[GENERAL] Two questions about 6.5

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
Hello all, I have two questions about PostgreSQL 6.5: 1. CLUSTER does not work on indexes with more than one field. Is this correct? 2. In the distribution tarball, the top-level directory is "postgresl-6.5". Isn't there a 'q' missing? -- Christian Ullrich

[GENERAL] DBMaker

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
Does anyone know a product called DBMaker from a company called CASEMaker and would like to tell me about its good and bad points?

[GENERAL] About bug reports

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
I have filled and sent bug report about SELECT with LIKE in 6.5 which don't use realy index scaning, but don't see any reaction, even if somebody get my report. Can anybody explain me how can I get information about my bug report? Thanks. Alexander N Shulyak

[GENERAL] PL/pgsql problem in 6.5

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
Hi everybody, I have just installed PostgreSQL 6.5 and encountered problems with PL/pgsql: On an insert into a table which has a before-insert trigger I get the following error message: ERROR: Load of file /usr/local/pgsql/lib/plpgsql.so failed: /usr/local/pgsql/lib/plpgsql.so: un

Re: [GENERAL] Rebuilding Primary Key???

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
psql database drop index table_pkey; create unique index table_pkey on table (field1, fiel2); \q Tim Perdue wrote: > > How in the world do you rebuild the primary key table in Postgres? > > I've sent a few messages to hackers and don't get much response, but in a > nutshell, there is a pro

[GENERAL] Old Versions?

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
I want to configure my new laptop to have the same versions of software as my ISP has, which would mean PostgreSQL 6.3.2 Alas, my attempts to locate a PostgreSQL 6.3.2 gz have been futile. I found a PostgreSQL 6.3.2 diff file, but not knowing what it diffs against, much less actually having the

[GENERAL] Rebuilding Primary Key???

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
How in the world do you rebuild the primary key table in Postgres? I've sent a few messages to hackers and don't get much response, but in a nutshell, there is a problem with pgsql in that sometimes you can get duplication in the primary key. I eliminated the duplicates from the table today, but

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

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Robert Chalmers wrote: > Thats what I thought but when I tried to run the backend to test it with > postmaster -i > It complained that the database 'postgres' didnt exist... I know., use > postmaster -i template1 I suppose? actually, start postmaster as usual. by default, i

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

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
Thats what I thought but when I tried to run the backend to test it with postmaster -i It complained that the database 'postgres' didnt exist... I know., use postmaster -i template1 I suppose? thanks Bob - Original Message - From: John M. Flinchbaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTE

[GENERAL] Success in upgrading to 6.5

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
Hi there, I'd like to thank everyone who made the new release happen for the beautiful new features, and above all, for delivering those without stomping on my cherished extended types ;) I'm back in business after a very short downtime. The tables loaded almost twice as fast as they did with 6

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

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, John M. Flinchbaugh wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Robert Chalmers wrote: > > Just installed 6.5, all seems well, but it wont start - claims initdb didn't > > creat the database 'postgres' ... > > whats happening here ? > > initdb only creates `template1'. you have to `creat

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

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Robert Chalmers wrote: > Just installed 6.5, all seems well, but it wont start - claims initdb didn't > creat the database 'postgres' ... > whats happening here ? initdb only creates `template1'. you have to `createdb postgres' for yourself if you even want the postgres user

Re: [GENERAL] Postgresql v6.5 changes

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
Bob Kruger wrote: > > A quick question - > > Last week I compiled and ran ver 6.5 beta2. I noticed that the "up arrow" > key would allow me to easily edit my previous command. In working out a > quick query, I always thought this was a nice feature that MySQL had and > Postgres did not. > > I

[ADMIN] Re: [GENERAL] Postgresql v6.5 changes

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
> > A quick question - > > Last week I compiled and ran ver 6.5 beta2. I noticed that the "up arrow" > key would allow me to easily edit my previous command. In working out a > quick query, I always thought this was a nice feature that MySQL had and > Postgres did not. > > I have since downlo

[GENERAL] Update of bitmask type

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
Hi, here is a new version of the bitmask type. It supports hash-indices as well now, and fixes a bug in the definition of the <> operator. I would appreciate it if somebody more knowledgable than myself would look over the index definitions. They seem to work and are used by postgres, so

[ADMIN] Postgresql v6.5 changes

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
A quick question - Last week I compiled and ran ver 6.5 beta2. I noticed that the "up arrow" key would allow me to easily edit my previous command. In working out a quick query, I always thought this was a nice feature that MySQL had and Postgres did not. I have since downloaded and compiled

Re: [GENERAL] Fw: Can't even specify template

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
joel reed wrote: > try configure --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu > > change i686 as needed OK, cool, that worked ... but ... here's what happened next. $ ./configure --host=i586-pc-linux creating cache ./config.cache checking host system type... i586-pc-linux-gnu checking echo setting... checking sett

Re: [GENERAL] HELP needed : COPY datas from file

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
Hi! On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Ming-Hung Eng wrote: > I have a problem to copy datas from unix file, I get the following message > when I try to import > a file with more 20 lines : > > pgReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly > This probably means the backend terminated abnorma

[GENERAL] HELP needed : COPY datas from file

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
Hi I have a problem to copy datas from unix file, I get the following message when I try to import a file with more 20 lines : pgReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly This probably means the backend terminated abnormally before or while processing the request. We have los

Re: [GENERAL] Notes for SGI Irix users

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
> Dear SGI friends, > Please try NOT to compile PostgreSQL (any version) with gcc on Irix. > > Due to a problem in the generation of the code of semaphors and other > structs, any PgSQL binary produced with gcc will be buggy. > More information on this subject at > http://reality.sgi.com/

[GENERAL] Notes for SGI Irix users

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
Dear SGI friends, Please try NOT to compile PostgreSQL (any version) with gcc on Irix. Due to a problem in the generation of the code of semaphors and other structs, any PgSQL binary produced with gcc will be buggy. More information on this subject at http://reality.sgi.com/ariel/freeware

Re: [GENERAL] Fw: Can't even specify template

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
At 01:32 +0300 on 16/06/1999, Dan Wilson wrote: > I even tried to specify the template with --with-template=linux_i386, but I > get the same exact error message: > ./configure --with-template=linux_i386 > loading cache ./config.cache > checking host system type... configure: error: can not gues

[GENERAL] oid in PL/pgSQL

1999-06-16 Thread Anonymous
Hi, I need the row oid of an insert in an PL/pgSQL function. For explanation: After an insert I call a PL/pgSQL function (by a trigger) and I like to insert into an other table the row oid of the first insert. But I don't know how to get the oid. Thank you for helping, Peter -- CREATE FUNCTION fu