[ADMIN] reg:Installation problem on windows

2006-07-11 Thread sandhya
Hi all,   When i am trying to install postgres 8.1.4 on my window system i am facing problemsI am getting the following errors.Please suggest me how can i overcome this and install successfully.   ->Internal account lookup failure:Mo mapping between  account names and security IDs was don

Re: [ADMIN] reg:Installation problem on windows

2006-07-11 Thread Andy Shellam
I would take a quick guess at the following:   -  If the PC is on a domain, your logged on user account doesn’t have permissions to lookup in AD -  You’re logged on account doesn’t have administrative rights on the PC -  The user you’re specifying as the PostgreS

Re: [ADMIN] %Alter Help

2006-07-11 Thread Andy Shellam
To start off with, I would say it's that "ALTER TABLE" statement first. I believe, as Michael said, it should be ALTER COLUMN lugar.sitio TYPE varchar2(500) Or ALTER COLUMN lugar.sitio TYPE varchar(500) Andy > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:pgsql-admin- > [EMAIL PR

[ADMIN] Passwords problems

2006-07-11 Thread zordax
Hi :) I have funny problem, which i don't understand. I'm adding new users to PostgreSQL with some password (for example : "aa") and i can't log in any database. But after that i change password to "bb" and i can log in. Some passwords are good, and some are bad. And it depends on user to

[ADMIN] Restore Database

2006-07-11 Thread Burbello
I need to test and create a procedure to restore databases. I followed the steps based on the site, but I couldn't finish succesfully. I did: 1. Put the database on Backup Mode and copy datafiles. /pg/bin/psql cresoldev -c "SELECT pg_start_backup('/pg/backup/');" tar -cvf /pg/backup/bk_b

[ADMIN] PG slowdown

2006-07-11 Thread Abu Mushayeed
Hello, My hardware CPU: Intel 3 GHZ X 4 Memory: 9 GB LINUX My conf file are as follows: shared_buffers=1 wal_buffers=128 vacuum_mem = 256000 sort_mem=32768 max_fsm_pages = 300 max_fsm_relations = 32768 checkpoint_segments = 2048 checkpoint_timeout = 1800 checkpoint_warning = 300 effect

Re: [ADMIN] Performance Slowly Decreasing As Database Grows

2006-07-11 Thread Lane Van Ingen
It looks like I could cut down on max_fsm_relations (but I don't know if this should includes system tables or not).   Don't know how to interpret max_fsm_pages (see INFO message below); either:   - I am within 16 pages of running out (19984 vs 2), or   - I need 19984 pages more How sh

Re: [ADMIN] Using GUIDs

2006-07-11 Thread Paul S
I have implemented GUID's in an application that needed them.  We needed globally unique PK's and although Postgres did not offer them as a datatype, we used C# to perform that function.  The Postgres database attribute ended up being a varchar(39).  Not as performant as having Postgres natively do

Re: [ADMIN] Using PostgreSQL and MIcrosoft SQLServer on the same server

2006-07-11 Thread Paul S
I would have to agree with Benjamin here.  With the money you save by running Postgres, you can buy another server.   :)   Regards,   Paul     On 6/26/06, Benjamin Krajmalnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In addition to what Rodrigo said so eloquently in Portuguese (no fallu prtugues! ), the only