Re: [GENERAL] PG under OpenVZ?

2012-11-21 Thread Jasen Betts
On 2012-11-13, François Beausoleil franc...@teksol.info wrote: Hi! I've found an old thread on OpenVZ: (2008): http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/2008-03/msg00076.php And a more recent question that scared me a bit: (2011):

Re: [GENERAL] PG under OpenVZ?

2012-11-21 Thread Frank Lanitz
Am 2012-11-13 14:53, schrieb François Beausoleil: Hi! I've found an old thread on OpenVZ: (2008): http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/2008-03/msg00076.php And a more recent question that scared me a bit: (2011):

Re: [GENERAL] Performance Testing Metrics

2012-11-21 Thread Vincent Veyron
Le mardi 20 novembre 2012 à 03:54 -0800, Harry a écrit : Hello All, I need help to know how to get below things in Postgresql :- 1) No. of active connections? 2) No. of non-responding connections? 3) Queries which are running beyond time(i.e. time which 'll set in database query)? 5) Dead

Re: [GENERAL] Postgresql - 8.3 Replication in windows

2012-11-21 Thread Jasen Betts
On 2012-11-02, dinesh kumar dineshkuma...@gmail.com wrote: --20cf3071cc56678d5104cd82409f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi , In windows we do not have SCP/RSYNC utility commands, which helps us to send the archives to remote/slave server. pscp (putty.org) deltacopy -- ⚂⚃

[GENERAL] Escaping regexp special characters in field value

2012-11-21 Thread Allan Kamau
I do have a field for which I want to perform a join with some other field in another table using case without case sensitivity perhaps using ~*. One of this fields may contain + characters or unbalanced parenthesis. Is there a way or some function that may mask out the regexp awareness of any of

Re: [GENERAL] PostgresQL intallation error

2012-11-21 Thread Jasen Betts
On 2012-10-27, Raul Feliu raulfp...@hotmail.com wrote: --_4c4db745-219d-4817-8789-6e7997227fee_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have windows vista. I tried to run the installer in admin mode and I disa= bled UAC. Still having the

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training recommendations?

2012-11-21 Thread Jasen Betts
On 2012-10-17, Vincent Veyron vv.li...@wanadoo.fr wrote: I am surprised none of the fine contributors to this thread mentionned an activity they practice extensively, which is reading this list's content every day. Best training material ever in my opinion. Yeah, if you want to learn

Re: [GENERAL] COPY FROM in psql

2012-11-21 Thread Matthew Vernon
t...@sss.pgh.pa.us (Tom Lane) writes: Matthew Vernon matthew.ver...@sac.ac.uk writes: naiively, you might try: \set pwd '\'' `pwd` '\'' COPY table FROM :pwd || '/relative/path/to/data' ; Umm ... why don't you just use a relative path as-is, with \copy instead of COPY? Thanks for the

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training recommendations?

2012-11-21 Thread Chris Travers
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 1:49 AM, Jasen Betts ja...@xnet.co.nz wrote: On 2012-10-17, Vincent Veyron vv.li...@wanadoo.fr wrote: I am surprised none of the fine contributors to this thread mentionned an activity they practice extensively, which is reading this list's content every day.

[GENERAL] ERROR: volatile EquivalenceClass has no sortref

2012-11-21 Thread Ranjeet Dhumal
Hi All , When am trying to query a table temp_table1(sms_type varchar(20),sms_info varchar(100),sms_id integer) Query :: select sms_type,count(*) from temp_table1 group by 1 order by 2 desc; Then i got following errors , i dont know whats wrong in this . *ERROR: volatile EquivalenceClass has no

[GENERAL] declare variable in udf

2012-11-21 Thread Peter Kroon
Hello, How do I declare a variable after BEGIN? I want to declare it in the if statement. DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS tmp_test(integer); CREATE FUNCTION tmp_test( p_id integer ) RETURNS text AS $$ DECLARE the_return_value text; BEGIN DROP TABLE IF EXISTS temp_test_table; CREATE TEMP TABLE

Re: [GENERAL] declare variable in udf

2012-11-21 Thread Raymond O'Donnell
On 21/11/2012 11:42, Peter Kroon wrote: Hello, How do I declare a variable after BEGIN? I want to declare it in the if statement. DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS tmp_test(integer); CREATE FUNCTION tmp_test( p_id integer ) RETURNS text AS $$ DECLARE the_return_value text; BEGIN DROP TABLE

Re: [GENERAL] declare variable in udf

2012-11-21 Thread Peter Kroon
So, multiple DECLARE sections are not allowed? 2012/11/21 Raymond O'Donnell r...@iol.ie On 21/11/2012 11:42, Peter Kroon wrote: Hello, How do I declare a variable after BEGIN? I want to declare it in the if statement. DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS tmp_test(integer); CREATE FUNCTION

Re: [GENERAL] declare variable in udf

2012-11-21 Thread Pavel Stehule
2012/11/21 Peter Kroon plakr...@gmail.com: So, multiple DECLARE sections are not allowed? it is not allowed in plpgsql resp. DECLARE is related to block - if you use nested block, then you can use nested DECLAREs Regards Pavel Stehule 2012/11/21 Raymond O'Donnell r...@iol.ie On

Re: [GENERAL] declare variable in udf

2012-11-21 Thread Raymond O'Donnell
On 21/11/2012 12:01, Peter Kroon wrote: So, multiple DECLARE sections are not allowed? Actually, I just had a quick look here - http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/plpgsql-structure.html - and it seems that you can have multiple declare - begin - end blocks. Try it and see! Ray. --

Re: [GENERAL] ERROR: volatile EquivalenceClass has no sortref

2012-11-21 Thread Albe Laurenz
Ranjeet Dhumal wrote: When am trying to query a table temp_table1(sms_type varchar(20),sms_info varchar(100),sms_id integer) Query :: select sms_type,count(*) from temp_table1 group by 1 order by 2 desc; Then i got following errors , i dont know whats wrong in this . ERROR: volatile

Re: [GENERAL] ERROR: volatile EquivalenceClass has no sortref

2012-11-21 Thread Ranjeet Dhumal
Hi Laurenz , I got this error on two different tables , first one is empty and second one has near about 60k records , am using 9.0.1 version of postgres. And when i dropped that both table and recreated with same data and structure query ran successfully , am not able to understand how this is

Re: [GENERAL] ERROR: volatile EquivalenceClass has no sortref

2012-11-21 Thread Albe Laurenz
Ranjeet Dhumal wrote: I got this error on two different tables , first one is empty and second one has near about 60k records , am using 9.0.1 version of postgres. And when i dropped that both table and recreated with same data and structure query ran successfully , am not able to understand

[GENERAL] output inserted

2012-11-21 Thread Peter Kroon
How to I output the insert in PostgreSQL? DROP TABLE IF EXISTS a_001; CREATE TEMP TABLE a_001( vl text ); DROP TABLE IF EXISTS a_002; CREATE TEMP TABLE a_002( vl text ); INSERT INTO a_001 OUTPUT INSERTED.* INTO a_002 --mssql SELECT 'text for insertion'; SELECT vl FROM a_002;

Re: [GENERAL] Escaping regexp special characters in field value

2012-11-21 Thread David Johnston
ILIKE is probably better - without an escape: WHERE field1 ILIKE field2 ESCAPE '' You could also try: WHERE upper(field1) = upper(field2) David J. From: pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Allan Kamau Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [GENERAL] output inserted

2012-11-21 Thread Ryan Kelly
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 02:41:24PM +0100, Peter Kroon wrote: How to I output the insert in PostgreSQL? DROP TABLE IF EXISTS a_001; CREATE TEMP TABLE a_001( vl text ); DROP TABLE IF EXISTS a_002; CREATE TEMP TABLE a_002( vl text ); INSERT INTO a_001 OUTPUT INSERTED.* INTO a_002

Re: [GENERAL] output inserted

2012-11-21 Thread David Johnston
From: pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Peter Kroon Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 8:41 AM To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: [GENERAL] output inserted How to I output the insert in PostgreSQL? DROP TABLE IF EXISTS a_001;

Re: [GENERAL] ERROR: volatile EquivalenceClass has no sortref

2012-11-21 Thread Alban Hertroys
Ranjeet Dhumal wrote: records , am using 9.0.1 version of postgres. This is quite possibly your problem: You're 9 bugfix releases behind on a .0 release. You should be at 9.0.10 at least. -- If you can't see the forest for the trees, Cut the trees and you'll see there is no forest. -- Sent

Re: [GENERAL] ERROR: volatile EquivalenceClass has no sortref

2012-11-21 Thread Tom Lane
Alban Hertroys haram...@gmail.com writes: Ranjeet Dhumal wrote: records , am using 9.0.1 version of postgres. This is quite possibly your problem: You're 9 bugfix releases behind on a .0 release. You should be at 9.0.10 at least. Yes. I seem to recall fixing a bug with exactly this symptom.

[GENERAL] Postgres Security Audit/Checklist

2012-11-21 Thread Granile, Gonzalo A
Hi all, We are currently doing a security assessment over a PostgreSQL database sitting on a Linux server. Just wondering if anyone has a script and/or audit program for gathering information and assessing a postgreSQL database (similar to the oracle sql scripts that have been distributed

Re: [GENERAL] High SYS CPU - need advise

2012-11-21 Thread Vlad Marchenko
update on my problem: despite pgbouncer, the problem still occures on my end. Also, interesting observation - I ran several tests with pgbench, using queries that I think are prone to trigger high-sys-cpu-stall. What I noticed is when pgbench is started with prepared mode, the system behaves

Re: [GENERAL] High SYS CPU - need advise

2012-11-21 Thread Merlin Moncure
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Vlad Marchenko marche...@gmail.com wrote: update on my problem: despite pgbouncer, the problem still occures on my end. Also, interesting observation - I ran several tests with pgbench, using queries that I think are prone to trigger high-sys-cpu-stall. What I

Re: [GENERAL] High SYS CPU - need advise

2012-11-21 Thread Jeff Janes
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Vlad Marchenko marche...@gmail.com wrote: update on my problem: despite pgbouncer, the problem still occures on my end. As Merlin asked, how big is the pool? Maybe you are using a large enough pool so as to defeat the purpose of restricting the number of

[GENERAL] Postgresql on Windows 8

2012-11-21 Thread Heine Ferreira
Hi Do you have any plans to put the Windows version of Postgresql on the Windows 8 app store? Also for PGAdmin and database drivers? Aparantly there are major issues with sideloading in windows 8. Thanks H.F.

Re: [GENERAL] [BUGS] Prepared Statement Name Truncation

2012-11-21 Thread Greg Sabino Mullane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Gavin Flower asks: Would it be appropriate to make it a WARNING in 9.2.2, then increase the length in 9.3? No: revisions are reserved for bug fixes. This would be more of a behavior fix and as such would go into a major version. Gavan

Re: [GENERAL] ERROR: volatile EquivalenceClass has no sortref

2012-11-21 Thread Ranjeet Dhumal
Hi Tom , Sorry but i didn't understand that If this is a bug from postgres version then how the same query will be worked if i recreated the tables and with same version of postgres. On 21 November 2012 19:53, Tom Lane t...@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote: Alban Hertroys haram...@gmail.com writes:

Re: [GENERAL] [BUGS] Prepared Statement Name Truncation

2012-11-21 Thread Pavel Stehule
2012/11/21 Greg Sabino Mullane g...@turnstep.com: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Gavin Flower asks: Would it be appropriate to make it a WARNING in 9.2.2, then increase the length in 9.3? No: revisions are reserved for bug fixes. This would be more of a behavior fix

Re: [GENERAL] ERROR: volatile EquivalenceClass has no sortref

2012-11-21 Thread Pavan Deolasee
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Ranjeet Dhumal jeetu.dhu...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Tom , Sorry but i didn't understand that If this is a bug from postgres version then how the same query will be worked if i recreated the tables and with same version of postgres. This could be related to the