Re: [GENERAL] New To PostgreSQL

2001-09-27 Thread Brent R. Matzelle
--- Tom Ince [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am attempting to convert an database currently running on Informix to a free database on Linux (RedHat 6.1). I have a question. I learned that MySQL, does not maintain foreign keys, which affects me because I need to use things like CHECK in

Re: [GENERAL] read in to psql from file

2001-09-19 Thread Brent R. Matzelle
--- Doug Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, As I understand it, in order to read in a file containing sql commands I should use the \i file syntax in psql. So, from the psql prompt I type: \i /root/phones I get back /root/phones: permission denied I am in psql as the user who

Re: [GENERAL] moving char() to varchar()

2001-09-07 Thread Brent R. Matzelle
--- Andrew Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1.I thought the SQL spec required varchar() not to pad. Is it just that, because of the way pg_dump saved the char() data (as blank-padded) that the varchar() field preserves the padded data? The pg_dump utility dumps out the data as is

Re: [GENERAL] Bad news for Open Source databases, acording to survey

2001-07-08 Thread Brent R. Matzelle
--- Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here is an article saying open source databases will not make major inroads into large businesses during the next five years: http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/datbus/article/0,,11969_796851,00.html Those same weak arguments were used to discredit

[GENERAL] Yet another Postgresql article...

2001-06-06 Thread Brent R. Matzelle
This article mentions Postgres multiple times. It even mentions GreatBridge: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20010606/tc/linux_forklifts_in_the_data_warehouse_1.html Brent __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail -

Re: [GENERAL] Need help using PHP ODBC to connect Postgress 7.1.1

2001-05-17 Thread Brent R. Matzelle
--- Hiroshi Inoue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Allan Rafuse wrote: I'm having trouble setting up a remote Apache PHP webserver to connect to our postgres machine using ODBC. Are you using ~/.odbc.ini(user DSN) for odbc.ini ? Current psqlodbc driver doesn't understand system DSN.

[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 Brent

Re: [GENERAL] MS SQL 7.0 to PostgreSQL 7.1

2001-05-09 Thread Brent R. Matzelle
--- Ryan C. Bonham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My question is what is the best way to import my data from MS SQL. I installed the ODBC Drivers and tried exporting using the MS import/export tool.. It successfully creates the tables, but fails to import any data, with a error stating that the

Re: [GENERAL] full table scan on 'select max(value) from table'?

2001-03-29 Thread Brent R. Matzelle
--- Sean Harding [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a table, 'mesg_headers', which holds headers from email messages. Each message has a unique integer ID within the system, 'mesgid'. mesgid is the primary key for mesg_headers, so it has index mesg_headers_pkey. This index is used if I do

Re: Re: [GENERAL] OID as Primary Key

2001-03-22 Thread Brent R. Matzelle
--- Jonas Bengtsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can't you do a dump with the oid's? Yes, but I would never suggest it. But when I want to know the primary key of the inserted row I have to do an extra select query. If I use oid I just use pg_getlastoid() in php. And it is redundant data to

Re: [GENERAL] Really Dumb Question...(Dumping db)

2001-03-21 Thread Brent R. Matzelle
the ownership to postgres.postgres, su to postgres and it says "permission denied" when I try to: psql -e worldwide worldwide.pgdump You must supply a username that has permissions to perform creates and inserts on the database: % psql -U postgres -e worldwide wordwide.pgdump Brent --- Brent R

Re: [GENERAL] RE: finding and removing a constraint...

2001-03-21 Thread Brent R. Matzelle
that) and make sure to "" it because it's a quoted mixed case name. It might be even easier to just delete according to the oid. select oid, * from pg_trigger; delete from pg_trigger where oid = 49469 /* Numbers are easier */; Brent --- Brent R. Matzelle Software Engineer Informatio

Re: [GENERAL] Hope it is not too offtopic

2001-03-21 Thread Brent R. Matzelle
y question) to select * from tablename where anyfield like '%term%'?? That query should work fine. Brent --- Brent R. Matzelle Software Engineer Information Services Main Line Health Systems Tel: 610-240-4566 Pager: 610-640-8437 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---(end of

Re: [GENERAL] ODBC

2001-03-15 Thread Brent R. Matzelle
I never install our version of postgresql7.0 on this Red Hat Linux machine, but I need to connect to the database with ODBC. Is there any way I can tell if the ODBC driver has been installed? Run this command: % rpm -q postgresql-odbc Brent ---(end of

Re: [GENERAL] Re: LIKE and indexes?

2001-03-15 Thread Brent R. Matzelle
3/15/2001 3:39:27 AM, Alexander Jerusalem [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your answer, Alex! I've done an EXPLAIN and I saw that no index was used although my SQL statement had a wild card only at the end as you pointed out ('blah%'). My guess is that this is because of the locale

Re: [GENERAL] Maximum size of one table

2001-03-14 Thread Brent R. Matzelle
--- Jonas Lindholm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can a table grow larger than maximum file size ? E.g. will PG create an additional file for the table ? I'm running PG 7.0.3 on Linux where the maximum file size is 2GB The new Linux 2.4 kernel has blown away that file size barrier. The new

Re: [GENERAL] Re: pgsql for Python

2001-03-09 Thread Brent R. Matzelle
I use PoPy and think it's dandy. I also thought it *was* the DB API 2.0-- am I mistaken here? I noticed a couple posts asking for PoPy RPMs so I created some and posted them below if anyone is interested. http://www.linuxshare.com/popy/ Brent ---(end of

Re: [GENERAL] Unknown Response Type???

2001-03-05 Thread Brent R. Matzelle
--- chris markiewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unknown Response Type  at org.postgresql.Connection.ExecSQL(Connection.java:420) at org.postgresql.jdbc2.Statement.execute(Statement.java:273) at org.postgresql.jdbc2.Statement.executeQuery(Statement.java:54) does anyone

Re: [GENERAL] has anybody gotten cygwin1.1.8 to work with postgresql?

2001-03-01 Thread Brent R. Matzelle
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried at one point though I don't know the cygwin version. I didn't work; said c compiler cannot produce executeable This happened to me as well. It occurs because you haven't applied the source patch. You can read out and download it here:

Re: [GENERAL] Row ID and auto-increment?

2001-02-20 Thread Brent R. Matzelle
You can create an auto incrementing field with SERIAL. Take a look at the FAQ (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq-english.html#4.16.1). Brent --- Raymond Chui [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I create a table like create table tablename ( aNuminteger not null, namevarchar(10) );

Re: [GENERAL] max / min explain

2001-02-20 Thread Brent R. Matzelle
Yes there is. You can find it in the TODO list under Performance - Indexes (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/todo.html). It isn't slated for the 7.1 release however. Brent --- adb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've noticed that select max(the_primary_key) from some_table does a table scan. Is

Re: [GENERAL] How do I change data type from text to bool?

2001-02-20 Thread Brent R. Matzelle
There currently is no simple SQL command that accomplishes this. It can be accomplished by creating an identical new table with the bool data type change and then running a "INSERT INTO new_table (SELECT * FROM old_table)". Then you can check your results, drop the old table, and rename the new