In a distributed SQL database like YugabyteDB, understanding where data actually lives is just as important as understanding the schema itself. Once […]
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Determining Whether a Read Was Served by a Leader or a Follower
YugabyteDB supports follower reads for YSQL, allowing read-only queries to be served from follower replicas where the data is exactly stale equal […]
Read MoreUnderstanding Smart-Driver Pooling with Multiple Connection Pools (and Important Known Issues)
In a [previous tip], we enforced a global max connection limit while load balancing Npgsql connections across a YugabyteDB cluster. That earlier […]
Read MoreDecode yb_local_tablets() Split Ranges into Human-Readable Bounds
When you manually pre-split a YugabyteDB table, using SPLIT AT VALUES, you’re telling the database exactly how to divide its key space […]
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