Re: [ADMIN] How can i start PostreSQL automatically

1998-09-01 Thread Terry Mackintosh
look in the contrib/linux ?i think? directory, and you will find an init script for uses with Red Hat ... actually I modified mine some. But basically, you su to postgres run the start up command and exit. See the man page on su for how to do one command and exit. On Tue, 1 Sep 1998, h a wrote:

Re: [ADMIN] How to transfer data from FoxPro data to Postgresql?

1998-09-01 Thread Terry Mackintosh
On Tue, 1 Sep 1998, S.Ramaswamy wrote: > We have our data now in FoxPro dbf format under DOS. We want to transfer > this to > Postgresql under Linux. What is the best way to do so? > Regards > S.Ramaswam Off the top of my head ... in a hurry ... so check syntax ... in vfp use table copy to filen

[ADMIN] How can i start PostreSQL automatically

1998-09-01 Thread h a
hi all this question probably have been asked many times, but i couldn't find the answer anywhere. i have RH 5.1 and want to start pg automatically everytime i turn my system on. how can i do that? thanx mark __ Get Your Private, Free Email

Re: [ADMIN] How to transfer data from FoxPro data to Postgresql?

1998-09-01 Thread eigenstr
Thomas Good writes: >On Tue, 1 Sep 1998, S.Ramaswamy wrote: > >> We have our data now in FoxPro dbf format under DOS. We want to transfer >> this to >> Postgresql under Linux. What is the best way to do so? Have you checked out the Xbase Perl module from CPAN? Xbase reads generic DBF-format file

Re: [ADMIN] How to transfer data from FoxPro data to Postgresql?

1998-09-01 Thread Thomas Good
On Tue, 1 Sep 1998, S.Ramaswamy wrote: > We have our data now in FoxPro dbf format under DOS. We want to transfer > this to > Postgresql under Linux. What is the best way to do so? Hi, I don't know the best way ;-) Here is what I do (this is the `clumsy way'): Dump the query output as a dump

[ADMIN] How to transfer data from FoxPro data to Postgresql?

1998-09-01 Thread S.Ramaswamy
We have our data now in FoxPro dbf format under DOS. We want to transfer this to Postgresql under Linux. What is the best way to do so? Regards S.Ramaswam