[ADMIN] Postgressql backup/restore question

2009-03-04 Thread samana srikanth
Hi all Can we do a point-in-time restore of a single database out of n databases??. -- I have 5 databases in the postgresql server. I have taken full-backup of

Re: [ADMIN] Postgressql backup/restore question

2009-03-04 Thread Peter Eisentraut
samana srikanth wrote: Can we do a point-in-time restore of a single database out of n databases??. In principle no. But you could invent workarounds such as recovering to the point where you are happy with your restored one database, and then restore the other n-1 databases from an

Re: [ADMIN] Database in use?

2009-03-04 Thread Carol Walter
The users are accessing the database using PhpPgAdmin. I thought that this might happen if they closed the browser without closing logging off. I know that if you do that the browser will return to where you left it, when you open it again. I tried that with my own database, and I

Re: [ADMIN] Database in use?

2009-03-04 Thread Carol Walter
I'm using psql from the command line. Doing an ALTER DATABASE command. Carol On Mar 3, 2009, at 2:36 AM, Julius Tuskenis wrote: Hello, Carol. how exactly are you trying to change the DB name? In console or using some management tool like pgAdmin? Carol Walter rašė: Periodically, my

Re: [ADMIN] getting 'full' names of functions?

2009-03-04 Thread Jan-Peter . Seifert
Hello Ashish, Hello Tom, thank you very much for your quick and helpful replies - I really appreciate that. May be this will help you: Easier is just select oid::regprocedure from pg_proc where whatever I guess I'll go with the very nifty type cast suggested by Tom though as this

Re: [ADMIN] Backing up postgresql database

2009-03-04 Thread Kevin Grittner
Jakov Sosic jakov.so...@srce.hr wrote: How do you mean, do fewer updates? Well, without knowing the application it's hard for me to say; but, as a guess, perhaps the application could be modified to accumulate, say, a minute's worth of data and update it in summary, rather than updating each

Re: [ADMIN] Database in use?

2009-03-04 Thread Carol Walter
That's interesting and is probably the answer to my question as to why this happens. Thanks, Nick. What it doesn't explain is why I was able to connect to a test database using PhpPgAdmin and close the browser, without logging out, and I was able to rename my test database. I couldn't

[ADMIN] standby waiting for what?

2009-03-04 Thread Ray Stell
Testing pg_standby in 8.3.6. I've gotten this standby into some sort of bind. It seems like it may be waiting for some WAL. How can I tell what it is waiting on? I don't really know how this works, so I may -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) To make changes

Re: [ADMIN] standby waiting for what?

2009-03-04 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 15:06 -0500, Ray Stell wrote: Testing pg_standby in 8.3.6. I've gotten this standby into some sort of bind. It seems like it may be waiting for some WAL. How can I tell what it is waiting on? I don't really know how this works, so I may Looks like you were cut off

Re: [ADMIN] standby waiting for what?

2009-03-04 Thread Ray Stell
On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 03:06:12PM -0500, Ray Stell wrote: Testing pg_standby in 8.3.6. I've gotten this standby into some sort of bind. It seems like it may be waiting for some WAL. How can I tell what it is waiting on? I don't really know how this works, so I may say something silly.

Re: [ADMIN] Postgressql backup/restore question

2009-03-04 Thread Simon Riggs
On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 15:59 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: samana srikanth wrote: Can we do a point-in-time restore of a single database out of n databases??. In principle no. But you could invent workarounds such as recovering to the point where you are happy with your

Re: [ADMIN] getting 'full' names of functions?

2009-03-04 Thread Jan-Peter . Seifert
Hello Ashish, Hello Tom, before I reinvent the wheel I'd like to know whether there's a shortcut for getting the 'full' name (incl. argtypes) of the functions within a database in order to REVOKE priviliges on them given to certain users. I combined your suggestions into this query I'll be

Re: [ADMIN] standby waiting for what?

2009-03-04 Thread Simon Riggs
On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 15:14 -0500, Ray Stell wrote: On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 03:06:12PM -0500, Ray Stell wrote: Testing pg_standby in 8.3.6. I've gotten this standby into some sort of bind. It seems like it may be waiting for some WAL. How can I tell what it is waiting on? I don't

Re: [ADMIN] standby waiting for what?

2009-03-04 Thread Ray Stell
On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 08:31:16PM +, Simon Riggs wrote: You've set archive_timeout? no, but new WAL files seem to be getting created and replicated to the standby, just the pg_standby command seems snagged on something. I probably have done something dumb, ready, fire, aim. I'm

Re: [ADMIN] Postgressql backup/restore question

2009-03-04 Thread Tom Lane
Simon Riggs si...@2ndquadrant.com writes: On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 15:59 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: samana srikanth wrote: Can we do a point-in-time restore of a single database out of n databases??. In principle no. But you could invent workarounds such as recovering to the point where

Re: [ADMIN] getting 'full' names of functions?

2009-03-04 Thread Tom Lane
jan-peter.seif...@gmx.de writes: I combined your suggestions into this query I'll be using for now: SELECT DISTINCT n.nspname || '.' || p.oid::regprocedure::text FROM This is flat *wrong*, as you'll soon find if you are working with functions in more than one schema. regprocedure already puts

Re: [ADMIN] Postgressql backup/restore question

2009-03-04 Thread Simon Riggs
On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 15:37 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: Simon Riggs si...@2ndquadrant.com writes: On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 15:59 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: samana srikanth wrote: Can we do a point-in-time restore of a single database out of n databases??. In principle no. But you could

[ADMIN] postgres: stats collector process

2009-03-04 Thread Leticia Larrosa
Hello I want to see statistics about the use of my postgresql 8.3 in Ubuntu 8.04.1 (Hardy) Server. The package installed is http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/postgresql http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/postgresql The statistic in this version of postgres are by default enabled, but I didn't

Re: [ADMIN] standby waiting for what?

2009-03-04 Thread Yauheni Labko
For some reason it is looking for 0002001C.00512178.backup file which is not the WAL file. Are you sure that you made initial recovery properly? Yauheni Labko (Eugene Lobko) Junior System Administrator Chapdelaine Co. (212)208-9150 On Wednesday 04 March 2009 03:14:51 pm Ray

Re: [ADMIN] Postgressql backup/restore question

2009-03-04 Thread Tom Lane
Simon Riggs si...@2ndquadrant.com writes: On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 15:37 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: It's not as easy as all that. What will you do with updates to shared catalogs? Apply them. ... which leaves your other databases in inconsistent states. regards, tom lane

Re: [ADMIN] standby waiting for what?

2009-03-04 Thread Ray Stell
On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 03:41:06PM -0500, Yauheni Labko wrote: For some reason it is looking for 0002001C.00512178.backup file which is not the WAL file. Are you sure that you made initial recovery properly? I could have fouled this in any number of ways. Like I said I'm

Re: [ADMIN] Database in use?

2009-03-04 Thread Carol Walter
This has happened or is happening to me again, only this time, it's a database that I just created. I restored another database into a test database. One of the tables is empty. I want to drop the test database and create a new one. When I try to drop the test database, I get this

Re: [ADMIN] Database in use?

2009-03-04 Thread John Lister
Have you got any copies of psql or tools like pgadmin open. I've been caught out by this. try select * from pg_stat_activity it should tell you what connections are open on the table (look at the datname column) Carol Walter wrote: This has happened or is happening to me again, only this

Re: [ADMIN] Database in use?

2009-03-04 Thread Tom Lane
Carol Walter walt...@indiana.edu writes: This has happened or is happening to me again, only this time, it's a database that I just created. I restored another database into a test database. One of the tables is empty. I want to drop the test database and create a new one. When I try

Re: [ADMIN] Database in use?

2009-03-04 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Carol Walter walt...@indiana.edu wrote: This has happened or is happening to me again, only this time, it's a database that I just created.  I restored another database into a test database.  One of the tables is empty.  I want to drop the test database and

Re: [ADMIN] Database in use?

2009-03-04 Thread Carol Walter
I had forgotten that I had used Aqua Data Studio to draw ERD's for this test database. Even though, I closed it, it still had the database open. When I reopened it, and did a disconnect, if allowed me to drop the database. Thanks, Carol On Mar 4, 2009, at 4:45 PM, John Lister wrote:

Re: [ADMIN] standby waiting for what?

2009-03-04 Thread Yauheni Labko
No. %f is the WAL filename which is needed by the server to start recovery. 0002001C.00512178.backup will give you start and end of WAL segment, the WAL filename containing this segment and your label to identify where it might be. That's why I asked you about your backup.

Re: [ADMIN] Database in use?

2009-03-04 Thread Carol Walter
On Mar 4, 2009, at 4:53 PM, Scott Marlowe wrote: On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Carol Walter walt...@indiana.edu wrote: This has happened or is happening to me again, only this time, it's a database that I just created. I restored another database into a test database. One of the tables

Re: [ADMIN] Postgressql backup/restore question

2009-03-04 Thread Simon Riggs
On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 16:27 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: Simon Riggs si...@2ndquadrant.com writes: On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 15:37 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: It's not as easy as all that. What will you do with updates to shared catalogs? Apply them. ... which leaves your other databases in

Re: [ADMIN] Postgressql backup/restore question

2009-03-04 Thread Tom Lane
Simon Riggs si...@2ndquadrant.com writes: On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 16:27 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: Simon Riggs si...@2ndquadrant.com writes: On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 15:37 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: It's not as easy as all that. What will you do with updates to shared catalogs? Apply them. ...

Re: [ADMIN] standby waiting for what?

2009-03-04 Thread Yauheni Labko
Btw i think you may remove %r from the restore command. Yauheni Labko (Eugene Lobko) Junior System Administrator Chapdelaine Co. (212)208-9150 -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin

Re: [ADMIN] Database in use?

2009-03-04 Thread Tom Lane
Scott Marlowe scott.marl...@gmail.com writes: On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Carol Walter walt...@indiana.edu wrote: This database is one that I created just a few hours ago just to test some things myself.  There can be no one in it except me. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that enough

Re: [ADMIN] warm standby, pg_standby, invalid checkpoint record

2009-03-04 Thread Lee Azzarello
does a file named 000100CD exist anywhere on your disk? -lee On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:47 AM, Brad Wiemerslage wieme...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm attempting to get warm standby up and running with a pair of servers running ubuntu 8.04 and postgresql 8.3.  Been following the docs:

Re: [ADMIN] getting 'full' names of functions?

2009-03-04 Thread raf
jan-peter.seif...@gmx.de wrote: Hello Ashish, Hello Tom, thank you very much for your quick and helpful replies - I really appreciate that. May be this will help you: Easier is just select oid::regprocedure from pg_proc where whatever I guess I'll go with the very nifty