EDB Postgres Advanced Server with DBine
How to connect DBine to EDB Postgres Advanced Server and what you can do once it's connected. This page is written from what the EDB Postgres Advanced Server driver says about itself, so it matches the version of DBine you download.
Connect
- In DBine, open New connection.
- Pick EDB Postgres Advanced Server in the list of engines.
- Fill in the fields below, press Test connection and then Save.
Default port: 5444.
General
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Server required | Example: localhost |
| Port | |
| Database | |
| User | |
| Password | Kept in the system keychain, never in DBine's files. |
| Read-only | On or off. |
SSH tunnel. The connection can go through an SSH server, even through a chain of bastions, with a password, a private key or the SSH agent. The server's fingerprint is checked against known_hosts or confirmed the first time.
SSL/TLS
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Encrypt the connection (TLS) | On or off. |
| Trust the server certificate | On or off. |
| CA certificate (PEM) | Optional: the CA that signed the server certificate, in PEM. A file on this computer. |
Advanced
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Query protocol | Automatic uses the extended query protocol and falls back to the simple one if the server doesn't accept it. "Simple protocol only" is for gateways and proxies that reject the extended protocol. Options: Automatic, Simple protocol only Default: Automatic |
What the explorer shows
Under the connection: Databases, each with its schemas. Inside each one:
- Tables
- Views
- Materialized views
- Procedures
- Functions
- Triggers
- Sequences
- Synonyms
- Types
Query editor
The editor uses SQL, with completion for the connection's objects. Statements and commands run against the database selected in the tab.
Ready-made templates for new objects:
- New view
- New materialized view
- New procedure
- New function
- New trigger
Tools for EDB Postgres Advanced Server
Available
- Graphical execution plans
- Live query profiler
- Server monitor
- Sessions and running queries
- End a session
- Locks: who blocks whom
- Cancel another session's query from the sessions list
- Manual transactions (commit and rollback)
- Index usage
- Create databases
- Drop databases
- Database properties
- Relations in the ER diagram
- Visual designer for new objects
- Rename objects
- Compare and sync schemas
- Clone tables
- Native bulk load when migrating data
- Users and permissions
Not available for EDB Postgres Advanced Server
- Backups
Why a tool doesn't apply to an engine, and the details of each one, are in the engine support reference.
Generated from the EDB Postgres Advanced Server driver 0.1.18, which DBine downloads the first time you connect to EDB Postgres Advanced Server.