How to use psql

Launching psql session In my previous blog, I described how you can set up a postgresql server. In this post, we will learn, what are some of the basic commands in psql and how can we efficiently interact with it. To launch the psql terminal interface, you need to log into the postgres user or the username that created the postgresql server. This can be done using the su command. ...

August 5, 2025 · 4 min · abdul

How to deply a postgresql server

Database Cluster A database cluster is a collection of databases that is managed by a single instance of a running database server. In this post, we will talk about how to create a database cluster. Prerequisites The data created by postgresql is stored on the host file system in a directory called data directory. You can choose any directory to be data directory for example: /usr/local/pgsql/data or /var/lib/pgsql/data. The data directory is initialized using a program called initdb which comes with standard postgresql-server installation. ...

August 4, 2025 · 3 min · abdul

Leetcode 775: Global and local inversions solution

When nums[i] > nums[j], it is global inversion. Local inversion is special case of global inversion with j=i+1 Consider the array: [0,1,2,3,4,5] If i swap a random element by 2 positions (either to left or right). I will always create 2 inversions. Likewise, if I swap a random element by 3 positions. I end up creating 3 inversions. Similarly if I swap an element by 4 positions. I end up creating 4 inversions. ...

July 16, 2025 · 1 min · abdul

Leetcode 698: Partition into k equal sum subsets: The art of recursion: mastering double recursion in a single function

We need to divide the array nums into k subsets such that the sum of each subset is same. $$ k \times sum\ of\ each\ subset = total\ sum\ sum\ of\ each\ subset = total\ sum\ \div k\ target = total\ sum\ \div k $$ Now our task is to find all the k subsets in nums whose sum is target. My idea is to structure this as multi-level recursion. We first try to find the $$k^{th}$$ subset, then $$(k-1)^{th}$$, then $$(k-2)^{th} …$$ until there is only one subset left. The last subset will naturally sum to target. You can only go to $$(k-1)^{th}$$ level when you are able to successfully find $$k^{th}$$ level subset, ...

July 16, 2025 · 3 min · abdul

Leetcode 745: Prefix and suffix search solution

For each possible word, we ask the question: What possible queries can lead to this word?. For example consider the word: abd. Below are the possible (prefix, suffix) queries that can return abd 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (prefix, suffix) a abd a bd a d ab abd ab bd ab d abd abd abd bd abd d Now, given word.length <= 7. Each word can at maximum generate 7*7=49 such pairs. Can we store all of them in a hashmap? Yes, because the total storage = 49 * number of words = O(n) Which is acceptable for this problem. ...

July 16, 2025 · 2 min · abdul