[ADMIN] installing postgres on solaris

2005-07-06 Thread Mogin Mohandas
Hi, I am experiencing some problems installing postgresql on solaris machine. First of all , is it required that I be root at the time of configuring it because the commands seem to be for root. How do I configure if I am not the root. Thank you Mogin ---(en

[ADMIN] doubt

2005-07-06 Thread Mogin Mohandas
Hi again I just wanted to know for extending the database, is it better to install postgres from a pre-installed package or source. I have installed ubuntu and was trying to install from source. Please give me some opinions. Thank you Mogin ---(end of broadcas

[ADMIN] doubt

2005-07-08 Thread Mogin Mohandas
Hi When I try to run 'make install' it gives me an "error 2". Any idea about error 2. I guess it has something to do with initdb. Here is portions of the error: make[2]: *** [installdirs] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/mmohanda/postgres/postgresql-7.4.8/doc' make[1]: **

[ADMIN] unable to configure

2005-07-18 Thread Mogin Mohandas
Hey, I have the postgresql source downloaded onto a linux cluster. But when I run ./configure along with its options it says permission Denied. Is it a previlage problem?Please help. Thanks Moginraj ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: explain an

Re: [ADMIN] Server side development

2005-07-25 Thread Mogin Mohandas
Hi I had just posted a query about adding a new data type to postgres. This is a follow-up on that. I checked the include directtory under my source but did not find postgres.h and fmgr.h. These are needed for the input and output functions. Anybody have any ideas. Thank you Moginraj --

[ADMIN] server side extension

2005-07-25 Thread Mogin Mohandas
Hi I was trying to built a new base data type into postgres. i am using 7.4.8 on debian. There is already an eg in src/tutorial which gives code for intenal and external functions of a new type called complex. I tried to create a shared library for the file complex.c using "cc -fpic -c comple