Re: [HACKERS] [ADMIN] A real puzzler: ANY way to recover?

2005-05-06 Thread Geoffrey
Any functional use? (other than a tough learning experience?) -- Until later, Geoffrey ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[HACKERS] majordomo broken?

2001-09-27 Thread Gowey, Geoffrey
I tried to subscribe to a few more lists (docs, patches, and committers) and got this for them all: subscribe Illegal command! No valid commands processed. Geoff ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? ht

Re: [HACKERS] Changing data types

2001-09-25 Thread Gowey, Geoffrey
hat I need to be able to do (and I would gladly help with the coding if I knew where to start). Geoff -Original Message- From: mlw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 9:25 PM To: Gowey, Geoffrey Cc: 'Alex Pilosov'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Changing

[HACKERS] ODBC driver flakieness

2001-09-24 Thread Gowey, Geoffrey
Two problems (I've been holding back reporting until I ran into this second): Background: I'm trying to migrate an existing db from MS Sql 2K to pgsql by creating a DTS job. DB system info: NT 4 sp6a, MS SQL2K Regular, Pgsql ODBC driver 7.01.00.06. First problem: The ODBC driver reports a colum

Re: [HACKERS] an already existing alter table drop column ?!?!?!

2001-09-24 Thread Gowey, Geoffrey
Also, rename the column to something else so a new one can be created in it's place with the same name. Do columns have their own oid's? If so this plus some random chars could be the new name. Geoff -Original Message- From: Gowey, Geoffrey Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001

Re: [HACKERS] an already existing alter table drop column ?!?!?!

2001-09-24 Thread Gowey, Geoffrey
. Fournier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 1:28 PM To: Gowey, Geoffrey Cc: 'Hiroshi Inoue'; Stephan Szabo; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [HACKERS] an already existing alter table drop column ?!?!?! On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Gowey, Geoffrey wrote: > damn. Is t

Re: [HACKERS] an already existing alter table drop column ?!?!?!

2001-09-24 Thread Gowey, Geoffrey
damn. Is there a usable version being worked around? If so, how long before it is available? Geoff -Original Message- From: Marc G. Fournier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 1:14 PM To: Gowey, Geoffrey Cc: 'Hiroshi Inoue'; Stephan Szabo; [EMAIL

Re: [HACKERS] an already existing alter table drop column ?!?!?!

2001-09-24 Thread Gowey, Geoffrey
Does this mean that the code is or isn't usable? Geoff -Original Message- From: Hiroshi Inoue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 11:02 PM To: Stephan Szabo Cc: Gowey, Geoffrey; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [HACKERS] an already existing alter table drop c

Re: [HACKERS] Changing data types

2001-09-24 Thread Gowey, Geoffrey
x27;t we aiming to go head to head with commercial rdbms'? >>On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Gowey, Geoffrey wrote: >> I posted this in my last message, but have not heard anything yet so I'm >> wondering if it was overlooked. I need to know how to change a column from >> being

Re: [HACKERS] Changing data types

2001-09-24 Thread Gowey, Geoffrey
saying "no, you can't". Geoff -Original Message- From: Gowey, Geoffrey Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 10:53 AM To: 'Alex Pilosov'; Gowey, Geoffrey Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [HACKERS] Changing data types >This is not for -hackers. How so? >A

[HACKERS] Changing data types

2001-09-24 Thread Gowey, Geoffrey
I posted this in my last message, but have not heard anything yet so I'm wondering if it was overlooked. I need to know how to change a column from being say a varchar(9) to an integer. Does anyone know how to change the data type? Geoff ---(end of broadcast)---

[HACKERS] an already existing alter table drop column ?!?!?!

2001-09-21 Thread Gowey, Geoffrey
While looking through the code I found an already existing alter table drop column in src/backend/parser/gram.y. However, when I try to run it in psql it comes back with a not implemented. Was the left hand not talking to the right hand when this was coded or is there more to this? Geoff -

[HACKERS] Changing columns

2001-09-20 Thread Gowey, Geoffrey
Not sure how to do this, but it shouldn't be too ugly. I want to drop columns from a table as well as be able to change the data type of a column. Where should I be looking in the source for altering tables? For removing I don't imagine it could be too ugly as all it should be is a reverse add.

RE: [HACKERS] version 1 C-Language Functions documentation and ex ample

2001-08-25 Thread Gowey, Geoffrey
: Gowey, Geoffrey Cc: 'Joe Conway'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [HACKERS] version 1 C-Language Functions documentation and ex ample "Gowey, Geoffrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ... I have also tried the contrib > tree, but all the programs in there use vers

RE: [HACKERS] version 1 C-Language Functions documentation and example

2001-08-25 Thread Gowey, Geoffrey
ay, August 25, 2001 10:56 PM To: Gowey, Geoffrey; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [HACKERS] version 1 C-Language Functions documentation and example > Anyone know of a good reference or set of examples clearly showing the usage > of V1? I have a problem that I've posted on pgsql-ge

[HACKERS] version 1 C-Language Functions documentation and example

2001-08-25 Thread Gowey, Geoffrey
Anyone know of a good reference or set of examples clearly showing the usage of V1? I have a problem that I've posted on pgsql-general, but this list might be more appropriate for. Geoff ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at