Re: [HACKERS] Urgent

2005-04-17 Thread Heikki Linnakangas
On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, ElayaRaja S wrote: My postgresql was running successfully in my Redhat LInux 9. After 1 day when i try to login to the folder /usr/local/pgsql/data to update the ip address i am getting as [EMAIL PROTECTED] data]# ls Segmentation fault I am unable to see the files under /usr/

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-17 Thread Jeff Davis
On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 00:20 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Jeff Davis wrote: > > > > Can you sort of run through the failure case again, and how to prevent > > it? > > The failure case in the original docs is that you do your > pg_stop_backup(), and then delete all the WAL file before the *.backup

[HACKERS] Urgent

2005-04-17 Thread ElayaRaja S
Hi, My postgresql was running successfully in my Redhat LInux 9. After 1 day when i try to login to the folder /usr/local/pgsql/data to update the ip address i am getting as [EMAIL PROTECTED] data]# ls Segmentation fault I am unable to see the files under /usr/local/pgsql/data/, I need to upda

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-17 Thread Bruce Momjian
Jeff Davis wrote: > > I could still use a little clarification. It seems sort of like there is > an extra step, like: > > (1) start archiving > (2) pg_start_backup() > (3) copy PGDATA directory with tar > (4) pg_stop_backup() > (5) ?? > > And the text you have at > http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/w

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-17 Thread Jeff Davis
I could still use a little clarification. It seems sort of like there is an extra step, like: (1) start archiving (2) pg_start_backup() (3) copy PGDATA directory with tar (4) pg_stop_backup() (5) ?? And the text you have at http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/backup-online.html say

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-17 Thread Bruce Momjian
pgman wrote: > I figured that part of the goal of PITR was that you could recover from > just the tar backup and archived WAL files --- using the pg_xlog > contents is nice, but not something we can require. > > I understood the last missing WAL log would cause missing information, > but not that

Re: [HACKERS] inet increment w/ int8

2005-04-17 Thread Ilya A. Kovalenko
oops - FUNCTION inet_inc(int, int8) RETURNS inet + FUNCTION inet_inc(inet, int8) RETURNS inet ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-17 Thread Bruce Momjian
Bruce Momjian wrote: > I figured that part of the goal of PITR was that you could recover from > just the tar backup and archived WAL files --- using the pg_xlog > contents is nice, but not something we can require. > > I understood the last missing WAL log would cause missing information, > but n

Re: [HACKERS] argtype_inherit() is dead code

2005-04-17 Thread Christopher Kings-Lynne
From a "people who call me" perspective. I am never asked about inheritance. Most of the people don't even know it is there. The requests I get are: Just wondering, does anybody asks you about the excessive locking (and deadlocking) on foreign keys? The business about being able to drop users and

Re: [HACKERS] argtype_inherit() is dead code

2005-04-17 Thread Robert Treat
On Sunday 17 April 2005 19:30, Rod Taylor wrote: > On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 14:04 -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 06:56:01AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > > From a "people who call me" perspective. I am never asked about > > > inheritance. Most of the people don't even kno

Re: [HACKERS] argtype_inherit() is dead code

2005-04-17 Thread Rod Taylor
On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 19:54 -0400, Robert Treat wrote: > On Sunday 17 April 2005 19:30, Rod Taylor wrote: > > On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 14:04 -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 06:56:01AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > > > From a "people who call me" perspective. I am never a

Re: [HACKERS] argtype_inherit() is dead code

2005-04-17 Thread Rod Taylor
On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 14:04 -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 06:56:01AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > > From a "people who call me" perspective. I am never asked about > > inheritance. Most of the people don't even know it is there. > > The requests I get are: > > Just w

Re: [HACKERS] argtype_inherit() is dead code

2005-04-17 Thread Jim C. Nasby
On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 06:56:01AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > >Is it really an important area to improve, or are there other > >priorities? I know some people wished we had better support for > >inheritance, but how strong is that wish? FWIW, I think people might be more likely to use the O

[HACKERS] inet increment w/ int8

2005-04-17 Thread Ilya A. Kovalenko
Greetings, I suggest function for "inet" increment w/ int8 (signed). FUNCTION inet_inc(int, int8) RETURNS inet Function, useful for making address pools (using also existing "inet" compare functions to trap boundaries). Notes: This version lets address wrap around 0-*ff boundary. Uses

Re: [HACKERS] argtype_inherit() is dead code

2005-04-17 Thread elein
As the voice of someone who has a lot of experience with some of the original inheritance, I would prefer to have the select foo(t.*) from grandkid work for completeness. However, erroring out as ambiguous is not unreasonable since we have to cast the hell out of everything usually. I would sugg

Re: [HACKERS] argtype_inherit() is dead code

2005-04-17 Thread Alvaro Herrera
On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 06:56:01AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > From a "people who call me" perspective. I am never asked about > inheritance. Most of the people don't even know it is there. > The requests I get are: Just wondering, does anybody asks you about the excessive locking (and deadlo

Re: [HACKERS] argtype_inherit() is dead code

2005-04-17 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Is it really an important area to improve, or are there other priorities? I know some people wished we had better support for inheritance, but how strong is that wish? Hello, From a "people who call me" perspective. I am never asked about inheritance. Most of the people don't even know it is ther

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-17 Thread Bruce Momjian
Ragnar Hafstaư wrote: > On Sat, 2005-04-16 at 23:06 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > [about backup procedure with PITR documentation > > > I see in the docs: > > > > To make use of this backup, you will need to keep around all the WAL > > segment files generated at or after the starting time

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-17 Thread Ragnar Hafstaư
On Sat, 2005-04-16 at 23:06 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: [about backup procedure with PITR documentation > I see in the docs: > > To make use of this backup, you will need to keep around all the WAL > segment files generated at or after the starting time of the backup. To > aid y