[ADMIN] tuple

1999-04-13 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
I am connecting to postgres 6.4.2 through microsoft access97 using an obdc driver. I am converting some access files into postgres. I have a certain field that contains NOTES (a text datatype), and some of them can contain quite a bit of data! Well, as I am pulling the info into postgres, ce

[ADMIN] 8k tuple limit - i want it higher!

1999-04-13 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
Ok, two days into this and I still can't find archives on how to increase my tuple limit. Can anyone provide me with instructions on how to increase my tuple limit?? 8k is not enough for our application - ok, enough for 90%, but not the 10%. I would like to at least double it. Maybe there a

[ADMIN] problem when vacuuming. . .

1999-04-19 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
When I vacuum I get two messages: NOTICE: Index pg_class_relname_index: NUMBER OF INDEX' TUPLES (108) IS NOT THE SAME AS HEAP' (82) NOTICE: Index pg_class_oid_index: NUMBER OF INDEX' TUPLES (108) IS NOT THE SAME AS HEAP' (82) I had followed some advice I read in one of these postgres maili

[ADMIN] TUPLES <> HEAP

1999-04-20 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
Hi all. Head hanging a little low, even though system still seems to work fine. Here is what I did: - update pg_class set relname = lower(relname); - update pg_attribute set attname = lower(attname); - (why did I do that? Following something I read, not really having problems in the first pl

[ADMIN] backend closing channel unexpectedly

1999-04-22 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
You know, I have asked this week how to correct some error messages I get when I vacuum related to TUPLE<>HEAP sizes - I thought I caused the problem by setting all relname to lower(relname) in pg_class and attname to lower(attname) in pg_attribute. But I don't think that caused the problem.

[ADMIN] backend closing channel unexpectedly

1999-04-22 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
--BTW, the update below, when done in psql and with [. . .and ssms.autoinv = 101999;] added (in other words, do it for just one record), it works fine. When I try to do it for multiple records, bombola! Maybe this is for the sql group. . . You know, I have asked this week how to correct som

[ADMIN] recordset not updateable

1999-04-23 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
I am using rh 5.2, postgres 6.4.2, linking to postgres with access97 and odbc driver. I can create a simple table, link to it, open it, and access tell me that "this recordset is not updateable". However, I have created many other tables in the same fashion and even much more complex and they

[ADMIN] recordset not updateable

1999-04-23 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
this is a resubmit with my pdbc log file. It shows an error in finding the file MsysConf. Maybe this is the problem?? Can someone please provide some insight? Thanks! I am using rh 5.2, postgres 6.4.2, linking to postgres with access97 and odbc driver. I can create a simple table, link

[ADMIN] RE: [INTERFACES] recordset not updateable

1999-04-27 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
aidis [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 26, 1999 8:40 PM To: JT Kirkpatrick Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:Re: [INTERFACES] recordset not updateable JT Kirkpatrick wrote: > this is a resubmit with my pdbc log file. It sho

RE: [ADMIN] relation already exists?

1999-05-03 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
your advice to quit and reenter the database worked! thanks! -Original Message- From: ZioBudda [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 03, 1999 10:21 AM To: JT Kirkpatrick Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:Re: [ADMIN] relation already exists? << Fi

[ADMIN] relation already exists?

1999-05-03 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
i had a table, ap (had a primary key constraint named appk), which i renamed ap2. i then re-created a table named ap, with the same primary key constraint name appk, which postgres told me already existed. so i dropped index appk, it said fine, dropped. so i recreated table ap. now it is t

[ADMIN] illegal page faults. . .

1999-05-28 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
i got no response on the interfaces list -- maybe someone here has experienced this too?? (msaccess97 / win98, 6.40.0005 odbc driver, postgres 6.4.2, linux mandrake 5.3) i wrote earlier about getting illegal page faults every time i CLOSE a certain form (it lets me use it just fine!) that is u

[ADMIN] odbc driver failing. . .

1999-05-28 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
hi all. i have written in about illegal page faults when i try to add records to a particular table -- editing it seems fine. well, i have narrowed down another "weird" problem with the same table. i reported that when i open it directly in datasheet view, the odbc driver fails every time.

[ADMIN] illegal page fault errors when adding records

1999-05-28 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
hi all -- just writing to let you know that i recreated the database, recreated all tables and repopulated them, and now all appears to be cool. . . big step to correct a problem adding records in only one table! jt

[ADMIN] float4

1999-06-28 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
we have a database (linux, 6.4.2, new odbc, connections from msaccess / win98) -- access doesn't fully appreciate the monetary type in postgres, so we made all monetary fields FLOAT4's. weird stuff -- or maybe not to you -- we insert 23516.69 into a float4 field directly in psql, and then sele

[ADMIN] RE: [SQL] float4

1999-06-30 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
Monday, June 28, 1999 7:32 PM To: JT Kirkpatrick Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: [SQL] float4 JT Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > we made all monetary fields FLOAT4's. weird stuff -- or maybe not to you > -

[ADMIN] starting postmaster

1999-06-30 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
i am trying to debug a locking problem in our database. i currently am starting postgres using this: '/usr/bin/postmaster -B 256 -S -D /ssms -i' i am trying to start it with the debugging option, -d 9, following the advise of a friend. but i can't get it to start. i have tried: '/usr/bin/p

RE: [ADMIN] RE: [SQL] float4

1999-07-01 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
report, and not by the user who could / WILL forget to turn it off for normal use. . . thanks for everyone's help! jt / mpsllc.com -Original Message- From: Bruce Momjian [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 11:29 PM To: JT Kirkpatrick Cc: 

[ADMIN] re. Subject: Transferring data to/from Paradox 4.5

1999-07-01 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
you wrote: I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to access DOS Paradox 4.5 tables in PostgreSQL. I currently have several Perl and PAL scripts that transfer data between the two systems via text, but I would _much_ rather simply be able to read and write to/from the Pardox tables from Linux.

[ADMIN] not responding, server locking up.

1999-07-06 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
the front-end done in cgi/perl/html or apache (is that php+??). surely i shouldn't expect users to get kicked out whenever someone runs a larger report or query??!!?? i'd appreciate any suggestions you may have. have a great holiday! jt kirkpatrick / www.mpsllc.com

[ADMIN] regular maintenance, backup

1999-07-08 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
2.2.2, postgres 6.4.2) thanks in advance! jt kirkpatrick / mps

[ADMIN] re. scheduled backups and vacuums

1999-07-09 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
though. can you direct me to a place to find more info on setting up mirroring?? or is it possible with ide hd's?? thanks so much for your help! jt kirkpatrick / www.mpsllc.com

[ADMIN] vacuuming cron!

1999-07-13 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
i set up the following script to run at 5am daily: touch /var/log/imgonnadoit.at5 su svmaster psql serviceworks -c 'vacuum;' exit touch /var/log/ididit.at5 i had planned to ls -l /var/log/i* to see the times of imgonnadoit.at5 and ididit.at5 to see if the span looked reasonable -- and therefore

[ADMIN] dropping records!

1999-09-24 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
newer kernel. any ideas?? vacuuming shows no problems now (was showing problem when the index was bad). any help you could provide would be MUCH appreciated! jt kirkpatrick / mps

[ADMIN] command prompt select statement

1999-09-27 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
(linux rh 5.2, pg 6.4.2) jt kirkpatrick / mps

RE: [ADMIN] command prompt select statement

1999-09-27 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
Monday, September 27, 1999 11:50 AM To: JT Kirkpatrick Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:Re: [ADMIN] command prompt select statement Sure, psql has options for input query and output: psql database output. > hello oh-more-knowledgable-than-me postgres

[ADMIN] sequence of commands -- waiting on the first to complete!

1999-09-28 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
i'm trying to run a query at night, and output the results to a file. i think i have the syntax right for the proper output, but it now appears that my little automatic (cron) query ran IMMEDIATELY after the first command in the same cron file (a VACUUM of the same database) executed. it did

RE: [ADMIN] sequence of commands -- waiting on the first to complete!

1999-09-28 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
eedless to say they were still running when our morning crew arrived, and all were locked out of the system until i killed everything! jt -Original Message- From: Hitesh Patel [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 11:14 AM To: JT Kirkpatrick Cc: '[

[ADMIN] drop table -- HELP!!

1999-11-03 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
well, in all my wisdom and quick typing, i dropped a main table rather than the one i meant to drop. this just happened. can i recover it with some quick statement i have an actual backup on tape from last night -- not a pgdump but a physical backup of the files in the database direc

[ADMIN] rollback

1999-11-03 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
i just sent an email saying i dropped a table and didn't mean to. i haven't done anything else. will rollback work? i hate to try without asking because this thing is in production use right now. luckily the table isn't one that is used at the present, but i need it back. thanks for any hel

[ADMIN] rollback

1999-11-03 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
well, rollback didn't restore that table i just dropped. . .

RE: [ADMIN] rollback

1999-11-03 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
er like in israel these days?? jt -Original Message- From: Herouth Maoz [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 11:00 AM To: JT Kirkpatrick; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:Re: [ADMIN] rollback At 17:31 +0200 on 03/11/1999, JT Kirkpatrick wrote

[ADMIN] FW: vacuum problems

1999-12-28 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
-Original Message- From: JT Kirkpatrick [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 10:00 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:vacuum problems any idea how to correct this problem? system seems to be working fine, but nightly vacuums give us

[ADMIN] FW: vacuum problems

1999-12-28 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
values were inserted -- they were. but still get the same error message when vacuuming! help! we need to vacuum!!! jt -Original Message- From: JT Kirkpatrick [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 10:00 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:vacuu

RE: [ADMIN] Case insensitive

2000-03-13 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
convert BOTH the user-input AND the field you are comparing to the SAME CASE within the sql statement. then the user doesn't have to worry about which case he/she uses (nor does the sysadmin. . .). select * from userdata where lower(name) = lower('john'); or replace lower('john') with lower(u

[ADMIN] move from 6.4.2 to 6.5.3

2000-03-16 Thread JT Kirkpatrick
physically COPY the files from the old 6.4.2 directory into the new database directory in 6.5.3? are the file structures the same for 6.5.3? is there a better way to do this migration? the pgdump isn't working. jt kirkpatrick