Re: [GENERAL] make[2]: *** [psql] Error 1

1998-10-13 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Andrea Antibo wrote: > > > >|/usr/lib/libreadline.a(terminal.o): In function `_rl_enable_meta_key': > >|terminal.o(.text+0x7ce): undefined reference to `tputs' > >|/usr/lib/libreadline.a(terminal.o): In function `_rl_control_keypad': > >|terminal.o(.text+0x7fb): undefined re

Re: [GENERAL] Making NULLs visible.

1998-10-13 Thread Bruce Momjian
> At 18:36 +0200 on 9/10/98, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > I am always looking for suggestions on how to display nulls. It is on > > the TODO list. > > Here is my suggestion, admittedly a bit cheeky: > > Implement an NVL function - one that dictates a NULL in a field and > converts it to whate

Re: [GENERAL] Emptying a database.

1998-10-13 Thread Herouth Maoz
At 15:49 +0200 on 13/10/98, Andy Lewis wrote: > You wouldn't want to share your backup and restore scripts would you? Well, they are not that brilliant. Their main merit is that the names of all the tables and sequences are gathered together at the top of the file so it's easy to add and drop t

Re: [GENERAL] Making NULLs visible.

1998-10-13 Thread Herouth Maoz
At 18:36 +0200 on 9/10/98, Bruce Momjian wrote: > I am always looking for suggestions on how to display nulls. It is on > the TODO list. Here is my suggestion, admittedly a bit cheeky: Implement an NVL function - one that dictates a NULL in a field and converts it to whatever value is require

Re: [GENERAL] Emptying a database.

1998-10-13 Thread Herouth Maoz
At 8:28 +0200 on 9/10/98, Karl Auer wrote: > Or duplicate the database, delete everything from the duplicate (only need to > do this once, or whenever you add/delete tables from your design), and simply > copy the duplicate over the original whenever you want to clear it. "Prometheus", the name