Re: [BUGS] BUG #1257: add support for 1-byte integer and 4-bit integer

2004-09-18 Thread Peter Eisentraut
stig erikson wrote: > by the way, can i enable table compression in some way? > i could not find it in the manual, found only compression for backups > and EXTENDED column storage, but nothing for integers. No, you can't compress fixed-length data types using the TOAST mechanism. -- Peter Eisen

[BUGS] psql can not connect to the server on Win2000 NT

2004-09-18 Thread Kouber Saparev
Hello, I have installed PostgreSQL 8.beta2.dev3 on Windows 2000 NT using the installer. There were two dialogs with messages like "Couldn't connect to the server" or so. Then when I try to connect I get this message: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.0-beta2-dev3\bin>psql.exe psql.exe: server closed

Re: [BUGS] BUG #1257: add support for 1-byte integer and 4-bit integer

2004-09-18 Thread stig erikson
Peter Eisentraut wrote: PostgreSQL Bugs List wrote: why is this feature important? having in mind the development of datawarehouses with huge amount of data (hundreds of millions, or billions of rows in fact tables) every byte is of importance. Yet how many applications could make use of the limit

[BUGS] Error starting service on Win2k

2004-09-18 Thread Conal Tuohy
I have installed 8.0-beta2-dev3 on Win2k but the service will not start. Firstly, I couldn't install postgresql as a Windows service using the installer - using the installer, I couldn't add postgresql as a Windows service without being a local administrator. However, if I was logged on as a loc