Re: [GENERAL] Web front-end

2000-07-24 Thread Herbert Liechti
"Jeffrey A. Rhines" wrote: > It seems i remember seeing somewhere that someone had developed a > generic web front-end to Postgres. Was this a dream, or has someone > else seen this, too? If not, would anyone be interested in > collaborating on a JDBC/Java Servlets - based web front end to > Po

Re: [GENERAL] Statistical Analysis

2000-07-24 Thread Stephan Szabo
Are you grabbing a set of rows to work on in an outside app? You may be able to get a smaller random set with: select from order by random() limit But this will pretty much force a sort step [and if you're not limiting the rows with a where clause, probably a full sequential scan] and could be

[GENERAL] [General] Problems upgrading from v6.4.2 to v7.0.2

2000-07-24 Thread Fetter, David M
I'm having some issues upgrading our production postgresql, which is at version 6.4.2, to version 7.0.2. Here's what is happening... I configure and make the new version of postgres (this is being done on a separate system from the production for testing purposes). On the production system I do

Re: [GENERAL] problem with check constraint using a select command.

2000-07-24 Thread Stephan Szabo
At this time check constraints using subqueries is non-functional. Even if the immediate problem of allowing the subquery in the check constraint was fixed, the larger problem of the fact that a subquery check constraint is actually also a constraint on the tables mentioned in the subquery still

Re: [GENERAL] Statistical Analysis

2000-07-24 Thread Mitch Vincent
I don't think it's random (well, I'm sure it's not) but you could use LIMIT to get a smaller number of results... *shrug* just an idea. Good luck! -Mitch - Original Message - From: "Nathan Barnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 3:20 PM Subject:

[GENERAL] Statistical Analysis

2000-07-24 Thread Nathan Barnett
I am having to perform a large data analysis query fairly frequently and the execution time is not exceptable, so I was looking at doing a statictical sample of the data to get fairly accurate results. Is there a way to perform a query on a set number of random rows instead of the whole dataset?

[GENERAL] Only updating part of a column

2000-07-24 Thread Dave Smith
I would like to know if I can update part of a column. ie update myfile set substr(direct_key,1,10)='1234567890' where substr(direct_key,1,10)='0987654321'; This does not work. Is this possible? Or am I looking at this the wrong way? -- Dave Smith Candata Systems Ltd. (416) 493-9020 [EMAIL PRO

[GENERAL] problem with check constraint using a select command.

2000-07-24 Thread George Henson
I am running PostgreSQL v 7.0.2 on Linux 2.0.36 I have a table that holds definitions of objects. I have a second table to hold the instances of these objects ( and the current values) I would like to insure the instances are valid master object types. I started using a check constraint on the

Re: [GENERAL] Web front-end

2000-07-24 Thread Gilles DAROLD
Hi, I have seen DBengine on Freshmeat few weeks ago, perhaps this this what you are looking for... Regards, Gilles "Jeffrey A. Rhines" wrote: > It seems i remember seeing somewhere that someone had developed a > generic web front-end to Postgres. Was this a dream, or has someone > else seen

Re: [GENERAL] Web front-end

2000-07-24 Thread bmccoy
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Jeffrey A. Rhines wrote: > It seems i remember seeing somewhere that someone had developed a > generic web front-end to Postgres. Was this a dream, or has someone > else seen this, too? If not, would anyone be interested in > collaborating on a JDBC/Java Servlets - based we

[GENERAL] Web front-end

2000-07-24 Thread Jeffrey A. Rhines
It seems i remember seeing somewhere that someone had developed a generic web front-end to Postgres. Was this a dream, or has someone else seen this, too? If not, would anyone be interested in collaborating on a JDBC/Java Servlets - based web front end to Postgres? By the nature of JDBC and ser

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL, ODBC, Access

2000-07-24 Thread davidb
Hi Jeffrey, If you open a form that is bound to a table (or bound to a query that is bound to a table) that is one database connection. If you then script database updates from the form (e.g.: Dim dbs As Database Set dbs=CurrentDB dbs.Execute("UPDATE tbl_blah SET szBlah = 'blah' WHERE nBlahID =

[GENERAL] Re: Problem with inserting newlines and ' characters

2000-07-24 Thread Kyle
Alan Horn wrote: ... > The statement I'm using is thus : > > my($sth) = $dbh->prepare("insert into maintenance (sno, date, data) values > ('$sno', '$date', '$tmpstring')"); > > (all on one line of course...) > > My problem is this. $tmpstring may well contain embedded newlines or ' > characters

Re: [GENERAL] Multithreaded libpq?

2000-07-24 Thread Tom Lane
David George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does libpq support multithreaded frontend apps? libpq is thread-ignorant. You can use it in a multithreaded app, but it's up to you to ensure that no two threads try to operate on the same PQconn object at the same time. regards

[GENERAL] PostgreSQL, ODBC, Access

2000-07-24 Thread Jeffrey A. Rhines
Hello All, Here's a bothersome issue: I've got the most recent versions of Postgres, ODBC client for Win32, and Access 97. My client can enter new records fine via a linked table. However, when she goes back to add data to a column, she gets the following error: message box title: "Write Conf

Re: [GENERAL] DBD-Pg vs Pg Perl interface

2000-07-24 Thread The Hermit Hacker
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Steve Heaven wrote: > > We currently use the Pg Perl module to interface our CGI scripts to Postgres. > What would be the advantages/disadvantages to changing to the more generic > DBI/DBD-Pg style interface? I find the DBI/DBD-Pg interface to be *much* cleaner to work in .

Re: [GENERAL] DBD-Pg vs Pg Perl interface

2000-07-24 Thread Thomas Good
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Steve Heaven wrote: > We currently use the Pg Perl module to interface our CGI scripts to Postgres. > What would be the advantages/disadvantages to changing to the more generic 1) > DBI/DBD-Pg style in

[GENERAL] Get the OID after an insert

2000-07-24 Thread Matthias Teege
Moin, ist there any possibility to get the OID returned by an insert clause in a plpgsql function? Something like "select into intAuftragID id from auftrag ..." but only for insert. Bis dann Matthias

[GENERAL] Multithreaded libpq?

2000-07-24 Thread David George
Does libpq support multithreaded frontend apps? I was reading in the beginning of Chapter 2 of the Programmer's Guide that it doesn't. I have an application that is portable between NT and Solaris x86 where I need multithreaded client side access. Thanks. -- David George Systems Engineer Logic

Re: [GENERAL] strange JDBC error

2000-07-24 Thread Peter Mount
getTimestamp() has always given us some problems. As you compiled from source, try getting the current cvs repository. There's a couple of bug fixes, including the current getTimestamp() fix. Peter -- Peter T Mount [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.rete

[GENERAL] DBD-Pg vs Pg Perl interface

2000-07-24 Thread Steve Heaven
We currently use the Pg Perl module to interface our CGI scripts to Postgres. What would be the advantages/disadvantages to changing to the more generic DBI/DBD-Pg style interface? Thanks Steve -- thorNET - Internet Consultancy, Services & Training Phone: 01454 854413 Fax: 01454 854412 htt

Re: [GENERAL] ROLLBACK automatically

2000-07-24 Thread Sevo Stille
Kshipra wrote: > > hello all, > I would like to mention something in this regard. > I have executed all the commands given here in the same order, but what the > auther is saying that after insert fails whatever u have inserted rolls back, > this is not the case . > as all of us knows Postgre wor

Re: [GENERAL] bug in psql?

2000-07-24 Thread Holger Klawitter
> When I start psql with the command -F $ (or any other saparator) the > output is still with the separator |. \f is only being honored when field alignment (\a) is turned off. Dunno, whether this is intended. Regards, Mit freundlichem Gruß, Holger Klawitter -- Holger Klawitter

RE: [GENERAL] how connect visual basic to pgsql?

2000-07-24 Thread Robert D. Nelson
>product (eg. Excel/MSQuery), how have you set up the DSN, did you reboot 17 >times after the install). Oh, that must be it! I only rebooted 16 times! ;) Rob Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [GENERAL] Problem with inserting newlines and ' characters

2000-07-24 Thread Philip Warner
At 14:38 24/07/00 +, Alan Horn wrote: > >Hi, > >This may actually be more of a limitation with the DBD::Pg perl driver. >I'm not sure. > >Basically I'm using DBD::Pg in a perl script which inserts data into a >very simple table. > >The statement I'm using is thus : > >my($sth) = $dbh->prepare(

Re: [GENERAL] Problem with inserting newlines and ' characters

2000-07-24 Thread Mitch Vincent
Well, you will have to escape the single quotes but you shouldn't have to escape the newlines, I'm inserting some chunks of text that have all sorts of newline characters and I'm not escaping them, it seems to work fine.. -Mitch - Original Message - From: "Alan Horn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[GENERAL] Problem with inserting newlines and ' characters

2000-07-24 Thread Alan Horn
Hi, This may actually be more of a limitation with the DBD::Pg perl driver. I'm not sure. Basically I'm using DBD::Pg in a perl script which inserts data into a very simple table. The statement I'm using is thus : my($sth) = $dbh->prepare("insert into maintenance (sno, date, data) values ('$s

RE: [GENERAL] how connect visual basic to pgsql?

2000-07-24 Thread Philip Warner
At 16:36 24/07/00 +0530, anuj wrote: > >>> This deriver made for Win95. >>> I am using Win-Nt-Wks-4.0. >>> Is this possible this due to different OS's ? >>> Best Regard, >>> Anuj > >>What kind of application do you use and where did you install your ODBC >DSN? > >I don't know , Where I have insta

RE: [GENERAL] how connect visual basic to pgsql?

2000-07-24 Thread anuj
-Original Message- From: Alex Bolenok [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 12:09 PM To: anuj Cc: pgsql-general Subject: Re: [GENERAL] how connect visual basic to pgsql? >> This deriver made for Win95. >> I am using Win-Nt-Wks-4.0. >> Is this possible this due to diffe

Re: [GENERAL] ROLLBACK automatically

2000-07-24 Thread Alex Bolenok
> hello all, > I would like to mention something in this regard. > I have executed all the commands given here in the same order, but what the > auther is saying that after insert fails whatever u have inserted rolls back, > this is not the case . > as all of us knows Postgre works in autocommit m

RE: [GENERAL] how connect visual basic to pgsql?

2000-07-24 Thread Philip Warner
At 08:13 24/07/00 -0400, Robert D. Nelson wrote: >= Original Message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Warner) at 7/22/00 6:45 >am >>At 10:32 22/07/00 +0530, anuj wrote: >>> >>>When I do connectivity then error come - "Provider cannot be found. It may >>>not be properly installed." >>> >> >>Look

[GENERAL] bug in psql?

2000-07-24 Thread Peter Keller
Hello all, is there a bug in psql (PostgreSQL 7.0.2 on i686-pc-linux-gnu)? When I start psql with the command -F $ (or any other saparator) the output is still with the separator |. When I do a \pset in psql I get the same wrong result. Example: test=# \pset fieldsep $ Field separator is '$'. tes