Re: [GENERAL] Doesn't use index, why?

2001-01-04 Thread Tom Lane
Marco Catunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: naslog=# explain select * from desconexao where time = '2000-12-01'; NOTICE: QUERY PLAN: Index Scan using time_idx on desconexao (cost=0.00..20.18 rows=5 width=103) naslog=# explain select * from desconexao where time

[GENERAL] Index on Date_Trunc

2001-01-04 Thread Nathan Barnett
I am trying to create an index on the date_trunc('day', columna) in a table. When I try to create this index, I get a parse error near the single quote. Is there a workaround to create this index? I am using v7.0.3 on FreeBSD. -Nathan Barnett

[GENERAL] connecting in shell scripts ??

2001-01-04 Thread Anand Raman
hi guys I wish to connect to the database thru a cron job and do some sql queries,, However i am having problems in connecting to the database thru the shell script.. I am unable to pass the password.. I have been trying to do the following #! /bin/sh psql -h localhost db1 -U foo -c "select

[GENERAL] \connect

2001-01-04 Thread Anand Raman
hi guys how to connect as a different user to a different db using the \connect command.. I dont see any option for specifing the password or the host to which i want to connect . Am i missing something.. Thanx for any suggestions Anand

[GENERAL] RE: Table msysconf

2001-01-04 Thread Michael Davis
Is there any documentation on what can be configured between PostgreSQL and Access? -Original Message- From: Jose Soares [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 3:59 AM To: Siuda Pawe? DI Centrala Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:Re: Table msysconf

Re: [GENERAL] connecting in shell scripts ??

2001-01-04 Thread Alvaro Herrera
On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Anand Raman wrote: hi guys I wish to connect to the database thru a cron job and do some sql queries,, However i am having problems in connecting to the database thru the shell script.. I am unable to pass the password.. I have been trying to do the following #!

[GENERAL] Test for existence of Table

2001-01-04 Thread Soma Interesting
Can I test for an existing table before issuing the "CREATE TABLE" command? IF EXISTS employees{ DROP TABLE employees } CREATE TABLE employees Can you provide an example of this. I couldn't find this in the manual or Bruce's book - did I not look hard enough ? :) - -

Re: [GENERAL] connecting in shell scripts ??

2001-01-04 Thread Larry Rosenman
* Alvaro Herrera [EMAIL PROTECTED] [010104 13:32]: On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Anand Raman wrote: hi guys I wish to connect to the database thru a cron job and do some sql queries,, However i am having problems in connecting to the database thru the shell script.. I am unable to pass the

[GENERAL] Inheritance and Foreign Keys

2001-01-04 Thread Nelio Alves Pereira Filho
Here's my situation: I have the following relation table A --- table B 1:N I created the two tables, and a foreign key from A into B. Now I want to create other tables that inherit from B, but I want that the relation exists for all of them. For that, I created another

[GENERAL] running pgsql 7 under Jail'ed virtual machine on FreeBSD 4.2

2001-01-04 Thread Dave VanAuken
Have a FreeBSD 4.2 box... have created two Virtual machines with the jail process. Apache and PHp configure and execute fine, but am having some configuration and execution problems with pgsql... not sure if I am missing something or if pgsql just cannot deal with being in the jail and sharing

[GENERAL] VACUM database

2001-01-04 Thread Uro Gruber
Hi! I wan't to know how often do i have to do this. If i do a lot of inserts, my SELECTS are very slow, but if I Vacum the table it's better. do i have to vacum every insert? Thanks. -- Uroš Gruber

Re: [GENERAL] \connect

2001-01-04 Thread Oliver Elphick
"Anand Raman" wrote: hi guys how to connect as a different user to a different db using the \connect command.. I dont see any option for specifing the password or the host to which i want to connect . \connect database user The password is then prompted for, if appropriate. You can't

Re: [GENERAL] Inheritance and Foreign Keys

2001-01-04 Thread Oliver Elphick
Nelio Alves Pereira Filho wrote: Here's my situation: I have the following relation table A --- table B 1:N I created the two tables, and a foreign key from A into B. Now I want to create other tables that inherit from B, but I want that the relation exists

Re: [GENERAL] Inheritance and Foreign Keys

2001-01-04 Thread Nelio Alves Pereira Filho
Is it planned to include these features to class inheritance? Nelio Oliver Elphick wrote: Nelio Alves Pereira Filho wrote: Here's my situation: I have the following relation table A --- table B 1:N I created the two tables, and a foreign key from A

[GENERAL] pg_dump return status..

2001-01-04 Thread Anand Raman
hi guys I am trying to create a shell script which dumps my db to a flat file .. To dump the database i use the pg_dump command.. I find that irrespective of the fact whether pg_dump managed to connect to the db or not the return status ($?) is always zero.. This throws the shell script in a

RE: [GENERAL] Test for existence of Table

2001-01-04 Thread Craig L. Ching
Yeah, DROP TABLE employees CREATE TABLE employees ;-) Craig -Original Message- From: Soma Interesting [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 1:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [GENERAL] Test for existence of Table Can I test for an existing table before

Re: [GENERAL] running pgsql 7 under Jail'ed virtual machine on FreeBSD 4.2

2001-01-04 Thread Matt Beauregard
On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 05:04:50PM -0500, Dave VanAuken wrote: Have a FreeBSD 4.2 box... have created two Virtual machines with the jail process. Apache and PHp configure and execute fine, but am having some configuration and execution problems with pgsql... not sure if I am missing

Re: [GENERAL] Time Zone Query

2001-01-04 Thread Blake Crosby
At 12:09 PM 4/01/2001 -0500, you wrote: No, the times in the database are all GMT. They will get *displayed* with some particular timezone offset, as determined by the TIMEZONE SET variable. You have to set TIMEZONE to your local timezone if you want dates displayed in something other than the

[GENERAL] Synchronous LISTEN/NOTIFY?

2001-01-04 Thread Lincoln Yeoh
Hi, Say I have two applications A and B communicating via a postgresql database. A sends data for B to work on. How can I get B to _wait_ for a signal from A before proceeding? Right now it looks like B has to keep polling regularly. So in order for things to occur in a timely fashion the

Re: [GENERAL] Synchronous LISTEN/NOTIFY?

2001-01-04 Thread Tom Lane
Lincoln Yeoh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Basically you now can have apps use the database for instant messaging :). My former company was doing that since Postgres 6.4 or so. Right now it looks like B has to keep polling regularly. No, it just has to use select() to wait on the postgres

Re: [GENERAL] 7.0.3 rpm testing other problems

2001-01-04 Thread Lamar Owen
[GENERAL only -- got MX errors on two of the addressees] Peter Eisentraut wrote: jpilley writes: I do not have a /usr/share/doc/postgresql-* (or equivalent path) :). I would love to read the README.rpm file, if the 7.0.3 rpm had left me one! On my system this file belongs to package

Re: [GENERAL] How passwords can be crypted in postgres?

2001-01-04 Thread Ron Peterson
Gordan Bobic wrote: Here's a crypted password: 00xNyXeahk4NU. I crypted it in perl as crypt(guessme, salt). So what is guessme? The point of a one way hash is that it's, well, one way. Pretty much the only way you're going to figure out what password that encrypted string

Re: [GENERAL] Synchronous LISTEN/NOTIFY?

2001-01-04 Thread Lincoln Yeoh
At 10:47 PM 04-01-2001 -0500, you wrote: Lincoln Yeoh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Basically LISTEN doesn't wait. LISTEN has nothing to do with waiting. It merely informs the backend of your interest in subsequently receiving notices of a particular type. Perhaps you should think of it as like

Re: [GENERAL] How passwords can be crypted in postgres?

2001-01-04 Thread GH
On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 10:53:12PM -0500, some SMTP stream spewed forth: Gordan Bobic wrote: Here's a crypted password: 00xNyXeahk4NU. I crypted it in perl as crypt(guessme, salt). So what is guessme? The point of a one way hash is that it's, well, one way. Pretty much the

Re: [GENERAL] Synchronous LISTEN/NOTIFY?

2001-01-04 Thread Tom Lane
Lincoln Yeoh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Uhoh, since I'm using perl does that mean I have to patch DBI and Pg::DBD? Couldn't say. I didn't have much trouble setting up a Tcl application to work smoothly with NOTIFY events, but I've never tried such a thing in Perl. Any Perl gurus out there who

Re: [GENERAL] running pgsql 7 under Jail'ed virtual machine onFreeBSD 4.2

2001-01-04 Thread The Hermit Hacker
read the jail man page: jail.sysvipc_allowed This MIB entry determines whether or not processes within a jail have access to System V IPC primitives. In the current jail imple- mentation, System V primitives share a single namespace across the host

[GENERAL] Re: pg_dump return status..

2001-01-04 Thread Anthony E . Greene
On Thu, 04 Jan 2001 05:12:25 Anand Raman wrote: I am trying to create a shell script which dumps my db to a flat file .. To dump the database i use the pg_dump command.. I find that irrespective of the fact whether pg_dump managed to connect to the db or not the return status ($?) is always

Re: [GENERAL] Synchronous LISTEN/NOTIFY?

2001-01-04 Thread Lincoln Yeoh
At 11:27 PM 04-01-2001 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: Lincoln Yeoh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Would it be viable idea to add a WAIT command/statement for higher level access (e.g. "SQL" level access to this feature)? Strikes me as pretty useless. If you were to PQexec("WAIT foo") then your