About the Author

Hans-Jürgen Sch?nig has 15 years of experience with PostgreSQL. He is the CEO of a PostgreSQL consulting and support company called Cybertec Sch?nig & Sch?nig GmbH (www.postgresql-support.de). It has successfully served countless customers around the globe.

Before founding Cybertec Sch?nig & Sch?nig GmbH in 2000, he worked as a database developer at a private research company focusing on the Austrian labor market, where he primarily focused on data mining and forecast models. He has also written several books about PostgreSQL.

This book is dedicated to all the members of the Cybertec family, who have supported me over the years and have proven to be true professionals. Without my fellow technicians here at Cybertec, this book would not have existed. I especially want to thank Ants Aasma for his technical input and Florian Ziegler for helping out with the proofreading and graphical stuff.

Special thanks also go to my girl, Sonja St?dtner, who has given me all the personal support. Somehow, she managed to make me go to sleep when I was up late at night working on the initial drafts.