Postgres and Open Source Experts

The NOT operator is a frequently used operator in Postgres that negates a boolean expression. It allows us to filter or exclude certain data from the query’s result set.

In PostgreSQL, the NUMERIC data type is a more precise data type used to store decimal values. It can be defined with specific precision and scale.

Postgres allows you to find the list of active connections on your database server via the "pg_stat_activity" and pgAdmin's "Server Activity panel”.

In Postgres, the “\l”, “\list”, and “pg_catalog” are used to show the list of databases, while the “\dt” and “pg_catalog.pg_table” are used to show the list of relations.

Postgres offers a wide range of built-in functions to efficiently manipulate date and time values. For instance, NOW(), TO_TIMESTAMP(), CURRENT_DATE, etc.

Postgres allows us to add a certain number of days to a date field using the plus “+” operator. It retrieve a new date representing the original date plus the specified number of days.

PostgreSQL provides two temporal data types to deal with the TIMESTAMPS: TIMESTAMP(without the time zone) and TIMESTAMPTZ(with a time zone).

In PostgreSQL, finding the interval between two dates can be accomplished using the built-in AGE() function or the minus “-” operator.

PostgreSQL provides a built-in TO_CHAR() function that converts the given timestamp to a string. It utilizes a format mask to convert the input value to a string.

In PostgreSQL, the EXTRACT() and DATE_PART() functions are used to extract a DOW(an acronym for Day of Week) from a date or timestamp.