Re: [SQL] Howto turn an integer into an interval?

2004-10-05 Thread sad
hello SELECT ('3600'::int::abstime-'epoch'::abstime)::interval; try to modify this idea to fit your purpose. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html

Re: [SQL] Regex

2004-10-05 Thread Theo Galanakis
Title: RE: [SQL] Regex Thanks Tom,     I attacked the issue another way which appears to work...     I used :     explain select * from nodes left join node_names on node_names.node_id = nodes.node_id     which returned :     query       QUERY PLAN    

Re: [SQL] Regex

2004-10-05 Thread Tom Lane
Theo Galanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Basically the regex should return TABLEA, TABLEB from: > Select * > from TABLEA > Inner jon TABLEB on tableb.columna = tablea.columna You realize of course that this problem is mathematically impossible? Regexes are less powerful than context-free gra

[SQL] Database Backup

2004-10-05 Thread sreejith s
Hello, Now i am working on Linux database server/Windows Client project. I have a doubbt. How to take DB backup from my windows client machine where DB is intsalled at linux server. pg_dump doen't works from windows client butr its working from local server machine. How to rectify the problem.

[SQL] Regex

2004-10-05 Thread Theo Galanakis
Title: Regex I know this is not a regex forum, however I had great assistance last time and thought I would ask, since the regex is looking through an SQL statement. I was trying to parse a SQL statement and get all the tables used. I'm actually doing this in Cold Fusion. I have gone as far

Re: [SQL] Stored Procedures returning a RECORD

2004-10-05 Thread Jeff Eckermann
--- Kent Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am attempting to use a stored procedure to pull a > report from the > database. My questions is if its even possible to > pull the data using a > function and then treat the returned data as a > normal recordset with the web > pages. > > The actua

[SQL] Stored Procedures returning a RECORD

2004-10-05 Thread Kent Anderson
I am attempting to use a stored procedure to pull a report from the database. My questions is if its even possible to pull the data using a function and then treat the returned data as a normal recordset with the web pages.   The actual function looks like   CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION submi

Re: [SQL] Using timestamp in function

2004-10-05 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 05:37:51PM +0200, Silke Trissl wrote: > CREATE or replace FUNCTION mylog_test(integer, varchar) RETURNS > timestamp AS ' > DECLARE > n ALIAS FOR $1; > logtxt ALIAS FOR $2; > curtime timestamp; > BEGIN > curtime := ''now''; >

Re: [SQL] Using timestamp in function

2004-10-05 Thread Tom Lane
Silke Trissl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I expected, that the variable curtime gets a new time value, each time > the function is called (at least that is what I understood from the > documentation). This works fine, if I test it with > SELECT mylog_test(5, 'test'); > But as soon as I call the

[SQL] Using timestamp in function

2004-10-05 Thread Silke Trissl
Hi, I am using PostgreSQL 7.4 and was trying to log the time each part of a function needs. I found a pretty helpful bit of code in the documentation: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/plpgsql-expressions.html I used the following function, called inside the another function: CREATE or re

Re: [SQL] Stuffing six separate columns into a single array?

2004-10-05 Thread C. Bensend
> How does dns_ptr relate to other data? Depending on what you're > doing, other ways of organizing your tables might also make sense. These are actually DNS servers authoritive for a domain that is stored in a VARCHAR() in the same table. After sleeping on it, I think using an array is indeed

Re: [SQL] Howto turn an integer into an interval?

2004-10-05 Thread Pierre-Frédéric Caillaud
try : resend_interval * '1 seconds'::interval this will convert your seconds into an interval. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster

Re: [SQL] Howto turn an integer into an interval?

2004-10-05 Thread Achilleus Mantzios
O Erik Wasser έγραψε στις Oct 5, 2004 : > Hi List, > > I got a table named foobar with two fields > > last_sms is a 'timestamp without timezone' > resend_interval is a 'integer' > > I choose 'integer' for resend_interval rather than a 'interval' because > the frontend can easier handle

[SQL] Howto turn an integer into an interval?

2004-10-05 Thread Erik Wasser
Hi List, I got a table named foobar with two fields last_sms is a 'timestamp without timezone' resend_interval is a 'integer' I choose 'integer' for resend_interval rather than a 'interval' because the frontend can easier handle the number of seconds. But now I'm stuck with the query t

Re: [SQL] Stuffing six separate columns into a single array?

2004-10-05 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 10:56:20PM -0500, C. Bensend wrote: > >I have a table with the following columns: > > dns1_ptr | inet | default '0.0.0.0'::inet > dns2_ptr | inet | default '0.0.0.0'::inet > dns3_ptr | inet | default '0.0.0.0'::inet > dns4_