[SQL] != and <> operators

2001-03-12 Thread Patrik Kudo
Hi! I've for a while now been using the != operator in my sql queries, but in almost all examples I see <> instead. Are there any good reason to use any instead of the other? I prefer !=, but if you convince me, I'll change to what you other guys are using ;-) Regards, Patrik Kudo ech`echo xiun

Re: [SQL] error joining 2 views containing GROUP BYs

2001-03-12 Thread Tom Lane
"david morgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am having a few problems using a select query which joins two views > containing aggregate functions (see query 1 below). I don't think there's any chance of making that work in pre-7.1 Postgres. Sorry :-(. As a workaround, consider selecting t

Re: [SQL] SQL Dummy Needs Help

2001-03-12 Thread Cliff Crawford
* Cliff Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> menulis: > > SELECT table2.title_no, table2.paidto_date > FROM table1, table2 > WHERE table1.title_no=table2.title_no > AND (date_part('month', table1.effect_date) != > date_part('month', table2.paidto_date) > OR date_part('day

Re: [SQL] How does this query work.....?

2001-03-12 Thread Stephan Szabo
pg_class holds the relation information (tables, etc) pg_attribute holds attribute information (attname), it keeps the oid of the relation it's on in attrelid and the oid of the type as atttypid pg_type holds type information (typname) The attnum>0 is to limit the check to user attributes.

[GENERAL] Re: [SQL] Permissons on database

2001-03-12 Thread Rob Arnold
Are you looking for "grant all to public" or "grant select to public"? - Original Message - From: "Roland Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 3:40 PM Subject: Re: [SQL] Permissons on database > >

[ADMIN] Re: Use of the LIMIT clause ?

2001-03-12 Thread Tom Lane
Spy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane a écrit : >> Is that actually how MySQL interprets two parameters? We treat them >> as count and offset respectively, which definition I thought was the >> same as MySQL's. > But MySQL's syntax is different, as found on > http://www.mysql.com/doc/S/E/SE

Re: [SQL] SQL Dummy Needs Help

2001-03-12 Thread Cliff Crawford
* Alder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> menulis: > I'm pretty new to SQL and can't figure out how to write what should be a > simple query of two tables. Could someone here possibly help me out? > > Table 1 has two fields I'm interested in: TITLE_NO and EFFECT_DATE > Table 2 also has two fields of interest:

Re: [SQL] default value syntax - pg compared to?

2001-03-12 Thread Carl van Tast
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 20:52:02 + (UTC), [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Josh Berkus") wrote: >1. Unlike PostgreSQL, MSSQL server will not permit you to override an >"Identity Value" auto-incrementing field; That's almost correct. You cannot *update* an identity column, but you can override it on insert if

Re: [SQL] Re: [GENERAL] MySQLs Describe emulator!

2001-03-12 Thread Patrick Welche
On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 10:38:43AM -0500, Michael Fork wrote: > try starting psql with the -E option -- this displays all queries used > internally to the screen, i.e.: Sorry, hadn't read this one before posting... Thanks to the "moderating" it'll all be out of synch anyway but.. Patrick --

[SQL] error joining 2 views containing GROUP BYs

2001-03-12 Thread david morgan
Dear Friends, I am having a few problems using a select query which joins two views containing aggregate functions (see query 1 below). Entering this query in MS Access through ODBC (linking the tables in) I get the correct result of: uidtotalansweredcorrecttotaltimew

[SQL] How does this query work.....?

2001-03-12 Thread RbrtBrn3
Hi, I am using the following query to find the attributes of a given table, and their datatypes: select typname,attname    from pg_class c, pg_attribute a,pg_type t where relname = 'table_name' and attrelid = c.oid and atttypid = t.oid and attnum > 0; Can anybody explain

Re: [SQL] SQL Dummy Needs Help

2001-03-12 Thread Andrew Perrin
Well, you should probably get yourself a good SQL book :) but here's a try (untested). How about something like: SELECT DISTINCT title_no, paidto_date FROMtable1, table2 WHERE table1.title_no = table2.title_no AND table1.effect_date <> table2.paidto_date; Again

[SQL] SQL Dummy Needs Help

2001-03-12 Thread Alder
I'm pretty new to SQL and can't figure out how to write what should be a simple query of two tables. Could someone here possibly help me out? Table 1 has two fields I'm interested in: TITLE_NO and EFFECT_DATE Table 2 also has two fields of interest:TITLE_NO and PAIDTO_DATE TITLE_NO is uniqu

[SQL] Cannot declare arrays?

2001-03-12 Thread Josh Berkus
Folks, I'm trying to delcare an array (of type Numeric) within a PL/pgSQL function. No matter what syntax I try, however, I get a compile error. I've tried: DECLARE level_array NUMERIC(8,2)[]; level_array NUMERIC[](8,2); level_array NUMERIC[]; level_array[] NUMERIC(8,2); and even: lev

Re: [SQL] help

2001-03-12 Thread Tom Lane
chard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i got an error like this when i do an insert to a table, my table dont > have bpchar type of field. > ERROR: Unable to identify an operator '=' for types 'bpchar' and 'varchar' > You will have to retype this query using an explicit cast > it seems 1 fie

Re: [SQL] I need an aggregate with 2 parameters

2001-03-12 Thread Tom Lane
Salvador =?iso-8859-1?Q?Main=E9?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I want to select the the day of maximum value for each year for a given > measurement station. This is exactly the sort of thing that SELECT DISTINCT ON is meant for. See the "weatherReports" example in the SELECT man page, http://ww

Re: [SQL] help

2001-03-12 Thread Stephan Szabo
What is the schema of the table in question, does it have any references to other tables and what is an example insert statement? On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, chard wrote: > > help me pls. > i got an error like this when i do an insert to a table, my table dont > have bpchar type of field. > > ERROR:

Re: [SQL] I need an aggregate with 2 parameters

2001-03-12 Thread Michael Fork
This should work: SELECT day, rain FROM meteo WHERE rain = (SELECT max(rain) FROM meteo WHERE date_part('year', day) = '2001') Michael Fork - CCNA - MCP - A+ Network Support - Toledo Internet Access - Toledo Ohio On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Salvador [iso-8859-1] Mainé wrote: > Hello: > > I have a tab

[SQL] help

2001-03-12 Thread chard
help me pls. i got an error like this when i do an insert to a table, my table dont have bpchar type of field. ERROR: Unable to identify an operator '=' for types 'bpchar' and 'varchar' You will have to retype this query using an explicit cast it seems 1 field in my table has bpchar t

[SQL] ecpg on 7.0

2001-03-12 Thread Jia L Han
Hi, I installed postgresql 7.0 from RedHat CD. According to the official 7.0 doc, ecpg comes with the installation. However, I could not find ecpg (by searching directories and using whereis). I also cannot find doc on how to invoke ecpg. The postgresql seems OK. I can initdb, postmast

[SQL] I need an aggregate with 2 parameters

2001-03-12 Thread Salvador Mainé
Hello: I have a table with pluviometrical data meteo (rain float, day date, oid station) I want to select the the day of maximum value for each year for a given measurement station. It should look like : select max(rain),day from meteo group by date_part('year', day) where station=7654765; th

Re: [SQL] default value syntax - pg compared to?

2001-03-12 Thread Josh Berkus
Emils, > do you happen to know, if there is any sqlserver that WON'T handle > inserting default value if it is not specified in the INSERT field > list? > I am particularly interested in ORACLE, INFORMIX and MYSQL . MS SQL 6.5, 7.0 and 2000 all support default values on incremental fields ... w

[SQL] Re: [DOCS] Extending PostgreSQL Using C

2001-03-12 Thread Hannu Krosing
Boulat Khakimov wrote: > Hi, > > Im writing a C function for PG to do one way encryption using crypt. > Here is the source code > > it gives me this error > > ERROR: Can't find function encrypt in file /[full path here]/encrypt.so > > > Why do I get this error > Any ideas? Can _postg

[SQL] help

2001-03-12 Thread chard
help me pls. i got an error like this when i do an insert to a table, my table dont have bpchar type of field. ERROR: Unable to identify an operator '=' for types 'bpchar' and 'varchar' You will have to retype this query using an explicit cast ---(end of broad

Re:[SQL] Comparing Dates

2001-03-12 Thread Josh Berkus
David, Please post your tabledefs and the full query definition. Aside from the need for an explicit typecast (i.e. '2000-03-02'::date) and the lack of clarity on month vs. day (March 2 or February 3?), seeing the whole picture would help. -Josh Berkus __AGLIO DATABASE SOLUTIONS__

[SQL] Re: [DOCS] Extending PostgreSQL Using C

2001-03-12 Thread Nishad Prakash
On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Tom Lane wrote: > Hannu Krosing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Boulat Khakimov wrote: > >> ERROR: Can't find function encrypt in file /[full path here]/encrypt.so > > > Can _postgres_ user read /[full path here]/encrypt.so ? > > Presumably so. If he were unable to load the

[SQL] Re: SQL problem

2001-03-12 Thread Kevin T. Manley \(Home\)
Here's one approach: create view vw_maxrain as select max(rain) as rain, date_part('year',day) as year from meteo group by year; select day, meteo.rain from meteo, vw_maxrain where meteo.rain=vw_maxrain.rain; "Salvador Mainé" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL

[SQL] SQL problem

2001-03-12 Thread Salvador Mainé
Hello: I have a table with pluviometrical data meteo (rain float, day date) I want to select the the day of maximum value for each year.It should be something like : select max(rain),day from meteo group by date_part('year', day); but it obiously doesn't work. I thought of doing it with agg

[SQL] default value syntax - pg compared to?

2001-03-12 Thread Emils Klotins
Hello, do you happen to know, if there is any sqlserver that WON'T handle inserting default value if it is not specified in the INSERT field list? I am particularly interested in ORACLE, INFORMIX and MYSQL . Eg. CREATE TABLE test ( id integer default 5, fld1 text ); INSERT INT

[SQL] Poor document!!

2001-03-12 Thread Noodle
I cannot believe that PostgreSQL has a so poor document, I cannot found any useful information. I afraid I have to select MySQL. Does anybody know if PostgreSQL support Unicode and Full-Text Index? I couldn't found any information about these from http://www.postgresql.org! Thanks Noodle ---

Re: [SQL] Comparing dates

2001-03-12 Thread David Lynn
Hello - It seems that using BETWEEN would work well, especially for finding dates between two other dates. WHERE date_date BETWEEN '03-02-2001'::date and '03-03-2001'::date --d > On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Markus Fischer wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I've a SELECT statement on many joined Tabled and

Re: [SQL] Max Conncection limit?

2001-03-12 Thread Frank Joerdens
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 11:33:10AM -0500, Najm Hashmi wrote: > We start a server and initiate 30 connections(with the libpq C interface) > which are stored in a stack to use and and to be reused. > > After awhile I try to start another server that will also try to initiate 30 > connections, f

[SQL] Max Conncection limit?

2001-03-12 Thread Najm Hashmi
We start a server and initiate 30 connections(with the libpq C interface) which are stored in a stack to use and and to be reused. After awhile I try to start another server that will also try to initiate 30 connections, for each connection I then get a PQErrorMessage like that : "Sorry, too