Re: [ADMIN] Problem: plperl load failed (PGSQL 7.1.2)

2001-07-18 Thread Markwalder Philip
Hi Tom Thanks to your hint. The problem in my envirement is, that I don't use the standard perl, so the libperl.so isn't in the default ld.so.conf directories. After extending the envirement variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH the createlang command went smooth. Thanks Philip PS: Should have thought

[ADMIN] Requirements for a database server

2001-07-18 Thread Robert . Farrugia
Hi, I have been using postgres for the last year now. The database has grown from a mere few MBs to over 100GB data and expected to top up 300GB by the end of the year. Lately performance of queries, inserts, updates has continued to grow worse as the dataset has grown larger, even though most

[ADMIN] Compile directive -8k limit

2001-07-18 Thread Marc Burgauer
Hi I was reading through a lot of documentation including Admin guide and INSTALL, but could not find this answer: What directives do I have to configure when compiling Postgresql 7.1 (on Solaris and Debian/Gnu Linux) to remove the 8k record size limit? I have read that this limit can be remov

Re: [ADMIN] Requirements for a database server

2001-07-18 Thread Robert . Farrugia
Currently we are using a PowerEdge 2400 server, 1 Gb RAM, dual-processor. We have 5 x 36GB SCSI disks at RAID 5 for the database and one 36GB disk for the WAL files, logging , os, etc. Postgres configuration is set to sort_mem = 65536 fsync = false shared_buffers = 1000 The database consist of

[ADMIN] Password file for autent

2001-07-18 Thread Edipo Elder Fernandes de Melo
Ave all Admins, I searched the list for before this, but i didn't find an answer. I'm doing all as the script (i think) and I don't get autentication to user. My pg_hab.conf is (10.3.128.222 is the localhost): localall password

[ADMIN] creating large objects with pl/pgsql

2001-07-18 Thread Srinivasa Rao Chava
Hi, Anybody know how to create large objects in pl/pgsql program.I found example for libpq in the postgresql documentation. But I could not find any example for pl/pgsql. I tried to use lo_create in pl/pgsql function. It did not work. Thanks ---(end of broadcast)--

Re: [ADMIN] Requirements for a database server

2001-07-18 Thread Ross J. Reedstrom
Robert - You mention having a PostgreSQL database in production for around a year. May I ask what version it is? I'm guessing you're still at 6.5.X, in which case, I'd suggest an upgrade to 7.1.2, before doing anything more drastic. Not only are there bug fixes, many improving stability of the s

Re: [ADMIN] Compile directive -8k limit

2001-07-18 Thread Tom Lane
Marc Burgauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What directives do I have to configure when compiling Postgresql 7.1 (on > Solaris and Debian/Gnu Linux) to remove the 8k record size limit? You don't need to do anything. The block size isn't a constraint anymore. regards, to

Re: [ADMIN] Requirements for a database server

2001-07-18 Thread Tom Lane
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I have been using postgres for the last year now. The database has grown > from a mere few MBs to over 100GB data and expected to top up 300GB by the > end of the year. Lately performance of queries, inserts, updates has > continued to grow worse as the dataset has gr

[ADMIN] Re: [GENERAL] A small question about Red Hat

2001-07-18 Thread Mike Finn
On Thursday 12 July 2001 13:06, you wrote: > Using IBCS{Intel Binary Compatability System} is is supposed to be > possible. > > I have never realy tried but it has been in the linux kernel for ever. We have run the SCO versions of Oracle 7.x, 8.x and 8i using the IBCS on x86 RedHat 5.x and 6.x.

Re: [ADMIN] Requirements for a database server

2001-07-18 Thread Robert . Farrugia
I'm using the latest version 7.1.2 (athough I started with 7 and then migrated to 7.1). Problem is that we have few main tables which continue to grow as against having a large number of tables. As I see it, the more data you have in a table, the longer the query will take proportionally (even

Re: [ADMIN] Requirements for a database server

2001-07-18 Thread Robert . Farrugia
Since I have a number of heavy inserts per day, dropping the indexes and recreating them could be an option. Only problem I see is that to recreate them they take alot of time, at which queries will be tremendously slow. regarsd Robert