Re: [ADMIN] postgres limitation

2001-01-27 Thread Bruce Momjian
Can I get some feedback from the group? Should a long or short version be used in the FAQ? > > How about the full answer? I think Tom did a fantastic job of writing up, > be a shame to make it go to waste for brevity? :( > > On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > OK, how is this? >

Re: [ADMIN] postgres limitation

2001-01-27 Thread Tom Lane
The Hermit Hacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How about the full answer? I think Tom did a fantastic job of writing up, > be a shame to make it go to waste for brevity? :( Perhaps someone would like to polish the answer into a section in the Administrator's Guide? Then the FAQ answer could st

Re: [ADMIN] postgres limitation

2001-01-27 Thread The Hermit Hacker
How about the full answer? I think Tom did a fantastic job of writing up, be a shame to make it go to waste for brevity? :( On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote: > OK, how is this? > > > These are the limits: > > Maximum size for a database? unlimited (60GB databases exis

Re: [ADMIN] PostgreSQL and PHP for a web site, yes but ...

2001-01-27 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Richard Bayet writes: > How do I set up (here, to extend it) the maximum number of clients for a > database ? Use the -N option. > I start postmaster with 'postmaster -i -N 16' (I can't use more than 16 > due to the IPC sys V blabla ...). Time to do something about the IPC sys V blablah then.

[ADMIN] PostgreSQL and PHP for a web site, yes but ...

2001-01-27 Thread Richard Bayet
How do I set up (here, to extend it) the maximum number of clients for a database ? I start postmaster with 'postmaster -i -N 16' (I can't use more than 16 due to the IPC sys V blabla ...). I know N is the number of backend server processes, but does it have a result on the maximum number of clien

[ADMIN] Sizing of LARGE databases.

2001-01-27 Thread Michael Miyabara-McCaskey
Hello there, I have a DB that I am attempting to buy "the right hardware" for. This DB today is about 25GB total, with typical tables in the area of 3GB in size, and up to about 20 million records per table for the big tables. Is there any set of recommendations for sizing a DB using PostgreSQL

Re: [ADMIN] postgres limitation

2001-01-27 Thread Bruce Momjian
OK, how is this? These are the limits: Maximum size for a database? unlimited (60GB databases exist) Maximum size for a table?64 TB on all operating systems Maximum size for a row? unlimited in 7.1 and later Maximum si

Re: [ADMIN] postgres limitation

2001-01-27 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce, I think section 4.6 of the FAQ is a tad on the short and overly optimistic side. Here's a set of more precise statements ... 4.6) What is the maximum size for a row, table, database? Maximum size for a database? Effectively unlimited, although you may see performance problems w

[ADMIN] RE: Admin tutorials?

2001-01-27 Thread Michael Davis
In psql, type \dS. This will report all the system tables. For example: Select * from pg_tables; Will select info on all your tables. Here is a link that describes most of the system tables: http://www.postgresql.org/devel-corner/docs/postgres/catalogs.htm -Original Message- Fro

Re: [ADMIN] Some thoughts on replication

2001-01-27 Thread Bruce Momjian
> Am Samstag, 27. Januar 2001 00:20 schrieb Bruce Momjian: > > > Have you looked at the replication code that is in contrib? > > > > Yes, your description sounds just like it. > > Hmm, which of the two? The trigger mechanism? The triggers. > > In the meantime, a third solution came to my mind:

Re: [ADMIN] postgres limitation

2001-01-27 Thread Bruce Momjian
> Maximum size for a row? >unlimited in 7.1 and later > Maximum number of rows in a table? >unlimited > Maximum number of columns in a table? >unlimited > Maximum number of indexes on a table? >

[ADMIN] Admin tutorials?

2001-01-27 Thread lbottorff
I've looked at psql and found good stuff, but I still don't know how to get a listing of all my tables. I know in Oracle it's a SELECT statement, and I take it for granted a lot of admin is done with regular SQL commands, where can I learn such stuff as how to list my tables? LB

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2001-01-27 Thread Dmitry Chernikov
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Re: [ADMIN] Some thoughts on replication

2001-01-27 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Samstag, 27. Januar 2001 00:20 schrieb Bruce Momjian: > > Have you looked at the replication code that is in contrib? > > Yes, your description sounds just like it. Hmm, which of the two? The trigger mechanism? In the meantime, a third solution came to my mind: In case somebody has to take a

Re: [ADMIN] Some thoughts on replication

2001-01-27 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Donnerstag, 25. Januar 2001 19:07 schrieb The Hermit Hacker: > Have you looked at the replication code that is in contrib? Oops, not yet. In 7.0.3 or current? Bye... Dirk

Re: [ADMIN] Symbol problem

2001-01-27 Thread Alfred Perlstein
* Bogdan Paduraru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010127 01:27] wrote: > Hello , > I made a tool with Java servlets and Postgresql. This tool inputs html text > into a db. My problem is that everytime I input text that contains ' > (apostrophe) > I get an SQL exception. > This Postgresql can't see by itse

[ADMIN] Symbol problem

2001-01-27 Thread Bogdan Paduraru
Hello , I made a tool with Java servlets and Postgresql. This tool inputs html text into a db. My problem is that everytime I input text that contains ' (apostrophe) I get an SQL exception. This Postgresql can't see by itself what is the difference ? I don't want to check every character, this

Re: [ADMIN] postgres limitation

2001-01-27 Thread R D
Hi, The FAQ says: _ 4.6) What is the maximum size for a row, table, database? These are the limits: Maximum size for a database? unlimited (60GB databases exist) Maximum size for a table?