Re: [gentoo-user] postgresql 9.5.2 versus Gentoo wiki install instructions?
Longer answer:
On Friday, May 20, 2016 10:36:41 PM waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote:
> Yes, I did RTFM at https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/PostgreSQL/QuickStart
> and that's part of my problem. I figured it would be a simple
> search and replace "9.3" ==> "9.5" in the wiki, but...
A quick scan should indicate that.
However:
PG_INITDB_OPTS="--locale=en_US.UTF-8 --lc-messages=sv_SE.UTF-8"
is wrong. See below.
> 1) The wiki recommends...
> PG_INITDB_OPTS="--locale=en_US.UTF-8"
Where did you configure this?
I did the following:
# cat /etc/conf.d/postgresql-9.5 | grep -i utf
PG_INITDB_OPTS="--encoding=UTF8"
> ...but I get...
>
> > The database cluster will be initialized with locale "en_US.iso88591".
> > initdb: "en_US.UTF8" is not a valid server encoding name
>
> "locale -a" returns...
> C
> POSIX
> en_US
> en_US.iso88591
> en_US.utf8
Postgresql only uses the codepage, not the localisation ("en_US") part.
> 2) The wiki says...
>
> > This time the focus is upon the files in the PGDATA directory,
> > /etc/postgresql-9.3 , instead with primary focus on the
> > postgresql.conf and pg_hba.conf files.
>
> "ls /etc/postgresql-9.5/" returns...
> postgresql.conf psqlrc
>
> but postgresql seems to want them in /var/lib instead...
>
> > mv: cannot stat '/var/lib/postgresql/9.5/data/pg_hba.conf': No such
> > file or directory
> > mv: cannot stat '/var/lib/postgresql/9.5/data/pg_ident.conf': No
> > such file or directory
> > mv: cannot stat '/var/lib/postgresql/9.5/data/postgresql.conf':
> > No such file or directory
>
> Can somebody please confirm the correct way to go?
Did you run
emerge --config dev-db/postgresql:9.5
succesfully?
> Why I want postgresql... I've been keeping a bunch of data in a
> spreadsheet, and it's gotten too large. The spreadsheet locks up my
> system when I try to update it. I've used "top" and watched as
> gnumeric's memory consumption grows to eat all available ram. It locks
> up the system so I can't even ssh in. This is on an X86_64 with 8 gigs
> of RAM! Fortunately, "magic-sysrq" allows a relatively clean shutdown.
> While we're at it, is there a way for gnumeric to pull in data directly
> from postgresql? ODBC? I'm aware of copying from postgresql to a CSV
> file and importing that, but it's rather clunky.
There are ODBC and native drivers. You need to check which have support
directly. Look for "postgres" USE-flags in spreadsheet applications.
> My main problem is that columns of several thousand rows are functions
> based on other columns of several thousand rows. For the time-being,
> I've split up the spreadsheet into a few pieces, but a database is the
> best solution. If I could run the calculations in the database, and
> pull in the final results as static numbers for graphing, that would
> greatly reduce the strain on the spreadsheet. Or is it possible to
> graph directly from postgresql?
Not to my knowledge, I tend to use spreadsheets or graphics libraries in C++
GUI applications. (Still playing with the latter, so not the best resource for
that)
> I used to work with Oracle and PL/SQL before I retired, so I think I
> know what I'm getting into as far as the database stuff is concerned.
> Once I get past the Gentoo-specific install problems, I'll subscribe to
> a postgresql mailing list, and ask postgresql-specific questions there.
Postgresql has it's own procedural language, might be nice to look into that
in that case.
I would suggest the USER-mailing list.
The development one (HACKERS) deals with the actual internals, not something
most users would be interested in.
--
Joost
Re: [gentoo-user] postgresql 9.5.2 versus Gentoo wiki install instructions?
On May 21, 2016 4:36:41 AM GMT+02:00, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: > Yes, I did RTFM at https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/PostgreSQL/QuickStart >and that's part of my problem. I figured it would be a simple >search and replace "9.3" ==> "9.5" in the wiki, but... > >1) The wiki recommends... >PG_INITDB_OPTS="--locale=en_US.UTF-8" > >...but I get... > >> The database cluster will be initialized with locale >"en_US.iso88591". >> initdb: "en_US.UTF8" is not a valid server encoding name > >"locale -a" returns... >C >POSIX >en_US >en_US.iso88591 >en_US.utf8 > >2) The wiki says... >> This time the focus is upon the files in the PGDATA directory, >> /etc/postgresql-9.3 , instead with primary focus on the >> postgresql.conf and pg_hba.conf files. > >"ls /etc/postgresql-9.5/" returns... >postgresql.conf psqlrc > >but postgresql seems to want them in /var/lib instead... > >> mv: cannot stat '/var/lib/postgresql/9.5/data/pg_hba.conf': No such >> file or directory >> mv: cannot stat '/var/lib/postgresql/9.5/data/pg_ident.conf': No >> such file or directory >> mv: cannot stat '/var/lib/postgresql/9.5/data/postgresql.conf': >> No such file or directory > > Can somebody please confirm the correct way to go? > > Why I want postgresql... I've been keeping a bunch of data in a >spreadsheet, and it's gotten too large. The spreadsheet locks up my >system when I try to update it. I've used "top" and watched as >gnumeric's memory consumption grows to eat all available ram. It locks >up the system so I can't even ssh in. This is on an X86_64 with 8 gigs >of RAM! Fortunately, "magic-sysrq" allows a relatively clean shutdown. >While we're at it, is there a way for gnumeric to pull in data directly >from postgresql? ODBC? I'm aware of copying from postgresql to a CSV >file and importing that, but it's rather clunky. > > My main problem is that columns of several thousand rows are functions >based on other columns of several thousand rows. For the time-being, >I've split up the spreadsheet into a few pieces, but a database is the >best solution. If I could run the calculations in the database, and >pull in the final results as static numbers for graphing, that would >greatly reduce the strain on the spreadsheet. Or is it possible to >graph directly from postgresql? > > I used to work with Oracle and PL/SQL before I retired, so I think I >know what I'm getting into as far as the database stuff is concerned. >Once I get past the Gentoo-specific install problems, I'll subscribe to >a postgresql mailing list, and ask postgresql-specific questions there. Quick response. Longer one later when I have access to the database server. I don't use the wiki, instead I follow the post-emerge messages. UTF8 is possible. I only use that. Not sure about gnumeric, bit libreoffice can read directly from postgresql. ODBC is not as simple on Linux as it is on Windows. But when configured, it should work as well. Exporting data to CSV is mentioned in several howtos and in the manpage of psql (commandline tool) -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
[gentoo-user] postgresql 9.5.2 versus Gentoo wiki install instructions?
Yes, I did RTFM at https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/PostgreSQL/QuickStart and that's part of my problem. I figured it would be a simple search and replace "9.3" ==> "9.5" in the wiki, but... 1) The wiki recommends... PG_INITDB_OPTS="--locale=en_US.UTF-8" ...but I get... > The database cluster will be initialized with locale "en_US.iso88591". > initdb: "en_US.UTF8" is not a valid server encoding name "locale -a" returns... C POSIX en_US en_US.iso88591 en_US.utf8 2) The wiki says... > This time the focus is upon the files in the PGDATA directory, > /etc/postgresql-9.3 , instead with primary focus on the > postgresql.conf and pg_hba.conf files. "ls /etc/postgresql-9.5/" returns... postgresql.conf psqlrc but postgresql seems to want them in /var/lib instead... > mv: cannot stat '/var/lib/postgresql/9.5/data/pg_hba.conf': No such > file or directory > mv: cannot stat '/var/lib/postgresql/9.5/data/pg_ident.conf': No > such file or directory > mv: cannot stat '/var/lib/postgresql/9.5/data/postgresql.conf': > No such file or directory Can somebody please confirm the correct way to go? Why I want postgresql... I've been keeping a bunch of data in a spreadsheet, and it's gotten too large. The spreadsheet locks up my system when I try to update it. I've used "top" and watched as gnumeric's memory consumption grows to eat all available ram. It locks up the system so I can't even ssh in. This is on an X86_64 with 8 gigs of RAM! Fortunately, "magic-sysrq" allows a relatively clean shutdown. While we're at it, is there a way for gnumeric to pull in data directly from postgresql? ODBC? I'm aware of copying from postgresql to a CSV file and importing that, but it's rather clunky. My main problem is that columns of several thousand rows are functions based on other columns of several thousand rows. For the time-being, I've split up the spreadsheet into a few pieces, but a database is the best solution. If I could run the calculations in the database, and pull in the final results as static numbers for graphing, that would greatly reduce the strain on the spreadsheet. Or is it possible to graph directly from postgresql? I used to work with Oracle and PL/SQL before I retired, so I think I know what I'm getting into as far as the database stuff is concerned. Once I get past the Gentoo-specific install problems, I'll subscribe to a postgresql mailing list, and ask postgresql-specific questions there. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
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