Re: [GENERAL] catching script errors in PSQL and redirecting to file?

2004-12-14 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 09:25:19AM -0800, Andrew Lapides wrote: > I tried the second option, i.e. calling psql from the command > line redirecting output to the file: > > psql -U ... -W all_tables.sql > log > > Again not everything is recorded into the log file. Some messages go to standard er

Re: [GENERAL] Connect to Postgres 7.4 via ODBC

2004-12-14 Thread Frans
Add : hostallall 10.1.9.15 [your subnet mask number] trust in pg_hba.conf file. have you set the ODBC parameter correctly? database name, etc..? On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:55:20 -0500, Nadia Kunkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > After wasting about half a day I thought I'd a

Re: [GENERAL] Which (table) lock mode to use

2004-12-14 Thread Ben
> What's the purpose of the updates? If we knew more about what > you're trying to do then maybe we could suggest alternate solutions. There are two fields (of all the records) I need to update when I insert/update/delete a record. These two fields contain numbers and they act as a link between t

[GENERAL] tsearch2 installation problem

2004-12-14 Thread Sam
Hi, I have posgres7.4 installed on RedHat9. I downloaded and unzipped the tsearch2 module into posgressrcdir/contrib/tsearch2. gmake produced a  tsearch2.sql that had references to '$libdir' in them. If I try to use that (after successful gmake install) in a line like                        

[GENERAL] pgEdit 1.0b5

2004-12-14 Thread John DeSoi
pgEdit 1.0b5 is now available. This version adds support for Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000. In addition to some minor bug fixes, this version includes some new editing features and another option for executing files with psql. The final version of pgEdit 1.0 is expected shortly after PostgreS

[GENERAL] Connect to Postgres 7.4 via ODBC

2004-12-14 Thread Nadia Kunkov
Hi all, After wasting about half a day I thought I'd ask you for help. I have Fedora Core 3 box that came with postgresql 7.4.6 installed. Locally I have no problems connecting to the database and running psql. I need to set up an ODBC connection from my Windows box. Here is what I've done: 1.

[GENERAL] java.sql.SQLException: ERROR: Relation 38868974 does not exist

2004-12-14 Thread Alain M. Gaudrault
I've come across a problem which is only happening intermittently, and having a difficult time finding information to help me determine what is the source of my frustration. The symptom is the error reported in the subject. We invoke SQL statements from a Java servlet via pg74jdbc3.jar. The r

Re: [GENERAL] Copy row from table to table

2004-12-14 Thread Doug Bloebaum
>>> Michael Fuhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/14/04 1:45 PM >>> >>On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 11:48:21AM -0600, Kall, Bruce A. wrote: >> What is the easiest way to copy a particular row from one table to >> another (assuming all the columns are exactly the same). I want to >> maintain a table ('backup_tab

[GENERAL] Unable to read data from the transport connection.

2004-12-14 Thread Aaron
I am attempting to connect to a PostgreSQL database via C# or VB.net using the Npgsql .Net data provider, but I get the following error when I attempt to open the connection: *** An unhandled exception of type 'System.IO.IOException' occurred in npgsql.dll Additional information: Unable to

[GENERAL] 4th RFD: comp.databases.postgresql

2004-12-14 Thread Mike Cox
REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD) unmoderated group comp.databases.postgresql This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of the worldwide unmoderated Usenet newsgroup comp.databases.postgresql. This is not a Call for Votes (CFV); you cannot vote at

[GENERAL] catching script errors in PSQL and redirecting to file?

2004-12-14 Thread Andrew Lapides
Hi, I have a problem catching the output of my scripts into the file. For example I have a set of scripts to create my schema. In psql I just type \i all_tables.sql and it calls a bunch of scripts - drop script and then individual table creation script. I have all the output inside my psql (wh

Re: [GENERAL] Corrupt RTREE index

2004-12-14 Thread Dann Corbit
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Stark Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 8:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Corrupt RTREE index Scott Marlowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > IS this same issue true for hash or GiST in

Re: [GENERAL] query or schema question

2004-12-14 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 07:23:31PM -0800, Scott Frankel wrote: > is there a reasonable way to traverse the dependencies from the > students table back to the universities table? See the documentation for joined tables in the Tutorial and in the SQL Language documentation. It sounds like you want

Re: [GENERAL] Corrupt RTREE index

2004-12-14 Thread Greg Stark
Scott Marlowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > IS this same issue true for hash or GiST indexes? I think that's true, afaik rtree, GiST, and hash are all not WAL-logged. > On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 13:49, Dann Corbit wrote: > > I suggest a warning (if there is not already one generated) on create > >

Re: [GENERAL] VACUUM FULL [ANALYZE] problem

2004-12-14 Thread Neil Conway
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 17:15 -0800, Tim Vadnais wrote: > My question is: > What is stand-alone mode? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/app-postgres.html -Neil ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend

Re: [GENERAL] Which (table) lock mode to use

2004-12-14 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 11:55:34AM +1100, Ben wrote: > I have this scenario and would like to use lock table for this but I > don't know which mode I should use. > > When I delete/update/insert a record from/to a table, I need to update > some fields of all the records in this table. What's the

[GENERAL] VACUUM FULL [ANALYZE] problem

2004-12-14 Thread Tim Vadnais
Title: VACUUM FULL [ANALYZE] problem If I run a vacuum full on my system I get the following warning.  The optional analyze  has no effect on the output. bwks=# VACUUM FULL; WARNING:  index "pg_database_datname_index" contains 3 row versions, but table contains 4 row versions HINT:  Rebuild

[GENERAL] query or schema question

2004-12-14 Thread Scott Frankel
My first schema design has passed all the tests I've thrown it so far, 'cept one -- and a simple one at that. I wonder if the following boils down to a question of query construction or if I need to redesign my schema. Consider the (contrived) example of 3 universities, where each hosts a *uni

[GENERAL] Which (table) lock mode to use

2004-12-14 Thread Ben
Hi I have this scenario and would like to use lock table for this but I don't know which mode I should use. When I delete/update/insert a record from/to a table, I need to update some fields of all the records in this table. During this process I don't want anyone to insert, update or delete the

Re: [GENERAL] Corrupt RTREE index

2004-12-14 Thread Dann Corbit
Would it be possible to rebuild all non-btree indexes when a recovery takes place? Another thing that seems it might be nice is to check the non-btree indexes during analyze (if that is possible and not too expensive). -Original Message- From: Neil Conway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [GENERAL] Corrupt RTREE index

2004-12-14 Thread Neil Conway
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 14:12 -0600, Scott Marlowe wrote: > IS this same issue true for hash or GiST indexes? Yes, it is: currently, only btree indexes are WAL safe. (I spent some time recently looking into adding page-level concurrency and WAL to GiST, but I haven't had a chance to finish that wor

Re: [GENERAL] Performance suggestions?

2004-12-14 Thread Neil Conway
On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 10:22 +1100, Harvey, Allan AC wrote: > I have a small table about 20 rows, a constant, that is receiving > about 160 updates per second. > The table is used to share gathered data to other process asynchronously. > After 5 min it is 12 updates per second. > Performance returns

Re: [GENERAL] Performance differences 7.1 to 7.3

2004-12-14 Thread Neil Conway
On Mon, 2004-12-13 at 17:43 -0500, Jimmie H. Apsey wrote: > Hello all, > I have just loaded Postgresql 7.3.6-7 onto a new server on the > recommendation of Tom Lane. It is part of Red Hat AS 3. > I have Postgresql 7.1.3-5 running on Red Hat AS 2.1. > I have a simple view from which I select on bo

Re: [GENERAL] Performance differences 7.1 to 7.3

2004-12-14 Thread Jimmie H. Apsey
On the 'old' Red Hat AS 2.1 here is the results of explain and the query: [ ~]$ time /usr/bin/psql mpt -c"explain select count(*) from tpv;" NOTICE: QUERY PLAN: Aggregate (cost=4563.87..4563.87 rows=1 width=56) -> Nested Loop (cost=870.92..4563.01 rows=342 width=56) -> Hash Join (cost

Re: [GENERAL] Performance suggestions?

2004-12-14 Thread Dann Corbit
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harvey, Allan AC Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 3:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [GENERAL] Performance suggestions? Hi all, I'm after suggestions on how to keep the initial performance of a system I

Re: [GENERAL] Performance differences 7.1 to 7.3

2004-12-14 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 16:50, Jimmie H. Apsey wrote: > I think my indexes are OK. > > I have no settings for 'shared memory buffers' in postgresql.conf on > either system. Both systems have same, i.e. > #sort_mem = 512 > #shared_buffers = 2*max_connections # min 16 > #fsync = true > > Do you, or

[GENERAL] Performance suggestions?

2004-12-14 Thread Harvey, Allan AC
Hi all, I'm after suggestions on how to keep the initial performance of a system I've put together for longer than 2 minutes. I have a small table about 20 rows, a constant, that is receiving about 160 updates per second. The table is used to share gathered data to other process asynchronously. A

Re: [GENERAL] Performance differences 7.1 to 7.3

2004-12-14 Thread Tom Lane
"Jimmie H. Apsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On the 'old' Red Hat AS 2.1 here is the results of explain and the query: The major problem seems to be that the old system is using a nestloop with inner indexscan on ada_code: > -> Nested Loop (cost=870.92..4563.01 rows=342 width=56) >

Re: [GENERAL] Performance differences 7.1 to 7.3

2004-12-14 Thread Jimmie H. Apsey
I think my indexes are OK. I have no settings for 'shared memory buffers' in postgresql.conf on either system.  Both systems have same, i.e. #sort_mem = 512 #shared_buffers = 2*max_connections # min 16 #fsync = true Do you, or any of you, have any other suggestions for why such a simple "sele

Re: [GENERAL] Performance differences 7.1 to 7.3

2004-12-14 Thread Dann Corbit
-Original Message- From: Jimmie H. Apsey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 1:18 PM To: Dann Corbit Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Performance differences 7.1 to 7.3 On the 'old' Red Hat AS 2.1 here is the results of explain and the query: [ ~]$ ti

[GENERAL] WAL/pg_xlog on Another Disk: Redundancy?

2004-12-14 Thread Thomas F.O'Connell
It's part of the conventional wisdom of performance tuning to keep pg_xlog on a separate physical disk, and this seems to be common sense to me. Am I correct in deducing that the performance gain comes from preventing a file being written to sequentially from competing for I/O resources with th

Re: [GENERAL] Corrupt RTREE index

2004-12-14 Thread Scott Marlowe
IS this same issue true for hash or GiST indexes? On Tue, 2004-12-14 at 13:49, Dann Corbit wrote: > I suggest a warning (if there is not already one generated) on create > index for rtree indexes so that users know that they are not fully > supported. > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL

Re: [GENERAL] Best practice in postgres

2004-12-14 Thread Richard_D_Levine
Oracle and PostgreSQL schemas seem to have fairly equivalent functionality from what I've read, except that PostgreSQL schemas aren't as tied to a particular user as are Oracle's.

Re: [GENERAL] Corrupt RTREE index

2004-12-14 Thread Dann Corbit
I suggest a warning (if there is not already one generated) on create index for rtree indexes so that users know that they are not fully supported. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Lane Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 4:14 PM To: Greg St

[GENERAL] Deadlock detected during vacuum analyze

2004-12-14 Thread Együd Csaba
Hi, one more question: how can I set up vaccum handling in postgres to make it less agressive? I'm faceing a problem where a batch process (inserting 184 records at once which takes 1 second in normal cases) stops because of a dead lock. This occures (seemingly) only when a vacuum analyze is runnin

Re: [GENERAL] Copy row from table to table

2004-12-14 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 11:48:21AM -0600, Kall, Bruce A. wrote: > What is the easiest way to copy a particular row from one table to > another (assuming all the columns are exactly the same). I want to > maintain a table ('backup_table') that has rows I have (or will be) > deleting from my 'ori

Re: [GENERAL] increasing max_connections on freebsd

2004-12-14 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 06:34:05PM +0100, Christian Kratzer wrote: > > At least on FreeBSD 5.x there is no need to build a customer kernel. > The following can be set in /boot/loader.conf I forgot about /boot/loader.conf. If I get a chance I'll check if the settings you posted also work in FreeB

[GENERAL] Copy row from table to table

2004-12-14 Thread Kall, Bruce A.
What is the easiest way to copy a particular row from one table to another (assuming all the columns are exactly the same). I want to maintain a table ('backup_table') that has rows I have (or will be) deleting from my 'original_table'. (Both tables have the same 68 columns). I've tried INSERT

Re: [GENERAL] Insufficient memory for this operation.

2004-12-14 Thread Együd Csaba (Freemail)
Hi Grag, thank you, I realized the problem. I treated these values as per server values not per connection. It's now working with 20 or more concurrent connections well. bye, -- Csaba -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Stark Sent: Tue

Re: [GENERAL] increasing max_connections on freebsd

2004-12-14 Thread Christian Kratzer
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Michael Fuhr wrote: On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 10:01:47AM -0500, Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote: [snipp] The error probably says something about not having enough shared memory or semaphores. On FreeBSD some IPC settings can be configured via sysctl but others might need to be built i

Re: [GENERAL] Insufficient memory for this operation.

2004-12-14 Thread Greg Stark
Együd Csaba (Freemail) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > shared_buffers = 2 # min 16, at least max_connections*2, 8KB each You can lower this to 10,000 or even lower. > max_connections = 100 > work_mem = 16384# min 64, size in KB That's 16M per connection with a maximu

Re: [GENERAL] increasing max_connections on freebsd

2004-12-14 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 10:01:47AM -0500, Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote: > On Dec 14, 2004, at 5:46 AM, Hengki Suhartoyo wrote: > > > >I want to increase my max_connections up to 128 > >connections, but I got that I need to recompile my > >kernel. I'm newbie in postgresql and freebsd. How to > >increas

WG: AW: [GENERAL] Index on geometry and timestamp

2004-12-14 Thread Werdin Jens
> Thank you Oleg, > > It works. glad to hear that. You might submit this to posgis faq. > > Greetings > Jens > > -Urspr?ngliche Nachricht- > Von: Oleg Bartunov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Dienstag, 7. Dezember 2004 12:20 > An: Werdin Jens > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: Re:

Re: [GENERAL] Help needed with QueryPlan

2004-12-14 Thread Richard Huxton
Alex wrote: Hi, I have a query that runs pretty slow and tried to use explain to see where the problem is. Both tables have 2.1 and 2.8 million records. In the Explain output I see that a Seq Scan is used on nval_price_hist what I dont quite understand. Could some one help me creating the correct i

[GENERAL] Insufficient memory for this operation.

2004-12-14 Thread Együd Csaba
(WinXP, PG8b5, 1GB, 3,2GHz) Hi, I regulary get the above error message when I run my applications in parallel. There are minimum of 5 applications which have to access the server in parallel, but in the production environment this number will about 30-50 (with the additional clients). Each of th

Re: [GENERAL] Spanning tables

2004-12-14 Thread JM
hi, i cant afford to move the database to another location.. i will still end up on lack of disk space.. i was thinking if theres a way in version 7.3.4 to move tables on a different partition or when ever i create new tables it automatically create files on a diff partition.. tia,