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- News
- Last Updated: May 29, 2025
- Jonathan Brown
We’re excited to announce the general availability of Heroku Postgres version 17 , packed with new features and enhancements to your database performance. And that’s not all – we’re also introducing a game-changing feature that streamlines your upgrade experience . This new method of version upgrade is now the default, so you can try it to upgrade to Postgres 17!
Postgres 17: Powering your applications with enhanced performance and security
Before we dive into the simplicity of the new upgrade process, let’s talk about what makes PostgreSQL 17 a must-have. This release brings significant improvements that directly translate to better…
- News
- Last Updated: February 04, 2020
- Scott Truitt
After a successful evaluation period, PostgreSQL 12 is now the default version for new Heroku Postgres databases and an available upgrade for existing databases.
I want to emphasize a few key changes and improvements in Postgres 12:
Native Table Partitioning Concurrent Operations
Native Partitioning was introduced in PostgreSQL 10 and performance improvements for improved parallel processing were added in PostgreSQL 11. Updating tables, altering partitions blocking queries, and executing concurrent operations for Native Partitioning were all improved in PostgreSQL 12. New features include allowing tables to modify partitions without blocking queries, allowing foreign keys…
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