[GENERAL] a propos printed books on postgresql

1999-04-13 Thread Gene Selkov, Jr.
The posting I just ran into while reading my other list offers such a clear insight into book printing that I couldn't stand the temptation of forwarding it here. The book in question is rather controversial, but no more so than your average book on software would be. Note point 3 -- it pretty muc

[GENERAL] how to read a variable upon insert?

1999-04-13 Thread Brian
I am running Postgres 6.3.2 and have a question. I have a field, called "idnum", that automagically gets assigned a value when something is inserted. I want to know that value when I do the insert: $sth = $dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO foo (bar) VALUES('$bar')"); $sth->execute; $insertid = $s

Re: [GENERAL] Would this project be of interest to anyone?

1999-04-13 Thread The Hermit Hacker
Clark...you out there anywhere? How does/would this tie into what you are working on? Or is it an alternative? From checking out James' web site and from talking with you, they sound like they would complement each other, but am not sure... On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, James Thompson wrote: > > I'

[GENERAL] Insert with ODBC Driver

1999-04-13 Thread Luis Dolz
Hi all: I have the following problem I generate programs in visual Fox using ODBC drivers, I can make execute remote consults with SQLEXEC, but I can't insert records. The program is: STORE SQLCONNECT('PostgreSQL') TO gnConnHandle IF gnConnHandle <= 0 MESSAGEBOX('No se puede conectar',