ETL with Talend and Greenplum – Part one: connections
hen working with databases, one of the most common task is to load data from one or more CSV files. Several tools are available to achieve this task. Some are executed via command line, like COPY...
View ArticleETL with Talend and Greenplum – Part two: data import
In the first part of this tutorial, we have set up all the connections required for creating the job, now we can proceed with data import. Let’s drag and drop inside the visual editor an object named...
View ArticleETL with Kettle and Greenplum – Part one: setting up your job.
Recently I have shown you how to perform a data import from a CSV file into a Greenplum database, using Talend Community Edition. In this article I’m going to perform the same task using another ETL...
View ArticleETL with Kettle and Greenplum – Part Two: importing data
In the first part of this article we have created a job, a database connection and defined the flow in Kettle. In the second part we’ll see how Kettle manages the data import from the CSV files....
View ArticlePerforming ETL using Kettle with GPFDIST and GPLOAD
Scenario: We have a remote datasource, served by a gpfdist server. We need to import the data in a Greenplum database, while performing some ETL manipulation during the import. It is possible to...
View ArticleWhat’s new about Barman 1.4.0?
The 1.4.0 version of Barman adds new features such as incremental backup and automatic integration with pg_stat_archiver which aim to simplify the life of DBAs and system administrators. Barman 1.4.0:...
View ArticlePostgreSQL 9.5: IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA
The release of PostgreSQL 9.5 is imminent so the time has come to analyse what’s new in this latest version. A very interesting feature of version 9.5 is the ability to import a schema from a remote...
View Article2ndQuadrant speaks at PostgreSQL sessions
On the 22nd of September I attended the 8th edition of the PostgreSQL sessions, a conference in Lyon organised by Dalibo and Oslandia, as a speaker. The conference was centered around PostgreSQL and...
View ArticleBarman 2.1 and the new –archive option
Barman 2.1 Version 2.1 of Barman, backup and recovery manager for PostgreSQL, was released Thursday, Jan. 5. The new release, along with several bugfixes, introduces preliminary support for the...
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