SMRTR ProgrammingSep 19, 2024lobste.rs

As Rails developers, why we are excited about PostgreSQL 17

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PostgreSQL 17, releasing September 26th, enhances database performance significantly. It improves B-tree index efficiency for queries with multiple IN or ANY clauses, common in Rails apps. Tests showed query time reductions up to 90% for certain data sets. In a sample Rails app with 100 million rows, query execution time decreased from 8.45 to 0.11 seconds when upgrading from PostgreSQL 16 to 17. This update

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