Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Using Postgresql as application server

2011-08-16 Thread Chris Travers
into an application server environment is necessarily a bad thing. Best Wishes, Chris Travers -- 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] [GENERAL] Using Postgresql as application server

2011-08-13 Thread Chris Travers
possible to do a heck of a lot in this area in SQL and PLPGSQL. Focus on writing unified, maintainable queries and semantically meaningful interfaces (argument names, function names, etc). Best Wishes, Chris Travers -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) To make changes

Re: Postgresql server does not start!:( -Re: [ADMIN] PostgreSQl newbie!

2006-03-30 Thread Chris Travers
and then shutting down the database. If you su postgres, can you run pg_ctl and get the database up by itself? Best Wishes, Chris Travers Metatron Technology Consulting begin:vcard fn:Chris Travers n:Travers;Chris email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] tel;work:509-888-0220 tel;cell:509-630-7794 x

Re: Postgresql server does not start!:( -Re: [ADMIN] PostgreSQl newbie!

2006-03-29 Thread Chris Travers
Wishes, Chris Travers Metatron Technology Consulting lmyho wrote: Perhaps I wasn't clear. . With identd authentication a username is still specified. But you have to own the process to login with that username. So generally speaking (absent sudo and the like) you can generally login

Re: Postgresql server does not start!:( -Re: [ADMIN] PostgreSQl newbie!

2006-03-29 Thread Chris Travers
Tom Lane wrote: Chris Travers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Things to check when PostgreSQL doesn't seem to start: ... In your case, if PostgreSQL is hanging, I would suspect that the problem is likely to be with something else. Hopefully there would be info in the serverlog that would help

Re: Postgresql server does not start!:( -Re: [ADMIN] PostgreSQl newbie!

2006-03-29 Thread Chris Travers
lmyho wrote: Chris Travers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Things to check when PostgreSQL doesn't seem to start: ... In your case, if PostgreSQL is hanging, I would suspect that the problem is likely to be with something else. Hopefully there would be info in the serverlog that would help

Re: Postgresql server does not start!:( -Re: [ADMIN] PostgreSQl newbie!

2006-03-29 Thread Chris Travers
/stops PostgreSQL. At least the ones that come with the PostgreSQL source are pretty easy to understand. I may post back the info of the init file, I know there is postgresql in the init.d directory. And hope to get your further help from that. That would be the file. Best Wishes, Chris

Re: [ADMIN] PostgreSQl newbie! -PLease help, pgAdmin3 on Debian!

2006-03-28 Thread Chris Travers
was able to login.:) Right. But passwords are ineffective with trust authentication. If you need them you will need to use password, md5, or the like instead. Best Wishes, Chris Travers Metatron Technology Consulting ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3

Re: [ADMIN] PostgreSQl newbie! -PLease help, pgAdmin3 on Debian!

2006-03-28 Thread Chris Travers
started, you might find the following article helpful: http://www.metatrontech.com/sql-ledger-wiki/index.php?UnderstandingPostgreSQLAuthentication Best Wishes, Chris Travers Metatron Technology Consulting ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: don't

Re: [ADMIN] Replication Solutions for PostgreSQL Master to Slave

2005-10-21 Thread Chris Travers
projects that people are using are: Slony-I (Async, master/slave) PgPool (sync, load balancing possibilities) Best Wishes, Chris Travers Metatron Technology COnsulting begin:vcard fn:Chris Travers n:Travers;Chris email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard

Re: [ADMIN] Integration PostgreSQL with Oracle.

2005-10-20 Thread Chris Travers
framework, etc. to create a replication solution. Does that make sense? Best Wishes, Chris Travers Metatron Technology Consulting ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend

Re: [ADMIN] Postgresql 8.0.3, symbolic link to /var/lib/pgsql/data/base

2005-09-28 Thread Chris Travers
, Chris Travers Metatron Technology Consulting ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match

Re: [ADMIN] postgresql cluster on SAN

2005-09-23 Thread Chris Travers
one node is safe. Best Wishes, Chris Travers Metatron Technology Consulting ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match

Re: [ADMIN] postgresql cluster on SAN

2005-09-22 Thread Chris Travers
the storage requirement of the database server cluster? Maybe you can provide us with more information on your environment, application, expected load, etc. so we can help you explore other possibilities. Best Wishes, Chris Travers begin:vcard fn:Chris Travers n:Travers;Chris email;internet:[EMAIL

Re: [ADMIN] Replication

2005-08-31 Thread Chris Travers
Jan Waiz wrote: Hi Folks, is it possible to make a Replication between several PostgresSQL-Databases ? Short answer: Yes (for most cases). Long answer will depend on what your requirements are. What do you have in mind? Best Wishes, Chris Travers Metatron Technology Consulting

Re: [ADMIN] connect to postgres from shell scripts

2005-08-25 Thread Chris Travers
. Best Wishes, Chris Travers Metatron Technology Consulting begin:vcard fn:Chris Travers n:Travers;Chris email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] x-mozilla-html:FALSE version:2.1 end:vcard ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend

Re: [ADMIN] Question on placing database on a network attached storage

2005-08-04 Thread Chris Travers
the database when a backup of the database is desired, have Postgresql create the database re-creation script, let the NAS take it's snap, and then bring the database back up. Any suggestions, experiences, or observations? Best Wishes, Chris Travers Metatron Technology Consulting begin:vcard fn:Chris

Re: [ADMIN] FATAL: cache lookup failed for access method 6881280

2005-08-02 Thread Chris Travers
Have you tried restarting the Postmaster? Best Wishes, Chris Travers Metatron Technology Consulting Brock Williams wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm getting this message when I try to access one of the databases in my cluster: FATAL: cache lookup failed for access

Re: [ADMIN] Question on placing database on a network attached storage

2005-07-30 Thread Chris Travers
would normally expect. Also I wonder what the impact of several Postmasters trying to access data over NFS would be. Best Wishes, Chris Travers ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http

Re: [ADMIN] Indexes on RAM disk = insanity?

2005-07-29 Thread Chris Travers
, if a lack of RAM is your problem, putting more stuff in RAM doesn't seem very sound to me. Best Wishes, Chris Travers Metatron Technology Consulting ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire

Re: [ADMIN] caching table/query

2005-07-24 Thread Chris Travers
for the record, I can think of at least one way of hacking this on, but it seems like it should be an absolutely last resort rather than a first impulse. PostgreSQL can do this, but you probably don't want it to. Best Wishes, Chris Travers begin:vcard fn:Chris Travers n:Travers;Chris email;internet

Re: [ADMIN] caching table/query

2005-07-20 Thread Chris Travers
: One should not needlessly multiply entities. (the most common translation I have seen regarding what William of Occam actually said.) This statement is a fabulous engineering principle. Best Wishes, Chris Travers Metatron Technology Consulting ---(end of broadcast

Re: [ADMIN] pg_restore hangs on 'some' HP-UX machines

2005-07-15 Thread Chris Travers
handling on the affected systems... Best Wishes, Chris Travers Metatron Technology Consulting ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster

Re: [ADMIN] when to modify..

2005-05-10 Thread Chris Travers
to the database. You MUST have both permission in the pg_hba.conf AND a valid user account to log in. Does that make sense? Best Wishes, Chris Travers Metatron Technology Consulting lori ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once

Re: [ADMIN] database corruption

2005-04-15 Thread Chris Travers
Hi Ian; I think it is important to figure out why this is happening. I would not want to run any production databases on systems that were failing like this. I am trying to figure out what are the likely causes of the errors... 1) Any other computers suffer random application crashes, power

Re: [ADMIN] [SQL] Database diagram

2004-01-26 Thread Chris Travers
). Best Wishes, Chris Travers - Original Message - From: Gary Stainburn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 5:50 PM Subject: Re: [ADMIN] [SQL] Database diagram On Friday 23 January 2004 6:16 pm, Rajesh Kumar Mallah wrote: Dear Ganesan, pgautodoc

Re: [ADMIN] [SQL] Database diagram

2004-01-26 Thread Chris Travers
Hi Robert; I am using DBD::Pg 1.31. That may be the problem. Any suggestions regarding repairing this problem at the moment? Best Wishes, Chris Travers - Original Message - From: Robert Creager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chris Travers [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday

Re: [ADMIN] [SQL] Database diagram

2004-01-22 Thread Chris Travers
There is a free Perl script which is called something like pgautodoc which creates DIA diagrams from databases. Take a look for it on Freshmeat. - Original Message - From: Ganesan Kanavathy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 1:38 PM

Re: [ADMIN] Novice question

2004-01-13 Thread Chris Travers
Try doing an initdb on the other computer OR shutting down postgreSQL (mandatory) and then copying over your data directory. Best Wishes, Chris Travers - Original Message - From: CY [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pgsql-admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 2:28 PM Subject

Re: [ADMIN] data type

2003-12-31 Thread Chris Travers
Hi Ashok; Check the documentation on the system catalogs. You can look up types there, etc. using joins from the system catalogs. Something like SELECT typname FROM pg_types WHERE oid IN (SELECT atttypid FROM pg_attribute WHERE attname = 'column_name' AND attrelid = (SELECT oid FROM pg_class

Re: [ADMIN] Postgresql broken with Red Hat 9?

2003-07-21 Thread Chris Travers
At the risk of stating the obvious, also check to make sure Postmaster is listening on port 5432. To do this log in as root and run /sbin/fuser -vn tcp 5432. If postmaster is not listed it may only be running with unix sockets. This measn that you must pass the -i flag to postmaster when it