Re: [ADMIN] Fwd: physical memory

2008-01-12 Thread Antonio5556
My fear is that the tablespace is related to a specific directory of the OS; and, in my best understanding on OS, the amount of memory of a directory is bounded by the amount of memory of the related HD. Hence, when the amount of memory related to such directory will run out of space it will not s

Re: [ADMIN] Fwd: physical memory

2008-01-12 Thread Tino Schwarze
On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 12:39:52AM -0800, Antonio5556 wrote: > My fear is that the tablespace is related to a specific directory of the OS; > and, in my best understanding on OS, the amount of memory of a directory is > bounded by the amount of memory of the related HD. Hence, when the amount of >

[ADMIN] Restore dump into different databases/owners

2008-01-12 Thread Andreas Haumer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi! I must be blind or something but it seems I just can't figure out a working procedure to restore a PG dump in custom format (created with "pg_dump -Fc") into several different PG databases with different owners (i.e. for testing purposes) I want

Re: [ADMIN] 8.3 RC1 - Logging and filenames

2008-01-12 Thread Andy Shellam
Hi all, But surely if the rotation is disabled, PostgreSQL will just append to the log if it exists (hence the extra option of "truncate on rotation?") Many services use a single log file and just keep adding to it - that's the way I'd prefer to set PostgreSQL up, simply so I can predict what the

Re: [ADMIN] Restore dump into different databases/owners

2008-01-12 Thread Andreas Haumer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi! Just a short followup... Andreas Haumer schrieb: > Hi! > > I must be blind or something but it seems I just can't > figure out a working procedure to restore a PG dump in > custom format (created with "pg_dump -Fc") into several > different PG d

Re: [ADMIN] Restore dump into different databases/owners

2008-01-12 Thread Tom Lane
Andreas Haumer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I now solved it by temporarily adding the "superuser" privilege > to the roles in question. That should not be necessary, unless the dump contained objects that require superuser permission to create (such as C-language functions) --- in which case givi

Re: [ADMIN] 8.3 RC1 - Logging and filenames

2008-01-12 Thread Tom Lane
"Andy Shellam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Many services use a single log file and just keep adding to it - that's the > way I'd prefer to set PostgreSQL up, simply so I can predict what the log > file's name is. Our rotation system will then rotate the log and keep the > name in the same format

Re: [ADMIN] Restore dump into different databases/owners

2008-01-12 Thread Andreas Haumer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Tom! Thanks for your reply! Tom Lane schrieb: > Andreas Haumer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I now solved it by temporarily adding the "superuser" privilege >> to the roles in question. > > That should not be necessary, unless the dump contained

Re: [ADMIN] Restore dump into different databases/owners

2008-01-12 Thread Tom Lane
Andreas Haumer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane schrieb: >> Exactly what problems did you have using "-O -U user" ? > So, the main problem is the call to > CREATE PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE plpgsql; > on the "mwdb" schema which contains all the tables, functions etc. Right. As of 8.3, the default

Re: [ADMIN] Fwd: physical memory

2008-01-12 Thread Antonio5556
Thankyou Mmaybe it is off topic but is LVM available in Windows (xp?)? Or have I to buy a specific tool? Which one? Thanks -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/physical-memory-tp14739957p14781197.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - admin mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -

Re: [ADMIN] Fwd: physical memory

2008-01-12 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
> Mmaybe it is off topic but is LVM available in Windows (xp?)? Yes. > Or have I to buy a specific tool? Which one? Just use the standard disk / volume management tools included under Computer Management. -- Adam Tauno Williams, Network & Systems Administrator Consultant - http://www.whitemic