I just installed PostgreSQL and started reading the tutorial @
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/tutorial-createdb.html and was
snowed at square one. To create a database, I'm supposed to type the
following command:
$ createdb mydb
But it doesn't say where I'm supposed to type it. When I
Good tip; I can now see the database I created. Thanks.
On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 8:20 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com>
wrote:
> On 10/24/2015 08:00 PM, David Blomstrom wrote:
>
>> "Is there a entry under Servers?"
>>
>> PostgreSQL 9.
"Is there a entry under Servers?"
PostgreSQL 9.5 (localhost) - but there's a red X over it.
On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 7:52 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com>
wrote:
> On 10/24/2015 07:44 PM, David Blomstrom wrote:
>
>> Hmmm...I have pgAdminIII. When I click
found" error message.
On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com>
wrote:
> On 10/24/2015 06:21 PM, David Blomstrom wrote:
>
>> I just installed PostgreSQL and started reading the tutorial @
>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/tutori
Hmmm...I have pgAdminIII. When I click on Server, there's no option to
create a database.
On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 7:37 PM, John R Pierce <pie...@hogranch.com> wrote:
> On 10/24/2015 7:33 PM, David Blomstrom wrote:
>
>> I'd greatly prefer a GUI. It seems like a comma
I'd greatly prefer a GUI. It seems like a command-line tool would be
incredibly tedious when creating tables, modifying them, filling them with
data, etc. Thanks.
On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 7:28 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com>
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> On 10/24/2015 07:20 PM, David Blomst
> possibilities. I personally find the command line more productive, but
> there is a learning curve.
>
>
>>
>>
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. The
Encyclopedia of Life and WIkipedia are both enormous projects, but there
are some amazing gaps in both projects that I hope to fill.
On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 8:51 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com>
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> On 10/25/2015 06:10 PM, David Blomstrom wrote:
>
>> @ Adr
, 2015 at 2:07 PM, Alban Hertroys <haram...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 25 Oct 2015, at 19:38, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > On 10/25/2015 11:12 AM, David Blomstrom wrote:
> >> I'm sorry, I don't know exactly what you
to learn how to use the new search function, Elastic, or
whatever it's called. Speaking of which, I just discovered the new Russian
and Chinese search engines, Yandex and Baidu. They have some interesting
possibilities, too. ;)
On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 9:12 PM, David Blomstrom <david.blomst...@gmail.
Making it more confusing, I believe there are several different series of
numerical ID's. See this page, for example...
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46212
On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 9:10 PM, David Blomstrom <david.blomst...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> It's also interesting that some entities
mean.
Then again, when I navigate to the Encyclopedia of Life's aardvark page @
http://www.eol.org/pages/327830/overview the code is actually amazingly
short.
On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 9:04 PM, David Blomstrom <david.blomst...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> What was amazed me is the HUGE tables (
does
one choose? But it's amazing how many "aliases" are attached to many
taxonomic names; utterly bewildering.
On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 10:09 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com>
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> On 10/25/2015 09:10 PM, David Blomstrom wrote:
>
>> It's also interesting
Server [localhost]: /l
Database [postgres]:
* * * * *
Server [localhost]: /dt
Database [postgres]:
* * * * *
However...I've noticed that when I open up the shell, I get multiple
instances - sometimes over half a dozen. If I type the same things into one
of the other instances, I get this:
n Davidson <melvin6...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> The law of O/S & databases:
> For every Linux / PostgreSQL user, there is and equal an opposite Mac /
> MySQL user.
> However, the latter is completely useless.
>
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 8:54 PM, David Blomstrom <
> d
Adrian Klaver wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 10/26/2015 08:12 AM, Rob Sargent wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 10/26/2015 08:43 AM, Jim Nasby wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 10/25/15 8:10 PM, David Blomstrom wrote:
>>>>
OK, I figured out how to drop the primary key and change the NULLS. So it
looks like this now:
CREATE TABLE public.gz_life_mammals
(
id integer NOT NULL,
taxon text NOT NULL,
parent text NOT NULL,
slug text,
namecommon text,
plural text,
extinct smallint NOT NULL,
rank smallint
What does "top post" mean? And what do you mean by "embedded spaces"? Are
you referring to the underscores in the TABLE name?
On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Gavin Flower <gavinflo...@archidevsys.co.nz
> wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Please don't top post!
>
more complicated when you get into "specialist names." ;) But
the system I've set up so far seems to be working pretty nicely.
On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 1:41 PM, Rob Sargent <robjsarg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/26/2015 02:29 PM, David Blomstrom wrote:
>
>> Sorry for the
);
$Total = $stmt->fetch();
On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 1:51 PM, David Blomstrom <david.blomst...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I'm focusing primarily on vertebrates at the moment, which have a total of
> (I think) about 60,000-70,000 rows for all taxons (species, families,
> etc.). My go
I tried to import a CSV file into a PostgreSQL table using pgAdmin III. I
got an error message: "extra data after last column."
All my spreadsheets have an "end of data" column that has /r/n in each
cell. When I import a CSV file into a MySQL table, everything beyond /r/n
is ignored. Is there
When I type in /l, it just says "database Postgres," even though I can see
TWO databases in pgAdmin III. When I type in /dt, it says Username
[postgres].
On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 3:40 PM, Gavin Flower <gavinflo...@archidevsys.co.nz
> wrote:
> On 27/10/15 11:18, Da
Oops, let me try it again...
*Shell1*
Server [localhost]: \l
Database [postgres]:
* * * * *
Server [localhost]: \dt
Database [postgres]:
*Shell2*
Database [postgres]: \l
Port [5432]:
* * * * *
Port [5432]: \dt
Username [postgres]:
:30 PM, John R Pierce <pie...@hogranch.com> wrote:
> On 10/26/2015 4:27 PM, David Blomstrom wrote:
>
>> I have two PostgreSQL icons on my taskbar - a blue elephant (pgAdmin III)
>> and a little monitor (PSQL). When I click on PSQL, it always opens at least
>> two win
onomic levels (e.g. kingdom,
class, etc.), then it should be easy to rename the table, delete a few
columns, and refill it with data associated with a particular class.
On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 1:29 PM, David Blomstrom <david.blomst...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Sorry for the late response. I don'
Here's what it looks like now:
CREATE TABLE public.gz_life_mammals
(
id integer NOT NULL,
taxon text NOT NULL,
parent text NOT NULL,
slug text,
namecommon text,
plural text,
extinct smallint NOT NULL,
rank smallint NOT NULL,
key smallint NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT "Primary Key"
Wow, I must be getting dyxlexic; yes, it is
\r\n
I guess it would be easy enough to just copy the stuff I want to import
into a separate spreadsheet and save it as a CSV. I've done that before
with really big spreadsheets, actually. Thanks.
; just a fluke, I guess.
On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Gavin Flower <gavinflo...@archidevsys.co.nz
> wrote:
> On 27/10/15 12:15, David Blomstrom wrote:
>
>>
>> Server [localhost]: \c geozoo2 david
>>
>> Database [postgres]:
>>
>>
>>
Last login: Mon Oct 26 16:35:25 on ttys002
/Library/PostgreSQL/9.5/scripts/runpsql.sh; exit
Davids-MacBook-Pro-2:~ davidblomstrom$
/Library/PostgreSQL/9.5/scripts/runpsql.sh; exit
Server [localhost]: \l
Database [postgres]: \dt
Port [5432]:
Username [postgres]: Cmd-Spacebar
Terminalpsql:
atch script,
>>
>
> Actually OS X :
>
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAA54Z0hdYkqDDYP=8s577rwvz4qrn9+-mjkeyrot69um3ra...@mail.gmail.com
>
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On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 5:02 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com>
wrote:
> On 10/26/2015 04:42 PM, David Blomstrom wrote:
>
>> Last login: Mon Oct 26 16:35:25 on ttys002
>>
>> /Library/PostgreSQL/9.5/scripts/runpsql.sh; exit
>>
>> Davids-M
PM, David Blomstrom <
> david.blomst...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Server [localhost]: Server [localhost]:
>>
>> Database [postgres]: Database [postgres]:
>>
>> Port [5432]: Port [5432]:
>>
>> Username [postgres]: Username [postgres]:
>>
> What
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I pasted this into the shell...
CREATE ROLE david
LOGIN
CREATEDB;
CREATE DATABASE GeoZoo2
OWNER david;
and I did it again, replacing LOGIN with my password, but when I refresh
pgAdmin III, there are no new databases.
And when I paste this in, it doesn't create a table...
CREATE TABLE
On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 4:19 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com>
wrote:
> On 10/26/2015 04:13 PM, David Blomstrom wrote:
>
>> Oops, let me try it again...
>>
>
> Still not making sense.
>
> Show the exact command you are using to get the below
No, I'm on a Mac running OS X El Capitan.
straining. For you they may be liberating. Stick with pgAdmin and ask
> questions about it. There may even be a forum dedicated to it.
>
> Someday we can revisit "power tools"
>
> On Oct 26, 2015, at 7:08 PM, David Blomstrom <david.blomst...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
&g
Can anyone tell me how to write the query described @
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33402831/count-descendants-in-hierarchical-query
?
The answer's very thorough, but I don't know how to string two queries and
a function together like that. This doesn't work:
$sql = "select * from
09:19 PM, David Blomstrom wrote:
>
>> I'm a writer. I studied programing and MySQL so I could create websites
>> that I can publish my articles to. I don't have time to keep up with the
>> endless technology - MySQL, PDO, stored procedures, PHP, JavaScript,
>> JQuery, an
e start, it is going to be rewarding.
>
> Hope this helps your decision process
> Alex
>
>
> > On 25 Oct 2015, at 1:28 p.m., Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > On 10/24/2015 09:19 PM, David Blomstrom wrote:
> >> I'm a writer. I
es creating TWO numerical fields - a process that I think
>> would be overwhelming when working with over 50,000 taxonomic names.
>>
>> So that's my question; can I do all this recursive stuff in Postgre with
>> the table structure posted above, or will I still have to add a second
>> numerical column (or otherwise my table)?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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09:37 AM, David Blomstrom wrote:
>
>> I've already learned that I can install and use MySQL and PostgreSQL
>> simultaneously on my laptop, though I haven't yet learned how to connect
>> to my Postgre database from a web page, write a query, etc. So here's
>> what I'm plann
<karsten.hilb...@gmx.net>
wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 08:32:43AM -0700, David Blomstrom wrote:
>
> > Someone said when you add a new column in Postgre, it's appended to the
> end
> > of the table. Does that mean that's where it has to stay, or can you
> > rearrange c
I'm creating a website focusing on living things (mostly animals). I have
multiple huge MySQL database tables with animal taxons arranged in a
parent-child relationship. I was trying to figure out how I could navigate
to a URL like MySite/life/mammals and display the number of children (i.e.
I've already learned that I can install and use MySQL and PostgreSQL
simultaneously on my laptop, though I haven't yet learned how to connect to
my Postgre database from a web page, write a query, etc. So here's what I'm
planning...
I have several big, complex websites driven by a MySQL database.
Thanks for the tips.
In pgAdmin III, I can create a table step-by-step by choosing Edit > Object
> New Table
But is there a pace for me to past in a block of code that creates the
table with just one process? If I click on the SQL icon, a SQL window opens
up, and I can past the code into SQL
No, I get the same T_FUNCTION error.
Someone commented that the function...
create function tax_rank(id integer) returns text as $$
select case id
when 1 then 'Classes'
when 2 then 'Orders'
when 3 then 'Families'
when 4 then 'Genera'
The field descr would presumably hold the values I originally had in the
field Taxon - e.g. the names of various taxons, like 'Mammalia' and
'Canis-lupus.' The field id is just a numerical key, and I already have the
numerical values for parentid.
But what am I supposed to put in the field
Yes, I guess it does make sense to keep a copy of your actions.
In the meantime, I now have two new tables with the following schema:
-- Table: public.taxon
-- DROP TABLE public.taxon;
CREATE TABLE public.taxon
(
taxonid integer NOT NULL DEFAULT nextval('taxon_taxonid_seq'::regclass),
Sorry, I don't think I specified that at the beginning.
My original/master table has several fields, four of which are relevant to
this hierarchical stuff - id, taxon, parent, parent_id.
The first is a numerical key, from 1 to probably somewhere around 8,000 for
mammals, 1 to 10,000 for birds,
I think I answered my question @
http://www.the-art-of-web.com/sql/lookup-table/
It sounds like the field taxon_id is similar to the field id - it's just
automatically populated by a numerical key. So if I add a new taxon on row
5, then the taxon_id for the following row with change from 5 to 6
First consider the following table:
create table taxon (
taxonid serial,
descr text
);
As I understand it, "serial" means that column will automatically populate
with a numerical key.
If I want to fill the field 'descr' with a list of scientific names stored
in a spreadsheet, then how would
By the
> title one might assume could be applied to populations as opposed to
> phylogeny (the OP's use case). Does it deal with consanguinity? Does it
> perform well going "up" the tree (which is of course branched at every
> level)?
>
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at 3:36 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com>
wrote:
> On 10/30/2015 03:29 PM, David Blomstrom wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the tips.
>>
>> In pgAdmin III, I can create a table step-by-step by choosing Edit >
>> Object > New Table
>>
>> Bu
Just so I understand what's going on, I can create a lookup table by
pasting this code...
create table taxon (
taxonid serial,
descr text
);
create table gz_life_mammals (
id serial,
taxonid integer, -- use the lookup table
parentid integer -- use the lookup table
);
...into pgAdmin
postgresql.org [mailto:
> pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Raymond O'Donnell
> > Sent: Samstag, 31. Oktober 2015 12:42
> > To: David Blomstrom <david.blomst...@gmail.com>;
> pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Selectively Importing Data
&g
Awesome; thanks!
On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 7:19 AM, Andy Colson <a...@squeakycode.net> wrote:
> On 10/30/2015 05:10 PM, David Blomstrom wrote:
>
>> Just so I understand what's going on, I can create a lookup table by
>> pasting this code...
>>
>>
> I don't k
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