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pgColumnar 1.0-alpha4 released

2026-09-17

pgColumnar 1.0-alpha4 release notes

Release date: 2026-09-17 Previous release: 1.0-alpha3 (2026-09-02)

pgColumnar is a columnar table access method for PostgreSQL. This is the fourth alpha. Its theme is layout and skipping. A table can now be laid out on the Hilbert curve, which keeps neighbouring keys closer together than Z-order does. A star-schema join now skips fact-table groups and rejects non-matching rows, and it does …

PgColumnar 1.0Alpha2 released

Release date: 2026-08-18

Previous release: 1.0-alpha (2026-08-04)

pgColumnar is a columnar table access method for PostgreSQL. This is the second alpha. It adds read-only Apache Iceberg support, reads and writes over S3-compatible object storage, a maintenance daemon, and a broad round of statistics, planner, performance, and security work. The on-disk native format (PGCN v1) is unchanged; existing tables are read and written as before.

This release requires one …

PgManage 1.0 Released

PgManage 1.0 released, grab it today!

PgManage 1.0b2 released

PgManage 1.0b2 released

PgManage 1.0b2 released.

PgManage 1.0b released

PgManage 1.0b released

Command Prompt is pleased to announce PgManage version 1.0b. This release adds two major features, 3 major bug fixes and over a dozen changes and improvements. PgManage is a Postgres centered multi-database management Open Source project.

New features:

  • Added backup/restore support for PostgreSQL
  • First version of PgManage Handbook was published to https://pgmanage.readthedocs.io/en/latest

Major Bugs fixed:

  • Fixed .AppImage compatibility issues for newer Linux distributions which do not have libcrypt installed
  • Added …

Episode Four and Five of: More than a refresh available

Episode Four and Five of: More than a refresh available

A couple of our recent podcasts are directly related to PostgreSQL, they are listed below. I have really enjoyed meeting the people behind the technology that drives PostgreSQL in the global community. A lot of us are used to collectively gathering a few times a year with conferences. Obviously the pandemic has put a halt to that but launching the podcast has allowed me to connect with some amazing folks.

Generate Phone Calls For Redmine Emergency Tickets Using Twilio

We use Redmine here at CMD for all our project management needs. In fact, this Open Source solution is at the heart of our day-to-day operations. Over the time, we have made a number of contiributions to the project and extended, or modified, Redmine's behavior to suit our needs.

For example, one of the things we did was integrate Zabbix-based PostgreSQL monitoring system with Redmine. This allows us to …