[GENERAL] fun in redmond

2001-09-26 Thread tony
"Microsoft adds Java support to database Microsoft is planning to make available software for linking Java programs to its database software. The Redmond, Wash., behemoth said Tuesday that it will sell software that allows Java programs to connect to data housed in Microsoft's SQL Server 2000 dat

Re: [GENERAL] Multibyte FAQ item

2001-09-26 Thread tony
On Wed, 2001-09-26 at 06:22, Tom Lane wrote: > > This really comes down to the point that multibyte, unicode, and locale > > should be the defaults. People generally object to this on performance > > grounds, but that reminds me of the saying, "I can make this code > > arbitrarily fast if it doe

[GENERAL] Fastest way to load data in a table

2001-09-26 Thread Antonio Navarro Navarro
Hi all. I need to clean and fill periodically a database with several hundred thousands records readed from a plain ascii file. I have a Python script that opens the file and then, after a 'DELETE * FROM table' submits an INSERT for each registry, but this process is very slow. How can I accel

[GENERAL] Perl and Postgres

2001-09-26 Thread Brian C. Doyle
Hello all, Where can I look to find out more about developing a web based interface via Perl.. Currently I do it all via PHP but do to resources available for a project I have I need to convert over to perl.. I check the Postgres Doc's and there were no examples to help get me started. Any th

Re: [GENERAL] fun in redmond

2001-09-26 Thread wsheldah
What was wrong with JDBC::ODBC? I don't use Java, but I thought this solution was out there for a while already? Just not db-specific enough for them? tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 09/26/2001 04:09:32 AM To: postgres list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc:(bcc: Wesley Sheldahl/Lex/Lexmark) Subje

Re: [GENERAL] postgresql.conf

2001-09-26 Thread Mihai Gheorghiu
Thank you very much. Actually, it was the optimization parameters that I was interested in. My db works rather slow even in single user mode and I wondered if I had missed some setup. BTW, is there a way to see what parameters are in effect? -Original Message- From: Lamar Owen <[EMAIL PRO

Re: [GENERAL] JDBC update wont, plz help.

2001-09-26 Thread Barry Lind
Vic, Can you post the errors you are getting for both the build problem and the runtime problem you originally reported? Without the exact errors you are getting, I can only guess at the problems you are encountering. But my guess as to your original problem is that your code is trying to us

Re: [GENERAL] Birthsday list

2001-09-26 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Svenne" == Svenne Krap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Svenne> I kind of found the answer myself ... here are some snipplets ... Svenne> the table and the data : Svenne> CREATE SEQUENCE "friends_friendid_seq" start 1 increment 1 maxvalue Svenne> 2147483647 minvalue 1 cache 1 ; Svenne> CREA