Re: [GENERAL] on connect trigger?

2003-11-07 Thread btober
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is there any kind of mechanism in pg 7.3 for doing something like what I would describe as a login trigger procedure to run when a user connects to the database? Berend, I've got something like that setup on an e-communities site I built. There was already a

[GENERAL] Database of electoral results?

2003-11-07 Thread Paul Ganainm
Hi all, This is not so much a question specific to PostgreSQL, but rather a general application of theory type of problem! I did post this on comp.databases.theory but received no replies there. If anyone here is interested and this is a suitable forum in the PostgreSQL hierarchy, that

Re: [GENERAL] Service doesnt UP!!!!

2003-11-07 Thread Edwin Quijada
Hi!!! This is my log after break down:: There is a app to fix the database. The server must be started under an unprivileged user id to prevent a possible system security compromise. See the documentation for more information on how to properly start the server. LOG: database system was

Re: [GENERAL] int8 primary keys still not using index without manual

2003-11-07 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here is my logic. I am having trouble getting the big picture on this: Th big picture is that it doesn't work very well to assume that indexes only need to handle same-datatype comparisons. I think we are ultimately going to have to address that issue

Re: [GENERAL] Recovery Data Cant Be!!!

2003-11-07 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Edwin Quijada wrote: Where set zero_damaged_pages ?? You can't set it from postgresql.conf. Sure you can, and in fact that's the only place that will work for Edwin's problem. He hasn't *got* a psql session, because postmaster

Re: [GENERAL] Recovery Data Cant Be!!!

2003-11-07 Thread Edwin Quijada
Where set zero_damaged_pages ?? *---* *-Edwin Quijada *-Developer DataBase *-JQ Microsistemas *-809-747-2787 * Si deseas lograr cosas excepcionales debes de hacer cosas fuera de lo comun

Re: [GENERAL] Power Electrical Down!!!!!

2003-11-07 Thread Edwin Quijada
I am trying running up using pg_ctl -D /data/dir -l logfile This is the last 100 lines from log The server must be started under an unprivileged user id to prevent a possible system security compromise. See the documentation for more information on how to properly start the server. LOG:

Re: [GENERAL] Recovery Data Cant Be!!!

2003-11-07 Thread Edwin Quijada
This is the way to do that? ./pgfsck -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -da union_seguros /var/lib/pgsql/bak_union What is the correct setting to never do that? What is a solid storage subsystem? fsync=false ? write cache enabled? Can you explain me this? Postgres I use IDE disk

Re: [GENERAL] Recovery Data Cant Be!!!

2003-11-07 Thread Bruce Momjian
Edwin Quijada wrote: Where set zero_damaged_pages ?? You can't set it from postgresql.conf. It has to be set in your psql session: SET zero_damaged_pages = true; -- Bruce Momjian| http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001

Re: [GENERAL] Visio Like Tool....

2003-11-07 Thread Dann Corbit
-Original Message- From: Thomas LeBlanc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 8:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [GENERAL] Visio Like Tool Is there a tool for designing databases(ERD to data Design) and being able to generate scripts or databases

Re: [GENERAL] Recovery Data Cant Be!!!

2003-11-07 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Edwin Quijada wrote: Where set zero_damaged_pages ?? You can't set it from postgresql.conf. Sure you can, and in fact that's the only place that will work for Edwin's problem. He hasn't *got* a psql session, because postmaster startup is failing.

[GENERAL] regarding constant values

2003-11-07 Thread sgupta5
Hello, Can you please help me in understanding how constants are stored in postgresql. How is the datum data structure used for the same. Thanks Shalu ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend

Re: [GENERAL] Recovery Data Cant Be!!!

2003-11-07 Thread scott.marlowe
You're likely looking for pgfsck: http://svana.org/kleptog/pgsql/pgfsck.html Strong medicine, please backup your $PGDATA directory before playing there, as you might wind up breaking things. What's the exact error message in your logs when the database won't start up? The problem you're

Re: [GENERAL] Recovery Data Cant Be!!!

2003-11-07 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oh, I never realized it would work with damage that severe. I'm not sure it will, but it's his best shot. Actually, I think there is a TODO item here. In most cases where a page is being touched during WAL replay, we have a complete image of the page

[GENERAL] why does explain tell me I'm using a seq scan?

2003-11-07 Thread Mark Harrison
I have indexed two columns in a table. Can somebody explain to me why the first query below uses an Index Scan while the second uses a Seq Scan? Many TIA! Mark planb=# \d abcs Table public.abcs Column | Type | Modifiers

Re: [GENERAL] why does explain tell me I'm using a seq scan?

2003-11-07 Thread Rod Taylor
On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 19:11, Mark Harrison wrote: I have indexed two columns in a table. Can somebody explain to me why the first query below uses an Index Scan while the second uses a Seq Scan? The first expects to find a single row, the second expects to find 17000 rows, a significant

[GENERAL] Temp rows - is it possible?

2003-11-07 Thread Boris Popov
Hello pgsql-general, I'm trying to implement a table with rows that are automatically deleted when the session that inserted them disconnects, sort of like our own alternative to pg_stat_activity. Is it possible and what approach should I be trying to achieve such a thing? Thanks! -- -Boris

Re: [GENERAL] Temp rows - is it possible?

2003-11-07 Thread Boris Popov
Hello Dennis, Friday, November 7, 2003, 1:29:32 PM, you wrote: DG Boris Popov wrote: Hello pgsql-general, I'm trying to implement a table with rows that are automatically deleted when the session that inserted them disconnects, sort of like our own alternative to pg_stat_activity. Is it

Re: [GENERAL] Recovery Data Cant Be!!!

2003-11-07 Thread Edwin Quijada
Sure you can, and in fact that's the only place that will work for Edwin's problem. He hasn't *got* a psql session, because postmaster startup is failing Please, How can I do that *---* *-Edwin Quijada *-Developer DataBase *-JQ Microsistemas

Re: [GENERAL] Temp rows - is it possible?

2003-11-07 Thread Ben
If the table doesn't have to be 100% accurate, you could always timestamp the rows and have connected clients update their row, while old rows get reaped periodicaly. On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Boris Popov wrote: I do want them to be visible to everybody. This is a sessions pool, where sessions are

[GENERAL] phpPGAdmin Indexes, what does this do?

2003-11-07 Thread Sean
Hi all, I have two databases set up, one for development and one forproduction. They are almost identical. I noticed that a query wastaking about 6.7 seconds to execute on the development database, butonly .08 seconds on the production database. The only difference wasthere was another key for

Re: [GENERAL] Recovery Data Cant Be!!!

2003-11-07 Thread Edwin Quijada
OKi how can I do that from postgresql.conf? *---* *-Edwin Quijada *-Developer DataBase *-JQ Microsistemas *-809-747-2787 * Si deseas lograr cosas excepcionales debes de hacer cosas fuera de lo comun

Re: [GENERAL] Recovery Data Cant Be!!!

2003-11-07 Thread Edwin Quijada
How can I do from postgresql.conf? From: Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tom Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Edwin Quijada [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Recovery Data Cant Be!!! Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 16:31:43 -0500 (EST) Tom Lane wrote: Bruce

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] [HACKERS] retrieve statement from catalogs

2003-11-07 Thread David Busby
Can you just use the SQL logging and read that file afterwords? /djb - Original Message - From: Jaime Casanova [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 14:59 Subject: Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] [HACKERS] retrieve statement

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] [HACKERS] retrieve statement from catalogs

2003-11-07 Thread Jaime Casanova
Hi everybody, can anyone tell me if there's a way to retrieve the select instruction executed from the catalogs, or maybe via some structure in a trigger? The reason is that i have some selects constructed on-the-fly (just part of it) and i want to save that in a table in order to know what