Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 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 file

Re: [HACKERS] Urgent

2005-04-18 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

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Oleg Bartunov
On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Bruce Momjian wrote: 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

[HACKERS] How to get trigger oid by trigger name

2005-04-18 Thread rafaqat ali
Hello All Can any one tell me how can I get triggerOid from triggerName in c code. I first tried to use SearchSysCache Function but it does not search o the basis of triggername. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: if posting/reading through

[HACKERS] Adding column in pg_proc

2005-04-18 Thread Ali Baba
Hello, if i need to add a column in pg_proc ,is any body can give me overview to do this. Thanks, Asif Ali __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

Re: [HACKERS] How to get trigger oid by trigger name

2005-04-18 Thread Satoshi Nagayasu
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2005-04-18 Thread Rafaqat Ali
Hello All Can any one tell me how can I get triggerOid from triggerName in c code. I first tried to use SearchSysCache Function but it does not search o the basis of triggername. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe

[HACKERS] How to get triggeroid by triggername in postgres 8.0

2005-04-18 Thread Rafaqat Ali
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[HACKERS] Urgent

2005-04-18 Thread ElayaRaja S
Hi, I am using Redhat Linux 9, I need to uninstall postfesql 7.3.2 and i have to install postgresql 7.4.5. Plz let me know how to uninstall completely - postfesql 7.3.2 -- Warm Regards, S.ElayaRaja Mobile: (+91) 98450 59540 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [HACKERS] Urgent

2005-04-18 Thread Olivier Thauvin
Le Monday 18 April 2005 13:47, ElayaRaja S a écrit : Hi, I am using Redhat Linux 9, I need to uninstall postfesql 7.3.2 and i have to install postgresql 7.4.5. Plz let me know how to uninstall completely - postfesql 7.3.2 rpm -e postgresql ? I am not sure this kind of question should

[HACKERS] Call to build-in operator from new operator

2005-04-18 Thread kim
Greetings, I don't really know if this is the correct place to ask this question, if not please direct me to the correct mailing list. I'm trying to develop a new operator for PostGreSQL (actually for TelegraphCQ, which is an extension of PSQL). Part of the operator's procedure is the

Re: [HACKERS] Urgent

2005-04-18 Thread Andrew Dunstan
ElayaRaja S said: Hi, I am using Redhat Linux 9, I need to uninstall postfesql 7.3.2 and i have to install postgresql 7.4.5. Plz let me know how to uninstall completely - postfesql 7.3.2 I am getting as [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# rpm -e postgresql error: package postgresql is not installed

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Rob Butler
I'd say it's very not cool :) It's not we all expected from PITR. I recall now Simon mentioned about that and have it in his TODO. Other thing I don't understand what's the problem to generate WAL file by demand ? Probably, TODO should says about this. This would definetly be a good

[HACKERS] Urgent

2005-04-18 Thread ElayaRaja S
Hi, I am using Redhat Linux 9, I need to uninstall postfesql 7.3.2 and i have to install postgresql 7.4.5. Plz let me know how to uninstall completely - postfesql 7.3.2 I am getting as [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# rpm -e postgresql error: package postgresql is not installed if i try to check the

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
Jeff Davis wrote: 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

[HACKERS] Urgent

2005-04-18 Thread ElayaRaja S
HI, Hi, I am using Redhat Linux 9, I need to uninstall postfesql 7.3.2 and i have to install postgresql 7.4.5. Plz let me know how to uninstall completely - postfesql 7.3.2 if i install the postgreSQL 7.4.5 and i used the command, bash-2.05b$ psql psql: relocation error: psql: undefined

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Oleg Bartunov
On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Rob Butler wrote: I'd say it's very not cool :) It's not we all expected from PITR. I recall now Simon mentioned about that and have it in his TODO. Other thing I don't understand what's the problem to generate WAL file by demand ? Probably, TODO should says about this. This

Re: [HACKERS] Urgent

2005-04-18 Thread Adrian Maier
On 4/18/05, ElayaRaja S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I am using Redhat Linux 9, I need to uninstall postfesql 7.3.2 and i have to install postgresql 7.4.5. Plz let me know how to uninstall completely - postfesql 7.3.2 Hello, You really should consider asking your question on some another

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
Oleg Bartunov wrote: Is there something in the current wording that needs clarification? I'd say it's very not cool :) It's not we all expected from PITR. I recall now Simon mentioned about that and have it in his TODO. Other thing I don't understand what's the problem to generate WAL file

Re: Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread simon
Rob Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 18.04.2005, 15:05:20: I'd say it's very not cool :) It's not we all expected from PITR. I recall now Simon mentioned about that and have it in his TODO. Other thing I don't understand what's the problem to generate WAL file by demand ?

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Greg Stark
Bruce Momjian pgman@candle.pha.pa.us writes: I see your point. New text is: 4 Again connect to the database as a superuser, and issue the command SELECT pg_stop_backup(); This should return successfully. 5 Once the WAL segment

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
OK, I updated the two current TODO items: * Allow point-in-time recovery to archive partially filled write-ahead logs Currently only full WAL files are archived. This means that the most recent transactions aren't available for recovery in

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
Oleg Bartunov wrote: On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Rob Butler wrote: I'd say it's very not cool :) It's not we all expected from PITR. I recall now Simon mentioned about that and have it in his TODO. Other thing I don't understand what's the problem to generate WAL file by demand ?

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
Greg Stark wrote: Bruce Momjian pgman@candle.pha.pa.us writes: I see your point. New text is: 4 Again connect to the database as a superuser, and issue the command SELECT pg_stop_backup(); This should return successfully. 5 Once

[HACKERS] Win32 presentation

2005-04-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
FYI, I did a presentation on the porting of PostgreSQL to Win32 on Saturday: http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/win32_port.pdf It has few diagrams because I did the diagrams on a white board. -- Bruce Momjian| http://candle.pha.pa.us

Re: [HACKERS] How to get triggeroid by triggername in postgres 8.0

2005-04-18 Thread Tom Lane
Rafaqat Ali [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can any one tell me how can I get triggerOid from triggerName in c code. I first tried to use SearchSysCache Function but it does not search o the basis of triggername. Posting the same question three times on two different lists doesn't endear you

Re: [HACKERS] Call to build-in operator from new operator

2005-04-18 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 02:39:52PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to develop a new operator for PostGreSQL (actually for TelegraphCQ, which is an extension of PSQL). Part of the operator's procedure is the @-operator. So now my question is: How do I call the on_pb function

Re: [HACKERS] Adding column in pg_proc

2005-04-18 Thread Tom Lane
Ali Baba [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: if i need to add a column in pg_proc ,is any body can give me overview to do this. You're in luck: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2005-03/msg00433.php regards, tom lane ---(end of

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Greg Stark
Bruce Momjian pgman@candle.pha.pa.us writes: You mean don't force the archive copy but just have pg_stop_backup() hang until the files fill? Yea, we could do that, but there is no way to know how long the hang might take. Actually I meant both. -- greg ---(end of

Re: [HACKERS] Call to build-in operator from new operator

2005-04-18 Thread Tom Lane
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm trying to develop a new operator for PostGreSQL (actually for TelegraphCQ, which is an extension of PSQL). Part of the operator's procedure is the @-operator. So now my question is: How do I call the on_pb function from inside my own function?.

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian pgman@candle.pha.pa.us writes: Ragnar Hafstað wrote: On Sat, 2005-04-16 at 23:06 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: I am not clear on what the backup dump file is? I assume it means 0001123455CD. It is called WAL segment file above. I will rename that phrase to match the

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian pgman@candle.pha.pa.us writes: OK, I updated the two current TODO items: * Automatically force archiving of partially-filled WAL files when pg_stop_backup() is called or the server is stopped Is this OK? Archive on stop is right out. The common reason for a stop

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: Bruce Momjian pgman@candle.pha.pa.us writes: OK, I updated the two current TODO items: * Automatically force archiving of partially-filled WAL files when pg_stop_backup() is called or the server is stopped Is this OK? Archive on stop is right out. The

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: Bruce Momjian pgman@candle.pha.pa.us writes: Ragnar Hafstað wrote: On Sat, 2005-04-16 at 23:06 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: I am not clear on what the backup dump file is? I assume it means 0001123455CD. It is called WAL segment file above. I will rename

Re: [HACKERS] SortMem...

2005-04-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi in the function ExecChooseHashTableSize() (~/src/backend/executor/nodeHash.c) are determined the bytes of the hash table. The correspondent code is: /* * Target in-memory hashtablesize in SortMem kilobytes */ hash_table_bytes = SortMem *1024L

Re: [HACKERS] Win32 presentation

2005-04-18 Thread Josh Berkus
Bruce, FYI, I did a presentation on the porting of PostgreSQL to Win32 on Saturday: Good thing, too, you're doing this preso for OSCON. http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/win32_port.pdf It has few diagrams because I did the diagrams on a white board. Well, add some diagrams and

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian pgman@candle.pha.pa.us writes: I guess I didn't see the connection between the file system backup and the WAL files, when in fact you need the WAL files that go with the file system badckup to do the recovery. Do you have new suggested text? I think it probably needs to mention

Re: [HACKERS] Assigning fixed OIDs to system catalogs and indexes

2005-04-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: Christopher Kings-Lynne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So some changing-oid operations like vacuum full, reindex, etc will not affect these system catalogs? Is it possible to cluster system tables? No, and yes. CLUSTER, REINDEX, and similar things change the relfilenode,

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian pgman@candle.pha.pa.us writes: Tom Lane wrote: Archive on stop is right out. The common reason for a stop is that the system is being shut down, and we don't have time to archive a WAL file before init will kill -9 us. Ah, good point. Can we do it for 'smart' shutdown mode,

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: Bruce Momjian pgman@candle.pha.pa.us writes: I guess I didn't see the connection between the file system backup and the WAL files, when in fact you need the WAL files that go with the file system badckup to do the recovery. Do you have new suggested text? I think it

Re: [HACKERS] Assigning fixed OIDs to system catalogs and indexes

2005-04-18 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian pgman@candle.pha.pa.us writes: Tom Lane wrote: If you are looking for things that will fundamentally break the system, try renaming one of the indexes of a core system catalog ;-). We could avoid that dependency if we went by OIDs instead. Right now you can use a temporary

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: Bruce Momjian pgman@candle.pha.pa.us writes: Tom Lane wrote: Archive on stop is right out. The common reason for a stop is that the system is being shut down, and we don't have time to archive a WAL file before init will kill -9 us. Ah, good point. Can we do it for

[HACKERS] pg_hba.conf

2005-04-18 Thread ElayaRaja S
Hi, I am using Redhat linux 9. i had configure in pg_hba.conf as hostpostgres postgres 10.10.0.76 255.255.255.0 password If i try to connect with postgresql admin i am getting excpetion as An erro has occured: Error connecting to the server: could not connect to server: Connection

Re: [HACKERS] [PERFORM] Compressing WAL

2005-04-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
Added to TODO: * Compress WAL entries [wal] I have also added this email to TODO.detail. --- Simon Riggs wrote: On Sun, 2005-04-10 at 21:12 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: Jim C. Nasby wrote: Maybe better for

Re: [HACKERS] pg_hba.conf

2005-04-18 Thread Dave Held
-Original Message- From: ElayaRaja S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 1:38 PM To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: [HACKERS] pg_hba.conf Hi, I am using Redhat linux 9. i had configure in pg_hba.conf as hostpostgres postgres 10.10.0.76

[HACKERS] Comparing Datum's at aminsert() stage

2005-04-18 Thread Victor Y. Yegorov
Hi! For bitmaps, I need to search each value being inserted (for each column of the index) in the list of already existing values (stored in index's header area). To do that I need: 1) create Datum from PageItem's value (I store each value in it's own PageItem); 2) compare newly inserted

[HACKERS] Call to build-in operator from new operator

2005-04-18 Thread Kim Bille
Greetings, I don't really know if this is the correct place to ask this question, if not please direct me to the correct mailing list. I'm trying to develop a new operator for PostGreSQL (actually for TelegraphCQ, which is an extension of PSQL). Part of the operator's procedure is the

Re: [HACKERS] Urgent

2005-04-18 Thread Christopher Browne
Clinging to sanity, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ElayaRaja S) mumbled into her beard: Hi, I am using Redhat Linux 9, I need to uninstall postfesql 7.3.2 and i have to install postgresql 7.4.5. Plz let me know how to uninstall completely - postfesql 7.3.2 I am getting as [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# rpm

Re: [HACKERS] argtype_inherit() is dead code

2005-04-18 Thread Chuck McDevitt
Can you tell me more about the good ODBC driver being worked on? I was thinking of working on this myself, but if someone is already solving the problem, that's great! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joshua D. Drake Sent: Sunday, April

Re: [HACKERS] argtype_inherit() is dead code

2005-04-18 Thread Christopher Browne
The world rejoiced as [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim C. Nasby) wrote: 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

Re: [HACKERS] Comparing Datum's at aminsert() stage

2005-04-18 Thread Tom Lane
Victor Y. Yegorov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So, I'd like to ask -- what is the reverse function for heap_fill_tuple(), is it OK to use index_getattr()? That's probably what you *have* to use, since the normal deconstructors assume they are working with heap tuples, which are different. But I

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Simon Riggs
On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 16:44 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rob Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 18.04.2005, 15:05:20: I'd say it's very not cool :) It's not we all expected from PITR. I recall now Simon mentioned about that and have it in his TODO. Other thing I don't

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Simon Riggs
On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 13:41 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: Tom Lane wrote: Bruce Momjian pgman@candle.pha.pa.us writes: I guess I didn't see the connection between the file system backup and the WAL files, when in fact you need the WAL files that go with the file system badckup to do the

Re: [HACKERS] argtype_inherit() is dead code

2005-04-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
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 wondering, does anybody asks you about the

Re: [HACKERS] argtype_inherit() is dead code

2005-04-18 Thread Joshua D. Drake
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 wondering, does anybody asks you about the excessive

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Tom Lane
Simon Riggs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The wal file could be truncated after the log switch record, though I'd want to make sure that didn't cause other problems. Which it would: that would break WAL file recycling. That would be initiated through a single function pg_walfile_switch() which

[HACKERS] SETOF function call

2005-04-18 Thread Olivier Thauvin
I hope I am on good list, else point me where I should ask. I create a C function like this: CREATE -- IFUPDATE or REPLACE FUNCTION rpmquery(rpmheader, INT) RETURNS SETOF TEXT AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'header_query' LANGUAGE C IMMUTABLE STRICT; (do not take care, code come from the

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Simon Riggs
On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 19:21 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: Simon Riggs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The wal file could be truncated after the log switch record, though I'd want to make sure that didn't cause other problems. Which it would: that would break WAL file recycling. Yeh, there's just too

Re: [HACKERS] inet increment w/ int8

2005-04-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
Would you modify this so it can go in /contrib or pgfoundry? Is there general interest for this? --- Ilya A. Kovalenko wrote: Greetings, I suggest function for inet increment w/ int8 (signed). FUNCTION

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: Simon Riggs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The wal file could be truncated after the log switch record, though I'd want to make sure that didn't cause other problems. Which it would: that would break WAL file recycling. Good point. I don't see non-full WAL archiving as a

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
Simon Riggs wrote: On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 13:41 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: Tom Lane wrote: Bruce Momjian pgman@candle.pha.pa.us writes: I guess I didn't see the connection between the file system backup and the WAL files, when in fact you need the WAL files that go with the file

Re: [HACKERS] SETOF function call

2005-04-18 Thread Tom Lane
Olivier Thauvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Datum header_querytxt(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS) { elog(NOTICE, querytxt); Datum tag; /* converting TEXT value to integer one */ tag = DirectFunctionCall1(rpmtagvalue, PG_GETARG_TEXT_P(1)); elog(NOTICE, querytxt %d, tag); /*

Re: [HACKERS] SETOF function call

2005-04-18 Thread Philip Yarra
sizeof(Datum) == sizeof(long) - is that compatible with %d formatting (I'm guessing something like vsprintf takes place in elog)? Wouldn't this need %ld or %lu? Sorry if this misses the point, I wasn't clear from original post if the segfault was on elog or after it. Regards, Philip. On

Re: [PATCHES] [HACKERS] Best practices: MERGE

2005-04-18 Thread Christopher Kings-Lynne
Is that broken? http://momjian.postgresql.org/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/build.html Chris Bruce Momjian wrote: Patch applied. Thanks. Sorry for the delay in applying. --- David Fetter wrote: On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 12:27:21PM

Re: [HACKERS] Best practices: MERGE

2005-04-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
Patch applied. Thanks. Sorry for the delay in applying. --- David Fetter wrote: On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 12:27:21PM +0800, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: Luckily, PG 8 is available for this. Do you have a short

Re: [HACKERS] Call to build-in operator from new operator

2005-04-18 Thread Sailesh Krishnamurthy
As others pointed out, DirectFunctionCall2 is your friend. There is a mailing list for TelegraphCQ. It's a Yahoo group - visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/telegraphcq About accessing data from a table in another database ... we need to know more about what exactly you're doing. Please post on

Re: [PATCHES] [HACKERS] Best practices: MERGE

2005-04-18 Thread Bruce Momjian
Thanks, fixed. --- Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: Is that broken? http://momjian.postgresql.org/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/build.html Chris Bruce Momjian wrote: Patch applied. Thanks. Sorry for the delay in

Re: [HACKERS] Call to build-in operator from new operator

2005-04-18 Thread John Hansen
Use the DirecFunctionCall1, DirecFunctionCall2, etc. functions. ... John -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 10:40 PM To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: [HACKERS] Call to build-in

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Oleg Bartunov
On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Simon Riggs wrote: On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 13:41 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: Tom Lane wrote: Bruce Momjian pgman@candle.pha.pa.us writes: I guess I didn't see the connection between the file system backup and the WAL files, when in fact you need the WAL files that go with the

Re: [HACKERS] Problem with PITR recovery

2005-04-18 Thread Oleg Bartunov
On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, Simon Riggs wrote: I'd suggest this as a backpatch for 8.0.x, when completed. Not a chance --- it's a new feature, not a bug fix, and has substantial risk of breaking things. No problem for me personally; I only request it, according to users wishes. Users wish deterministic

[HACKERS] Weirdess when altering serial column type

2005-04-18 Thread Christopher Kings-Lynne
Should that sequence really stick around as an integer, numeric and text field??? test=# create table test (a serial); NOTICE: CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence test_a_seq for serial column test.a NOTICE: CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence test_a_seq for serial column test.a