Re: [ADMIN] insufficient file descriptors on Mac OS X

2007-11-15 Thread Maximilian Tyrtania
Hi, Maximilian Tyrtania [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: %2007-11-09 14:46:42 CETFATAL: 53000: insufficient file descriptors available to start server process This is not a shared-memory problem. On my Mac, ulimit -n seems to be 256 by default, and you've got max_connections = 240 so nearly

[ADMIN] help to Brazil

2007-11-15 Thread Cristiano Marques
Hello My name is Marques, Cristiano. I have necessity of integrate a data base Sybase and data base Postgresql. The propose is migration data of approximate 7000 tables. I like make cluster of two bases. Is possible? Help me, please. Tks

Re: [ADMIN] cached memory

2007-11-15 Thread dx k9
Hi Scott, Thanks for the reply. Top is showing 10157008 / 15897160 in kernel cache, so postgres is using 37% right now, following what you are saying. I realize the load isn't peaking right now, but wouldn't it be nice to have some of the indexes cached in memory? In your case 1868064 /

[ADMIN] global/pg_control: Permission denied

2007-11-15 Thread Richard Broersma Jr
Last night, My desktop (acting as a db-server for my discipline's group) has it power cycled this morning at 4:10 (I am not sure what triggered the power cycle). When the computer restarted itself PostgreSQL failed to start on its own. I attempted to start it manually but encounter the

[ADMIN] trigger ddl actions in a table

2007-11-15 Thread König, Monika
I need a way for logging every action on the system catalog. I must have a table which shows when a tables was created or updated or deleted. I need the date of the change . I tried to make an trigger on pg_catalog.pg_class but this throws an error : ERROR: permission denied: pg_class is a

[ADMIN] functions pg_get...

2007-11-15 Thread König, Monika
I'm looking for a postgres-funtion that shows me the definition of a table. I found the -- pg_catalog.pg_get_viewdef(oid) -- pg_catalog.pg_get_constraintdef(oid) -- pg_catalog.pg_get_triggerdef(oid) -- pg_get_indexdef(oid) but I miss the same for a relation. Monika König

[ADMIN] any way to make query use index?

2007-11-15 Thread Chris Hoover
I am working through our application looking for ways to eliminate seq scans in our database. I am looking for some help with this query. SELECT rev_desc FROM rev_code_desc WHERE rev_code = lpad('0300', 4, '0') Is there anyway to make postgres use an index on this query? Here is the table

[ADMIN] Upgrading a database with pg_dumpall / psql ...

2007-11-15 Thread Marc G. Fournier From
This is one of those 'stupid questions I hate to ask' ... I've rechecked the docs to make sure I haven't missed something stupid, and unless I'm blind, I haven't ... I'm trying to upgrade a database from 8.1 - 8.2 ... on a seperate server, with 8.2 pg_dump already installed, I do: pg_dumpall

Re: [ADMIN] global/pg_control: Permission denied

2007-11-15 Thread Richard Broersma Jr
--- On Thu, 11/15/07, Richard Broersma Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My desktop (acting as a db-server for my discipline's group) has it power cycled this morning at 4:10 ... C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.2\bin2007-11-15 06:36:13 PANIC: could not open control file global/pg_control:

Re: [ADMIN] help to Brazil

2007-11-15 Thread jm
Listo. _ De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] En nombre de Cristiano Marques Enviado el: miércoles, 14 de noviembre de 2007 23:08 Para: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Asunto: [ADMIN] help to Brazil Hello My name is Marques, Cristiano. I have necessity of integrate a data

Re: [ADMIN] any way to make query use index?

2007-11-15 Thread Tom Lane
Chris Hoover [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: SELECT rev_desc FROM rev_code_desc WHERE rev_code = lpad('0300', 4, '0') Is there anyway to make postgres use an index on this query? Here is the table definition: CREATE TABLE rev_code_desc ( rev_code character(4) NOT NULL, Since rev_code is

Re: [ADMIN] any way to make query use index?

2007-11-15 Thread Chris Hoover
On Nov 15, 2007 11:25 AM, Tom Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here is the table definition: CREATE TABLE rev_code_desc ( rev_code character(4) NOT NULL, If changing the queries seems impractical, you could add an index on rev_code::text, or reconsider the choice of column type.

Re: [ADMIN] Error: duplicate key violates unique constraint - pg_toast_3270368541_index

2007-11-15 Thread Tom Lane
Tomeh, Husam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks Tom. As a temporarily solution though, would reorging the table (pgdump,drop/truncate, reload) resolve the OID collision issue and buy us some time until we get the upgrade going? Probably. I wouldn't bother with pg_dump, just INSERT ... SELECT

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] global/pg_control: Permission denied

2007-11-15 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Richard Broersma Jr wrote: --- On Thu, 11/15/07, Alvaro Herrera [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the problem with the file? I looked at the pg_control file, postgres had the proper permission to it. Why is it not accessible to Postgres? My guess is that something (antivirus?) was

Re: [ADMIN] help to Brazil

2007-11-15 Thread Kevin Grittner
On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 4:08 PM, in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Cristiano Marques [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have necessity of integrate a data base Sybase and data base Postgresql. The propose is migration data of approximate 7000 tables. I like make cluster of two bases. Is

[ADMIN] 2 problems

2007-11-15 Thread Lukas
Hello, I am running PostgreSQL 8.1.0 on Gentoo Linux, DB is replicated with Slon version 1.2.0. Fist problem started with one node, with stopped to replicate with such error: 2007-11-15 13:17:21 EET ERROR remoteWorkerThread_1: insert into public.kainos

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] global/pg_control: Permission denied

2007-11-15 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Richard Broersma Jr wrote: --- On Thu, 11/15/07, Richard Broersma Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My desktop (acting as a db-server for my discipline's group) has it power cycled this morning at 4:10 ... C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.2\bin2007-11-15 06:36:13 PANIC: could not open

Re: [ADMIN] Error: duplicate key violates unique constraint - pg_toast_3270368541_index

2007-11-15 Thread Tom Lane
Tomeh, Husam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We've started getting duplicate key violates unique constraint error on one of the toast index starting last weekend. PG version is 8.0 with postgis extension. Consider updating to something more recent. That problem was addressed in this 8.1-cycle

Re: [ADMIN] functions pg_get...

2007-11-15 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 04:33:34PM +0100, König, Monika wrote: I'm looking for a postgres-funtion that shows me the definition of a table. In psql, this is retrieved by \d [tablename]. By running psql -E, you'll be able to see how it generates that. (No, I'm not going to tell you, because I

Re: [ADMIN] any way to make query use index?

2007-11-15 Thread Tom Lane
Chris Hoover [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Nov 15, 2007 11:25 AM, Tom Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If changing the queries seems impractical, you could add an index on rev_code::text, or reconsider the choice of column type. how would you create this index? create index rev_code_text_idx on

[ADMIN] PG Service won't start

2007-11-15 Thread Trent Pingenot
Hello list, I made a really dumb mistake of killing a fairly simple select query (no inserts or updates) that was taking way to long to cancel. I foolishly killed the query by closing the window in PGAdmin3. Alas I figured it was time for a reboot so I rebooted. Upon reboot my PG Service

Re: [ADMIN] cached memory

2007-11-15 Thread Campbell, Lance
DJK, I used Oracle for quite a while myself. I found I had to think outside the box when looking at PostgreSQL. I maintain a very heavily used PostgreSQL database now. The key I found was for PostgreSQL 8.2.4: 1) Make sure to set effective_cache_size to how much memory PostgreSQL

Re: [ADMIN] functions pg_get...

2007-11-15 Thread Ilan Volow
I've found the queries at this link to be very good for getting detailed postgresql schema information (table columns, triggers, etc) http://www.alberton.info/postgresql_meta_info.html -- Ilan On Nov 15, 2007, at 10:33 AM, König, Monika wrote: I'm looking for a postgres-funtion that shows

Re: [ADMIN] Error: duplicate key violates unique constraint - pg_toast_3270368541_index

2007-11-15 Thread Tomeh, Husam
Thanks Tom. As a temporarily solution though, would reorging the table (pgdump,drop/truncate, reload) resolve the OID collision issue and buy us some time until we get the upgrade going? Regards, Husam Tomeh -Original Message- From: Tom Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [ADMIN] Upgrading a database with pg_dumpall / psql ...

2007-11-15 Thread Marc G. Fournier
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Lambert) writes: Marc G. Fournier From: wrote: This is one of those 'stupid questions I hate to ask' ... I've rechecked the docs to make sure I haven't missed something stupid, and unless I'm blind, I haven't ... I'm trying to upgrade a database from 8.1 - 8.2 ...

[ADMIN] trigger ddl actions in a table

2007-11-15 Thread König, Monika
I need a way for logging every action on the system catalog. I must have a table which shows when a tables was created or updated or deleted. I need the date of the change . I tried to make an trigger on pg_catalog.pg_class but this throws an error : ERROR: permission denied: pg_class is a