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URL encode PostgreSQL connection strings
The string I got initially was as follows:
postgres://user@postgre-resource-name:password@host:5432/database
Because @ sign appears twice, some tools like pg_dump were confused. The issue was solved by URL encoding the first @:
postgres://user%40postgre-resource-name:password@host:5432/database
3 votesThanks for using Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
Where are you requesting that we display this url encoded version? You mention that you got the first string – was this from one of our documents? Do let me know so we can update it. Also, you can directly use the GitHub issues commenting system to request changes to Azure documentation on a document page.
Thanks,
Rachel on behalf of the Azure Database for PostgreSQL team -
Add "pgpointcloud" extension support.
Request for support for the pgpointcloud extension in Azure PostgreSQL databases.
https://github.com/pgpointcloud/pointcloud
Would also be useful to have the optional compression features included. These require libght (https://github.com/pramsey/libght/) and lazperf (https://github.com/hobu/laz-perf).
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POWA - PostgreSQL Workload Analyzer (or alternative)
Support for POWA or another performance analyzer would be nice. https://github.com/dalibo/powa
3 votesThank you for your interest in Azure Database for PostgreSQL.
Monitoring solutions that don’t have to be added as an extension are possible alternatives. Workable solutions query the server’s statistics through a low-privileged user role. Possible examples are pghero, pgwatch2.
Please do let us know if POWA specifically is needed and any additional comments.
Thanks,
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agensgraph extension
Support graph extension to postgresql
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Correct count of Postgres connections in Portal
We use the Azure postgres database and shows the connection count in our monitoring setup. We just realized that the connection count shown in the Azure Portal is not the same as Postgres repots. We had over 170 connections at one time, while the Portal showed approx. 20 connections
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Better support for automation of installation in ARM Template / PowerShell
We massively deploy PostgreSQL instances. We (for exemple) need to automatically deploy configuration (for instances log_* parameters). It's possible to modify configuration with AZ commands. The other automation tools don't have the required functionality:
* ARM Template cannot deploy instances with a set configuration.
* Python2 should provide the necessary tools via azure.mgmt.* but is not very well documented (it's still in preview)
* PowerShell as no options for that. (and very few means to interact with Postgres in general).
In general, the support for postgres is bad in automation tools (and the feature coverage not uniform). We have to…
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Add DNS management to firewall rules configuration
Usually pg_hba.conf accepts DNS names so you can use i.e. my.address.ip for ***.***.***.***. In Azure portal you can input only numeric IP addresses but this presumes you have staic public IP address. Allowing DNS management you would be able to use Dynamic DNS solving non static public IP address problem.
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BYOK Encryption Key
For governance reasons for managing PHI, we need to BYOK for the Disk Level Encryption. Is there any plan to expose the ability to have the storage account that the underlining managed system is using to a key that's stored in key vault?
We can't host our postgresSql Database in Azure's managed solutions, until we can.
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Support pg_freespacemap extension
Support pg_freespacemap extension for examining the free space map (FSM)
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Ability to restore to same database name
Ability to run a point in time restore to same database name rather than restoring to a new instance.
2 votes -
Point in time restore to include HBA and server parameters
When restoring to a point in time, HBA settings and server parameters such as search_path are not included on the new server. It would be nice for the restore to include this configuration.
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PostgreSQL as a service in Azure China
We have made good experience with PostgreSQL as a service in Azure already (even in Preview).
We would like to use it also in Azure China.2 votesFirst, thank you very much for using our service!
As for Azure Database for PostgreSQL availability in China, we expect it to make it available there at some point in summer 2018.
Nik on behalf of Azure Database for PostgreSQL team
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Ability to output data changes via logical decoding (ex. wal2json)
PostgreSQL, since 9.4, has the ability to provide the list of changes made to a database in a manner that is transaction-safe and lossless.
To enable this feature, the wal_level needs to be set to logical and there needs to be an available output plugin. Unfortunately, PostgreSQL only comes with the test_decoding plugin, which was only really meant as an example.
AWS for example, has included wol2json support:
The simple wol2json output plugin would be a good way to provide access to this powerful feature for a wide audience.
I'd also be fine with other output plugins. It may…
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Great GUI Tool for Writing/Developing Postgres Queries
A tool focused on postgres developers writing sql. No query builders, no admin/management tools cluttering everything up. Each window only needs to connect to one database, show the tables and their columns. A nice big button and intelligent keybinding(e.g. shift+enter) for executing queries. Production databases should have red outline/window borders or some danger indication. Config the connection with a file, no need for ui. Postgres only and support it's unique datatypes json/array/etc really well, and no jdbc/jvm requirements. And very importantly show stacked results, because I can't tell you how important it is when working to see the results from…
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Better grouping of server parameters
Would be great if server parameters were logically grouped together (rather than just being sorted alphabetically). For example, timeout settings together, logging settings together etc.
2 votesThanks for your feedback. That could be a helpful UI change for the Azure portal. Currently it’s unplanned, but we can revisit it in the future if there’s a high demand.
We also support search over the list of parameters to get to the one you need.
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MADlib
Machine learning, statistics and analytics for data scientists
http://madlib.incubator.apache.org/2 votes -
Native Python and R support - extensions plpythonu, plpython2u, plpython3u
Please support extensions plpythonu, plpython2u, plpython3u so functions etc. can have Python code.
Similar request for R support with extensions like PL/R
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Allow Event Triggers to be created
I am working with multiple users on shared tables. As the users belong to a dedicated role "pgpublish" I am in the need to run "ALTER TABLE "MYcoolSchema"."CoolNewTable" OWNER TO pgpublish;" on every new table which we create manually.
As I want to have any new table owned by the role pgpublish instead of the user role I want to to create a trigger function and a trigger event to change table owner automatically (as described here: https://blog.hagander.net/setting-owner-at-create-table-237/). Unfortunately I can't create trigger events as I am not a superuser nor do I have the credentials for a SU…1 vote -
effective_cache_size
You should allow tuning of memory-related parameters. I have a 15GB server and the effective_cache_size is 1536MB; it should be eight times as high. Without tuning these parameters my application is simply too slow to run on your environment.
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