Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Using pgAdmin and pgAgent with Greenplum

2007-10-31 Thread Dave Page
Roberts, Jon wrote: >> Roberts, Jon wrote: >>> There are three problems with having a custom connection string for each >>> step. 1) If I need to update the connection like change the password, I >>> have to do it for each step. 2) Developers will see the password in >> clear >>> text. >> I consi

Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Using pgAdmin and pgAgent with Greenplum

2007-10-31 Thread Roberts, Jon
> Roberts, Jon wrote: > > There are three problems with having a custom connection string for each > > step. 1) If I need to update the connection like change the password, I > > have to do it for each step. 2) Developers will see the password in > clear > > text. > > I consider those irrelevant

Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Using pgAdmin and pgAgent with Greenplum

2007-10-31 Thread Dave Page
Roberts, Jon wrote: > There are three problems with having a custom connection string for each > step. 1) If I need to update the connection like change the password, I > have to do it for each step. 2) Developers will see the password in clear > text. I consider those irrelevant because plast

Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Using pgAdmin and pgAgent with Greenplum

2007-10-31 Thread Roberts, Jon
> > > However, to make pgAgent and pgAdmin work better with my solution, it > would > > be nice to have an enhancement. The enhancement could also benefit > others > > wanting to separate the database server where jobs are maintained from > the > > target server(s) where sql should be executed. >

Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Using pgAdmin and pgAgent with Greenplum

2007-10-31 Thread Dave Page
Roberts, Jon wrote: > I found more problems when trying to use GP. For instance, this update > statement will not work in GP. > > UPDATE pgagent.pga_jobsteplog SET jslstatus='d' > WHERE jslid IN SELECT jslid > FROM pga_tmp_zombies z, pgagent.pga_job j, pgagent.pga_joblog l, > pgagent.pga_jobste

Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Using pgAdmin and pgAgent with Greenplum

2007-10-30 Thread Roberts, Jon
; Cc: pgadmin-hackers > Subject: Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Using pgAdmin and pgAgent with Greenplum > > Roberts, Jon wrote: > > I've looked at this code all day long and tried many hacks to make it > work > > with GP but there isn't a way. > > > > The eas

Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Using pgAdmin and pgAgent with Greenplum

2007-10-29 Thread Dave Page
Roberts, Jon wrote: > I've looked at this code all day long and tried many hacks to make it work > with GP but there isn't a way. > > The easiest way I can think of to handle this with the least amount of > change to the architecture is to add another column to pg_job. Maybe a > Boolean called

Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Using pgAdmin and pgAgent with Greenplum

2007-10-26 Thread Dave Page
Roberts, Jon wrote: > I am using pgAdmin with Greenplum and generally, it works very well. It > doesn't show the distribution of tables but that isn't a big deal. > > I now need a scheduling solution and pgAgent is the natural choice. I first > reviewed this and saw that the query that is launch

[pgadmin-hackers] Using pgAdmin and pgAgent with Greenplum

2007-10-25 Thread Roberts, Jon
I am using pgAdmin with Greenplum and generally, it works very well. It doesn't show the distribution of tables but that isn't a big deal. I now need a scheduling solution and pgAgent is the natural choice. I first reviewed this and saw that the query that is launched by pgAdmin contains a corre