Re: [GENERAL] newbie question: ERROR: getattproperties: noattribute tuple 1259 -2

2000-10-27 Thread Isaac
PROTECTED] wrote: > Isaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> ERROR: getattproperties: no attribute tuple 1259 -2 > > Postgres 7.0.* doesn't work on PPC unless compiled -O0. The above is > a typical symptom of being compiled with higher optimization settings. > Unfortuna

[GENERAL] filemaker to pgsql ?

2000-11-06 Thread Isaac
hello, has anyone converted files from filemaker to postgres? I'm figuring I'll just export everything into tabbed text files and then use the perl extensions to parse it out into INSERT queries. If anyone has any experience (or code!) to share on this process, it would be great to hear about it.

[GENERAL] localization design for DB structures?

2000-12-06 Thread Isaac
Hello, I asked this a while back but didn't get a reply, so I'm trying again (hopefully explaining my question better, too). I'm setting up a basic "document manager" system that stores various short text documents which are flagged for display on certain sections of our website. That's the easy

[GENERAL] column limit

2007-01-25 Thread Isaac Ben
Hi, I'm trying to create a table with 20,000 columns of type int2, but I keep getting the error message that the limit is 1600. According to this message http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-admin/2001-01/msg00199.php it can be increased, but only up to about 6400. Can anyone tell me how to get

Re: [GENERAL] column limit

2007-01-25 Thread Isaac Ben
data available in a master table to do analysis on. After the analysis I hope to derive subsets of much lower dimensionality. IB Isaac Ben Jeppsen On 1/25/07, David Brain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Seeing as how no one has asked this question yet - I have to ask, why do you need 20,000 c

Re: [GENERAL] column limit

2007-01-26 Thread Isaac Ben
On 1/26/07, Bruno Wolff III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 10:47:50 -0700, Isaac Ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The data is gene expression data with 20,000 dimensions. Part of the > project I'm working on is to discover what dimensions are tru

[GENERAL] column limit

2007-01-26 Thread Isaac Ben
o get 20,000 columns? Thanks, IB Isaac Ben Jeppsen ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq

[GENERAL] \dD does not show check constraint for domain on version 8.0.4?

2005-10-11 Thread Ludwig Isaac Lim
Hi: I just upgraded my PostgreSQL from version 8.0.3 to version 8.0.4. I noticed that the \dD command in psql does not show the check constaint of a domain. I am surpised becaused the archives stated that a patch for displaying check constraint in \dD command has already been applied (http://a

[GENERAL] Clarification Regarding Vacuum and template1

2006-02-07 Thread Ludwig Isaac Lim
Hi : Saw this post on BUGS mailing list : "Olleg Samoylov" writes: >> Opps, template1 must not be vacuumed. >Says who? >If we didn't vacuum template1 then it would be subject to >XID wraparound >problems, unless it had never been modified, which is >something vacuumdb >can't count on. > rega

Re: [GENERAL] Clarification Regarding Vacuum and template1

2006-02-07 Thread Ludwig Isaac Lim
> > Yes: the wraparound limit is for transactions > cluster-wide, not per > database. If you make 1 change in template1 and then 2 > billion > changes in some other databases, template1 is broken > unless it's > been vacuumed meanwhile. > > regards, tom lane > So in pr

Re: [GENERAL] Ordering of records in group by not possible

2006-04-26 Thread Ludwig Isaac Lim
Hi: > You could order by "column 2" if you want to order on the > results on > your aggregate: > Select a, aggregate(b) > from c > group by a > order by a,2 > another alternative is : select a , aggregrate(b) as from c group by a order by a, e.g. s

Re: [GENERAL] evaluating equation stored in a string

2006-04-26 Thread Ludwig Isaac Lim
Hi : How about creating a view that converts integer into numeric? create view as select ::numeric as , select ::numeric as ... and then query the view instead. This way your formula doesn't need to use cast anymore. ludwig lim --- SunWuKung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have equations s

Re: [GENERAL] PGSQL 7.4 -> 8.1 migration & performance problem

2006-05-31 Thread Ludwig Isaac Lim
Hi : Maybe you forget to run the "ANALYZE" command afterwards. ludwig. --- Philippe Lang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > For an unknown reason, I cannot post this message to the > mailing-list! > > Here it is: > > http://www.attiksystem.ch/postgresql-general.txt > > Cheers, > > Phi

Re: [GENERAL] PGSQL 7.4 -> 8.1 migration & performance problem

2006-05-31 Thread Ludwig Isaac Lim
r the > execution plan > engine. > > Philippe > > -Message d'origine- > De : Ludwig Isaac Lim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Envoy�: mercredi, 31. mai 2006 15:52 > �: Philippe Lang > Cc : pgsql-general@postgresql.org > Objet : Re: [GENERAL] PGSQL 7.4 ->

Re: [GENERAL] PGSQL 7.4 -> 8.1 migration & performance problem

2006-05-31 Thread Ludwig Isaac Lim
Hi: Just a hunch: What about adding an index to the field etapes_lignes_commandes(code_etape). Assuming your database uses C locales. This might work for your particular query since your filter is something like code_etape~~'COMP%'. What about increasing the settings of work_mem, etc (check

[GENERAL] Unable to Start PostgreSQL 8.1.4 on Windows XP

2006-08-15 Thread Ludwig Isaac Lim
Hi: I installed PostgreSQL 8.1.0 on my computer running on Windows XP Service Pack 2 last April. It works fine (I don't use the database everyday though). Today, after being unable to connect to the server, I realized there must be something wrong. Looking at the logs I found out that there we

Re: [GENERAL] Unable to Start PostgreSQL 8.1.4 on Windows XP

2006-08-15 Thread Ludwig Isaac Lim
Hi Thomas : --- Thomas Kellerer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ludwig Isaac Lim wrote on 15.08.2006 18:05: > > Searching the web using google gives me the following > > information about error 1063: > > Error code 1063: > ERROR_FAILED_SERVICE_CONTROLLER_CONNECT - &