Re: [ADMIN] Disk Utilization Increases And Time for Vacuum Increases.

2003-08-25 Thread Curt Sampson
On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Vikram D. Gaitonde wrote: > One action we have consiously not done is "REINDEX" on the > table. We want to avoid that as far as possible. Why do you want to avoid this? It may be the only option you have, other than a database dump and reload. > 3: relpages for the indic

[ADMIN] Automated backup problems - pg_dump

2003-08-25 Thread Jesse Burkhardt
I am sure many of you have encountered the problems I am experiencing with automating the pg_dump command from a cron. The problem arises from a failure of this command to use the environmental variable, PG_PASSWORD. (PGUSER, on the other hand, is picked up during command execution.) The cron s

Re: [ADMIN] Automated backup problems - pg_dump

2003-08-25 Thread Stephan Szabo
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003, Jesse Burkhardt wrote: > I am sure many of you have encountered the problems I am experiencing > with automating the pg_dump command from a cron. The problem arises from > a failure of this command to use the environmental variable, > PG_PASSWORD. (PGUSER, on the other hand, i

[ADMIN] System Tables

2003-08-25 Thread Jaskier
Hi, I would Like to get information abort tables existing In PostgreSQL via? PHP. I would like to know the names, their description and of course how they are build. I Am not quite sure how to get this on the Web Site, in PG I can use ? “\d table_name”, but it doesn’t work here   Can

[ADMIN] Query to slow

2003-08-25 Thread Rhaoni Chiu Pereira
Hi List, As I said before, I'm not a DBA " yet" , but I'm learning ... and I already have a PostgreSQL running, so I have to ask some help... I got a SQL as folows : SELECT /*+ */ ftnfco00.estado_cliente , ftcofi00.grupo_faturamento , SUM( DECODE( ftcofi00.atual_fatura, '-'

Re: [ADMIN] System Tables

2003-08-25 Thread maillist
well in unix man psql command line options -E shows the queries that are generated by the \d or other sudo commands reading a 10 point font on a 1600x1280 screen sucks, please text only to mailing lists -- Arno Karner aka Behind the Muffs West 7th St., St. Paul aka smell, Minn http://tnss.com/noi

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2003-08-25 Thread Petre Daniel
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[ADMIN] postgres hab modification without restarting

2003-08-25 Thread Hornyak Laszlo
Hi all! Is it possible to make the postmaster re-read the pg_hba.conf when needed without pg_ctl restarting the database? I think I could send a unix signal to it, it would simly re-read the file and apply the information for new incoming connection requests. I was looking for this info in the doc

Re: [ADMIN] Query to slow

2003-08-25 Thread Robert Treat
On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 08:17, Rhaoni Chiu Pereira wrote: > Hi List, > > As I said before, I'm not a DBA " yet" , but I'm learning ... and I > already have a PostgreSQL running, so I have to ask some help... > I got a SQL as folows : > > > I have created the decode, NVL and DIVIDE fu

Re: [ADMIN] postgres hab modification without restarting

2003-08-25 Thread Robert Treat
On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 09:15, Hornyak Laszlo wrote: > Hi all! > > Is it possible to make the postmaster re-read the pg_hba.conf when needed > without pg_ctl restarting the database? I think I could send a unix signal > to it, it would simly re-read the file and apply the information for new > incom

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2003-08-25 Thread Rodrigo De la Peña
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Re: [ADMIN] template1 database...

2003-08-25 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Sun, Aug 24, 2003 at 00:38:35 +0800, Chris M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The link is very good. But another question. > In PostgreSQL, a superuser can modify almost everything in the > databases. But I don't think that should be the default. Maybe > adding an option is better. When a super

Re: [ADMIN] template1 database...

2003-08-25 Thread Chris M
"Bruno Wolff III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > This is usually accomplished by logging in as a normal user for most > tasks and only using a superuser account when it is needed. Yes. DBAs should be careful when operating on the databases. But I have seen many people using the superuser in MS SQL Server

[ADMIN] System Tables

2003-08-25 Thread Andrzej Schulz
Hi, I would Like to get information abort tables existing In PostgreSQL via? PHP. I would like to know the names, their description and of course how they are build. I Am not quite sure how to get this on the Web Site, in PG I can use ? “\d table_name”, but it doesn’t work here   Can

[ADMIN] pg_ctl won't start postgres, but postmaster will?!

2003-08-25 Thread Steve Santacroce
I have had a lot of problems trying to install the postgres on a second FreeBSD box. I installed it using the ports install, so that part of the process went painlessly. however, when I tried to run the .sh script file that was installed, I get nothing. The script's commands are: chmod 600 ${l

Re: [ADMIN] Automated backup problems - pg_dump

2003-08-25 Thread Chad R. Larson
At 03:46 PM 8/24/2003 , Jesse Burkhardt wrote: One (non-trivial) solution is to use a cron (like fcron) that allows you to set the environment of the executed process. I like fcron very much, but you'd have to be the system administer (or his cooperation) to install it. >I am sure many of you

Re: [ADMIN] Disk Utilization Increases And Time for Vacuum Increases.

2003-08-25 Thread Jeff Boes
>One action we have consiously not done is "REINDEX" on the >table. We want to avoid that as far as possible. Why? It's usually a very painless step, unless the table has millions and millions of rows. We reindex tables with multiple indexes and several million rows on a weekly basis. The only dow

[ADMIN] readline-4.2a compile ,installation problem

2003-08-25 Thread Archie MacDonald (rsh)
Hi Folks I am following the instructions in the techdocs for solaris 8 ( see link below) and I am trying to instal readline 4.2a first. It has not went well so far ...:-( http://techdocs.postgresql.org/v2/Guides/Installation%20Guides/Compiling%20PostgreSQL%207.3.2%20on%20Solaris%208%209/view I

Re: [ADMIN] a problem

2003-08-25 Thread Robert Treat
On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 05:01, sharvari N wrote: > hello > How do i change the definition of a column? one of the columns width is > not sufficient to store the data. I want to change the width. how to do > that in postgres? I tried doing alter table + change/modify. both of > them doesn't work in p