Re: [GENERAL] "save history" problem

2006-04-26 Thread Michael Talbot-Wilson
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, David F. Johnson wrote: ... could not save history to file "/usr/local/pgsql//.psql_history": Unknown error: 0 ... though I'm just now running it under Mac OS X Tiger (10.4.6). I'm guessing it's a Tiger issue but I don't know what to do about it. This was answered by Tom

Re: [GENERAL] FAQ 1.1

2006-03-27 Thread Michael Talbot-Wilson
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006, Klint Gore wrote: They say that SQL should be pronounced "Sequel" and I've even met people who do that. ... Who's "they"? The only datbase vendor I've heard call their own product "sequel" is MS. E.g. Sybex "SQL Instant Reference" (1993), page 2. ---

[GENERAL] FAQ 1.1

2006-03-27 Thread Michael Talbot-Wilson
How, really, do people pronounce PostgreSQL? I've read the politically correct answer, "Post-Gres-Q-L" but it's such a mouthful, such a day's work to pronounce, that there must be a real street pronunciation, or a number of them, that are not being confessed to. They say that SQL should be prono

Re: [GENERAL] How to alter the size of a column

2000-07-31 Thread Michael Talbot-Wilson
> I want to alter the size of a column, say from char(40) to char(80), > but it seem that > the ALTER does not support such operation, nor does it support column > removing. > > How can I do for this ? I would also like to know how to do both of these things.