Re: [GENERAL] SSL connection option from client side?

2010-02-05 Thread dipti shah
I got how SSL and SSH works in PostGreSQL from chapter 17.8 and 17.9. Thanks, Dip On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 1:16 PM, dipti shah shahdipti1...@gmail.com wrote: I got the information about how to set server configuration to make SSL aware only from

[GENERAL] How to escape apostrophes when apostrophes already used to escape something else

2010-02-05 Thread Stefan Schwarzer
Hi there, probably not too complicated, but although googling my way through many pages, I don't find the solution. I have a query which uses already an apostrophe to escape something else: $query = SELECT * FROM

Re: [GENERAL] How to escape apostrophes when apostrophes already used to escape something else

2010-02-05 Thread Grzegorz Jaśkiewicz
use $$ Or you can always use double single quotes, which is going to translate into single one, ie : blah = 'foo '' bar'; will give you foo ' bar string. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription:

Re: [GENERAL] Setting permissions to access schema and language

2010-02-05 Thread dipti shah
This can be done using GRANT...ON..SCHEMA See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/sql-grant.html Cheers. On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Jignesh Shah jignesh.shah1...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, I know how to set the permissions for tables. Could anyone tell me how to restrict people

[GENERAL] Valid lc-collate names on Windows

2010-02-05 Thread Arnaud Lesauvage
Hi all I am trying to find a collation that will support most European languages. I want something that will sort accentuated 'e' after normal 'e' as in French, 'n' with a '~' after normal 'n' as in Spanish, German Eszett as 'ss', etc... Is there a collation that does this on windows ? I have

Re: [GENERAL] Literals in foreign key definitions

2010-02-05 Thread Alban Hertroys
On 4 Feb 2010, at 20:34, Tim Landscheidt wrote: Alban Hertroys dal...@solfertje.student.utwente.nl wrote: [...] Now the intent here is to restrict foreign keys referencing the base class to unitclass records that describe a baseclass and to restrict foreign keys referencing a derived

[GENERAL] Query to find list of dates between two dates

2010-02-05 Thread aravind chandu
Hello guys, can you please help me with the following query I need a query that displays all the dates in between two dates say i give two dates 12/1/2009 and 12/31/2009 The result should be like this 12/1/2009 12/2/2009 12/3/2009 . . . . . 12/31/2009 Note : Assume that there is no table

Re: [GENERAL] Query to find list of dates between two dates

2010-02-05 Thread Alban Hertroys
On 5 Feb 2010, at 11:06, aravind chandu wrote: Hello guys, can you please help me with the following query I need a query that displays all the dates in between two dates say i give two dates 12/1/2009 and 12/31/2009 The result should be like this 12/1/2009 12/2/2009 12/3/2009

Re: [GENERAL] Query to find list of dates between two dates

2010-02-05 Thread Andre Lopes
You could use a query like this one here: and table.BEGIN_DATE = pREFERENCE_END_DATE and (table.END_DATE = pREFERENCE_BEGIN_DATE or table.END_DATE is null) Best Regards

Re: [GENERAL] Query to find list of dates between two dates

2010-02-05 Thread Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 02:06:12 -0800 (PST) aravind chandu avin_frie...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello guys, can you please help me with the following query I need a query that displays all the dates in between two dates say i give two dates 12/1/2009 and 12/31/2009 The result should be like this

Re: [GENERAL] How to escape apostrophes when apostrophes already used to escape something else

2010-02-05 Thread Albe Laurenz
Stefan Schwarzer wrote: probably not too complicated, but although googling my way through many pages, I don't find the solution. I have a query which uses already an apostrophe to escape something else: $query = SELECT * FROM

Re: [GENERAL] How to escape apostrophes when apostrophes already used to escape something else

2010-02-05 Thread Grzegorz Jaśkiewicz
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Albe Laurenz laurenz.a...@wien.gv.at wrote: In your case, by using ''Cote dIvoire''. single quotes for string literals. So again: 'Cote d''lvoire'. -- GJ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your

[GENERAL] Dynamic SQL, Return Query Execute with Join

2010-02-05 Thread Mark Watson
Hi all, I wish to pass a query text (containing joins) and separate parameters to a plpgsql function that will return a result set (more than one row) using RETURN QUERY EEXECUTE, but am having trouble defining the result set because of the join. Am I limited to the result set being restricted to

[GENERAL] Idle in Transaction

2010-02-05 Thread manugarciac
I see that every once in a while I get an Idle in Transaction that never ends. This eventually becames a problem, as this Idle in Transaction holds AccessShareLocks. Even if it didn't, if I reach the maximum number of transactions my application dies. Is there any way to know what the transaction

Re: [GENERAL] How to escape apostrophes when apostrophes already used to escape something else

2010-02-05 Thread Sam Mason
On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 10:13:21AM +0100, Stefan Schwarzer wrote: probably not too complicated, but although googling my way through many pages, I don't find the solution. I have a query which uses already an apostrophe to escape something else: Not sure if dollar quoting may be easier

Re: [GENERAL] Idle in Transaction

2010-02-05 Thread RW
Normally I get Idle in Transaction when there is already a connection which is holding a lock on a database object (e.g. a table). You've to check if there is a query holding a lock which causes all the other transactions to go in Idle in Transaction state. Look for other locks than AccesShareLock

Re: [GENERAL] Query to find list of dates between two dates

2010-02-05 Thread Albe Laurenz
aravind chandu wrote: can you please help me with the following query I need a query that displays all the dates in between two dates say i give two dates 12/1/2009 and 12/31/2009 The result should be like this 12/1/2009 12/2/2009 12/3/2009 . . . . . 12/31/2009 Note :

Re: [GENERAL] Verify a record has a column in a plpgsql trigger

2010-02-05 Thread Merlin Moncure
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 7:36 PM, Tim Landscheidt t...@tim-landscheidt.de wrote: Any insight on a way I can grab NEW.(colRow.attname) without EXECUTE USING? Wouldn't it be *much* easier to just have /two/ trigger functions? Your editor columns probably don't pop up and disappear randomly. or,

[GENERAL] Searching a DB index.. possible?

2010-02-05 Thread Moe
I am trying to figure out how I can introduce full text search tips... tips meaning, like if you start typing Mer .. then a box with a couple of words underneath comes up, with *Mercedes, Mercury *and so on :P I am thinking that the word suggestions needs to come from the already existing

[GENERAL] Understanding pg_stat_user_indexes

2010-02-05 Thread Steve Crawford
What causes an increment to idx_scan in pg_stat_user_indexes? Select queries only? When used to enforce column uniqueness? When used for foreign-key constraints? I see lots of indexes with an idx_scan-count of zero but which are not actually superfluous as they are required to enforce

Re: [GENERAL] Verify a record has a column in a plpgsql trigger

2010-02-05 Thread Mike Ginsburg
Merlin Moncure wrote: On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 7:36 PM, Tim Landscheidt t...@tim-landscheidt.de wrote: Any insight on a way I can grab NEW.(colRow.attname) without EXECUTE USING? Wouldn't it be *much* easier to just have /two/ trigger functions? Your editor columns probably don't pop

[GENERAL] PostgreSQL + Hibernate, Apache Mod Security, SQL Injection and you (a love story)

2010-02-05 Thread David Kerr
Howdy all, We're using Postgres 8.3 with all of our apps connecting to the database with Hibernate / JPA. Our security team is concerned about SQL Injection attacks, and would like to implement some mod_security rules to protect against it. From what I've read Postgres vanilla is pretty

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL + Hibernate, Apache Mod Security, SQL Injection and you (a love story)

2010-02-05 Thread John R Pierce
David Kerr wrote: Howdy all, We're using Postgres 8.3 with all of our apps connecting to the database with Hibernate / JPA. Our security team is concerned about SQL Injection attacks, and would like to implement some mod_security rules to protect against it. From what I've read Postgres

Re: [GENERAL] Questions on PostGreSQL Authentication mechanism...

2010-02-05 Thread Dimitri Fontaine
Alvaro Herrera alvhe...@commandprompt.com writes: For example, perhaps there could be a new pair of functions pg_read_hba_file/pg_write_hba_file that would work even if the files are placed in other directories, but they (Debian) would need to propose it. I don't remember they had to provide

[GENERAL] questions about a table's row estimates

2010-02-05 Thread Ben Chobot
I'm looking at pg_stat_user_tables in 8.4.2, and I'm confused about n_live_tup. Shouldn't that be at least fairly close to (n_tup_ins - n_tup-del)? It doesn't seem to be, but I'm unclear why. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL + Hibernate, Apache Mod Security, SQL Injection and you (a love story)

2010-02-05 Thread Sebastian Hennebrueder
John R Pierce schrieb: David Kerr wrote: Howdy all, We're using Postgres 8.3 with all of our apps connecting to the database with Hibernate / JPA. Our security team is concerned about SQL Injection attacks, and would like to implement some mod_security rules to protect against it. From

Re: [GENERAL] \dt+ sizes don't include TOAST data

2010-02-05 Thread Bruce Momjian
Alvaro Herrera wrote: Tom Lane wrote: Greg Smith g...@2ndquadrant.com writes: Florian Weimer wrote: The sizes displayed by \dt+ in version 8.4.2 do not take TOAST tables into account, presumably because the pg_relation_size does not reflect that, either. I think this is a bit

Re: [GENERAL] Understanding pg_stat_user_indexes

2010-02-05 Thread Josh Kupershmidt
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Steve Crawford scrawf...@pinpointresearch.com wrote: What causes an increment to idx_scan in pg_stat_user_indexes? Select queries only? When used to enforce column uniqueness? When used for foreign-key constraints? The docs are a little sparse here:

[GENERAL] How can I test my web application against SQL Injections?

2010-02-05 Thread Andre Lopes
Hi, I have build a Web Application using PostgreSQL as Database. I need to test it against SQL Injections. What should I do? How to do an accurate test against SQL Injections? Best Regards,

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL + Hibernate, Apache Mod Security, SQL Injection and you (a love story)

2010-02-05 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 1:09 PM, John R Pierce pie...@hogranch.com wrote: if you use parameterized calls (easy in perl, java, etc but not so easy in php), you're should be immune.  in the past there were some issues with specific evil mis-coded UTF8 sequences, but afaik, thats been cleared up

Re: [GENERAL] How can I test my web application against SQL Injections?

2010-02-05 Thread Jeff Davis
On Fri, 2010-02-05 at 21:20 +, Andre Lopes wrote: I have build a Web Application using PostgreSQL as Database. I need to test it against SQL Injections. What should I do? How to do an accurate test against SQL Injections? There are a few things you can do, such as send various kinds of

Re: [GENERAL] Understanding pg_stat_user_indexes

2010-02-05 Thread Steve Crawford
Josh Kupershmidt wrote: On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Steve Crawford scrawf...@pinpointresearch.com mailto:scrawf...@pinpointresearch.com wrote: What causes an increment to idx_scan in pg_stat_user_indexes? Select queries only? When used to enforce column uniqueness? When used

Re: [GENERAL] Understanding pg_stat_user_indexes

2010-02-05 Thread Josh Kupershmidt
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Steve Crawford scrawf...@pinpointresearch.com wrote: Josh Kupershmidt wrote: On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Steve Crawford scrawf...@pinpointresearch.com wrote: What causes an increment to idx_scan in pg_stat_user_indexes? Select queries only? When used