Re: [SQL] Domains, casts, and MS Access

2010-08-04 Thread Justin Graf
On 8/4/2010 1:56 PM, Richard Broersma wrote: > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Peter Koczan wrote: > > >> This is one of my first forays into ODBC, so I didn't know that was a >> possibility. Is there any place where these are documented? Searching >> for ODBC options yields info on connectio

Re: [SQL] how to escape _ in select

2010-07-28 Thread Justin Graf
On 7/28/2010 12:35 PM, Wes James wrote: > I'm trying to do this: > > select * from table where field::text ilike '%\_%'; > > but it doesn't work. > > How do you escape the _ and $ chars? > > The docs say to use \, but that isn't working. > > ( http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/functions-mat

Re: [SQL] strangest thing happened

2010-07-08 Thread Justin Graf
On 7/7/2010 5:41 PM, John wrote: > On Wednesday 07 July 2010 03:14:40 pm Justin Graf wrote: > >> I would be looking at the log files for the Inserts into that table as a >> means to track down what is the cause. If there are no log files or >> don't have enough

Re: [SQL] strangest thing happened

2010-07-07 Thread Justin Graf
On 7/7/2010 3:42 PM, Ross J. Reedstrom wrote: > > Justin, you're missing that John reported that the sequences are > _behind_ the table. This only happens for me if I've been doing > bulk data loads. Then I use: > > select setval(sequence_name,max(serial_id_column)) from table_with_serial_id; > > Y

Re: [SQL] strangest thing happened

2010-07-07 Thread Justin Graf
Are you using PG's sequence/auto increment??? If so. Once PG fires off the nextval() for the sequence that number is considered used and gone even if the transaction that called nextval() is rolled back Depending on how the app is written nextval() might be called, but allow the User to cance

Re: [SQL]

2010-07-07 Thread Justin Graf
On 7/7/2010 12:00 AM, silly sad wrote: > On 07/06/10 21:52, Justin Graf wrote: > >> I wrote an article covering this on the wiki >> >> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/BinaryFilesInDB >> > there are some "red flags" in communication > (particu

Re: [SQL]

2010-07-06 Thread Justin Graf
I wrote an article covering this on the wiki http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/BinaryFilesInDB I need to update to for 9.0 as bytea now allows HEX format strings http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/datatype-binary.html All legitimate Magwerks Corporation quotations are sent in

Re: [SQL] how to construct sql

2010-06-02 Thread Justin Graf
On 6/2/2010 2:52 PM, Wes James wrote: > > **snip*** > Thx it is closer (with an end in the case): > > select > case when MAX(page_count_count) - MIN(page_count_count)> 0 then > MAX(page_count_count) - MIN(page_count_count) > else > MAX(page_count_count) > end as day_max > from pa

Re: [SQL] how to construct sql

2010-06-02 Thread Justin Graf
On 6/2/2010 12:31 PM, Wes James wrote: > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Oliveiros > wrote: > >> Hi, >> Have you already tried this out? >> >> select MAX(page_count_count) - MIN(page_count_count) from page_count group >> by page_count_pdate. >> >> >> Best, >> Oliveiros >> > Oliveiros,

Re: [SQL] user function and bind

2010-05-19 Thread Justin Graf
On 5/19/2010 9:56 AM, David Harel wrote: > Hi, > I need an example how to write user function with columns binding and > how to use it on PHP > -- > Thanks. > I'm not sure i understand your question. You want a function to return record type correct?? All legitimate Magwerks Cor

Re: [SQL] best paging strategies for large datasets?

2010-05-13 Thread Justin Graf
On 5/13/2010 3:43 AM, Louis-David Mitterrand wrote: **snip*** > >> What do you mean by quite slow?? >> > Like several seconds. I have to cache the results. > Well then i suggest posting the queries to Performance or here and let us take a look them don't forget to include the explain/an

Re: [SQL] best paging strategies for large datasets?

2010-05-13 Thread Justin Graf
On 5/13/2010 4:41 AM, silly sad wrote: > >>> First u count(*) the rows and select a requested page >>> returning to a client the count result bundled "with a page of rows" >>> >>> (1) client renders the acquired rows >>> (2)__memorize__ what part of the data he just got >>> (3) and stores the count

Re: [SQL] best paging strategies for large datasets?

2010-05-12 Thread Justin Graf
oops typos On 5/12/2010 1:41 AM, Louis-David Mitterrand wrote: > Hi, > > I have a large dataset (page 1 at http://www.cruisefish.net/stat.md) and > am in the process of developping a pager to let users leaf through it > (30K rows). > That's not that big of a record set. > Ideally I'd like to know

Re: [SQL] best paging strategies for large datasets?

2010-05-12 Thread Justin Graf
On 5/12/2010 1:41 AM, Louis-David Mitterrand wrote: > Hi, > > I have a large dataset (page 1 at http://www.cruisefish.net/stat.md) and > am in the process of developping a pager to let users leaf through it > (30K rows). > That's not that big of a record set. > Ideally I'd like to know when r

Re: [SQL] Celko take on EAV

2010-05-07 Thread Justin Graf
On 5/7/2010 12:33 PM, Richard Broersma wrote: > > > I'm rereading my Joe Celko's SQL Programming Style and I noticed an > interesting comment regarding the EAV model (of course he discourages > its use): > > "There are better tools for collecting free-from data." > > What tools was he referring to

Re: [SQL] Column Specific Update Trigger Routine

2010-05-06 Thread Justin Graf
On 5/6/2010 4:12 PM, Plugge, Joe R. wrote: > > I am trying to create a update trigger on a table that basically will > only fire when a specific column is updated. I am using version 8.4.3. > > My plan of attack was to always fire on any row update, and pass in > the OLD and NEW column that I wa

Re: [SPAM]-D] [SQL] How to find broken UTF-8 characters ?

2010-04-29 Thread Justin Graf
On 4/28/2010 10:34 PM, Andreas wrote: > Hi, > > while writing the reply below I found it sounds like beeing OT but > it's actually not. > I just need a way to check if a collumn contains values that CAN NOT > be converted from Utf8 to Latin1. > I tried: > Select convert_to (my_column::text, 'LATI

Re: [SQL] Inserting Multiple Random Rows

2010-04-28 Thread Justin Graf
On 4/28/2010 1:48 PM, Gary Chambers wrote: > pen? > > The clouds parting, choirs of angels singing, and fireworks > celebrating the veil of my obtuseness being lifted, and my grasp and > command of SQL to be complete and infinite. None of which appears > will ever happen... > > -- Gary Chamber

Re: [SQL] Inserting Multiple Random Rows

2010-04-28 Thread Justin Graf
That won't work because Order by does not recompute Random() once gets a number it stops you need to generate a series of random numbers then select each record one at a time out of cities table . You will have to write a plsql function to do this As any join will cause the result to be order

Re: [SQL] MSSQL to PostgreSQL - Issue trying to generate unique ID using actual date

2010-03-18 Thread Justin Graf
OOPS did not mean to click send On 3/18/2010 12:53 PM, Ignacio Balcarce wrote: > > Justin, > > Thanks in advance for your email. I forgot to tell than everyday IDs > must start from 0. So… sequence id would look like: MMDD 0001, > MMDD 0002, etc. > > Is there any way to make this

Re: [SQL] MSSQL to PostgreSQL - Issue trying to generate unique ID using actual date

2010-03-18 Thread Justin Graf
On 3/18/2010 12:53 PM, Ignacio Balcarce wrote: > > Justin, > > Thanks in advance for your email. I forgot to tell than everyday IDs > must start from 0. So… sequence id would look like: MMDD 0001, > MMDD 0002, etc. > > Is there any way to make this sequence start from 0 every day?

Re: [SQL] MSSQL to PostgreSQL - Issue trying to generate unique ID using actual date

2010-03-18 Thread Justin Graf
On 3/17/2010 9:52 AM, Ignacio Balcarce wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am facing a problem trying to convert from MSSQL procedure to > PostgreSQL function. > > CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.THUBAN_SP_GENERATEID > > @NEWID VARCHAR(20) OUTPUT > > AS > > SET @NEWID = ( > > SELECT REPLACE(SUBSTRING(CONVERT(C

Re: [SQL] 'image' table with relationships to different objects

2010-02-10 Thread Justin Graf
On 2/9/2010 6:59 AM, Richard Huxton wrote: > On 09/02/10 07:49, Louis-David Mitterrand wrote: >> Hello, >> >> In my database I have different object types (person, location, event, >> etc.) all of which can have several images attached. >> >> What is the best way to manage a single 'image' table wi

Re: [SQL] plpgsql loop question

2010-02-10 Thread Justin Graf
On 2/10/2010 11:29 AM, Andrea Visinoni wrote: > hi, > i have a table called "zones": idzone, zone_name > and several tables called zonename_records (same structure), where > zonename is one of the zone_name in the "zones" table. > What i want to do is a function that union all of this tables > di