Re: [GENERAL] 6.5.2 patch

On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Doran L. Barton wrote: > Not long ago, The Hermit Hacker proclaimed... > > On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Duncan Kinder wrote: > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > I have downloaded and gunziped the 6.5.2 patch. > > > > > > It will not tar xvf. > > > > > > What do I do with it? > > > gunzip it

[GENERAL] btree index on a char(8) field

I am in the process of migrating a database from Postgres95 2.0 to PostgreSQL 6.5.2 on a Debian 2.1 system. In a few of the tables, a char8 type field was used for the primary key, so I converted them to type char(8). The tables also had a btree index built on the primary key using char8_ops, wh

Re: [GENERAL] problem compiling pgsql 6.5.1 on SuSE 6.2

Not long ago, [EMAIL PROTECTED] proclaimed... > I found this problem while compiling 6.5.1: Woops. A half second after I sent my previous reply, I noticed the information I was looking for in the subject line. :-) -- Doran L. Barton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Iodynamics LLC -- "Internetworking the mass

Re: [GENERAL] problem compiling pgsql 6.5.1 on SuSE 6.2

Not long ago, [EMAIL PROTECTED] proclaimed... > I found this problem while compiling 6.5.1: > > make[2]: Entering directory > `/usr/src/postgresql-6.5.1/src/backend/postmaster' gcc -I../../include > -I../../backend -O2 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -I.. -c postmaster.c > -o postmaster.o postmast

Re: [GENERAL] 6.5.2 patch

Not long ago, The Hermit Hacker proclaimed... > On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Duncan Kinder wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > I have downloaded and gunziped the 6.5.2 patch. > > > > It will not tar xvf. > > > > What do I do with it? > gunzip it > I love it when developers fail to read the messages they reply

[GENERAL] Re: [PHP3] Re: PostgreSQL vs Mysql comparison

On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Paul DuBois wrote: > Well ... why don't you do that? While you're at it, if you can supply > more recent benchmarks for Postgres to the MySQL people, I doubt if they'd > refuse them. The benchmark page is meant to be helpful, not misleading > or a propaganda tool for MySQL.

[GENERAL] problem compiling pgsql 6.5.1 on SuSE 6.2

Hello! I found this problem while compiling 6.5.1: make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/postgresql-6.5.1/src/backend/postmaster' gcc -I../../include -I../../backend -O2 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -I.. -c postmaster.c -o postmaster.o postmaster.c: In function `ServerLoop': postmaster.c:685:

[GENERAL] Re: [PHP3] Re: PostgreSQL vs Mysql comparison

On Sat, 2 Oct 1999, Patrick Greenwell wrote: > On Sat, 2 Oct 1999, Scott Perkins wrote: > > > You make a good point about available admin and other facilities etc. > > > > I am interested in some of the forum functionalities that seem to be "off the > > shelf" with Mysql but I have not done my

Re: [GENERAL] 6.5.2 patch

gunzip it On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Duncan Kinder wrote: > Hi. > > I have downloaded and gunziped the 6.5.2 patch. > > It will not tar xvf. > > What do I do with it? > > Thanks in advance. > > > Regards, > > Duncan C. Kinder > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Marc G. Fournie

[GENERAL] 6.5.2 patch

Hi. I have downloaded and gunziped the 6.5.2 patch. It will not tar xvf. What do I do with it? Thanks in advance. Regards, Duncan C. Kinder [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[GENERAL] what happened to pgaccess under 6.5.2?

Did I miss something, or is pgacess not included in the 6.5.2 distribution- there appears to be a directory for it (src/bin/pgacess) but that contains no source files or tcl/tk programs. It appears to contain a lot of HTML help files and some DLLs for windows, though... Have I downloaded the wro

[GENERAL] Many thanks Mike....

Hi, Thank you very much Mike. I guess if I was a little more patient I would have probably got that from the man page. I am back up and running. Kind regards Andrew Higgs Mike Mascari wrote: > > When you say "system", I'm assuming your talking > about the server? And when you say "reinstalle