[BUGS] openVMS

2001-08-20 Thread Truong, Long
I don't know if you have received my first message, so I send another one. Does PostGresql support Compaq Alpha server, which uses openVMS 7.2 O/S? Regards, Long ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://www.pos

[BUGS] openVMS 7.2

2001-08-20 Thread Truong, Long
I don't see the openVMS O/S in PostGresql list. Does it support Compaq Alpha server, which uses openVMS O/S? Thank you for your feedback. Long ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://www.postgresql.org/search.mp

[BUGS] Bug Report

2001-08-20 Thread Pedro Alves
The Database stop inserting new records The Core dump line found in postgres directory:   "FATAL: s_lock(40244634) at bufmgr.c:1257, stuck spinlock. Aborting." My Linux: Linux monitor.moebius.com.br 2.2.16-22 #1 Tue Aug 22 16:49:06 EDT 2000 i686 unknow All my programs and versions (rpm -

[BUGS] Various doc errors and shortcomings

2001-08-20 Thread Charles Obler
Hello PostgreSQL! I've found several errors in the documentation. The first is a shortcoming rather than an error, but it cost me hours of needless effort. You said you welcome bug reports, so here's what I have: - - - - - Programmer's Guide, 8.2.3. Connecting to the Database According to

[BUGS] problem with plpgsql

2001-08-20 Thread Pascal Bourguignon
I've got the following problem with a plpgsql function. I believe it denotes a bug with plpgsql. I'm trying to write a function to either insert a new row, or update an existing row. However, the test "if not found" is always true, and I get duplicate rows instead of one updated row. I've

[BUGS] JDBC Large Object getBinaryStream returns -1 before EOF

2001-08-20 Thread Ricky
Hi, I'm making some code handling several kinds of files as large object. I found the JDBC driver returned without finish reading the file. I made the test program named lobtest.java, which is added at the end of this mail. This test program read a file (default is "tomcat.gif" which is fetched

[BUGS] linux-390-pgsql-7.1.2-make-check

2001-08-20 Thread Hans Schou
Hi bugs I ran 'make check' on Linux S/390 with PostgreSQL 7.1.2 and got a fail on: abstime ... FAILED test geometry ... FAILED Not that I use abstime and geometry but I guess I should report it. Is there anything I can do? (I'm not an expert in C) best regards/han

[BUGS] user authentication crash

2001-08-20 Thread Erik Luke
Operating system: SuSE 7.2 Professional with postgres v7.1 installed manually. (I prefer to manually set up software) Directory: /postgres Data Directory: /var/lib/pgsql/data Options: ODBC emabled Server startup line: postmaster -i -D /var/lib/pgsql/data > logfile.txt & Port: 9427 System:

[BUGS] low performance

2001-08-20 Thread Andreas Wernitznig
I am running the precomplied binary of Postgreql 7.1.2 on a Redhat 7.1 (on a Dual Celeron System with 256MB, kernel 2.4.4 and 2.4.5) System. (The installation of the new 7.1.3 doesn't seem to solve the problem) I am connecting to the DB with a Perl Program (using Perl 5.6.0 with DBD-Pg-1.01 and

Re: [BUGS] problem with plpgsql

2001-08-20 Thread Tom Lane
Pascal Bourguignon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to write a function to either insert a new row, or update > an existing row. However, the test "if not found" is always true, I believe you're getting burnt by the fact that lim.login is declared as char(8) --- so it has trailing blan

Re: [BUGS] -ltermcap needed for psql client build on OpenBSD2.9

2001-08-20 Thread Tom Stowell
The OpenBSD folks seem to know about this one also. The ld (1) manpage says: BUGS Shared objects are not properly checked for undefined symbols. [...] OpenBSD 2.9 October 14, 1993 snip In the link you gave, it looked like provisions have been made in the development version

[BUGS] Building 7.1.3 with PL/Perl support on RedHat

2001-08-20 Thread Hans-Jürgen Schönig
I have compiled PostgreSQL 7.1.3 on RedHat 7.1. There seems to be a problem with PL/Perl: make[3]: Entering directory `/data/download/postgres/postgresql-7.1.3/src/pl/plperl' make -f Makefile all make[4]: Entering directory `/data/download/postgres/postgresql-7.1.3/src/pl/plperl' * * Cannot b

[BUGS] low performance

2001-08-20 Thread Andreas Wernitznig
I am running the precomplied binary of Postgreql 7.1.2 on a Redhat 7.1 (on a Dual Celeron System with 256MB, kernel 2.4.4 and 2.4.5) System. (The installation of the new 7.1.3 doesn't seem to solve the problem) I am connecting to the DB with a Perl Program (using Perl 5.6.0 with DBD-Pg-1.01 and

Re: [BUGS] openVMS

2001-08-20 Thread Bruce Momjian
> I don't know if you have received my first message, so I send another one. > Does PostGresql support Compaq Alpha server, which uses openVMS 7.2 O/S? We support Alpha, but I don't think we support OpenVMS. I think the shared memory stuff doesn't work on that OS or something like that. -- B

[BUGS] pg_dump and foreign characters

2001-08-20 Thread Nathaniel Dose
(v7.0.3 linux) we have unicode databases. it seems that some characters cause trouble for the pg_dump program, (apparently subsequent tabs or newlines in the same record as the character get ignored, causing problems for the next record). using the -d option cures everything. the problems are v

Re: [BUGS] Using nulls with earthdistance operator crashes backend (patch)

2001-08-20 Thread Mark Stosberg
> Tom Lane wrote: > > > > Mark Stosberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > * Install earthdistance operator from the contrib directory. > > > * try this: > > > cascade=> select null <@> '1,1'::point; > > > > > ## The result I get: > > > pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly. > > >

Re: [BUGS] low performance

2001-08-20 Thread grant
Is this running as one transaction, or is it not a transaction? Have you tried committing every 10,000 or so if it is in one transaction? It could be a logging problem with the transaction being too big. Does the file system as a whole get slow, or just Postgres? Is it one connection, or does

Re: [BUGS] problem with plpgsql

2001-08-20 Thread Stephan Szabo
On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Pascal Bourguignon wrote: > > I've got the following problem with a plpgsql function. I believe it > denotes a bug with plpgsql. The problem is that you're trying to compare a space padded char with a non-space padded text so it's not finding the row. I believe

Re: [BUGS] user authentication crash

2001-08-20 Thread Tom Lane
"Erik Luke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Upon trying to connect to the postgres backend by psql (with password > authentication enabled), postgres crashes saying "FATAL 1: Bad abstime > external representation ' '". I have also gotten '@!' and '/g!' in addition > to the ' '. It would seem that t

Re: [BUGS] problem with plpgsql

2001-08-20 Thread Pascal Bourguignon
> Pascal Bourguignon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm trying to write a function to either insert a new row, or update > > an existing row. However, the test "if not found" is always true, > > I believe you're getting burnt by the fact that lim.login is declared > as char(8) --- so it ha

Re: [BUGS] low performance

2001-08-20 Thread Andreas Wernitznig
It is running on many transactions. At least after 5 inserts a transaction is commited. The filesystems doesn't get slow (reading a (big) file works still at >20 MBytes/s). 14839 postgres 20 0 19948 19M 18980 R98.5 7.7 477:24 postmaster 14819 postgres 8 0 1856 1856 1700 S 0.0

Re: [BUGS] Various doc errors and shortcomings

2001-08-20 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Charles Obler writes: > Programmer's Guide, 8.2.3. Connecting to the Database > > According to the documentation, the URL includes what is called > "the database name". I assumed that the fully qualified path Don't assume. ;-) > name was intended here, since that is what normally appears in a

Re: [BUGS] Building 7.1.3 with PL/Perl support on RedHat

2001-08-20 Thread Lamar Owen
On Sunday 19 August 2001 05:40, Hans-Jürgen Schönig wrote: > I have compiled PostgreSQL 7.1.3 on RedHat 7.1. > There seems to be a problem with PL/Perl: The problem is that RedHat's perl installation does not make a 'libperl.so' with is required for a pl/perl build. As Karl DeBisschop on the HA

[BUGS] multicolumn PRIMARY KEY introduces wrong 'not null' fields

2001-08-20 Thread pgsql-bugs
Laurent Martelli ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) reports a bug with a severity of 3 The lower the number the more severe it is. Short Description multicolumn PRIMARY KEY introduces wrong 'not null' fields Long Description If you have a primary key on several columns, each of these columns is given the 'not

Re: [BUGS] multicolumn PRIMARY KEY introduces wrong 'not null' fields

2001-08-20 Thread Tom Lane
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > If you have a primary key on several columns, each of these columns is > given the 'not null' modifier. I can't see why this is required. (A) it makes no sense otherwise, and (B) the SQL spec says so: A unique constraint is satisfied if and only if no two row