Re: [GENERAL] multi line text data/query ?bug?

2005-03-23 Thread Sim Zacks
The difference between a Tab and a newline is that tab is a universally recognized single ascii character while newline is in flux. Aside from this, a tab is a quasi-viewable character as the cursor will not go to the middle of the tab. Meaning if the tab takes up the space of 10 characters, you co

Re: [GENERAL] Changing constraints to deferrable

2005-03-23 Thread Greg Stark
Michael Fuhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 12:13:33PM -0500, Greg Stark wrote: > > > > Consider this a plea for an ALTER TABLE ALTER CONSTRAINT command :) > > Shouldn't ALTER TABLE DROP CONSTRAINT followed by ALTER TABLE ADD > CONSTRAINT work? It does for me in simple t

Re: [GENERAL] Simple query takes a long time on win2K

2005-03-23 Thread A. Mous
Thank you all for your input, and thanks about the tip on ethereal - cool program. Here's what I've found out from today's testing: The total size of the recordset that is being served up is about 500kb. When serving across a network, the time to deliver the records to the client is largely depen

Re: [GENERAL] Another help needed on Window client

2005-03-23 Thread Tom Lane
Vernon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.0>runas /user:user01 > cmd.exe > Enter the password for user01: > Attempting to start cmd.exe as user "\user01" ... > A new command prompt window is popup. In the new > command prompt window, I have the following: > ~~

Re: [GENERAL] Another help needed on Window client

2005-03-23 Thread Tony Caduto
You need to set your pg_hba.conf file to allow trusted authentication for 127.0.0.1 i.e. hostall all 127.0.0.1/32 trust Vernon wrote: Here is my situation: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.0>runas /user:user01 cmd.exe Enter the password

[GENERAL] Another help needed on Window client

2005-03-23 Thread Vernon
Here is my situation: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.0>runas /user:user01 cmd.exe Enter the password for user01: Attempting to start cmd.exe as user "\user01" ... ~~~ A new command prompt window is popup. In the new command prompt window

Re: [GENERAL] plperl doesn't release memory

2005-03-23 Thread Tom Lane
Sven Willenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have been experiencing an issue with plperl and PostgreSQL 8.0.1 in > that after calling a plperl function memory does not get released. AFAICT the result of spi_exec_query gets released fine, as soon as it's no longer referenced within perl. Perh

Re: [GENERAL] inherited table and rules

2005-03-23 Thread Scott Frankel
On Mar 23, 2005, at 2:42 PM, Klint Gore wrote: Rows inserted into inherited tables are visible to the parent. It's effectively the same as having a union all on the 2 tables. Using the only qualifier is how you stop the "union" happening. This explains it. Thanks! Scott --

[GENERAL] plperl doesn't release memory

2005-03-23 Thread Sven Willenberger
I have been experiencing an issue with plperl and PostgreSQL 8.0.1 in that after calling a plperl function memory does not get released. Two different systems and each show different symptoms: 1) system: FreeBSD 5.3-Stable i386 with 1 GB RAM, dual Xeon P4 processors. script: plperl issues an SP

Re: [GENERAL] inherited table and rules

2005-03-23 Thread Klint Gore
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:48:46 -0800, Scott Frankel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Close. Thanks for the very helpful suggestions! > > As I read the doco on rules and dissect the rule I've constructed, one > issue > remains: the UPDATE in my rule causes additional rows to be added to > the pare

Re: [GENERAL] postgres oracle emulation question

2005-03-23 Thread Lonni J Friedman
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 12:30:29 -0800, Dann Corbit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. Excellent stability Not in my experience. > 2. Excellent scalability Well, its an 800lb gorilla, so it starts off with enough momentum. > 3. Superb toolset Used sqlplus lately? > 4. After-market support produc

Re: [GENERAL] Question about function body checking and 8.1

2005-03-23 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 09:04:42PM -0600, Tony Caduto wrote: > > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION mytest(); > RETURNS VOID as > $$ > DECLARE > mytestvar varchar; > mytestvar2 integer; > BEGIN > mytestvarr = 'bla'; > select testfield from nonexistanttable where testfield = 2 > INTO myt

Re: [GENERAL] postgres oracle emulation question

2005-03-23 Thread Dann Corbit
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lonni J Friedman Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 6:06 AM To: Joshua D. Drake Cc: Randy Samberg; pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] postgres oracle emulation question On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:38

Re: [GENERAL] debug_print_plan

2005-03-23 Thread elein
Aha you are right. I tried this but set log min error statement instead and so *that* didn't work. Setting the right variable worked and I can now see the plan. Thanks!! --elein On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 01:05:30PM -0700, Michael Fuhr wrote: > On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 11:38:21AM -0800, elein wrote:

Re: [GENERAL] debug_print_plan

2005-03-23 Thread Tom Lane
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (elein) writes: > I cannot get debug_print_plan to print the query plan to the > log. /* * Print plan if debugging. */ if (Debug_print_plan) elog_node_display(DEBUG1, "plan", plan, Debug_pretty_print); Looks like you also need to

Re: [GENERAL] Changing constraints to deferrable

2005-03-23 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 12:13:33PM -0500, Greg Stark wrote: > > Consider this a plea for an ALTER TABLE ALTER CONSTRAINT command :) Shouldn't ALTER TABLE DROP CONSTRAINT followed by ALTER TABLE ADD CONSTRAINT work? It does for me in simple tests. It's a little more work than a single ALTER TABL

Re: [GENERAL] inherited table and rules

2005-03-23 Thread Jim Buttafuoco
try select * from ONLY people. also check out this query select relname,people.* from people join pg_class on people.tableoid=pg_class.oid; and select relname,people.* from ONLY people join pg_class on people.tableoid=pg_class.oid; Jim -- Original Message --- From: Scott F

[GENERAL] postgresql max memory (pl/Perl)

2005-03-23 Thread FERREIRA William (COFRAMI)
Title: postgresql max memory (pl/Perl) hi in my application i select data from my database and i store it into a pl/perl variable $myClob. the quantity of data is very big (around 250Mo, growing to 800Mo). and next i write this data into a file. with Oracle, it works, but with Oracle i get

Re: [GENERAL] debug_print_plan

2005-03-23 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 11:38:21AM -0800, elein wrote: > > I cannot get debug_print_plan to print the query plan to the > log. I have set it in the postgresql.conf file and bounced > the server. The output is simply not there. show shows > that the value is set, but no output. What's your log_

[GENERAL] tsearch2 installation question

2005-03-23 Thread Rick Schumeyer
I’m trying to install the version of tsearch2 distributed with pg 8.0.1.  “make” and “make install” runs with no apparent problems, but “make installcheck” fails.  Looking at the diffs, I would guess that the differences are inconsequential.  But I would like to be sure before proceeding.

Re: [GENERAL] Simple query takes a long time on win2K

2005-03-23 Thread A. Mous
OK, I've taken the PII 233 that had win2K pro on it, and installed winXP home. Reloaded psql 8.0.1 and the database and ran the exact same query. Recall with win2K it took 4000ms to get the data to the client (about 1500 rows) and on XP it takes 290ms the first time, and about 250ms every time the

Re: [GENERAL] inherited table and rules

2005-03-23 Thread Scott Frankel
Close. Thanks for the very helpful suggestions! As I read the doco on rules and dissect the rule I've constructed, one issue remains: the UPDATE in my rule causes additional rows to be added to the parent table. How is that possible? How can it be suppressed? i.e.: My rule specifies that whe

[GENERAL] debug_print_plan

2005-03-23 Thread elein
I cannot get debug_print_plan to print the query plan to the log. I have set it in the postgresql.conf file and bounced the server. The output is simply not there. show shows that the value is set, but no output. If someone can respond Right Now I'd very much appreciate it. I cannot get onto i

Re: [GENERAL] postgres oracle emulation question

2005-03-23 Thread Randy Samberg
Thanks to everyone for your comments on postgres oracle emulation. It was very helpful. Randy -Original Message- From: Joshua D. Drake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 8:38 PM To: Lonni J Friedman Cc: Randy Samberg; pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENER

Re: [GENERAL] pl/perl problem

2005-03-23 Thread FERREIRA William (COFRAMI)
Title: RE: [GENERAL] pl/perl problem yes, it works exactly what i needed, thanks a lot -Message d'origine- De : Richard Huxton [mailto:dev@archonet.com] Envoyé : mardi 22 mars 2005 12:41 À : FERREIRA William (COFRAMI) Cc : 'Sean Davis'; pgsql-general@postgresql.org Objet : Re: [GENER

Re: [GENERAL] pl/perl problem

2005-03-23 Thread FERREIRA William (COFRAMI)
Title: RE: [GENERAL] pl/perl problem thanks a lot with your example and the example of Richard it works fine -Message d'origine- De : Sean Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoyé : mardi 22 mars 2005 12:51 À : FERREIRA William (COFRAMI) Cc : pgsql-general@postgresql.org Objet : Re: [

Re: [GENERAL] Simple query takes a long time on win2K

2005-03-23 Thread Magnus Hagander
> > The confusing thing for me is that so far, the only > consistent pattern > > here is that machines running win2k Pro take roughly 4 seconds to > > deliver the data to the client, while win XP machines perform much > > better (<200ms to deliver recordset). I've tried installing QoS > > pac

Re: [BUGS] [GENERAL] contrib module intagg crashing the backend

2005-03-23 Thread Tom Lane
I wrote: > Grumble ... I seem to have managed to promote intagg from > broken-on-64bit-platforms to broken-on-every-platform ... > will look into a fix tomorrow. Ron's problem is essentially a double-free bug. In this patch: 2005-01-27 16:35 tgl * contrib/intagg/: int_aggregate.c, int_

Re: [GENERAL] Simple query takes a long time on win2K

2005-03-23 Thread Tom Lane
"A. Mous" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The confusing thing for me is that so far, the only consistent pattern here > is that machines running win2k Pro take roughly 4 seconds to deliver the > data to the client, while win XP machines perform much better (<200ms to > deliver recordset). I've tried

Re: [GENERAL] Simple query takes a long time on win2K

2005-03-23 Thread A. Mous
For the sake of further comparison, I added another computer to the comparison. Another Celeron 2400, running win XP again, but only 256MB ram. All records returned to client in 200ms (slightly longer than the 2400 machine with 500MB ram). Recall that the win2K box with 256MB Ram (PIII 1.8) took

Re: [GENERAL] multi line text data/query ?bug?

2005-03-23 Thread Tom Lane
"Sim Zacks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > A query written on any client should return the same result. The query being > the visible appearance on the screen. This is presupposing the answer to the question at hand. I do not agree with the above premise; it would seem to imply, for example, expan

Re: [GENERAL] backend process

2005-03-23 Thread Tom Lane
Scott Marlowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 10:11, Edson Vilhena de Carvalho wrote: >> active backend server processes. I would like to know >> what is a active backend server processes. > In PostgreSQL every connection spawns a new backend that operates on the > database sem

Re: [GENERAL] Delay INSERT

2005-03-23 Thread Tom Lane
Dawid Kuroczko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > PostgreSQL doesn't have such issues with blocking, so only difference > between INSERT and INSERT DELAYED from PostgreSQL's standpoint > would be waiting and not for the result... With the right client-side code you can transmit multiple queries before

Re: [GENERAL] postgresql unicode lower/upper problem

2005-03-23 Thread Tom Lane
Sergey Levchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am not able to get work lower and upper functions on postgresql > v8.0.1 and 8.1b(current cvs copy). I use Debian SID i686 GNU/Linux. > Locale: ru_RU.KOI8-R > createdb -E UNICODE test I think the problem is you selected a database encoding that doe

Re: [GENERAL] Changing constraints to deferrable

2005-03-23 Thread Greg Stark
"Florian G. Pflug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Greg Stark wrote: > > I want all my foreign key constraints to be deferrable. They were all > > created > > with the default (not deferrable). > > Is it enough to just do update pg_constraint set condeferrable = 't' where > > contype = 'f'; > >

Re: [GENERAL] I'm OWNER of the db but I get `permission denied` when

2005-03-23 Thread Richard Huxton
Michael Fuhr wrote: On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 04:07:59PM +, Richard Huxton wrote: Don't forget pg_class isn't in your database, it's shared by all. Each database has its own pg_class: You're quite right Michael, I'm talking rubbish. Why is it always when I don't bother to read what I'm writing

Re: [GENERAL] Extracting object source code from database to store in CVS...

2005-03-23 Thread Tom Lane
Adrianna Pinska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > More specifically, I've been looking for a way to persuade postgresql > to output the create script for a single object - without much > success. It seems that pg_dump can output a dump of the entire > database schema or a dump of a single table, but n

Re: [GENERAL] Simple query takes a long time on win2K

2005-03-23 Thread A. Mous
Yeah, thanks. I did see that post about the QoS and it doesn't help in this case. -Original Message- From: Tom Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: March 23, 2005 9:51 AM To: A. Mous Cc: 'Richard Huxton'; pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Simple query takes a long tim

Re: [GENERAL] Table audit system

2005-03-23 Thread Greg Patnude
I use a modified form of option 3 with an ON UPDATE RULE the update rule copies the row to an inherited table... CREATE TABLE dm_user ( id SERIAL NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, lu_user_type INTEGER NOT NULL REFERENCES lu_user_type(id), dm_user_address INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,

Re: [GENERAL] Delay INSERT

2005-03-23 Thread Greg Stark
Dawid Kuroczko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > PostgreSQL doesn't have such issues with blocking, so only difference > between INSERT and INSERT DELAYED from PostgreSQL's standpoint > would be waiting and not for the result... An insert can be blocked if there's a UNIQUE constraint and another tran

Re: [GENERAL] Command Prompt on Window version

2005-03-23 Thread Magnus Hagander
> Just installed the 8.0 version for Windows. As a Unix guy, I > would like to do things through the command prompt. I have > trouble to bring up it. After bringing up the "psql to > template1" as the same user of the installation > configuration, it disappears right after I type in the passwor

Re: [GENERAL] Question about function body checking and 8.1

2005-03-23 Thread Tom Lane
Sean Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mar 22, 2005, at 10:04 PM, Tony Caduto wrote: >> Also if you happen to use PLperl or any of the other ones, do they >> actually do better checking than PLpgsql? Last time I used a PLperl >> function it didn't do any checking at creation either. > I t

Re: [GENERAL] Simple query takes a long time on win2K

2005-03-23 Thread A. Mous
Queries are issued from, and time values are report in pgAdminIII. -Original Message- From: Magnus Hagander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: March 23, 2005 9:31 AM To: A. Mous; Richard Huxton Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: RE: [GENERAL] Simple query takes a long time on win2K

Re: [GENERAL] I'm OWNER of the db but I get `permission denied` when

2005-03-23 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 04:07:59PM +, Richard Huxton wrote: > Don't forget pg_class isn't in your database, it's shared by all. Each database has its own pg_class: SELECT relname, relkind, relisshared FROM pg_class WHERE relname = 'pg_class'; relname | relkind | relisshared --+--

[GENERAL] Existence of tuples in relations and a multicolumn index.

2005-03-23 Thread Tzahi Fadida
If I have a relation and create a multicolumn index on all the attributes, would the index be bigger than the relation itself? would it be more efficient to keep the relation ordered on all the attribute if I have a lot of additions? I have relations that are only incremental in time and they are h

Re: [GENERAL] Simple query takes a long time on win2K

2005-03-23 Thread Tom Lane
"A. Mous" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > None of these tests were run over a network - all local. Nonetheless, the client-to-server communication goes through the Windows TCP stack, because that's the only comm protocol we support on Windows. Notice that your EXPLAIN ANALYZEs show the query as exe

Re: [GENERAL] Delay INSERT

2005-03-23 Thread Richard Huxton
Dawid Kuroczko wrote: On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 14:50:47 +, Richard Huxton wrote: ON.KG wrote: Does PostgreSQL have something like "INSERT DELAYD" - like it is used in MySQL? or any other way to delay inserting? What precisely does this do? It adds an insert into a 'do this' queue and returns. From

[GENERAL] Command Prompt on Window version

2005-03-23 Thread Vernon
Just installed the 8.0 version for Windows. As a Unix guy, I would like to do things through the command prompt. I have trouble to bring up it. After bringing up the "psql to template1" as the same user of the installation configuration, it disappears right after I type in the password. How to br

Re: [GENERAL] Simple query takes a long time on win2K

2005-03-23 Thread A. Mous
So, does this lend evidence to the theory that the difference is due to insufficient RAM in all of the win2K pro machines? -Original Message- From: Magnus Hagander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: March 23, 2005 9:29 AM To: A. Mous; pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: RE: [GENERAL] Simp

Re: [GENERAL] Simple query takes a long time on win2K

2005-03-23 Thread A. Mous
Yes, it is quite a range of hardware, and even within the win2k pro machines there is quite a range of hardware which is why I would expect all of them to produce slightly different latency times to serve up the records. Yet, all are serving in 4 seconds! If I saw a pattern that suggested that th

Re: [GENERAL] Simple query takes a long time on win2K

2005-03-23 Thread Magnus Hagander
> None of these tests were run over a network - all local. > Given that the hardware is very different, however, I did > find it strange that all win2k (Pro, not server) served up > the records in almost exactly the same time, while the 2.4 > celeron is 80ms! Note that the granularity of the

Re: [GENERAL] Delay INSERT

2005-03-23 Thread Dawid Kuroczko
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 14:50:47 +, Richard Huxton wrote: > ON.KG wrote: > > Hi > > > > Does PostgreSQL have something like "INSERT DELAYD" - like it is used in > > MySQL? > > > > or any other way to delay inserting? > > What precisely does this do? It adds an insert into a 'do this' queue and r

Re: [GENERAL] Simple query takes a long time on win2K

2005-03-23 Thread Magnus Hagander
> You're right, the Celeron 2400 is much faster than the 200, > but not that much more than the 1800, and all win2k > (professional) machines are serving up the records in exactly > the same amount of time. > > Across a network (issuing the query from the 2400 celeron win > XP to the 233 PII w

Re: [GENERAL] I'm OWNER of the db but I get `permission denied` when

2005-03-23 Thread David Gagnon
Thanks It's the problem. /David Richard Huxton wrote: David Gagnon wrote: Hi all, I just created a new db wich userX is owner. I log via pgAdminIII with the same user but I can't update the pg_class. UPDATE pg_class SET reltriggers = 0 WHERE relname = 'ic' I get:ERROR: permission denied for rel

Re: [GENERAL] backend process

2005-03-23 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 10:11, Edson Vilhena de Carvalho wrote: > I'm a new user of postgreSQL > > I was loking at the documentation and testing some > things and I make: > > select * from pg_stat_database; > > pg_stat_database is writen on the table of page 317, > one os the outputs is numbackend

Re: [GENERAL] I'm OWNER of the db but I get `permission denied` when

2005-03-23 Thread Joshua D. Drake
David Gagnon wrote: Hi all, I just created a new db wich userX is owner. I log via pgAdminIII with the same user but I can't update the pg_class. You are a datdba but not a superuser :). You have to be a super user to update pg_class. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake UPDATE pg_class SET reltriggers =

Re: [GENERAL] checkpoint_timeout

2005-03-23 Thread Tom Lane
"Thomas F.O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "This option can only be set at server start or in the postgresql.conf > file." > Perhaps I've been misunderstanding the "or" clause? Does the "or" > clause refer to the fact that it can be sent as an option at server > start or changed with a

Re: [GENERAL] Simple query takes a long time on win2K

2005-03-23 Thread A. Mous
You're right, the Celeron 2400 is much faster than the 200, but not that much more than the 1800, and all win2k (professional) machines are serving up the records in exactly the same amount of time. Across a network (issuing the query from the 2400 celeron win XP to the 233 PII win2k) the records

Re: [GENERAL] Simple query takes a long time on win2K

2005-03-23 Thread Joshua D. Drake
How long does it take for the _second_ and _third_ times? Just for reference. The reason we want to know about subsequent runs is that things will be cached. Are the drives on the machine very different? This is where I am leaning without any further information because the older machine (in theor

Re: [GENERAL] Delay INSERT

2005-03-23 Thread Harald Fuchs
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "ON.KG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi > Does PostgreSQL have something like "INSERT DELAYD" - like it is used in > MySQL? > or any other way to delay inserting? Every INSERT in PostgreSQL is delayed in some sense: firstly, it is not visible to anyone else until

Re: [GENERAL] I'm OWNER of the db but I get `permission denied` when

2005-03-23 Thread Richard Huxton
David Gagnon wrote: Hi all, I just created a new db wich userX is owner. I log via pgAdminIII with the same user but I can't update the pg_class. UPDATE pg_class SET reltriggers = 0 WHERE relname = 'ic' I get:ERROR: permission denied for relation pg_class I do that on my dev env. The only diff

[GENERAL] postgresql unicode lower/upper problem

2005-03-23 Thread Sergey Levchenko
I am not able to get work lower and upper functions on postgresql v8.0.1 and 8.1b(current cvs copy). I use Debian SID i686 GNU/Linux. Locale: ru_RU.KOI8-R createdb -E UNICODE test psql test test=> SET client_encoding TO KOI8; SET test=> SELECT t FROM t1; t ÐÐ tEsT (2 rows)

[GENERAL] backend process

2005-03-23 Thread Edson Vilhena de Carvalho
I'm a new user of postgreSQL I was loking at the documentation and testing some things and I make: select * from pg_stat_database; pg_stat_database is writen on the table of page 317, one os the outputs is numbackends that is the number of active backend server processes. I would like to know wh

Re: [GENERAL] Simple query takes a long time on win2K

2005-03-23 Thread A. Mous
None of these tests were run over a network - all local. Given that the hardware is very different, however, I did find it strange that all win2k (Pro, not server) served up the records in almost exactly the same time, while the 2.4 celeron is 80ms! In terms of processor speed, that difference in

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL support

2005-03-23 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Walker, Jed S wrote: Hi, I am an experienced Oracle DBA and I am now working on building a PostgreSQL database for a project. Part of the lure for this was the no-cost licensing as we'll possibly be putting instances of this new system into many local sites. At this time we are planning to build li

Re: [GENERAL] OSX, ODBC and Office 2004

2005-03-23 Thread tony
Le mardi 22 mars 2005 à 17:55 +, Konstantinos Agouros a écrit : > does this work in any way (PG 7.4.7 and OSX 10.3), so I can access postgres > as data source from say excel? I use OpenOffice.org and JDBC Tony ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9:

[GENERAL] strange overlaps?

2005-03-23 Thread Pavel Stehule
Hello, it's true? tarif=# select ('10:10:10'::time,'10min'::interval) overlaps ('18:00:00'::time, '6hours'::interval); overlaps -- t (1 row) I think not. There is problem in overflow one parametr. tarif=# select ('06:10:10'::time,'1min'::interval) overlaps ('18:00:00'::time, '5hour

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL support

2005-03-23 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 05:25, Walker, Jed S wrote: > Hi, > > I am an experienced Oracle DBA and I am now working on building a PostgreSQL > database for a project. Part of the lure for this was the no-cost licensing > as we'll possibly be putting instances of this new system into many local > sites

Re: [GENERAL] Simple query takes a long time on win2K

2005-03-23 Thread Lincoln Yeoh
They are quite different hardware. How long does it take for the _first_ time you do the query on the Celeron machine? The first time. Wait until everything has started up first and the machine is quiescent. How long does it take for the _second_ and _third_ times? Do the same for all the machin

[GENERAL] I'm OWNER of the db but I get `permission denied` when doing updating table pg_class ???? Any help appreciated

2005-03-23 Thread David Gagnon
Hi all, I just created a new db wich userX is owner. I log via pgAdminIII with the same user but I can't update the pg_class. UPDATE pg_class SET reltriggers = 0 WHERE relname = 'ic' I get:ERROR: permission denied for relation pg_class I do that on my dev env. The only difference I saw beetwee

Re: [GENERAL] Delay INSERT

2005-03-23 Thread Richard Huxton
ON.KG wrote: Hi Does PostgreSQL have something like "INSERT DELAYD" - like it is used in MySQL? or any other way to delay inserting? What precisely does this do? -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: if posting/reading thr

Re: [GENERAL] Delay INSERT

2005-03-23 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 07:31:22PM +0300, ON.KG wrote: > Does PostgreSQL have something like "INSERT DELAYD" - like it is used in > MySQL? > > or any other way to delay inserting? What problem are you trying to solve? Are you aware that PostgreSQL uses Multiversion Concurrency Control (MVCC) so

[GENERAL] Delay INSERT

2005-03-23 Thread ON.KG
Hi Does PostgreSQL have something like "INSERT DELAYD" - like it is used in MySQL? or any other way to delay inserting? Thanx ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column

Re: [GENERAL] inherited table and rules

2005-03-23 Thread Stephan Szabo
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Scott Frankel wrote: > Syntax troubles. > > What is the proper syntax for using FROM ONLY table_name in an UPDATE > statement? According to the docs, In a FROM clause, I should be able to > use the ONLY keyword preceding the table name. This throws an error: > > UPDATE

Re: [GENERAL] PLPGSQL

2005-03-23 Thread Sean Davis
On Mar 23, 2005, at 8:51 AM, Shaun Clements wrote: Hi Sean Ive chosen the table structure on purpose. Im transforming data from one table to another. The problem is still there. I receive the column name from a query in one table, and then need to update the table with that column name in anoth

Re: FW: [GENERAL] PLPGSQL

2005-03-23 Thread Richard Huxton
Shaun Clements wrote: Hi Sean Ive chosen the table structure on purpose. Im transforming data from one table to another. The problem is still there. I receive the column name from a query in one table, and then need to update the table with that column name in another. This needs to be done dynami

[GENERAL] Table audit system

2005-03-23 Thread josue
Hello list, I need to define an audit system that would be easyli include or exclude certain tables, the process is a purchase order where many users changes the info in diferent ways, the requerimient is to log the stamp and user of the change on a table and additionaly log a snapshot of the th

Re: [GENERAL] postgres oracle emulation question

2005-03-23 Thread Lonni J Friedman
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:38:13 -0800, Joshua D. Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lonni J Friedman wrote: > > >On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:51:06 -0800, Randy Samberg > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> > >>Does anyone know if there is a way in Postgres to emulate Oracle, in other > >>words make P

Re: [GENERAL] Changing constraints to deferrable

2005-03-23 Thread Florian G. Pflug
Greg Stark wrote: I want all my foreign key constraints to be deferrable. They were all created with the default (not deferrable). Is it enough to just do update pg_constraint set condeferrable = 't' where contype = 'f'; No - the constraints are actually enforced by triggers - Just just normal

FW: [GENERAL] PLPGSQL

2005-03-23 Thread Shaun Clements
Title: FW: [GENERAL] PLPGSQL Hi Sean Ive chosen the table structure on purpose. Im transforming data from one table to another. The problem is still there. I receive the column name from a query in one table, and then need to update the table with that column name in another. This needs to

Re: [GENERAL] Extracting object source code from database to store in CVS...

2005-03-23 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 14:10:30 +0200, Adrianna Pinska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > More specifically, I've been looking for a way to persuade postgresql > to output the create script for a single object - without much > success. It seems that pg_dump can output a dump of the entire > databa

Re: [GENERAL] PLPGSQL

2005-03-23 Thread Sean Davis
On Mar 23, 2005, at 7:56 AM, Shaun Clements wrote: Is there no way in pgplsql to call on a dynamic column. I need to be able to dynamically determine the latest month column within a dataset, and to get that columns data. I am unfamiliar with other languages within Postgres Kind Regards, Shaun

[GENERAL] PLPGSQL

2005-03-23 Thread Shaun Clements
Title: [GENERAL] PLPGSQL Is there no way in pgplsql to call on a dynamic column. I need to be able to dynamically determine the latest month column within a dataset, and to get that columns data. I am unfamiliar with other languages within Postgres Kind Regards, Shaun Clements

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL support

2005-03-23 Thread Simon Riggs
Hi Jed, On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 04:25 -0700, Walker, Jed S wrote: > I am an experienced Oracle DBA and I am now working on building a PostgreSQL > database for a project. Part of the lure for this was the no-cost licensing > as we'll possibly be putting instances of this new system into many local

Re: [GENERAL] Extracting object source code from database to store in CVS...

2005-03-23 Thread Adrianna Pinska
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 07:32:08 -0500, Sean Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can look at the system catalogs. In particular, look at: > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/catalogs.html > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/catalog-pg-proc.html Thanks - the info you get

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL support

2005-03-23 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Am Mittwoch, 23. März 2005 12:25 schrieb Walker, Jed S: > I'd like to know your opinions on support for PostgreSQL. > 1. Do you think I should purchase commercial support (at least for the > initial development and release)? > 2. Do you have recommendations on what companies are good and a good val

Re: [GENERAL] Extracting object source code from database to store in CVS...

2005-03-23 Thread Sean Davis
You can look at the system catalogs. In particular, look at: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/catalogs.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/catalog-pg-proc.html You can do something like select proname,prosrc from pg_proc; as an example. You could use one of the procedu

[GENERAL] Extracting object source code from database to store in CVS...

2005-03-23 Thread Adrianna Pinska
Hello, I'm working on a project which uses postgresql (7.4.x), and a lot of the project code is in functions, views, etc. in a postgresql database. I would like to create an automated process for extracting all this code to individual text files (which can be managed through a version control sys

Re: [GENERAL] multi line text data/query ?bug?

2005-03-23 Thread Sim Zacks
> - what about storing a signed document? it's possible that newline >conversion makes the signature invalid. How would you restore the original >document? Before you answer think of: >a) a client running on a platform different from the one that inserted > the document; >b) a

Re: [GENERAL] Simple query takes a long time on win2K

2005-03-23 Thread Magnus Hagander
> Hi, > > I have a table with about 1500 records. My query is very > basic: SELECT * FROM foo; > > With postgres 8.0.1 on Win XP (Celeron 2400, 500MB RAM) it > returns the results in about 80ms. The same query on the > same database, tested on three different win2k machines all > running 8.

Re: [GENERAL] Simple query takes a long time on win2K

2005-03-23 Thread Richard Huxton
A. Mous wrote: Hi, I have a table with about 1500 records. My query is very basic: SELECT * FROM foo; With postgres 8.0.1 on Win XP (Celeron 2400, 500MB RAM) it returns the results in about 80ms. The same query on the same database, tested on three different win2k machines all running 8.0.1, take

[GENERAL] PostgreSQL support

2005-03-23 Thread Walker, Jed S
Hi, I am an experienced Oracle DBA and I am now working on building a PostgreSQL database for a project. Part of the lure for this was the no-cost licensing as we'll possibly be putting instances of this new system into many local sites. At this time we are planning to build little logic into the

Re: ++ [GENERAL] PLPGSQL

2005-03-23 Thread Richard Huxton
Shaun Clements wrote: Can you assign the value of a dynamic record value. For example sales_month1_x := RECORDNAME.quote_ident('month1_'||quote_literal(yr2)); You're right - it won't work. PLPGSQL has strict type-checking, so it's no good for this sort of stuff. Perhaps pl/tcl/perl/python would be

Re: [GENERAL] Question about function body checking and 8.1

2005-03-23 Thread Sean Davis
On Mar 22, 2005, at 10:04 PM, Tony Caduto wrote: Ok, here is a example CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION mytest(); RETURNS VOID as $$ DECLARE mytestvar varchar; mytestvar2 integer; BEGIN mytestvarr = 'bla'; select testfield from nonexistanttable where testfield = 2 INTO mytestvar2;

Re: [GENERAL] multi line text data/query ?bug?

2005-03-23 Thread Marco Colombo
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Sim Zacks wrote: In any case, there are 2 correct solutions to the problem for the case of postgresql. 1) Database standard - postgresql chooses a newline standard and every client must support that if they support postgresql. Either put the onus on the client developers to ove

Re: [GENERAL] multi line text data/query ?bug?

2005-03-23 Thread Sim Zacks
In any case, there are 2 correct solutions to the problem for the case of postgresql. 1) Database standard - postgresql chooses a newline standard and every client must support that if they support postgresql. Either put the onus on the client developers to override the OS standard and support the

[GENERAL] Simple query takes a long time on win2K

2005-03-23 Thread A. Mous
Hi, I have a table with about 1500 records. My query is very basic: SELECT * FROM foo; With postgres 8.0.1 on Win XP (Celeron 2400, 500MB RAM) it returns the results in about 80ms. The same query on the same database, tested on three different win2k machines all running 8.0.1, takes roughly 4 s

Re: [GENERAL] multi line text data/query ?bug?

2005-03-23 Thread Marco Colombo
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Sim Zacks wrote: While I would agree with you that from a purely technical standpoint, the user inserted into the database a CRLF and a query with just an LF does not exactly match that, from a users and more practical perspective, that does not make sense at all. That is why I

++ [GENERAL] PLPGSQL

2005-03-23 Thread Shaun Clements
Title: ++ [GENERAL] PLPGSQL Adding to that. Can you assign the value of a dynamic record value. For example If I have written dataset returned, into a record. I now want to call on a particular column value from the first row. The column name is dynamic. Can I use something like this sal

[GENERAL] PLPGSQL

2005-03-23 Thread Shaun Clements
Title: [GENERAL] PLPGSQL Hi All Im trying to assign the value of a dynamic variable, to a variable. How is this done in PostgresQL. Is this allowed in Postgres Procedural Language Here is my attempt. variable1:= quote_ident('variable_'||quote_literal(year)); Where the variable is call

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