SELECT STAR

A cornerstone of relational databases are primary keys. We need handles on our rows of data.

On this episode of SELECT STAR, find out what makes for a good primary key, especially in a distributed environment like CockroachDB!

Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out Cockroach University for FREE and get started!

Get more 👀

• SQL Database Modernization at Your Speed: A Step-by-Step Guide
• Learn about Spring Data JDBC
• Check out Spring Data JPA
• New to Spring Boot? Start here

Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before joining Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up, along with many others including 12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.

Felipe Gutierrez worked as a Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. He also worked as a Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ, and Cloud Foundry. He wrote Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging, and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently, the 3rd version of Pro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin was released.

Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud-native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.

© 2025 Cockroach Labs

AI has taken the world by storm. A question arises...can it speed up your database?

On this episode of SELECT STAR, see how AI tools can speed up your CockroachDB database, make it more performant, and help squeeze out inefficiencies!

Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out Cockroach University for FREE and get started!

Get more 👀

• SQL Database Modernization at Your Speed: A Step-by-Step Guide
• Learn about Spring Data JDBC
• Check out Spring Data JPA
• New to Spring Boot? Start here

Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before joining Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up, along with many others including 12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.

Felipe Gutierrez worked as a Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. He also worked as a Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ, and Cloud Foundry. He wrote Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging, and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently, the 3rd version of Pro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin was released.

Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud-native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.

© 2025 Cockroach Labs

We're always looking for simpler, more elegant APIs to get the job done.

On this episode of SELECT STAR discover how Spring's fluent API, JdbcClient, makes it an absolute joy to work with SQL statements through the power of JDBC!

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Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ for FREE and get started!
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• Today's code repo: https://github.com/Select-Star-Show/payroll-spring-jdbcclient-example
• SQL Database Modernization at Your Speed: A Step-by-Step Guide: https://cockroa.ch/3WgmDTV
• Learn about Spring Data JDBC: https://www.youtube.com/live/w9PXLdqL_1g?feature=shared
• Check out Spring Data JPA: https://www.youtube.com/live/y_MxZE6OCvI?feature=shared
• New to Spring Boot? Start here: https://www.youtube.com/live/84iC86ZfowI?feature=shared

About our hosts:
Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including 12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.

Felipe Gutierrez, worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. Worked also as Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ and Cloud Foundry. He wrote Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently the 3rd version of Pro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin.

About Cockroach Labs:
Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.

© 2025 Cockroach Labs

CockroachDB can grow and change dynamically, all while keeping your data safe. How does it do that?

On this episode of SELECT STAR learn EXACTLY how CockroachDB scales and protects your data seamlessly and effortlessly!

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Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ for FREE and get started!
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Get more 👀

• SQL Database Modernization at Your Speed: A Step-by-Step Guide: https://cockroa.ch/3WgmDTV
• Learn about Spring Data JDBC: https://www.youtube.com/live/w9PXLdqL_1g?feature=shared
• Check out Spring Data JPA: https://www.youtube.com/live/y_MxZE6OCvI?feature=shared
• New to Spring Boot? Start here: https://www.youtube.com/live/84iC86ZfowI?feature=shared

About our hosts:
Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.

Felipe Gutierrez, worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. Worked also as Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ and Cloud Foundry. He wrotePro Spring Boot,Spring Boot Messaging andPro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently the 3rd version ofPro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin.

About Cockroach Labs:
Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.

© 2025 Cockroach Labs

JdbcTemplate is one of the oldest yet most golden features buried in the Spring Framework.

On this episode of SELECT STAR learn why some of the biggest shops out there still reach for JdbcTemplate to solve BIG problems!

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Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ for FREE and get started!
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Get more 👀

• Today's JdbcTemplate project: https://github.com/Select-Star-Show/payroll-spring-jdbc-example
• SQL Database Modernization at Your Speed: A Step-by-Step Guide: https://cockroa.ch/3WgmDTV

About our hosts:
Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.

Felipe Gutierrez, worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. Worked also as Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ and Cloud Foundry. He wrotePro Spring Boot,Spring Boot Messaging andPro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently the 3rd version ofPro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin.

About Cockroach Labs:
Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.

© 2025 Cockroach Labs

Did you know relational apps are preferred over non-relational ones up to 4-to-1? And in Javaland, one of the most popular toolkits is JPA!

In this episode of SELECT STAR, see how fast you can get off the ground when you use Spring Data JPA as your tool of choice for your CockroachDB application!

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Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ for FREE and get started!
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Get more 👀

• Today's Spring Data JPA project: https://github.com/Select-Star-Show/payroll-spring-data-jpa-exampl
• SQL Database Modernization at Your Speed: A Step-by-Step Guide: https://cockroa.ch/3WgmDTV

About our hosts:
Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.

Felipe Gutierrez, worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. Worked also as Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ and Cloud Foundry. He wrotePro Spring Boot,Spring Boot Messaging andPro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently the 3rd version ofPro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin.

About Cockroach Labs:
Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.

© 2025 Cockroach Labs

Have you ever been interested in using the power of Spring Data...but without the overhead of JPA? In this episode of SELECT STAR, see how to build a Spring Boot app using the power of Spring Data JDBC!

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Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ for FREE and get started!
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About our hosts:
Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.

Felipe Gutierrez, worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. Worked also as Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ and Cloud Foundry. He wrotePro Spring Boot,Spring Boot Messaging andPro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently the 3rd version ofPro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin.

About Cockroach Labs:
Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.

© 2025 Cockroach Labs

You dig Spring Boot?

Come and find out in this live coding session how you can hook your Spring Boot application up with CockroachDB, and make things sizzle!

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Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ for FREE and get started!
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About our host:
Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.

About Cockroach Labs:
Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.

© 2024 Cockroach Labs

Have you ever sped up a query...but not enough? Have you ever just thrown an index into a system because someone told you that's the way to go?

Find out exactly HOW to create the RIGHT index for the RIGHT situation, using the tools that CockroachDB comes loaded with.

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Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ for FREE and get started!
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About our host:
Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.

About Cockroach Labs:
Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.

© 2024 Cockroach Labs

NOTE: There is an echo in the first 4 minutes, but we fixed that for the rest of the show. Sorry!

Have you ever struggled with query performance? Have you ever wondered what is going on and why your system seems bogged down?

Find out how to use the tools that come with CockroachDB to ramp things up in this inaugural episode of SELECT STAR, the show where you learn absolutely EVERYTHING about the database you just can't kill!

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Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ for FREE and get started!
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About our hosts:
Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.

About Cockroach Labs:
Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.

© 2024 Cockroach Labs