Re: [GENERAL] Wal logs continued...

2001-05-14 Thread Tom Lane
Barry Lind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Given what you say below, I think there is a documentation bug then. In > Section 9.3 of the Administrators Guide it says: > "After a checkpoint has been made, any log segments written before the > redo record are removed, so checkpoints are used to fre

[GENERAL] to BLOB or not to BLOB

2001-05-14 Thread Aristide Aragon
Hello I am going to write an application tht writes big amounts of plain text into a database. I thought of using the text type for this, but I don't know if it has a maxlenght, and given that these will be very long texts I started wondered if these would have to be blobs... but they aren't b

[GENERAL] sql question

2001-05-14 Thread u95886230
Please help, I am trying to write an SQL statement but with no success as I am just starting out with sql. I have a table with 3 columns: Account# ,OrderType and date example of data: Account#¦ Ordertype ¦ Date 1 ¦ A ¦ April 1 ¦ B ¦ May 1

[GENERAL] Authentication

2001-05-14 Thread Christine Kluka
I am trying to connect to postgres from a cgi script. In order for it to connect to postgres, I need to create a new postgres user that matches the Unix owner of my Web files. I don't get an error on create user, but I cannot find a pg_shadow file. Is the pg_shadow file supposed to be in my

[GENERAL] Re: Bug with timestamp !!! (resolve)

2001-05-14 Thread Alexander Dederer
> > create table tmp (create_datetimestamp); > > > > #insert into tmp values('2001-04-01 02:29:52'); > > INSERT 1021715 1 > > > > #select * from tmp; > > create_data > > > > 2035-05-29 01:33:36-05 > > (1 row) Before start PostgreSQL on FreeBSD. Set environmen

Re: [GENERAL] Re:

2001-05-14 Thread Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos
On Mon, 14 May 2001, Gregory Wood wrote: > > Could u just tell me if it is possible to have a Windows Client and the > Server running on Linux and having Postgres and the two communicate thru > something like the ODBC. > > Yes, although it's preferable to use a native library. Is ODBC that bad?

Re: [GENERAL] Contraints in postgresql ?

2001-05-14 Thread Stephan Szabo
On Mon, 14 May 2001, snpe wrote: > Hello, > I want next : > > a) add constraint (primary and foreign) in existing table > b) temporary disable constraint and enable later > > Is it possible in Postgresql ? Sort of... You can add foreign key constraints using ALTER TABLE ADD

[GENERAL] Wal logs continued...

2001-05-14 Thread webb sprague
Earlier I posted with my problems about the WAL logs eating up all my diskspace. I tried the solutions offered--checkpoint after a big copy and shortening the time between flushes. They helped somewhat. Unfortunately, the problem snow seems to happen when I vacuum-analyze after a big delete.

[GENERAL] Contraints in postgresql ?

2001-05-14 Thread snpe
Hello, I want next : a) add constraint (primary and foreign) in existing table b) temporary disable constraint and enable later Is it possible in Postgresql ? Haris Peco [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: su

Re: [GENERAL] Inheritance & Referential Integrity

2001-05-14 Thread Stephan Szabo
On Mon, 14 May 2001, Andrew Snow wrote: > I note that it still is not possible (v7.1.1) to have a table with a foreign > key check on an inherited column for rows in child tables. Will this ever > be supported, and what is the status of work on this feature? It will eventually be supported. Th

[GENERAL] How to save images in a table.

2001-05-14 Thread Stuart Foster
I'm looking for a way to save jpg's in a postgresql table. Does anyone know how I can do this? TIA Stuart ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html

[GENERAL] Re: Question on Starting Postgres for the first time

2001-05-14 Thread Lee Harr
On Sat, 12 May 2001 13:00:35 -0300, David Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am a new user of PostgreSQL and Linux. I have my Linux up and running and > my PostgreSQl semi-configured. I can get into PostgreSQL using super user > on root and then super user into postgres. The problem is w

[HACKERS] Internet is putting lot of competition fire & heat under Microsoft SQL Server

2001-05-14 Thread universe_made_of_atoms
Internet is putting lot of competition fire & heat under Microsoft SQL Server Your boss will tell you - "Now, that we have high speed internet connection why do you need commercial SQL servers?? Simply use your mouse button, click and download the open-source Postgresql, InterBase or MySQL "

[GENERAL] New article mentions Postgres...

2001-05-14 Thread Brent R. Matzelle
This article could be huge for those looking to sell Postgres to a company. I'm printing out a copy for myself ;) Open Source Code: A Corporate Building Block (ZDNet) http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20010514/tc/open_source_code_a_corporate_building_block_1.html

Re: [GENERAL] COPY locking

2001-05-14 Thread John Coers
I rebuilt with these changes and am seeing a 30-40% improvement in average performance for my high-contention high-volume copy case. I still need to do some more testing, but this really seems to help. Thanks a lot Tom! Tom Lane wrote: > > I have committed some changes into development sourc

Re: [GENERAL] Trigger only firing once

2001-05-14 Thread Fran Fabrizio
> Kinda hard to believe. I know it, but that's what I am seeing. (to recap, my trigger only fires on the first insert per connection.) This will be kind of long, it's a spliced-together version of my psql client session and the server log. I drop and re-create the procedure and trigger, the

Re: [GENERAL] Speeding up Query

2001-05-14 Thread Tom Lane
Alexander Lohse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Would it also possible to make multiple INTERSECTS? > How do these operate on each other, do I also use parentheses? Yes, if you don't want to think hard about what the precedence is (I don't recall either) ... regards, tom la

Re: [GENERAL] Speeding up Query

2001-05-14 Thread Alexander Lohse
>This is pretty horrid: you are generating a cross product of >events * event_ref * teams * orgs * pers and then selecting rows >multiple times out of that very large set. No wonder you lost >patience even with a small test database. I think you wanted >something like > >... >INTERSECT ( > >sele

Re: [GENERAL] Speeding up Query

2001-05-14 Thread Tom Lane
Alexander Lohse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ... > INTERSECT > select events.id from events,event_ref,teams,orgs,pers where 1=1 and > (lower(events.head) like '%web%' > or lower(events.search) like '%web%' > or lower(events.ort) like '%web%' > or lower(events.text) like '%web%' > or (ev

[GENERAL] Re: 7.0.0 long name truncation problem

2001-05-14 Thread Gregory Wood
> When the name of a sequence auto-generated from a SERIAL type would be > longer than 32 chars, it appears that "CREATE TABLE" uses a different > name truncation algorithm than "DROP SEQUENCE". Example below. Note > the difference between the following: > > 'process_state_subscripti_id_

[GENERAL] Re: What's the best front end/client under MS Windows?

2001-05-14 Thread Gregory Wood
I'm partial to the ZEOS Database Explorer myself. I don't have experience with a multitude of tools, so the best I can offer is that I have no problems with the latest version :) Actually, I can tell you that it has the advantage of a native interface (rather than relying on ODBC). And it's free,

[GENERAL] Re:

2001-05-14 Thread Gregory Wood
> Could u just tell me if it is possible to have a Windows Client and the Server running on Linux and having Postgres and the two communicate thru something like the ODBC. Yes, although it's preferable to use a native library. > Does Postgres have anything for the advanced features like OleDB in

[GENERAL] Re: Invoices

2001-05-14 Thread Vince Vielhaber
On Sun, 13 May 2001, Louis-David Mitterrand wrote: > * On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 07:45:23PM -0400, Vince Vielhaber wrote: > > On Thu, 3 May 2001, Ludwig Meyerhoff wrote: > > > > > Hallo! > > > > > > Maybe this is a bit off-topic, as this problem is more a "design"-one, but > > > I wanted to write a

Re: [GENERAL] to BLOB or not to BLOB

2001-05-14 Thread KuroiNeko
> I am going to write an application tht writes big amounts of plain text into a database. What kind of data are those? Articles? News/mail messages? Other? > I thought of using the text type for this, but I don't know if it has a maxlenght, and given that these will be very long texts I s