[GENERAL] initdb in 6.5 not creating 'postgres' db

Just installed 6.5, all seems well, but it wont start - claims initdb didn't creat the database 'postgres' ... whats happening here ? thanks Bob --- http://4qir.quantum-radio.net.au - Where Only The Dedicated Survive! 4QIR Quantum Radio. Bringing you the original sounds of AFVN, with some of t

Re: [GENERAL] Scalability to very large databases under Linux

M Simms wrote on Tue, 15 Jun 1999 19:58:28 BST >> Dear Folks, >> >> We have been running 6.4.2 under Linux on a dual Xeon box >> with mostly good success. Our current dataset is 20 million records >> of mostly numerical data (56 fields of floats [70%], ints [20%] and >> a few text fields [10%])

[GENERAL] Fw: Can't even specify template

I can't even get ./configure to work. I just reformatted my Linux box and installed Redhat Linux 6.0. I had 6.0 installed for a while but had installed another distribution (Mandrake) over the top of it. I downloaded pg 6.5 last night and installed it. Everything went fine. So after I reforma

Re: [GENERAL] Problems building pgsql 6.5/6.4 on AIX gcc

Check AIX faq on the web site. It may help. > Hi! I can't compile postgres 6.5/6.4 on RS6000 (CPU:PowerPC 604 > 333Mhz, AIX4.3, egcs). I have installed bison and flex. > > I'm configuring it with "./configure --with-template=aix_gcc". > gmake all fails with dynloader.c: > >

[GENERAL] Problems building pgsql 6.5/6.4 on AIX gcc

Hi! I can't compile postgres 6.5/6.4 on RS6000 (CPU:PowerPC 604 333Mhz, AIX4.3, egcs). I have installed bison and flex. I'm configuring it with "./configure --with-template=aix_gcc". gmake all fails with dynloader.c: gmake[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/postgresql-6

Re: [GENERAL] Scalability to very large databases under Linux

> Dear Folks, > > We have been running 6.4.2 under Linux on a dual Xeon box > with mostly good success. Our current dataset is 20 million records > of mostly numerical data (56 fields of floats [70%], ints [20%] and > a few text fields [10%]). The performance is acceptable, the only > problem

[GENERAL] Large Object Problem with Python interface

Hi. Im trying to access prostrgeres (on redhat linux 6.0) via pg's LO python interface. With pg 6.4.2 & 6.5b1 everything works fine, but since 6.5b2 (6.5 final incl) following errors occour: [lauri@liha lauri]$ python Python 1.5.2 (#2, Jun 12 1999, 02:51:28) [GCC egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux

[GENERAL] Installation problems with v6.5

Hi everybody! I tried to install the new version of PostgreSQL an everything worked really fine until I typed in the "postmaster -i" command for the first time. The following error message occured: IpcMemoryCreate: shmget failed (Invalid argument) key=5432001, size=1073152, permission=600 FATAL

Re: [GENERAL] Error message when using perl to connect to Postgres Server

Make sure your perl DBD-Pg and DBI are compiled with the correct version of postgres. > Erik Colson wrote: > > Hi! > > I installed (compiled) latest versions of Perl, Postgres. > > I can access the database via 'psql' but allways get an error when > trying to connect from a perl-script : > >