[BUGS] BUG #4694: uppercase path cause postgres can't start

2009-03-05 Thread trainee
The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 4694 Logged by: trainee Email address: traine...@163.com PostgreSQL version: 8.3.6 Operating system: windows xp Description:uppercase path cause postgres can't start Details: I download zip binaray 8.3.6 extra

[BUGS] Problem in installing postgreSQL in silent mode

2009-03-05 Thread Anamika Saini
Hello, I would like to install postgreSQL in silent mode.I have gone through the link  http://pginstaller.projects.postgresql.org/silent.html and got to know the options to install it but i am not successful. I have tried the following command with lot of options. msiexec /i "Z:\postgresql\pos

Re: [HACKERS] Re: [BUGS] BUG #4689: Expanding the length of a VARCHAR column should not induce a table rewrite

2009-03-05 Thread Matteo Beccati
Guillaume Smet ha scritto: > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote: >> The question is how you want to implement this in a data type independent >> fashion. You can't assume that increasing the typmod is a noop for all data >> types. > > Sure. See my previous answer on -hackers

Re: [HACKERS] Re: [BUGS] BUG #4689: Expanding the length of a VARCHAR column should not induce a table rewrite

2009-03-05 Thread Jaime Casanova
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Matteo Beccati wrote: > Guillaume Smet ha scritto: >> On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote: >>> The question is how you want to implement this in a data type independent >>> fashion.  You can't assume that increasing the typmod is a noop for all

Re: [HACKERS] Re: [BUGS] BUG #4689: Expanding the length of a VARCHAR column should not induce a table rewrite

2009-03-05 Thread Jaime Casanova
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Xuân Baldauf wrote: > > > Well, while this behaviour is well-known for PostgreSQL, this is actually an > abuse of syntax. If there are legitimate requirements for rewriting a table, > then there should be explicit syntax for such a feature, like "ALTER TABLE > ... R