[ADMIN] How do you manage WAL logs......

2001-10-15 Thread Chris Pesko
I know WAL is new but how do you manage the WAL files. Do they need to get deleted everytime you back up the db? What is the best way to backup a Wharehouse? A transaction system? What do you do with the WAL files in each case? Is there an option to not use WAL logs? Currently I'm just us

[ADMIN] What erd tool supports pgsql??/

2002-01-24 Thread Chris Pesko
Looking for a ERD tool that support pgsql. Anyone know of any? ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[ADMIN] transactions and cursors......

2002-02-27 Thread Chris Pesko
Can I put transactions and cursors into functions? As soon as I put BEGIN; and COMMIT; wrapping an insert statement within a function, I get errors. Do these programs need to reside outside of the database? ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: if po

[ADMIN] production state?????/

2002-03-06 Thread Chris Pesko
How do you get the server into production state? What does production state mean? What parms need to be set for production state in the postgresql.conf file or other file? ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: subscribe and

[ADMIN] help on to_date conversion please....

2002-04-03 Thread Chris Pesko
I am converting an 8 digit number to a date. I don't see a postgres function to do it direct, but two functions seems like I'm on the right track, to_char and to_date. Individually I get them to work, but when I combine them I get the wrong answer. see below. Can anyone help in getting the

Re: [ADMIN] help on to_date conversion please....

2002-04-03 Thread Chris Pesko
, '') from 2 for 8), 'mmdd'); to_date 2002-01-01 (1 row) At 03:13 PM 4/3/02 -0800, Chris Pesko wrote: >I am converting an 8 digit number to a date. I don't see a postgres >function to do it direct, but two functions seems like I'

Re: [ADMIN] help on to_date conversion please....

2002-04-03 Thread Chris Pesko
Thanks. That seems a better way to go. At 03:47 PM 4/3/02 -0800, Stephan Szabo wrote: >On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Chris Pesko wrote: > > > Never mind. Just figured it out. Need to grab the substring from 2 for 8 > > from the to_char result because it holds character number 1 rese