An indispensable guide for any database professional interested in adopting open-source database technology, this state-of-the-art book shows real-world techniques for migrating legacy applications to EnterpriseDB. Packed with working code and expert secrets, this book navigates the different aspects of EnterpriseDB applications, which is built upon PostgreSQL, the world’s most advanced open-source database. This reference helps readers understand the building blocks of EnterpriseDB administration and programming, cross-platform integration, performance and tuning, and its database monitor. It covers techniques for the new user as well as the experienced professional to install, administer, and program an EnterpriseDB application, and provides information on Superset Procedural Language (EDB-SPL), an alternative to Oracle PLSQL.