Re: [ADMIN] Postgresql 8.1.3 Debian installation encoding question

2006-03-26 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > How can I change that? Why did the Debian encoding change? It's derived from the locale, so make sure all your locales are set up correctly. > Can I > still use the Debian deb files or must I manually initdb PostgreSQL? These options are not exclusive. -- Peter Eis

Re: [ADMIN] database locale and system locale

2006-03-26 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Erwin Brandstetter wrote: > I've been reading tons of stuff on locale and postgresql. I am still > not in the clear about some details, though: how do system locale and > database locale work together (or not)? The system locale is more or less ignored. What matters are the locales set in the da

Re: [ADMIN] database locale and system locale

2006-03-26 Thread Erwin Brandstetter
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Erwin Brandstetter wrote: I've been reading tons of stuff on locale and postgresql. I am still not in the clear about some details, though: how do system locale and database locale work together (or not)? The system locale is more or less ignored. What matter

Re: [ADMIN] Postgresql 8.1.3 Debian installation encoding question

2006-03-26 Thread Joost Kraaijeveld
On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 10:20 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > It's derived from the locale, so make sure all your locales are set up > correctly. OK, but how is it derived? As far as I know, I did not change anything in the locales since the previous time I installed PostgreSQL. My locales are: [E

[ADMIN] Initial request packet for SSL

2006-03-26 Thread Donald Fraser
Hello, I'm not sure whether this is the correct place to post this question, but I will try here first.   According to the documentation, to connect to the back-end using SSL a special start-up packet (SSLRequest) is required before the front-end can begin with the SSL hand-shake.   My questi

Re: [ADMIN] database locale and system locale

2006-03-26 Thread Tom Lane
Erwin Brandstetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Wait .. not that great! The system locale is more or less ignored, but > my sort order will approach randomness? Peter's point is that a given locale setting will expect a particular encoding, and if you try to use a different encoding then your so

Re: [ADMIN] Initial request packet for SSL

2006-03-26 Thread Tom Lane
"Donald Fraser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My question is, can this initial request be avoided in any way - is it = > possible to start with the SSL handshake without the request? No, sorry. You might consider tunneling to an ssh proxy port that is redirected to 5432 locally on the database se

Re: [ADMIN] Postgresql 8.1.3 Debian installation encoding question

2006-03-26 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > OK, but how is it derived? As far as I know, I did not change > anything in the locales since the previous time I installed > PostgreSQL. If your locale is POSIX then it will choose SQL_ASCII. So there is nothing wrong in PostgreSQL, it's just that your locale is not w

Re: [ADMIN] Postgresql 8.1.3 Debian installation encoding question

2006-03-26 Thread Joost Kraaijeveld
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: >> OK, but how is it derived? As far as I know, I did not change >> anything in the locales since the previous time I installed >> PostgreSQL. > > If your locale is POSIX then it will choose SQL_ASCII. So there is > nothing wrong in PostgreSQL,

Re: [ADMIN] Postgresql 8.1.3 Debian installation encoding question

2006-03-26 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > But I cannot find where I have to configure what locale in the OS to > get UTF8 as default encoding for the databases. (I read > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/multibyte.html but that did > not give me that info). Can you tell me this or give me a pointer to >

[ADMIN] Table permissions

2006-03-26 Thread Milen Dzhumerov
Hi all, I had the need to find the user permissions of several tables. I figured out that if I submit the query SELECT relacl FROM pg_catalog.pg_class WHERE relname = 'tablename'; I get the permissions but for the table name in all schemas and not only the one I'm interested in. Then I took a

Re: [ADMIN] Table permissions

2006-03-26 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Milen Dzhumerov wrote: > Unfortunately if I try to submit it, it gives me some > error. You need to post your exact input and the exact output. Otherwise we're just guessing. > My other > question is who has access to the pg_catalog.* tables? Everybody. > And are these tables per database > o

Re: [ADMIN] Bloated pg_shdepend_depender_index

2006-03-26 Thread adey
In vacuum full output, indexes are listed as having been vacuumed along with their table. Have I misinterpreted this message saying that vacuum is incapable of vacuuming indexes (and reindex is the only option to do so) please?  On 3/25/06, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Peter Eisentraut <[EMA

[ADMIN] Fwd: Notice Processor hook

2006-03-26 Thread adey
Below is an old message from Tom Lane regarding "Notice Processor hook". I have not been able to contact him to explain it, nor does it appear in the Postgresql.org archives. Would one of you be able to help me to implement this please? We are trying to obtain the output from a vacuum run by automa

Re: [ADMIN] pg_stat_activity showing non-existent processes

2006-03-26 Thread Jerry Sievers
Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jerry Sievers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > At any rate; I'm wondering what possible causes might be responsible > > for pg_stat_activity's underlying functions to lose track of the valid > > process list? > > It sounds like the stats collector missed a fe

[ADMIN] reg:create database

2006-03-26 Thread sandhya
Hi...      I want to have a database/table with dot( . ) in its name.But i am unable to create a database with a dot in the middle of its name..Is there any possibility of doing it?If yes pls tell me.   Thank you, Sandhya

Re: [ADMIN] reg:create database

2006-03-26 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 12:11:40PM +0530, sandhya wrote: >I want to have a database/table with dot( . ) in its name.But > i am unable to create a database with a dot in the middle of its > name..Is there any possibility of doing it?If yes pls tell me. See the documentation regarding quoted ide

Re: [ADMIN] Fwd: Notice Processor hook

2006-03-26 Thread Volkan YAZICI
On Mar 27 12:07, adey wrote: > Below is an old message from Tom Lane regarding "Notice Processor hook". > ... Would one of you be able to help me to implement > this please? Not me, but you can: [28.10. Notice Processing] http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/interactive/libpq-notice-proces