Re: [GENERAL] cursor already in use error

2005-03-02 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 09:21:44AM +0200, Sim Zacks wrote: PostGreSQL 8.0beta1 That's pretty old. Have you tried 8.0.1? I have a function that uses a cursor and it is giving me the error: cursor crsr already in use when the parameters I pass in come from another table. The function works

Re: [GENERAL] cursor already in use error

2005-03-02 Thread Sim Zacks
I haven't tried 8.0.1 yet. I am planning on making the upgrade soon, but since I haven't seen this issue discussed I did not think it had been fixed just because I am using an older version. I did search the Internet and found one person who had the same issue and found a workaround that won't

Re: [GENERAL] Replication from other SQL Server

2005-03-02 Thread Csaba Nagy
You might want to take a look at http://www.daffodildb.com/replicator.html It claims to be able to replicate between different databases, including Sql server and postgres. If you try it pleases share your experience with us, I haven't seen yet a review involving replication between different DB

Re: [GENERAL] cursor already in use error

2005-03-02 Thread Alban Hertroys
Sim Zacks wrote: create or replace function testcursor(thistestid int) returns varchar as $$ declare crs Cursor for select comments from test a join test2 b on a.testid=b.testid where a.TestID=thistestid; thiscomment varchar; totalstr varchar; begin open crs; fetch crs into thiscomment;

Re: [GENERAL] cursor already in use error

2005-03-02 Thread Sim Zacks
If I add close crs; before the function returns, I get this: SELECT name, testcursor(testid) FROM test; name | testcursor --+ Bob | -Comment 1-Comment 2-Comment 3 Mark | -Comment 1 Tom | (3 rows) You got it. I was closing the cursor at

Re: [GENERAL] cursor already in use error

2005-03-02 Thread Sim Zacks
Always close your cursors. Thanks. In my real example I had multiple return points and did not close the cursor before each one. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining

Re: [GENERAL] cursor already in use error

2005-03-02 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 11:15:52AM +0200, Sim Zacks wrote: select name,testcursor(testid) from test; --doesn't work select name,testcursor(testid) from test where testid=1; -- works (as does testid=2 or 3) If I add close crs; before the function returns, I get this: SELECT name,

Re: [GENERAL] to_char bug?

2005-03-02 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
If the number is negative there needs to be room for the minus sign... On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 09:25:02AM -, Ben Trewern wrote: From the docs: FM suppresses leading zeroes and trailing blanks that would otherwise be added to make the output of a pattern be fixed-width It works now

[GENERAL] pgadmin3 / postgresql newbie question

2005-03-02 Thread Jonathan Schreiter
hi all, running amd64 fedora core 3 w/ default postgresql 7.4.7-3. did asu - , su postgres and createdb mydb as explained in the postgresql tutorial. installed the latest pgadmin3 and am trying to connect to this database. as i wasn't sure what the FC3 default password was for postgres, i changed

Re: [GENERAL] pgadmin3 / postgresql newbie question

2005-03-02 Thread Sean Davis
Did you start the postmaster using '-i' to allow tcp/ip connections? Sean On Mar 2, 2005, at 6:15 AM, Jonathan Schreiter wrote: hi all, running amd64 fedora core 3 w/ default postgresql 7.4.7-3. did asu - , su postgres and createdb mydb as explained in the postgresql tutorial. installed the latest

Re: [GENERAL] pgadmin3 / postgresql newbie question

2005-03-02 Thread Marco Colombo
On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Jonathan Schreiter wrote: hi all, running amd64 fedora core 3 w/ default postgresql 7.4.7-3. did asu - , su postgres and createdb mydb as explained in the postgresql tutorial. installed the latest pgadmin3 and am trying to connect to this database. as i wasn't sure what the FC3

Re: [GENERAL] pgadmin3 / postgresql newbie question

2005-03-02 Thread Sim Zacks
Did you set up the pg_hba.conf file with the proper security rights? Jonathan Schreiter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] hi all, running amd64 fedora core 3 w/ default postgresql 7.4.7-3. did asu - , su postgres and createdb mydb as explained in the postgresql

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Database Name

2005-03-02 Thread Bernt Andreas Drange
On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 09:44 +1300, Envbop wrote: Hi I've just inherited a PostgreSQL database, for which I do not have any details of, like database name or the users. This used to be a library database which was managed via a web page written in php. Its running on a Linux box. The front

[GENERAL] [Auth] ident method and LDAP user accounts

2005-03-02 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
I manage a Debian/Linux machine which runs PostgreSQL 7.4.7. All the user accounts, including mine, are in a LDAP database. Thanks to NSS (Name Service Switch) all applications have access to the LDAP accounts (getpwuid(3) and getpwnam(3) use LDAP). But not PostgreSQL. When I connect locally

[GENERAL] Error: catalog is missing 8 attribute(s) for relid 16683

2005-03-02 Thread Alexandru Coseru
Hello.. I've got this error and I don't know how to fix it. Since it's an production database , I can't drop recreate it.. Here are some infos below.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] gateway]# psql -U postgres -h 127.0.0.1 template1Welcome to psql 7.4.5, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal. Type:

[GENERAL] PL/Perl trusted throws error on example function

2005-03-02 Thread Frank Finner
Hi, I tried to test plperl and got the following error with the very first example from chapter 37: CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION perlmax(integer,integer) RETURNS integer AS $$ if ($_[0] $_[1]) { return $_[0]; } return $_[1]; $$ LANGUAGE plperl; -- error from Perl function: trusted Perl functions

Re: [GENERAL] Vacuum time degrading

2005-03-02 Thread Wes
On 2/28/05 6:53 PM, Tom Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Again, VACUUM VERBOSE info would be informative (it's sufficient to look at your larger tables for this). It took 5.2 hours again tonight to do the vacuum. I don't see anything out of the ordinary - no explanation for the non-linear

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] pg_shadow passwd decrypt

2005-03-02 Thread Bruce Momjian
Hemapriya wrote: Hi, Does postgres support any system functions that decode/decrypt the user passwords stored in pg_shadow system catalog. Is there a way to retrieve the passwords, if forgotten. No. They are MD5 and are designed to be unencryptable. -- Bruce Momjian

[GENERAL] pg_shadow passwd decrypt

2005-03-02 Thread Hemapriya
Hi, Does postgres support any system functions that decode/decrypt the user passwords stored in pg_shadow system catalog. Is there a way to retrieve the passwords, if forgotten. Thanks in Advance. Priya __ Celebrate Yahoo!'s

Re: [GENERAL] Database Name

2005-03-02 Thread Greg Patnude
Envbop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi I've just inherited a PostgreSQL database, for which I do not have any details of, like database name or the users. This used to be a library database which was managed via a web page written in php. Its running on a

Re: [GENERAL] pgadmin3 / postgresql newbie question

2005-03-02 Thread Greg Patnude
That particular error message is typically associated with a missing pg_hba.conf entry that tells the postgreSQL server which remote machines to allow connections FROM # If you want to allow non-local connections, you need to add more # host records. Also, remember TCP/IP connections are

[GENERAL] aggregate functions on massive number of rows

2005-03-02 Thread Todd Kover
I have an aggregate function setup (attached) that I'm calling over a massive amount of data and am running into: ERROR: cannot have more than 2^32-1 commands in a transaction CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function float8_jitter_add line 16 at if error. Since I'm able to do count() and

Re: [GENERAL] aggregate functions on massive number of rows

2005-03-02 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 12:23:45PM -0500, Todd Kover wrote: I have an aggregate function setup (attached) that I'm calling over a massive amount of data and am running into: ERROR: cannot have more than 2^32-1 commands in a transaction CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function

Re: [GENERAL] sql join question

2005-03-02 Thread Scott Frankel
Got it. Thanks! Scott On Mar 1, 2005, at 10:52 PM, Ragnar HafstaĆ° wrote: On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 16:51 -0800, Scott Frankel wrote: Sweet! And not so sweet. The natural join worked beautifully with my test schema; but it failed to yield any rows with my real-world schema. I think I've tracked

Re: [GENERAL] Vacuum time degrading

2005-03-02 Thread Wes
On 3/2/05 12:16 PM, Tom Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would you post the complete VACUUM VERBOSE log? The CPU/elapsed time lines would help us identify where the time is going. I'll send it to you directly - its rather long. DETAIL: Allocated FSM size: 1000 relations + 100 pages = 5920

Re: [GENERAL] Vacuum time degrading

2005-03-02 Thread Tom Lane
Wes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It took 5.2 hours again tonight to do the vacuum. I don't see anything out of the ordinary - no explanation for the non-linear increases in vacuum time. Would you post the complete VACUUM VERBOSE log? The CPU/elapsed time lines would help us identify where the

Re: [GENERAL] Vacuum time degrading

2005-03-02 Thread Wes
On 3/2/05 12:16 PM, Tom Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would you post the complete VACUUM VERBOSE log? The CPU/elapsed time lines would help us identify where the time is going. Mailed. I do see stats like: CPU 518.88s/25.17u sec elapsed 10825.33 sec. CPU 884.96s/64.35u sec elapsed 13793.13

Re: [GENERAL] pgadmin3 / postgresql newbie question

2005-03-02 Thread Edward Macnaghten
pgadmin3 does not seem to want to connect to the server using UNIX sockets, it only does it through TCP. Set up the Postgres server to use TCP (as well as UNIX sockets) - i.e. - starting postmaster with the -i option, sorting it pg_hba.conf etc. Eddy Jonathan Schreiter wrote: hi all, running

Re: [GENERAL] Error: catalog is missing 8 attribute(s) for relid

2005-03-02 Thread Edward Macnaghten
Alexandru Coseru wrote: Hello.. snip content=Error Details/ Any ideeas ? Fraid so and it is not good. I am no expert in the inner-inner workings of Postgres, but my guess is that your catalogue is, or has been, corrupt. If this is the case it is unrecoverable. It is a matter of rescuing

Re: [GENERAL] [Auth] ident method and LDAP user accounts

2005-03-02 Thread Tom Lane
Stephane Bortzmeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It is of course very inconvenient to duplicate my LDAP database into pg_ident.conf. Is there a better way? Perhaps you can find a PAM plugin that talks to LDAP, and configure Postgres to use that. regards, tom lane

Re: [GENERAL] Error: catalog is missing 8 attribute(s) for relid 16683

2005-03-02 Thread Tom Lane
Alexandru Coseru [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] gateway]# psql -U postgres -h 127.0.0.1 template1 Welcome to psql 7.4.5, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal. Type: \copyright for distribution terms \h for help with SQL commands \? for help on internal slash

Re: [GENERAL] Index size

2005-03-02 Thread Ioannis Theoharis
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Tom Lane wrote: Tatsuo Ishii [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So it seems Ioannis' number was not taken immediately after a CREATE INDEX operation? I would guess not, but it's up to him to say. If it is a number derived after some period of normal operation, then his

Re: [GENERAL] Index size

2005-03-02 Thread Tom Lane
Ioannis Theoharis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Where can i find a documentation with technical analysis for all (if possible) of components of postgres? Read the source code. regards, tom lane ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 7:

Re: [GENERAL] Index size

2005-03-02 Thread Ioannis Theoharis
On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Tatsuo Ishii wrote: An other question: Is there any way to prevent duplicates on btree index attribute, PERMITTING them on table? I can't think of any usefull usage for such an index. Can you explain why you need it? I have a relation like this: (att0

Fwd: Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] pg_shadow passwd decrypt

2005-03-02 Thread Arcane_Rhino
One can, however, simply delete the forgotten password and create another for temporary usage until the user in question can create a new one. (At least one could in 7.4, I have not tried it in 8.0.) Jeff --- Bruce Momjian pgman@candle.pha.pa.us wrote: From: Bruce Momjian

Re: [GENERAL] Index size

2005-03-02 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 10:08:58PM +0200, Ioannis Theoharis wrote: I have a relation like this: (att0 varchar(1000), att1 int4) i create a b-tree index on att1 () i cluster my raltion according to index now i have a query select* form tc20 where att1=9

Re: [GENERAL] pgpool

2005-03-02 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Brian Maguire wrote: Is anyone currently using pgpool with production high volume use? I am interested in your success and challenges. There isn't much special about high volume use. Just make sure you configure the pool size appropriately for your application and configure a corresponding

Re: [GENERAL] Vacuum time degrading

2005-03-02 Thread Wes
Watching the system as vacuum is running, I can see that we are encountering the kswapd/kscand problem in the 2.4.20 kernel. This could very well account for the non-linear increase in vacuum time. This problem is fixed in the 2.6 kernel, but we can't upgrade because DELL is dragging their feet

Re: [GENERAL] Vacuum time degrading

2005-03-02 Thread Tom Lane
Wes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Watching the system as vacuum is running, I can see that we are encountering the kswapd/kscand problem in the 2.4.20 kernel. This could very well account for the non-linear increase in vacuum time. Hmm. Looking at the vacuum verbose output you sent me, it's

Re: [GENERAL] Index size

2005-03-02 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 11:30:58PM +0200, Ioannis Theoharis wrote: On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: What makes you think that? Clustering is nice, but postgresql needs to get the right answer and that the table in clustered is not something postgresql can rely on. If

Re: [GENERAL] pgadmin3 / postgresql newbie question

2005-03-02 Thread Guy Rouillier
Jonathan Schreiter wrote: i can't seem to connect to the new database using pgadmin3. i have the correct IP address of the local computer, default port 5432, mydb as the initaldb, postgres as the username, and my new password as the password. i keep getting the error Error connecting to

Re: [GENERAL] Vacuum time degrading

2005-03-02 Thread Tom Lane
Wes Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Any chance of change that behavior to scan in physical storage order? It wouldn't be easy --- there are some locking considerations that say btbulkdelete needs to scan the index in the same order that an ordinary scan would do. See the nbtree README for

[GENERAL] does postgres supports syslog-ng package for loging rather than using standart syslog package

2005-03-02 Thread jack alex
Dear All, I facing problem in my log rotation for postgres, it is not rotation properly. I am using syslog-ng package for loging. My logs for postgres looks like this, -rw-r--r--1 root root 10M Feb 28 23:24 postgres.log.20 -rw-r--r--1 root root0 Feb 28