how it can be used to work with RESTful APIs in ASP.NET 6. We’ll...

PostgreSQL Primary Key: CREATE and ALTER TABLE Statements

Referential Integrity is a must when it comes to proper relational database design. The consistent usage of primary keys can help you ensure the...

Implementing Rate Limiting in ASP.NET 6 Core and C#

Throttling and rate limiting restrict API access, but they serve different purposes. While rate limiting can limit API usage to ensure stability, throttling prevents...

PostgreSQL Materialized Views

In this tutorial you’ll discover what PostgreSQL materialized views are and in what cases you should consider working with them. Moreover, you will get...

Scheduling Cron Jobs in ASP.NET 6 and C#

This article covers cron jobs and how we can leverage Quartz.Net to schedule cron jobs in ASP.NET 6. It shows how we can store...

What Is a Database?

The article provides a general overview of the databases in simple terms, discusses their advantages and drawbacks, and covers the types of data to...

ORDER BY in PostgreSQL – Different Ways to Sort the Output Results Easily

The SELECT statement is the most widely used SQL method to find and retrieve data from databases according to particular criteria. No matter which...

5 Simple Tips for PostgreSQL Data Access Components in 2025

In this article, we would like to introduce one of the rock-solid sets of data access components - the PgDAC or PostgreSQL data access...

What is the Difference Between Schema and Database?

Today, we are going to talk about whether schema and database is the same. To be more precise, we will describe the main differences...

Understanding PostgreSQL Date Types and Functions (by Examples)

In this article, we will look into working with dates in PostgreSQL, including the various date data types and formats, their functions, and the...

PostgreSQL vs MySQL/MariaDB Comparison: Differences, Performance, and Syntax

When it comes to choosing the database management system (DBMS), questions arise. You need the one that will match your needs and deliver the...

PostgreSQL Indexes: An In-Depth Guide

All relational database management systems, including PostgreSQL, provide specialized means and techniques to get the necessary information quickly and accurately. These means include indexes...

Support for Load Balancing and Other Improvements in dotConnect for PostgreSQL 7.24

The new version of dotConnect for PostgreSQL offers support for load balancing. It allows specifying multiple hosts with their ports in the Host parameter...

New Release of ODBC Drivers: Windows 11, PostgreSQL 14, MariaDB 10.6, and Firebird 4 Supported

We are pleased to inform you about the release of all our ODBC drivers for cloud data sources and databases. With Devart ODBC drivers, you can access various data sources to view and...

How to Create, Update, and Drop Views in PostgreSQL

The definition of a view in PostgreSQL—and in other SQL database management systems, for that matter—is rather simple: a view is a virtual table...

PostgreSQL 14 Support in dotConnect for PostgreSQL

Devart is glad to announce support for the latest PostgreSQL version — PostgreSQL 14 — in dotConnect for PostgreSQL 7.22. Now...

PostgreSQL ADD COLUMN Statement to Add One or Multiple Columns To a Table

If you have been looking for a tutorial on the ALTER TABLE command in Postgres, your search ends here. This statement changes the definition...

Update Your dbForge Tools to Prevent Diagram Control Errors

If you are using any dbForge tools for SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, and/or PostgreSQL, please make sure you have read this post. Recently, Microsoft released...

Software Development Life Cycle Tutorial with Examples

SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) is a series of steps for developing, improving, and sustaining a software system. Learn more about the stages and best practices.  https://blog.devart.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ElevenLabs_2024-07-04T06_53_04_Software-Development-Life-Cycle-Tutorial-with-Examples.mp3 Sometimes we cannot...

EF Core Support Improvements in dotConnect for PostgreSQL 7.21

The new version of Devart dotConnect for PostgreSQL includes significantly improved support for Entity Framework Core. It both supports the new data types and...

How to Create a New Database in PostgreSQL

In this article, we are going to describe different ways to create a PostgreSQL database from scratch. Here, you will find a tutorial...

How to Download and Install PostgreSQL Database on Windows

In this article, we will focus on starting a PostgreSQL server on your PC. Here, you will find a simple step-by-step PostgreSQL tutorial for...

PostgreSQL 13 Support in dotConnect for PostgreSQL, LinqConnect, SSIS Components, and Entity Developer

Devart is glad to announce support for the latest PostgreSQL version - PostgreSQL 13 - in the newly released dotConnect for PostgreSQL 7.19 and...

Meet dbForge Schema Compare for PostgreSQL, v1.0!

We are proud to announce the release of a new product from the dbForge Tools for PostgreSQL line - dbForge Schema Compare for PostgreSQL,...

dbForge Data Compare for PostgreSQL v.3.3 Released!

We are glad to announce that a new version of dbForge Data Compare for PostgreSQL v.3.3 is available for download. In this release, we have...

How to Import and Export CSV Files Into a PostgreSQL Database

CSV files provide a great way to collect and store data, and they are often used as a reliable way to move table data...

New Versions of ODBC Drivers: Oracle, PostgreSQL, QuickBooks, xBase

New versions of ODBC drivers for Oracle, PostgreSQL, QuickBooks were released with improved compatibility with Power Pivot, Visual Basic, and RStudio. The compatibility with...

Migrating Data From Oracle to PostgreSQL

In the article, you will learn how to migrate table data from Oracle to PostgreSQL using the dbForge tools.

Latest connectivity options in dbForge Data Compare for PostgreSQL v3.2

We are thrilled to inform our PostgreSQL users, that a new version of our ultimate data diffs management tool, dbForge Data Compare for PostgreSQL,...

PostgreSQL 12 support in SSIS Data Flow Components

Devart is glad to announce support for the latest PostgreSQL version - PostgreSQL 12 - in the newly released SSIS Data Flow Components 1.11. Now...

Standardize your SQL code with dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL 2.2

Great news for PostgreSQL users: the new version of dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL is out! The most notable features of this release comprise SQL Code...

Entity Framework 6.3 and .NET Core 3 Support

.NET Core 3 .NET Core was presented by Microsoft in 2016, but its 1.x versions had limited set of features comparing to Full .NET Framework....

Linking and Comparing SQL Server and PostgreSQL Databases

In this article, we will describe how to link a PostgreSQL Database to SQL Server, compare and deploy the PostgreSQL data against SQL Server...

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