[SQL] Changing datatype of a column

2001-06-26 Thread Ilan Fait
Title: Changing datatype of a column






  Hi,


  I would like to Know if there any way (and what is the command for that)  to convert a column datatype
  from int4 to numeric(11)  of an existing table that have data in it?
  
 
 Thanks,
 Ilan


  
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[SQL] TEXT field size

2001-06-26 Thread Antti Linno

Hallo.

Maybe its not the right list, but does the Postgres 7.1 support now
unlimited text field? In previous versions it was limited to max 31k, or
even less, depending on the compilation etc.

Greetings,

Antti



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[SQL] Nested Transactions

2001-06-26 Thread John Hasler

Can anyone give me an estimate of when we might expect to see nested
transactions implemented?
-- 
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI

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Re: [SQL] Problems using a rule with the WHERE clause

2001-06-26 Thread Tom Lane

Luis Sousa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I think this code is OK !

You probably don't want the second and third rules to be INSTEAD.
However,

> But I got the error message bellow in line 11
> of my script, that corresponds to the rule updateturnodocente_default
>
> psql:dev/pessoal/def/views_rules/teste_update:11: pqReadData() -- backend
> closed the channel unexpectedly.

that shouldn't happen, in any case.  If this is the current release
(7.1.2) then I'd like to see a complete script to reproduce the problem.
(I don't have time to guess at your table declarations...)

regards, tom lane

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Re: [SQL] loosing connection after function call

2001-06-26 Thread Tom Lane

Markus Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I would like to put one table create command into a C function
> "my_init", just to provide a simple interface for all tables where these
> tables are needed. When I execute "select my_init();" I loose the
> database connection (pgaccess).

What Postgres version?

regards, tom lane

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[SQL] Storing image contents in TEXT fields

2001-06-26 Thread Jerome Alet

Hi,

I wanted to know if it's possible to store an image content in a TEXT field,
or if another type is needed (in this case, then which one ?).

I don't want to use BLOBs, because I modify an existing application
which also works with MySQL, and I can't update to postgresql-7.1.x
(I don't admin this server)

in a TEXT field the image seems to be truncated at the first nul byte.

Thanks in advance for any help.

bye,

Jerome Alet

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Re: [SQL] Plsql Function with error: No space left on device.

2001-06-26 Thread Tom Lane

"David M. Richter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The query works, but not right.(apart from the timeaspect)
> UPDATE image SET  seriesoid = r.parentoid
> FROM image i JOIN relseries_image000 r ON i.chilioid=r.childoid;

You shouldn't mention "image i" in the FROM clause --- since image is
already implicitly part of the FROM list, you are getting a self-join,
and an unconstrained one at that.

Try just

UPDATE image SET  seriesoid = r.parentoid
FROM relseries_image000 r WHERE image.chilioid = r.childoid;

regards, tom lane

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