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Anthony DeBarros
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Data journalist at The Wall Street Journal and author of the book "Practical SQL" from No Starch Press. https://nostarch.com/practical-sql-2nd-edition/
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Newest versions of pgAdmin now let us customize the font in the Query Tool. Nice upgrade.

Set here to MesloLGL Nerd Font:
Image of the pgAdmin Query Tool showing the custom font.
April 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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U.S. total fertility rate in 2024 only slightly above 2023's low. www.wsj.com/us-news/u-s-...
April 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Yep, that's me.
March 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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I'm always humbled and grateful when this happens, which it has done a couple times (often coinciding with the start of college semesters). Thank you to all my readers!
practicalsql.com
Screengrab of the Amazon.com website's "Best Sellers in SQL" page, showing "Practical SQL" by Anthony DeBarros in the No. 1 position.
January 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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pgAdmin version 8.13, out today, jazzes up the results grid with alternating row colors and paginated output.
The pgAdmin results grid showing output from a query. Row background colors alternate between light gray and dark gray. The results grid includes buttons to page forward or backward.
November 14, 2024 at 11:50 AM
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Not first but not last either, I guess.
September 17, 2024 at 11:11 AM
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pgAdmin 4 v8.11, out today, adds a handy "Home" button to its Geometry Viewer, allowing for a quick return to the original zoom level. Nice time saver.
www.pgadmin.org/docs/pgadmin...
August 22, 2024 at 10:38 AM
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Humbled to see Practical SQL atop Amazon's list of best-selling SQL books this morning. practicalsql.com
May 14, 2024 at 12:52 PM
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This is going to be annoying.
Image of a spreadsheet showing Census data for Connecticut with former county names and new "planning region" geographies.
December 26, 2023 at 4:40 PM