[GENERAL] [General] Comments

2001-01-24 Thread Brian E. Pangburn
1. Is it documented anywhere that an apostrophe / single quote is bad news inside of a C-style /* */ comment? I just found out the hard way. Seems to be OK inside of the one line -- comment. 2. How does one view column comments created with COMMENT ON COLUMN? TIA. Brian E. Pangburn

[GENERAL] Sequence Help

2001-01-17 Thread Brian C. Doyle
Hello all, How would I setup a sequence that would reflect, for example, abc-0001?

[GENERAL] Table Creation on the Fly

2001-01-14 Thread Brian C. Doyle
Hello all, Is it at all possible to create a table on the fly from a CSV file?

[GENERAL] SELECT INTO Troubles

2001-01-08 Thread Brian Troxell
d-coding the SELECT statement, and get the same errors. This sounds like a total Catch-22 to me, which must mean I'm doing something wrong. Help! Thanks in advance! Brian Troxell [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[GENERAL] Re: Another 7.1 EXECUTE Question

2001-01-05 Thread Brian Troxell
Brian Troxell wrote: > I'm getting an error when forming SELECT statements using the new 7.1 > EXECUTE command. The error states, simply, that there was an unexpected > SELECT within the EXECUTE command. > > Which leads me to ask: can I actually form SELECT statements us

[GENERAL] Another 7.1 EXECUTE Question

2001-01-05 Thread Brian Troxell
to be doing? Thanks in advance. -Brian Troxell [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [GENERAL] Carrage Returns \ Line Breaks!

2000-12-18 Thread Brian C. Doyle
Okay now I am an Idoit. How do I tell what is used for the carriage return? I know how to make the replacement I just can not tell they characters used. At 11:52 AM 12/18/00 -0500, Brett W. McCoy wrote: >On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Brian C. Doyle wrote: > > > I have a file that I

[GENERAL] Carrage Returns \ Line Breaks!

2000-12-18 Thread Brian C. Doyle
Hello all, I have a file that I am trying to import/copy into a table. The problem that I am having is that there are carriage returns through out the document. These carriage returns should be copied into the column it belongs to yet during the copy table from '/home/location/file.ext' usin

Re: [GENERAL] [HACKERS] pg_connect error

2000-10-18 Thread Brian Edginton
that the pg_connect from the pgsql module (ext/pgsql) is being executed, it's just not finding the PQconnectdb function from the libpq.so library. > Travis > Brian Edginton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> >> >> I'm trying to use the php/postgresql interfa

Re: [GENERAL] [HACKERS] pg_connect error

2000-10-18 Thread Brian Edginton
Larry Rosenman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And, is the postmaster started with -i? Yup.

Re: [GENERAL] [HACKERS] pg_connect error

2000-10-18 Thread Brian Edginton
Larry Rosenman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And, is the postmaster started with -i? Yup

Re: [GENERAL] database file size bloat

2000-04-14 Thread Brian Neal
more immediate solution out there for you. ;) -Brian >Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 16:29:23 +1000 (EST) >From: Matthew Arnison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Ed Loehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Rabble-Rouser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Manse Jacobi <[EMAIL PROTEC

[GENERAL] Re: Large Database & Indexes (Indices?)

2000-02-08 Thread Brian Piatkus
Forget my last posting - sorry - I'm being stupid .fs size is, of course 4 Tb

[GENERAL] Large Database & Indexes (Indices?)

2000-02-08 Thread Brian Piatkus
I am constructing a large ( by some standards) database where the largest table threatens to be about 6-10 Gb on a Linux system. I understand that postgresql splits the tables into manageable chunks & I have no problem with that as a workround for the 2 GB fs limit .. My question concerns the

[GENERAL] 6.5.1 possibly lost rows

1999-07-29 Thread Brian Curnow
nitely got something wierd going on, like those mixed libraries. Thanks for any hints or tips. Brian Curnow

Re: [GENERAL] Optimizations for busy DB??

1999-05-13 Thread Brian
On Thu, 13 May 1999, Brett W. McCoy wrote: > On Thu, 13 May 1999, Brian wrote: > > > Would something like this be appropriate? > > > > /usr/bin/postmaster -B 256 -i -S -D/var/lib/pgsql -o -F -B 256 -S 1024 > > > > or should -B just be in their once? in th

RE: [GENERAL] How to get seq after insert

1999-04-14 Thread Brian
ming field "insertid" was the one being updated by the sequence, but that doenst seem to work. > > -----Original Message- > From: Brian [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 2:59 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

[GENERAL] How to get seq after insert

1999-04-14 Thread Brian
I have a sequence in a table that increments upon insert. After doing the insert, is their a way (function maybe?) to get the sequences value without having to do another select? Brian - Brian Feeny (BF304) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 318-222

[GENERAL] how to read a variable upon insert?

1999-04-13 Thread Brian
t;); $sth->execute; $insertid = $sth->{'idnum'}; I would think that last line should be able to retreive it from the statment handle, but it doesn't work. Is the only way, to do *another* select after I insert and get the data? I would hope after doing the insert, since I h

[GENERAL] 6.3.1 -> 6.3.2 problems

1999-01-22 Thread Brian
quot; for each and every table, and that can be alot of tables! Any ideas? Should this be working? Brian -- Brian Feeny (BF304) | ShreveNet Inc. - Premium Internet Service Provider Network Administrator | Shreveport,

[GENERAL] Upgrading 6.3.1->6.3.2

1998-10-05 Thread Brian
HP or anything like that. So I am really just looking for the thumbs up that all I have to do is a dump all. Anyone note any good performance increase from 6.3.1 to 6.3.2? -- Brian Feeny (BF304) | ShreveNet Inc. - Pr

[GENERAL] Few simple questions

1998-09-22 Thread Brian
he entire field have to be updated? Once again, field name "desc" data is "The red car", can I make it say "The red car with blue lights"? Or do I have to update the entire field. Brian -- Bria

[GENERAL] Backup up database

1998-09-17 Thread Brian
to it, It could be 100% restored? Brian -- Brian Feeny (BF304) | ShreveNet Inc. - Premium Internet Service Provider Network Administrator | Shreveport, Louisiana - http://www.shreve.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Web Ho

Re: [GENERAL] What to do with no foreign keys

1998-07-10 Thread Brian
o use Postgres. One of the reasons we beleive boardtown doesn't support Postgres at this time is because of a few features SQL server has over Postgres, and they would have to work around those. Brian > > Bruce Tong | Got me an office; I'm there late at night.

Re: [GENERAL] Triggers: options besides compiled code?

1998-07-09 Thread Brian
; > /-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -\ | Brian Feeny| USR TC Hubs | ShreveNet Inc. (318)222-2638 | | Network Administrator | Perl, Linux | Web hosting, online stores, | | ShreveNet Inc. | USR Pilot | Dial-Up 14.4-56k, ISDN &

[GENERAL] difference in INDEX's

1998-07-04 Thread Brian
Is there a difference in doing: foo int PRIMARY KEY and CREATE INDEX idx1 on table (foo); does both do the same thing (create an index)? is one faster or preffered over the other? /-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -\ | Brian Feeny

[GENERAL] DBI/DBD-Pg/perl question

1998-07-04 Thread Brian
maintain that many different copies of one program. Thank you for your help, Brian /-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----\ | Brian Feeny| USR TC Hubs | ShreveNet Inc. (318)222-2638 | | Network Administrator | Perl, Linux | Web hosting,

[GENERAL] datatype questions

1998-06-22 Thread Brian
bles, or do you have to do like: CREATE INDEX on forum idx1 (datestamp); CREATE INDEX on forum idx2 (id); CREATE INDEX on forum idx3 (thread); If so, then how would you say "primary"? I know some databases such as mSQL did away with "PRIMARY KEY", and you just make indices instea

Re: [PHP3] RE: [GENERAL] User Authentication Failed

1998-05-19 Thread Brian Schaffner
Check the host-based access. In the file pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf you may need to add a line like this: host all 198.168.0.12 255.255.255.0 trust But replace 198.168.0.12 with your client IP. Good luck! Brian Schaffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Independent Software Cont

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