Re: [SQL] Case Sensitive "WHERE" Clauses?

2002-09-26 Thread Ian Barwick
On Friday 27 September 2002 05:19, Tom Lane wrote: > Ian Barwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Anyone know what the ANSI standard is? I don`t recall any other > > database apart from MySQL which default to case-insensitive > > CHAR or VARCHAR columns. > > I believe the spec has a notion of a "co

Re: [SQL] Case Sensitive "WHERE" Clauses?

2002-09-26 Thread Tom Lane
Ian Barwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Anyone know what the ANSI standard is? I don`t recall any other > database apart from MySQL which default to case-insensitive > CHAR or VARCHAR columns. I believe the spec has a notion of a "collation attribute" attached to character-type columns. You co

Re: [SQL] FW: query problem "server sent binary data ... without

2002-09-26 Thread Tom Lane
Stephan Szabo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> the query runs for 10 minutes or so, then outputs: > How much data is that sending? The client library is going to try to > buffer the entire result set. And, in fact, this is the typical behavior when i

Re: [SQL] Passing array to PL/SQL and looping

2002-09-26 Thread Josh Berkus
Peter, > I'm a newbie to PL/SQL and need help badly. I'm trying to pass my array of > id's to the function and then loop through until the array is empty. I know > there must be atleast five things I'm doing wrong. Simplified example: CREATE FUNCTION test_array ( INT[] ) RETURNS INT AS

Re: [SQL] Case Sensitive "WHERE" Clauses?

2002-09-26 Thread Jordan Reiter
> > > > Are string comparisons in postgresql case sensitive? >> > >> >Yes, unless you specify otherwise. >> > >> >Are you sure you are using the right database? I can >> >reproduce similar results, but only like this: >> >> You're using MySQL in these examples .. not Postgres :) > >Full points for

Re: [SQL] Case Sensitive "WHERE" Clauses?

2002-09-26 Thread Ian Barwick
On Friday 27 September 2002 01:14, Chris wrote: > >On Thursday 26 September 2002 19:54, Jordan Reiter wrote: > > > Are string comparisons in postgresql case sensitive? > > > >Yes, unless you specify otherwise. > > > >Are you sure you are using the right database? I can > >reproduce similar results

Re: [SQL] Case Sensitive "WHERE" Clauses?

2002-09-26 Thread Chris
>On Thursday 26 September 2002 19:54, Jordan Reiter wrote: > > Are string comparisons in postgresql case sensitive? > >Yes, unless you specify otherwise. > >Are you sure you are using the right database? I can >reproduce similar results, but only like this: You're using MySQL in these examples

Re: [SQL] FW: query problem "server sent binary data ... without

2002-09-26 Thread Stephan Szabo
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm having a problem with postgres on HPUX. My version is: > > VERSION = 'PostgreSQL 7.2.2 on hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.11, > compiled by aCC -Ae' > > I'm trying to do a query and it consistently gives the > followi

Re: [SQL] Case Sensitive "WHERE" Clauses?

2002-09-26 Thread Ian Barwick
On Thursday 26 September 2002 19:54, Jordan Reiter wrote: > Are string comparisons in postgresql case sensitive? Yes, unless you specify otherwise. Are you sure you are using the right database? I can reproduce similar results, but only like this: mysql> create temporary table foo (ch char(2),

[SQL] FW: query problem "server sent binary data ... without prior row description ..."

2002-09-26 Thread jonesbl
Not sure if this is a repeat request, sorry if you receive it twice. Thanks, Bill Jones Systems Architect Middleware Services Wells Fargo Services Company Office --415.222.5226 PCS -- 415.254.3831 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Views expressed are mine. Only in unusual circumstances are they shared by my

[SQL] Passing array to PL/SQL and looping

2002-09-26 Thread Peter Atkins
All, I'm a newbie to PL/SQL and need help badly. I'm trying to pass my array of id's to the function and then loop through until the array is empty. I know there must be atleast five things I'm doing wrong. Please help! Cheers, -p Call to Procedure and Array: $myArray = array(15, 6, 23); se

Re: [SQL] Case Sensitive "WHERE" Clauses?

2002-09-26 Thread Dan Langille
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Jordan Reiter wrote: > Are string comparisons in postgresql case sensitive? Yes, AFAIK. I disagree with your comments and recommendations posted at http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?datatype-character.html because my testing shows that varying text and fixed test co

Re: [SQL] Case Sensitive "WHERE" Clauses?

2002-09-26 Thread Dan Langille
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Andrew Perrin wrote: > No, I don't think it's supposed to be case-sensitive. In any case, whether > it's supposed to be or not, it certainly isn't in practice. AFAIK, they are case sensitive by design. It is the right thing to do. ---(end of broadca

Re: [SQL] Preventing DELETEs

2002-09-26 Thread Rajesh Kumar Mallah.
Hi Dmitry, Got it working i made a small change. On Friday 27 September 2002 00:47, you wrote: > I think this should work: > > alter table mytable owner to postgres; > grant all on my table to public; instead of > revoke delete on my table from public; i did : revoke delete on my table

Re: [SQL] Preventing DELETEs

2002-09-26 Thread Dmitry Tkach
I think this should work: alter table mytable owner to postgres; grant all on my table to public; revoke delete on my table from public; I hope, it helps... Dima Rajesh Kumar Mallah. wrote: > Hi , > > I have a created a database and a table in it, > > I want to prevent "DELETES" on the table

Re: [SQL] Help tuning query

2002-09-26 Thread Dmitry Tkach
First of all, try replacing the username/foldername indexes on operator_messages with a single combined index on, say (username,foldername)... It is still not clear to me why it decides not to use one of those indexes you have (it would be less efficient than a combined index, but still better t

Re: [SQL] Preventing DELETEs

2002-09-26 Thread Rajesh Kumar Mallah.
Hi Robert, I will be obliged to receive the "real" code , if its feasible for you. I am not used RULEs before. regds mallah. On Friday 27 September 2002 00:39, Robert Treat wrote: > In psuedo-code : create rule on mytable on delete return null > > Robert Treat > > On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 15:00,

Re: [SQL] Preventing DELETEs

2002-09-26 Thread Rajesh Kumar Mallah.
Hi Dima, I currently have only one user in the system its me and superuser postgres. every thing belongs to me currently. and the programs connect as me. if make transfer the database ownership to postgres will all the tables also get transfered to him? it that case all programs will stop

Re: [SQL] Preventing DELETEs

2002-09-26 Thread Robert Treat
In psuedo-code : create rule on mytable on delete return null Robert Treat On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 15:00, Rajesh Kumar Mallah. wrote: > Hi , > > I have a created a database and a table in it, > > I want to prevent "DELETES" on the table in this > database by everyone except superuser postgres. >

Re: [SQL] Preventing DELETEs

2002-09-26 Thread dima
> I have a created a database and a table in it, > > I want to prevent "DELETES" on the table in this > database by everyone except superuser postgres. > even by me (the creator of this database and table) make superuser the database owner & grant the rights needed to the users ---

[SQL] Preventing DELETEs

2002-09-26 Thread Rajesh Kumar Mallah.
Hi , I have a created a database and a table in it, I want to prevent "DELETES" on the table in this database by everyone except superuser postgres. even by me (the creator of this database and table) I have tried in many ways (ALTER TABLE REVOKE DELETE .. etc etc) but i always end up with h

Re: [SQL] Case Sensitive "WHERE" Clauses?

2002-09-26 Thread Andrew Perrin
No, I don't think it's supposed to be case-sensitive. In any case, whether it's supposed to be or not, it certainly isn't in practice. Solutions include: SELECT * FROM People WHERE lower(first_name)='jordan'; and: SELECT * FROM People WHERE first_name ~* 'Jordan'; ap

[SQL] Case Sensitive "WHERE" Clauses?

2002-09-26 Thread Jordan Reiter
Are string comparisons in postgresql case sensitive? I keep on having this response: SELECT * FROM People WHERE first_name='jordan' Result: 0 records SELECT * FROM People WHERE first_name='Jordan' Result: 1 record I though that string matching in SQL was case-insensitive. Isn't this correct?

[SQL] None

2002-09-26 Thread Jordan Reiter
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Re: [SQL] check source of trigger

2002-09-26 Thread Rajesh Kumar Mallah.
Hi, In case you doing all this to replicate tables conside contrib/dbmirror it does it fairly elegantly. regds mallah. On Friday 20 September 2002 13:55, wit wrote: > Hello, > > I have a question about trigger. I have tables with the following > structure: > > create table A ( >e_codeA char

Re: [SQL] start and end of the week

2002-09-26 Thread Dmitry Tkach
Does any one know what is the reason not to put this logic into date_trunc () function? It seems to work with pretty much *any* unit imaginable, *except* for 'week'... Dima Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 11:55:48 -0400, > Jean-Luc Lachance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>How

Re: [SQL] start and end of the week

2002-09-26 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 11:55:48 -0400, Jean-Luc Lachance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about: > > select now() - date_part( 'DOW', now()) as starts_on, > now() -date_part( 'DOW', now()) + 6 as ends_on; That won't work in 7.3. The following works in both 7.2 and 7.3: area=> select curre

Re: [SQL] SQL formatter?

2002-09-26 Thread Andrew Perrin
Unfortunately it is Windows based. The emacs mode for SQL is pretty primitive too. Oh well - maybe I'll write one someday. Thanks, Andy -- Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of Nort

Re: [SQL] start and end of the week

2002-09-26 Thread Jean-Luc Lachance
How about: select now() - date_part( 'DOW', now()) as starts_on, now() -date_part( 'DOW', now()) + 6 as ends_on; "John Sebastian N. Mayordomo" wrote: > > How do I get the start and end date of the present week? > Is this possible? > > For example this week > Start = Sept. 22 > End = Sept

Re: [SQL] start and end of the week

2002-09-26 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 18:56:46 +0800, "John Sebastian N. Mayordomo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How do I get the start and end date of the present week? > Is this possible? > > For example this week > Start = Sept. 22 > End = Sept. 28 The following advice will work on 7.3. For 7.2.

[SQL] start and end of the week

2002-09-26 Thread Sebastian N. Mayordomo
How do I get the start and end date of the present week? Is this possible? For example this week Start = Sept. 22 End = Sept. 28 Thank you very much. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[SQL] Tuning complicated query

2002-09-26 Thread Ludwig Lim
Hi: Attached to the e-mail is the body of the query and the result of the EXPLAIN (Sorry for not placing the query and EXPLAIN in the e-mail body . The query is rather complicated and the EXPLAIN result is rather long ). The file demo.out.3 is the result of the EXPLAIN The file demo