1. First, create a group that will be used for read only access: create group readonly; 2. Revoke default create rights in the public schema: revoke c...

Database backups are useful for restoring data and are required for satisfying HIPAA/NIST CSF disaster recovery requirements. The Healthcare Blocks managed ...

Setting up an SSH tunnel allows you to use applications and tools on your local development machine while being connected to the remote server hosting your ...

If your application is communicating with a non-local database service and is transmitting protected health information, then HIPAA requires that the connec...

If you are migrating your database from another service or environment or restoring a database backup, the following steps describe how to load your databa...

Expensive queries can impact overall performance. By adding an index to a column being used in a query, it can significantly improve overall query times. He...

To enable logging of slow queries, do this with the mysql shell: set global slow_query_log = 1; set global long_query_time = 0.05; // logs queries slower t...

To perform this command your user must be part of the database administrator role. Run command via psql: psql -c "CREATE EXTENSION hstore" To s...

To identify queries requiring more than 2 seconds to run (change this value as needed), run the following command via psql: SELECT now() - query_start as &...