[GENERAL] storing a tree-like structure and selecting path from leaf to root

1999-08-14 Thread Jan Vicherek
Hi, ( this msg has 2 questions ) I would like to create a db of all files (home + office + backups + friends_backups from floppies, tapes, CDs, etc), and would like to store it in pg. Now every row (a file or a directory) will have an node ID, name (filename / dirname) and a parent node ID,

[GENERAL] why so much freaking swap?!?!?

1999-08-14 Thread Jim Mercer
i've got a database with several million records. i've found that from time to time i need to nuke the primary index in order to get a vacuum done on it. i don't like this, but i can live with it. now, i'm vacuuming it and the backen process is growing to enormous size: (i was gonna cut and p

Re: [GENERAL] psql : Comment?

1999-08-14 Thread Stéphane FILLON
Try to use -- -- Patient Records are really cool. CREATE TABLE patient ( id integer unqiue not null, -- A nifty column, eh? ); -Message d'origine- De : Bruce Tong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> À : PostgreSQL General <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date : samedi 14 août 1999 04:55 Objet : [GENERA

RE: [GENERAL] Environmental Variables

1999-08-14 Thread Michael R. Anderson
Okay, if you run "ps ax" do you have a line reading something like "/usr/bin/postmaster -S -D/var/lib/pgsql -i"?. Second, if you do "ls /var/lib/pgsql/base" (as root), do you see a subdirectory called template1? Regards, Mike Anderson -Original Message- From: Duncan Kinder [SMTP: