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Part 3.3 of Databases for beginners - PostgreSQL and Node.JS

2017-06-20 | Lovisa Johansson

Part 3.3 of Databases for beginners. Tutorial and example source codes for Node.js [Read more...]

Part 3.2 of Databases for beginners - PostgreSQL and PHP

2017-06-20 | Lovisa Johansson

Part 3.2 of Databases for beginners. Tutorial and example source codes for PHP. [Read more...]

Part 3.1: Databases for beginners - PostgreSQL and Ruby

2017-06-20 | Lovisa Johansson

Part 3.1 of Databases for beginners. Tutorial and example source codes for Ruby and the client library Sequel. [Read more...]

Difference between shared and dedicated plans

2017-05-25 | Lovisa Johansson

This article explains the difference between shared and dedicated plans in ElephantSQL. Find out which plan option will work best for you! Dedicated plans provides a complete PostgreSQL server, while a shared instances gives you a database on a shared PostgreSQL server. [Read more...]

Backups API

2017-05-22 | Anders Bälter

List, download, create and restore from backups through our fresh Backups API. [Read more...]

Centralize your logs

2017-05-12 | Anders Bälter

You're now able to ship your PostgreSQL logs from ElephantSQL dedicated instances to Papertrail, Splunk, Loggly and Logentries! [Read more...]

Point in time restore

2017-05-04 | Anders Bälter

You can now restore your instance to any point in time. [Read more...]

Multi-datacenter clusters

2017-05-04 | Anders Bälter

Fork, recovery or replicate across clouds! [Read more...]

High Availability (HA) PostgreSQL plans at ElephantSQL

2017-04-48 | Lovisa Johansson

PostgreSQL High Availability (HA) plans are now available at ElephantSQL! A database on an HA plan will be create with a follower and has automatic failover in the face of hardware or software failure. [Read more...]

New high performance PostgreSQL plan

2017-03-15 | Lovisa Johansson

We are happy to announce a new high performance PostgreSQL plan for the public, Dramatic Dolphin! [Read more...]

Part 2. Databases for beginners - What is a SQL? Getting started with PostgreSQL

2016-02-24 | Lovisa Johansson

Part 2. Gives a brief understanding of the standard database language SQL. We will show how to create a table, how to insert data into a table and how to view the data in your database. [Read more...]

Part 1. Databases for beginners - What is a database? What is PostgreSQL?

2016-02-24 | Lovisa Johansson

Part 1. The first part of Databases for beginners gives an introduction to databases and PostgreSQL. Basic database concepts will be defined and it will help you set up your first database in the cloud. [Read more...]

Three new Google Cloud Platform regions

2016-01-20 | Johan Rhodin

ElephantSQL is now available in three new regions [Read more...]

Check out our new look!

2016-01-04 | Lovisa Johansson

We are very proud to present our brand new control panel design to the world! [Read more...]

Two-factor authentication

2016-10-03 | Lovisa Johansson

Two-factor authentication is now available on ElephantSQL! [Read more...]

ElephantSQL API

2016-09-05 | Lovisa Johansson

It is now possible to create, update and delete ElephantSQL instances programmatically [Read more...]

Disk usage in server metrics

2016-03-14 | Lovisa Johansson

Today we are happy to announce a new monitoring capability for our customers on dedicated plans. [Read more...]

Log in with GitHub

2015-11-13 | Lovisa Johansson

It's now possible to use your GitHub account to log in to the dashboard [Read more...]

Support for teams

2015-11-12 | Lovisa Johansson

The whole team can now manage your ElephantSQL instances, but keep individual credentials [Read more...]

Create, read, update and delete SQL data from your web browser

2015-09-08 | Lovisa Johansson

It is now possible to handle ElephantSQL data directly from the web browser! [Read more...]

Plan updates and a new high performance plan

2015-07-06 | Lovisa Johansson

We are happy to announce a new high performance plan for the public and more data to all dedicated plans [Read more...]

Google Compute Engine

2014-11-17 | Lovisa Johansson

It is now possible create a PostgreSQL database in Google Compute Engine's datacenters with just one click! [Read more...]

Softlayer

2014-11-17 | Lovisa Johansson

Create a PostgreSQL database in Softlayer's datacenters with just one click! [Read more...]