Re: [BUGS] BUG #3948: date/time functions returning wrong value

2008-02-10 Thread Tom Lane
Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think what I conclude from this is that Windows TZ database is so > bogus that we should avoid trying to rely on it -- I say if the user > does not set "timezone" in postgresql.conf, refuse to start. Remember we're also relying on the OS for the time

Re: [BUGS] BUG #3948: date/time functions returning wrong value

2008-02-10 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Magnus Hagander wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: >> This does suggest that we'll need to revisit the win32_tzmap[] list >> every so often? > > Seems so. It's the first time I've heard of a timezone being *added* and > not just changed, but obviously it does happen :-( Hmm, was this table manually built

Re: [BUGS] BUG #3951: SELECT ... WHERE Param = ? does not work if Param is of type bytea

2008-02-10 Thread Gevik Babakhani
perhaps this helps http://www.webservertalk.com/archive308-2007-3-1836413.html > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of vha > Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 7:55 PM > To: pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org > Subject: [BUGS] BUG #3951: SELECT ... W

Re: [BUGS] 8.3.0: vacuum full analyze: "invalid memory alloc request size"

2008-02-10 Thread Tom Lane
Tomas Szepe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Are you running with autovacuum on, or not? > At the moment autovacuum is off, but it _might_ have been on in the first > 40 hours or so... Sorry, I can't say exactly. Okay ... so with autovac off, I can reproduce a problem this way: 1. Put 1000 repeti

[BUGS] BUG #3951: SELECT ... WHERE Param = ? does not work if Param is of type bytea

2008-02-10 Thread vha
The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 3951 Logged by: vha Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PostgreSQL version: 8.3 Operating system: Windows XP SP2 Description:SELECT ... WHERE Param = ? does not work if Param is of type bytea Details: I have a ta

Re: [BUGS] 8.3.0: vacuum full analyze: "invalid memory alloc request size"

2008-02-10 Thread Tomas Szepe
> Tomas Szepe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Are you doing anything that would involve lots of updates in these > >> catalogs --- maybe repeatedly renaming a column, or something like that? > > > Hmm, I typically use a pair of > > "ALTER TABLE table DISABLE TRIGGER USER;"/ > > "ALTER TABLE table

Re: [BUGS] 8.3.0: vacuum full analyze: "invalid memory alloc request size"

2008-02-10 Thread Tom Lane
Tomas Szepe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Are you doing anything that would involve lots of updates in these >> catalogs --- maybe repeatedly renaming a column, or something like that? > Hmm, I typically use a pair of > "ALTER TABLE table DISABLE TRIGGER USER;"/ > "ALTER TABLE table ENABLE TRIGGE

Re: [BUGS] 8.3.0: vacuum full analyze: "invalid memory alloc request size"

2008-02-10 Thread Tomas Szepe
> After poking around in the code a bit, I found a way to reproduce the > assert failure: [snip] Great! > Another issue is that while I can create a page with > MaxHeapTuplesPerPage dead tuples easily enough in testing, it's not > clear how you managed to get into that state in the system catalog

Re: [BUGS] 8.3.0: vacuum full analyze: "invalid memory alloc request size"

2008-02-10 Thread Tom Lane
Tomas Szepe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Do you perhaps have a ridiculously low fillfactor attached to >> the system catalogs? > I don't know - how do I tell? If you did, you'd know it --- that's not something that would happen without your trying to do it. After poking around in the code a bi

Re: [BUGS] BUG #3947: Unable to Initialize Data Cluster

2008-02-10 Thread Dave Page
On Feb 10, 2008 5:10 PM, Fusion Software (UK) Ltd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Dave > > Is this machine on a domain with any group policies or similar? I assume > you're running the installations as Administrator? > Its a basic default Vista installation with no domain or group policies. > Mos

Re: [BUGS] BUG #3950: Server Problems

2008-02-10 Thread Tom Lane
"Wolvesden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > For some reason when I upgraded to 8.3 I can't get the server to start. > What it keeps telling me is as Follows: > pg_ctrl: another server might be running; trying to start server anyway > FATAL: unreconized configuration parameter "redirect_stderr" This

Re: [BUGS] BUG #3947: Unable to Initialize Data Cluster

2008-02-10 Thread Dave Page
[Please keep messages CC'd to the list] On Feb 10, 2008 4:25 PM, Fusion Software (UK) Ltd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just to update you on the latest. It appears that although we can get 8.3.0 > to install by installing the Visual C++ 2005 msi first, although it appears > to work fine when it

[BUGS] BUG #3950: Server Problems

2008-02-10 Thread Wolvesden
The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 3950 Logged by: Wolvesden Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PostgreSQL version: 8.3 Operating system: Windows XP Description:Server Problems Details: For some reason when I upgraded to 8.3 I can't get the serve

Re: [BUGS] BUG #3947: Unable to Initialize Data Cluster

2008-02-10 Thread Dave Page
On Feb 10, 2008 4:45 PM, Fusion Software (UK) Ltd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can also confirm that under exactly the same circumstances 8.2 installs > without a hitch. There's definitiely a glitch somewhere in the 8.3 > installation package. 8.3 is the first release build with VC++ 2005 - pre

Re: [BUGS] BUG #3948: date/time functions returning wrong value

2008-02-10 Thread Jorge Campins
I'll upgrade to 8.2 ASAP. Once in 8.2, which value should I use for timezone in postgresql.conf? Thanks and regards, Jorge - Original Message - From: "Magnus Hagander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jorge Campins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Tom Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Sunday, Febru

Re: [BUGS] BUG #3948: date/time functions returning wrong value

2008-02-10 Thread Magnus Hagander
In 8.2, use pg_timezone_names to find the proper one for you - it'll exist once you've upgraded :-) //Magnus Jorge Campins wrote: I'll upgrade to 8.2 ASAP. Once in 8.2, which value should I use for timezone in postgresql.conf? Thanks and regards, Jorge - Original Message - From: "M

Re: [BUGS] 8.3.0: vacuum full analyze: "invalid memory alloc request size"

2008-02-10 Thread Tomas Szepe
> >> Hmm, please see if you can get a stack trace from that (set the > >> breakpoint at errfinish()). You might want to use vacuum verbose > >> first so that you can figure out which individual table is causing it. > > > Ok, I recompiled CVS head with --enable-debug and with --enable-cassert > >

Re: [BUGS] BUG #3948: date/time functions returning wrong value

2008-02-10 Thread Magnus Hagander
Tom Lane wrote: Magnus Hagander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Try setting your timezone in postgresql.conf - that should override whatever Windows has for you. Unless his "8.1" is really 8.1.something-pretty-darn-recent, it's not going to know about the latest Venezuela DST law change anyway.

Re: [BUGS] BUG #3948: date/time functions returning wrong value

2008-02-10 Thread Magnus Hagander
Jorge Campins wrote: How can I find which version I'm using? All I could see in pgAdmin is 8.1. SELECT version(); Which value should I use for timezone in postgresql.conf? I tried select * from pg_timezone_names to get a list of valid time zone names but it failed with "relation pg_timezon

Re: [BUGS] BUG #3948: date/time functions returning wrong value

2008-02-10 Thread Jorge Campins
How can I find which version I'm using? All I could see in pgAdmin is 8.1. Which value should I use for timezone in postgresql.conf? I tried select * from pg_timezone_names to get a list of valid time zone names but it failed with "relation pg_timezone_names does not exist." Thanks and rega