Re: [SQL] Replication

2001-10-18 Thread clayton cottingham
> "Hunter, Ray" wrote: > > Does Postgres in anyway support replication? Will I be able to have > load-balancing between two postgres databases? > > RAY HUNTER > Automated Test Group > Software Support Engineer > > ENTERASYS NETWORKS > > Internal: 53888 > Phone: 801 887-9888 > Fax:

Re: [SQL] Holiday Calculations?

2001-09-19 Thread clayton cottingham
clayton cottingham wrote: > > Brett Schwarz wrote: > > > > I couldn't resist, so I went ahead and did all of them. I might be using > > these in a future app anyways. Again these are Tcl procs, but you may be > > able to transfer the logical to another language

Re: [SQL] Holiday Calculations?

2001-09-19 Thread clayton cottingham
Brett Schwarz wrote: > > I couldn't resist, so I went ahead and did all of them. I might be using > these in a future app anyways. Again these are Tcl procs, but you may be > able to transfer the logical to another language, if you want. > if you need this in perl i think Data::Manip might hep

Re: [SQL] calling a shell script from pl/pgsql

2001-09-10 Thread clayton cottingham
Stephan Szabo wrote: > > On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Jeff Barrett wrote: > > > How can I call a shell script from within a pl/pgsql function that is called > > as from a trigger. I do not want to interact with the script I just want it > > to run. I do want the trigger to wait for the script it called

Re: [SQL] prob with PERL/Postgres

2001-08-06 Thread clayton
Kristopher Yates wrote: >PERL SNIPPET: > ># build arrays from file (OMITTED) > >use Pg; >$dbhost='127.0.0.1'; >$dbname='mpact'; >#$connstr="dbname=$dbname"; >$connstr="host=$dbhost dbname=$dbname"; >$conn = Pg::connectdb($connstr); > >#more code related to date omitted > >$result=$conn->exec(

Re: [SQL] Feature Requests for 7.2 or 7.3 ...

2001-08-03 Thread clayton cottingham
Chris Ruprecht wrote: > > Hi guys, > > There are a number of features, I would love to see implemented in a future > release of PostGreSQL, more specific, into PL/PGSQL. Is there a central > place somewhere, where we (the PostGreSQL user community, I guess that is), > is able to see what is plan

[SQL] commentds on redhats new database

2001-06-20 Thread clayton cottingham
hello: i thought id find out what people think about this: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2778706,00.html?chkpt=zdnn_rt_latest which basically points out that redhat will be making their own database based off of postgres7.1 my main concern is that this could cause some sort of s

Re: [SQL] plperl

2001-06-07 Thread Clayton Cottingham aka drfrog
Time Co-Ordinate Tue, 05 Jun 2001 19:45:55 -0400, The Organism labeled Tom Lane said: > clayton cottingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > how does one execute an sql statement from inside a plperl function? > > At the moment, one doesn't. > > This is

[SQL] help with a function

2001-06-06 Thread Clayton Cottingham aka drfrog
consider this function: CREATE FUNCTION "test" (integer) RETURNS text AS 'return "select * from testt limit $_[o];";' LANGUAGE 'plperl'; how would i get it to just run the query instead of just return it as text using plperl? ---(end of broadcast)

[SQL] plperl

2001-06-05 Thread clayton cottingham
hello: how does one execute an sql statement from inside a plperl function? ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster

[SQL] list of returns types for functions

2001-06-02 Thread Clayton Cottingham aka drfrog
is there a list of all possible returns for all procedural language types? aka perl can return these types c can return these .. thanks! ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster

Re: [SQL] execute client application from PL/pgSql

2001-05-11 Thread clayton cottingham
Jack wrote: > > Is that possible to execute a client application from server site by > PL/Pgsql, such as pg_dump? Because my client sites are running Windows OS, > or is there any Windows version of all Client Applications come from > PostGreSQL V7.1? > > Jack > > ---(e

Re: [SQL] Cannot build PL/Perl ...

2001-05-02 Thread clayton cottingham
did you get this error when you tried to : createlang plperl template1? me too! then i did this find /usr -name libperl.so /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux/CORE/libperl.so and then added that dir {/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux/CORE/} to the /etc/ld.so.conf ldconfig and vroom it all went t

[SQL] anyone use contrib/rserv?

2001-04-27 Thread clayton cottingham
thought id fool around can't seem to get it to replicate properly ive followed the instructions impicitly to no avail manuall it dont work if anyone has any helpful suggestiuoons etc id love to hear from yah!! using the tk interface i get a tk error invalid command name "ConnInfoCmd" wh

Re: [SQL] any proper benchmark scripts?

2001-04-19 Thread clayton cottingham
Thomas Good wrote: > > On 18 Apr 2001, Clayton Cottingham aka drfrog wrote: > > > i will recomp both the newest postgresql and mysql > > not using any optimizing techs at all i'll post the > > config scripts i use > > Hiya Clayton, > > Try it with

Re: [SQL] any proper benchmark scripts?

2001-04-19 Thread clayton cottingham
Justin Clift wrote: > > Hi Clayton, > > Was it opening a new connection to the database every time, or did it > open one connection each time and pump multiple queries through it? > > It would be a good things to develop your script and benchmark this both > ways. Co

Re: [SQL] any proper benchmark scripts?

2001-04-18 Thread Clayton Cottingham aka drfrog
hello on the modperl list a good thread was happening called 'fast db access' find attached scripts used to do this here are my results: [drfrog]$ perl fast_db.pl postgres 16 wallclock secs ( 0.05 usr + 0.00 sys = 0.05 CPU) @ 400.00/s (n=20) mysql 3 wallclock secs ( 0.07 usr + 0.00 sys =

Re: [SQL] Where are the 7.1 RPM's?

2001-04-17 Thread clayton
Lonnie Cumberland wrote: > Hello All, > > I have been using the 7.0.2 version of PostgreSQL which came with my Mandrake > Linux and now want to do a fresh install of the 7.1 version because I think > that there are many things fixed since then. > > Do anyone know where the 7.1 RPM's are so that

[SQL] is this proper sql?

2001-04-17 Thread clayton cottingham
hi one of the developers here at work say this should work insert into detail (det_id,det_mas_id,det_date,det_amt) values (0,0,now(),'0'), (1,1,now(),'1'); but when i try that in postgres like: insert into detail (det_id,det_mas_id,det_date,det_amt) values (0,0,datetime'now','0'), (1,1,date

[SQL] any proper benchmark scripts?

2001-04-17 Thread clayton cottingham
hello: im try to find out how mysql or postgresql perform i was wondering if there are any benchmarking scripts out there? if so please lemme see em try em etc!! ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster

Re: Calling Java from psql (was Re: [SQL] requesting help)

2001-03-29 Thread clayton cottingham
Peter Mount wrote: > > At 10:33 26/03/01 +0200, Mathijs Brands wrote: > > >Has anybody ever tried calling Java code from a pgsql trigger written > >in C? Shouldn't this be possible using JNI? > > This was discussed recently. > > >I'm not exactly a Java expert myself, but this is the way PHP al

Re: [SQL] Postgres & XML

2001-03-19 Thread clayton cottingham
Najm Hashmi wrote: > > Hi all, I was just wondering if there is way or some sort of utility to > incorporate XML in postgrres. > Thanks in advance. > > > > ---(end of broadcast)--

Re: [SQL] quotes in pl/pgsql

2001-03-07 Thread clayton cottingham
Najm Hashmi wrote: > > Hi all, I just want to know how to put quotes around a string. Is there a > function to do so? > If not how can I escape a single quote. > Thank you in advance. > > > > ---

Re: [SQL] Date question

2001-03-06 Thread clayton cottingham
Francis Solomon wrote: > > Hi Boulat, > > stasis=# select (now() + '1 year')::date; > ?column? > > 2002-03-06 > (1 row) > > Hope this helps > > Francis > > > Hi, > > > > Im a little bit stuck here. > > > > Does anyone know how to get date in format '-MM-DD' of a date one >

Re: [SQL] Quick question MySQL --> PgSQL

2001-03-06 Thread clayton cottingham
"Brett W. McCoy" wrote: > > On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Josh Berkus wrote: > > > Just a quick question ... I need to do a regular transfer (daily + on > > demand) of data from a MySQL database to a PostgreSQL database and back > > again. Can anybody steer me towards a good script for this, or do

Re: [SQL] platform independend db access?

2001-03-06 Thread clayton cottingham
Markus Wagner wrote: > > Hi, > > I would like my C source code to compile under unix and windows. I am > currently using the pg libs to access my database. Under Windows I'd like > to use odbc. > > What's the most platform (and db) independend way to access the database? > Since odbc comes from

Re: [SQL] How do I use text script containing SQL?

2001-03-05 Thread clayton cottingham
"Jeff S." wrote: > > I want to build my tables by placing all the sql > statements in a file. What is the correct way to use > this file with psql? > > Example: My text file has this in it: > > CREATE TABLE table1 ( >table1_id serial, >field1 char(5), >PRIMARY KEY (table1_id) > );

Re: [SQL] Two way encryption in PG???

2001-03-05 Thread clayton cottingham
Boulat Khakimov wrote: > > David Olbersen wrote: > > > > On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, Boulat Khakimov wrote: > > > > ->How do I encrypt/decrypt something in PG? > > > > Perhaps it'd be better to one-way encrypt something? Granted I don't know the > > details of your project, but allowing a way to "decrypt

[SQL] postgres's users take on onlamp

2001-02-12 Thread clayton cottingham
heya: just wondering if anyone has any comments on this onlamp is o'rielly's new ideal that ,really, has been in use for quite a while its anacronym stands for linux apache mysql and {php/perl/python} more info here: http://www.onlamp.com/

Re: [SQL] Re: SQL Join - MySQL/PostgreSQL difference?

2001-02-07 Thread clayton cottingham
heya there are a couple of good example on how to do this in the perl cookbook the trim function in chapter one might help the source code from the book is avail at ora.com

Re: [SQL] Is there anything like DESCRIBE?

2001-01-25 Thread clayton cottingham
Mike D'Agosta wrote: > > Hi, > >I have a number of empty tables and I want to get the column names and > data types with an SQL statement. I want to do this procedurally, not > interactively (so I can't use \d in psql). Postgres doesn't > support DESCRIBE... is there any other way to do thi

[SQL] Veering OT opinions please XQL versus XML-QL

2001-01-24 Thread clayton cottingham
just wondering which of these two formats seems best pros and cons of each i know that supposedly xql is simpler in style than XML-QL but XML-QL has some nice sql like syntax the perl modules seem to work nicer too

[SQL] [notion]: a possible language addition: XQL

2001-01-23 Thread clayton cottingham
Hi all: has anyone heard of XQL? XQL is xml sql i just was catching up on some email and noticed this nugget http://www.ibiblio.org/xql/ anyways there is a xml::xql perl module so perl could do it but the ability to spit it right out of pg would be neato

Re: [SQL] Selecting Current value from a sequence

2001-01-18 Thread clayton cottingham
Najm Hashmi wrote: > > Hi all, > It is a very simple but I am not able to recall how to do it I > just need to find out the current value of a seq. It is very simple > select statement but I can't recall it... Help me please before I get > myself get fired -:). > Regards, Najm select nex

Re: [SQL] How to represent a tree-structure in a relational database

2000-12-13 Thread clayton cottingham
Mathijs Brands wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 04:49:51PM -0800, Josh Berkus allegedly wrote: > > Stuart, > > > > > I don't think I'd be comfortable with having the node_level column in the > > > table structure. First, because you can derive that value using a function, > > > it's duplicate d

Re: [SQL] How to represent a tree-structure in a relational database

2000-12-13 Thread clayton cottingham
Frank Joerdens wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 11:04:13AM -0800, Josh Berkus wrote: > > Frank, > > > > Please look in the list archives. About 2 months ago this topic came > > up and was discussed extensively (including a creative solution by yours > > truly). > > Hm, neither my archiv

Re: [SQL] Where Can I find JDBC driver.

2000-12-12 Thread clayton cottingham
Mateusz Mazur wrote: > > Hello. > I wonder where I can find JDBC driver for Postgresql. I think it should be > class (sorry I am newbie). I would be very greatfull for quick response. > > Mateusz. download the source tarball go into src/interfaces/jdbc and follow directions!1 bon appetite!!

Re: [SQL] how to execute a C program via trigger ?

2000-12-12 Thread Clayton Cottingham
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000 18:20:29 -0800 (PST), S.F. Lee said: > Thank for your hint, but I have some questions : > >1. Do I have to compile the C program into a shared > object (*.so)? yes >2. Do I have to use SPI (SPI is too complicate to > me)? > >My request is very simple. I h

Re: [SQL] how to execute a C program via trigger ?

2000-12-04 Thread clayton cottingham
take a look at the contrib sections fti or fulltext index example it takes you through it all "S.F. Lee" wrote: > > Hi, > >I am using Red Hat 6.1 + PostgreSQL 7.0.3. All of > my > applications are developed by C and ECPG. I would > like to know how to execute a C program by Trigger,for

Re: [PHP-DB] Re: [SQL] a script that queries database periodically

2000-12-03 Thread clayton cottingham
Roberto Mello wrote: > > Jason wrote: > > > > aolserver is a web/application server. PHP is a server-side scripting > > language. Why exactly *should* it have a job scheduler? > > > > Some (such as myself) might also ask why should a web server have a job > > scheduler, but that's a thread for

Re: [SQL] psql question

2000-11-23 Thread clayton cottingham
Joe Conway wrote: > > > > On machines where I've installed PostgreSQL 7.0.2 from RPM, psql allows > use > > > of the up arrow key for history and the escape/tab key for command > > > completion, but on my remote web host (webpipe.net) those keys don't > work. > > > What do I need to do to get the

[SQL] Re: is there a mysql to postgresql sql converter?

2000-11-23 Thread clayton cottingham
Max Fonin wrote: > > Hi. > > I'm writing MySQL->Postgres dump converter. E.g. it will convert only database dumps >produced by mysqldump. > It's almost ready, problems are ENUM and SET types. I have problems with types >emulation. > Maybe someone help me guys ? > > Anyway, some half-working v

[SQL] Re: is there a mysql to postgresql sql converter?

2000-11-23 Thread Clayton Cottingham
On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 01:13:23 +0200, Max Fonin said: > Can give a link ? > can do : http://freshmeat.net/projects/mysql2pgsql/?highlight=convert+sql i havent tried their's did try yours it was nice to have the transactions! > On Fri, 17 Nov 2000 13:45:37 -0800 > c

[SQL] Re: MySQL -> Postgres dump converter

2000-11-20 Thread Clayton Cottingham
On Tue, 21 Nov 2000 00:01:33 +0200, Max Fonin said: > Hi. > > MySQL->Postgres dump converter is now available at >http://ziet.zhitomir.ua/~fonin/code/my2pg.pl. > Still beta and bugsome version but working, supports MySQL ENUMs, near the end are >SET emulation. > Please help me to test. >

[SQL] benchmarks

2000-10-27 Thread Clayton C.
hi all, lately at work there has been a debate over mysql versus postgres im just looking for independent benchmarks i personally love postgres at work they like mysql currently we are investigating other possible db solutions and they are looking at oracle, i think we could save a lot of d

Re: [SQL] How to call a shell command in rule

2000-10-25 Thread Clayton Cottingham
On Wed, 25 Oct 2000 10:44:48 -0700, Jie Liang said: > Hi, > > I want send a e-mail when the rows of mytable reaches 100,000, how? > > > one way is to make a function using perl and use say mail::sender as the module to send the info use the code snippet in perldoc Mail::Sender anot