Deep dive into the PostgreSQL FrontEnd/BackEnd protocol
Friday, June 26 at 10:00–10:50
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Xavier Fischer is a .NET Principal Software Engineer at EDB overseeing the EDB .NET Connector. He is passionate about .NET, GIS and open source. He is the co-maintainer of the GeoJSON.Net repository, created the elevationapi.com, and has contributed to various open source projects.
Have you ever wondered what exactly happens on the network when your application talks to PostgreSQL?
In this session, we will dive deep into the Postgres Frontend/Backend protocol. We’ll decode and document real-world message exchanges, and learn how to use Wireshark to capture and diagnose database communication issues.
Whether you are doing support without the codebase, debugging stubborn performance bottlenecks, writing a custom driver, or simply curious about database internals, you will leave with a solid understanding of how Postgres communicates on the wire and the practical skills to troubleshoot it effectively.
