Postgres

🏃‍♀️ Getting Started
This guide shows you how to use Census to connect your PostgreSQL database to your data warehouse and create your first sync.
Prerequisites
Have your Census account ready. If you need one, create a Free Trial Census account now.
Have your database credentials ready.
Have the proper credentials to access to your data source. See our docs for each supported data source for further information:
​Azure Synapse​
​Databricks​
​Elasticsearch​
​Google BigQuery​
​Google Sheets​
​MySQL​
​Postgres​
​Redshift​
​Rockset​
​Snowflake​
​SQL Server​
Step 1: Connect Postgres
Once you're in Census, navigate to Connections​
Click the Add Service button
Select Postgres in the list
You'll be prompted to put the following credentials into the Census page.
As listed, we need the Hostname, Port, Database, Username, and Password
After clicking connect, Census will test the connection that was specified.
A Green ✅
, means you are good to go
After the connection is verified, you all tables will be exposed, but please take a look below on some of the specifics. ⬇
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🗄️ Supported Objects
We support syncing data to Tables in Postgres, but they must have a uniqueness constraint on a column. ​
Object Name
Supported
Identifiers
Table
✅
Primary Keys or Columns with Uniqueness Constraints
🔄 Supported Sync Behaviors
Learn more about all of our sync behaviors on our Core Concepts page.
Behaviors
Supported?
Objects?
Update
✅
All
Update or Create
✅
All
​Contact us if you want Census to support more Sync behaviors for Postgres.
❗️Common troubleshooting issues
You may be trying to sync to a table that does not have a uniqueness constraint. If possible, you need to add one to be able to sync to it. The syntax to do so is here.
🚑 Need help connecting to Postgres?
​Contact us via [email protected] or start a conversation with us via the in-app chat.

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🏃‍♀️ Getting Started

Prerequisites

Step 1: Connect Postgres

🗄️ Supported Objects

🔄 Supported Sync Behaviors

❗️Common troubleshooting issues

🚑 Need help connecting to Postgres?