[GENERAL] PL/PgSQL composite parameter usage?

2003-12-15 Thread Patrick Higgins
I read in the documentation (section 37.4.3 of the 7.4 docs) that "Parameters to a function can be composite types," but when I try to call such a function, I get an error. I've attached my test functions below. Can anyone tell me what's wrong? I've tried the same function using RECORD types, and i

Re: [GENERAL] Redhat 9.0 Service Shutdown

2003-12-15 Thread Amir Khawaja
In addition to Beau Bummel post, here is a startup script that I find very useful: - Begin snip - #! /bin/sh # chkconfig: 2345 98 02 # description: PostgreSQL RDBMS # This is an example of a start/stop script for SysV-style init, such # as is used on Linux systems. You should edit some

[GENERAL] VACUUM ANALYZE -vs- ANALYZE on an insert-only table.

2003-12-15 Thread Matt Gordon
If I have a table that I only use for INSERTs and queries (no UPDATEs or DELETEs), is it enough to just run ANALYZE on the table instead of VACUUM ANALYZE? In other words, is running a VACUUM on a table useful if all that you're doing is INSERTing into it? My understanding of VACUUM is that it

[GENERAL] uITRON

2003-12-15 Thread Smitha V. Babu
hi to all does anybody know about uITRON.. What is uITRON core... any help appreciated thanks in advance.. regds smitha * Disclaimer: The information in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential / privileged. It is intended s

Re: [GENERAL] Making a tree with "millions and millions" of dynamic nodes

2003-12-15 Thread John Isaacks
> > > > We did it with C++ and a memory mapped file for persistence. > > We had to use a 64bit cpu and 12G of RAM. > > Wow! That's only 300 bytes of RAM for every 10 digit phone number! We didn't use all of that, last time I checked it was using apx 4G of RAM, We had to plan for every possible U

[GENERAL] Is it not datestyle that determines date format output?

2003-12-15 Thread Netto
The way PostgreSQL deals with the date format is confusing me... I need PostgreSQL to return dates from selects at this format: "dd/mm/", but it insists in returning it as "-mm-dd". I say "insists" cause I had already set datestyle to "European" (in postgresql.conf) which represents the for

Re: [GENERAL] [HACKERS] Should we consider empty fields as NULL values when dealing with string columns ?

2003-12-15 Thread Dave Page
  From: Nagib Abi Fadel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 December 2003 14:37To: generalpost; developPostSubject: [HACKERS] Should we consider empty fields as NULL values when dealing with string columns ? HI, let's say we have the following table :   # CREATE TA

Re: [GENERAL] [NOVICE] PostgreSQL Training

2003-12-15 Thread Amy Young
Bret, Thanks for voicing your opinion. I'll second it as loudly as I can. I work for a small 5 member team in a major hospitality corporation. Our team has a mish mash of responsibilities (help desk, tool design through MS Excel and MS Access, and corporate reporting). We are just pushing the l

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Training

2003-12-15 Thread brew
Bret. > The MySQL certifications, are international skillset certifications, > like MCAD, MCSD, MCSE, RHCE, and LPI certifications, and, from what I > understand, similarly, internationally recognised. In my experience these have less to do with being proficient at a disipline and more to do

[GENERAL] Php help

2003-12-15 Thread Eric Holmstrom
Hi there,   Ive been reading but not getting far, so thought i would ask here. IN SQL im trying to do this.   What its meant to do is look in Column partno. Then check if there are any part numbers starting with 5R. Once it done that  it should insert the value 5R RACING into the blank SEAR

Re: [GENERAL] PG and AIX

2003-12-15 Thread Christopher Browne
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Corey W. Gibbs") writes: > Just curious what problems, if any, have you had compiling/using Posgres on > an AIX system. Up until now, my main experience with PG has been on Linux > systems, and I was just wondering what differences there are in using the > software on an AI

Re: [GENERAL] add column sillyness

2003-12-15 Thread Eric Soroos
MySQL is CLEARLY SUPERIOR in terms of - usability - see above - performance - uses index for for min()/max() - reliability - no need to use vacuum - no need to dump and restore databases for version upgrade - never screwed up any of my databases You forgot space saving storage of floatin

Re: [GENERAL] [NOVICE] PostgreSQL Training

2003-12-15 Thread wim
Hi, Why worry? I'm sure that most of the guys in this list didn't have dedicated PostgreSQL training (I didn't for sure). You have lots of tutorials and (not to forget) a great documentation set on the Postgres website. There are also the mailing lists with people who like to help you. And reme

[GENERAL] "PostgreSQL Error Code(1)"

2003-12-15 Thread Christopher . Becker
When I'm running my app, I occaisonally receive this error message: PostgreSQL Error Code(1) "could not create socket: An address incompatible with the requested protocol was used" It appears to be a PostgreSQL Error, but I can't find Any documentation on it at all in the PostgreSQL docs, or web

[GENERAL] Tables and Enheritance

2003-12-15 Thread pnl
When you create a table (subTable) which enherits from an other table (superTable), what are the actual relationship between theese tables. Is there a foreign key in the subTable, or does the subTable just have the same columns as the superTable plus some extra? I am askin because I would like

[GENERAL] versions of PG

2003-12-15 Thread Hugh N. Ross
Is there a version of PostgreSQL that runs on a Windows machine? ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [GENERAL] dump and sequence initilizing

2003-12-15 Thread Markus Rebbert
Am Mon, den 15.12.2003 schrieb Sai Hertz And Control Systems um 16:26: > Dear Markus Rebbert , > > >what happens with sequences if i dump a database and i want to reload > >it? > > > > > The pg_dump command also dumps the index value of sequences and you do > not have to do any thing > Just mak

Re: [GENERAL] Changing user

2003-12-15 Thread Tom Lane
"C G" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION username; > ERROR: syntax error at or near "$1" at character 28 You'll need to use EXECUTE to do this. Utility statements in general aren't prepared to deal with parameters. regards, tom lane -

Re: [GENERAL] functions returning sets

2003-12-15 Thread Tom Lane
Jeff Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > However, the documentation says that using a SRF in the select list of > a query, but this capability is deprecated. I can't figure out how to > call this function in the from clause with it referring to a column in > a table, I get an error like > ERROR:

[GENERAL] deadlock detected when inserting data

2003-12-15 Thread Jenny Zhang
I am running OSDL-dbt1 - an e-commerce workload (http://www.osdl.org/lab_activities/kernel_testing/osdl_database_test_suite/osdl_dbt-1/) against PostgreSQL: 7.3.3. During the test, I saw a lot of messages in the database log file: NOTICE: _sc_id=0, _add_flag=0, _itemcount=0, _i_id=597, _pp_i_id=

Re: [GENERAL] LIMIT modifier

2003-12-15 Thread Troels Arvin
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 09:32:34 -0800, Roderick A. Anderson wrote: > want to ask if the LIMIT modifier is SQL standard? No. The standard doesn't have anything like that, unfortunately. > MS SQL Server uses a TOP modifier. Yes, but it accepts an optional "WITH TIES" modifier which PostgreSQL doesn'

Re: [GENERAL] LIMIT modifier

2003-12-15 Thread Roderick A. Anderson
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, Arjen van der Meijden wrote: > "Nonstandard Clauses > > The clauses DISTINCT ON, LIMIT, and OFFSET are not defined in the SQL > standard." Humm. Is there a SQL standard to return a subset of the selected tuples? This being contrary to relational theory I believe. :-) >

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL on Windows Server 2003

2003-12-15 Thread scott.marlowe
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, Johnson, Shaunn wrote: > Howdy: > Silly questions - > > Is it possible (or, has anyone got brave enough) to run > PostgreSQL on Windows Server 2003? > > If so, what does it entail and how do I start? The best and easiest way for normal folks is likely gonna be to use cygwi

Re: [GENERAL] Any commercial shopping cart packages using postgresql?

2003-12-15 Thread James Moe
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 09:13:49 +, Tony wrote: >excel it's previous incantation. > The spelling is "its", not "it's". "Its" is a possessive pronoun. "It's" is a contraction for "it is". - -- jimoe at sohnen-moe dot com pgp/gpg public key: ht

[GENERAL] Changing user

2003-12-15 Thread C G
Dear All, I have a simple table CREATE TABLE table1{ user name, si numeric }; Also I have function: CREATE FUNCTION check1(numeric) RETURN text AS' DECLARE SI ALIAS AS $1; username name; BEGIN username:=(SELECT user FROM table1 WHERE si=SI) SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION username; RETURN username; END;

Re: [GENERAL] LIMIT modifier

2003-12-15 Thread Arjen van der Meijden
Rod, Have a look at the bottom of this page: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-select.html "Nonstandard Clauses The clauses DISTINCT ON, LIMIT, and OFFSET are not defined in the SQL standard." TOP x isn't in the standard as well, afaik. Best regards, Arjen Roderick A. Anderso

Re: [GENERAL] Reordering results for a report (follow-up)

2003-12-15 Thread Nathaniel Price
On 12/13/2003 3:47 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote : On Fri, Dec 12, 2003 at 14:40:34 -0800, Nathaniel Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sorry, that's not really what I'm looking for. When I said that the sort order could be arbitrary, I meant /arbitrary/. As in "no amount of ORDER BYs will save me

[GENERAL] LIMIT modifier

2003-12-15 Thread Roderick A. Anderson
I'm dealing with a project that requires me to query a MS SQL Server. Not a PostgreSQL issue I know but I want to ask if the LIMIT modifier is SQL standard? MS SQL Server uses a TOP modifier. select top 1 * from xxx; Whereas all the SQL RDBMS' I've used before used select * f

Re: [GENERAL] 7.5 features

2003-12-15 Thread snpe
On Monday 15 December 2003 08:30 am, Tino Wildenhain wrote: > Hi Harsi, > > snpe schrieb: > > On Sunday 14 December 2003 03:51 pm, Tino Wildenhain wrote: > >>Hi snpwhatever, > >> > >>snpe wrote: > >>>Hello, > >>> Can PostgreSQL resolve object dependencies automatic > >>>If we delete any object the

Re: [GENERAL] password authentication failed for ..

2003-12-15 Thread Tom Lane
Doug McNaught <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Manu M P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I then created the "passwords" file in $PGDATA using pg_pasword and >> added entries for the two users "test1" and "test2". > I've never heard of a 'pg_password' program and it is not part of the > standard distr

Re: [GENERAL] dump and sequence initilizing

2003-12-15 Thread Sai Hertz And Control Systems
Dear Markus Rebbert , what happens with sequences if i dump a database and i want to reload it? The pg_dump command also dumps the index value of sequences and you do not have to do any thing Just make sure your pg_restore and pg_dump with option --disable-tiggers Regards, Vishal kashyap ---

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL on Windows Server 2003

2003-12-15 Thread Bruce Momjian
Johnson, Shaunn wrote: > Howdy: > Silly questions - > > Is it possible (or, has anyone got brave enough) to run > PostgreSQL on Windows Server 2003? > > If so, what does it entail and how do I start? See the FAQ entry for Win32. You can use Cygwin. -- Bruce Momjian|

Re: [GENERAL] password authentication failed for ..

2003-12-15 Thread Doug McNaught
"Manu M P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi > > I have the data base "test" and two users "test1" "test2". I added the following > record to pg_hba.conf > > local test password passwords > > I then created the "passwords" file in $PGDATA using pg_pasword and > added entries for the two users "tes

[GENERAL] PostgreSQL on Windows Server 2003

2003-12-15 Thread Johnson, Shaunn
Title: PostgreSQL on Windows Server 2003 Howdy: Silly questions - Is it possible (or, has anyone got brave enough) to run PostgreSQL on Windows Server 2003? If so, what does it entail and how do I start? Thanks. -X