Re: [GENERAL] RAID + PostgreSQL?

2006-07-03 Thread Alex Turner
Please note that your single Fibre Channel card is limiting you to 256MB/sec read speed from your array, which is not enough for a 13 drive RAID 5.First test would be to run a basic bonnie++ benchmark against your drive array and see what kind of throughput you are getting for linear read, linear w

Re: [GENERAL] RAID + PostgreSQL?

2006-07-03 Thread Alex Turner
Of course if you really want good performance, 6 drives is a little light, and U320 is definatley not the way to go as you are limited to 320MB/sec per channel (an the DL380 comes with all drives on one channel) (not that you could saturate that with only 6 drives in RAID 10 anyway).  Given that th

[GENERAL] Phantom groups

2006-07-03 Thread Carlos H. Reimer
Hi, I´m planning to migrate from 7.4 to 8.0.7 and I discovered some strange behavior during migration. pg_dump inserted GRANT to phantom groups. They do not exist in pg_group; When the script created by pg_dump is processed by psql during restore, these GRANTs produce a lot of errors. How could

Re: [GENERAL] High-Availability Question

2006-07-03 Thread Tatsuo Ishii
> I hava a db server (mysql) in my web application, it include 550 > tables and about 10 rows in each table. Now, I want to change the > db server to postgresql and construct a HA environment. > > I have two 2U servers to build postgresql server (one is master, the > other is slave), and two 1

RES: [GENERAL] php can't connect to postgresql server

2006-07-03 Thread Alejandro Michelin Salomon \( Adinet \)
Clodoaldo Pinto worte: -->-Mensagem original- -->De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -->[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Em nome de -->Clodoaldo Pinto -->Enviada em: segunda-feira, 3 de julho de 2006 12:13 -->Para: pgsql-general postgresql.org -->Assunto: Re: [GENERAL] php can't connect to postgresql serve

Re: [GENERAL] Optimizing query: select ... where id = 4 and md5(...) = '...'

2006-07-03 Thread Alexander Farber
Hi Alban, On 7/3/06, Alban Hertroys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Alexander Farber wrote: > punbb=> select username, md5('deadbeef' || password) from users where id > = 4; > username | md5 > --+-- > Vasja| dcde745cc304742e26d62e683a9ecb0a >

[GENERAL] Automatic Installer

2006-07-03 Thread Joko Siswanto
Hi All,How to make the postgresql and application setup installer automatic.for example, I want to make a demo software for averyone but of course they want easy way. Just klik2 and the apllication software is ready to use. Note: This is for desktop application made by VB 6.0So is there any way do

Re: [GENERAL] How to Backup like in mysql or ms sql server

2006-07-03 Thread Joko Siswanto
Thanks for all,It's really help me, I mean that give me a lot of clueBtw, Now I still reinstall the postgres coz i dont know why suddenly i can't start the services. that's why i ask how to backup the data when the serviceis down. I'll try it and thanks for helpRegard,Jokonet

Re: [GENERAL] [JDBC] Is what I want possible and if so how?

2006-07-03 Thread Dave Cramer
Joost, Everyone has to do a select for update, then they will be serialized. Dave On 3-Jul-06, at 6:45 AM, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: Hi, I have a table with events that must be handled by multiple clients. It does not matter which client handles an event, but no two clients may handle the s

Re: [GENERAL] query execution time

2006-07-03 Thread David Hoksza
This is not exactly what I'm searching for, but thanks.. David __ TL> David Hoksza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Hi, is there a way how to get some more detailed times for query >> execution like Kernel Time, User Time and Process Time? TL> See log_statement_stats and friends... T

Re: [GENERAL] pgsql user change to postgres

2006-07-03 Thread Joe
Vivek Khera wrote: if you want to use the freebsd ports system (which is advisable) don't fight against it. use the recommended/defaults where you can. I wasn't trying to fight it. It's just that the port disagrees with the PG documentation and apparently most other ports. The maintainer sa

Re: [GENERAL] autovacuum template0

2006-07-03 Thread Jacob Coby
Tom Lane wrote: Jacob Coby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I then tried: foo=# select * from pg_catalog.pg_statistic ; ERROR: could not access status of transaction 3242180415 DETAIL: could not open file "pg_clog/0C13": No such file or directory so it seems that pg_catalog.pg_statistic has someh

[GENERAL] High-Availability Question

2006-07-03 Thread ProAce
I hava a db server (mysql) in my web application, it include 550 tables and about 10 rows in each table. Now, I want to change the db server to postgresql and construct a HA environment. I have two 2U servers to build postgresql server (one is master, the other is slave), and two 1U servers f

Re: [GENERAL] Null and Void() - Or, Abandon All Hope Ye Who allow

2006-07-03 Thread Scott Ribe
> Can't the intelligent practitioner simply proceed carefully with > queries when nulls are involved? Yes. The thing is, getting rid of NULL in the real world requires decomposing data into so many tables that it would certainly cause more confusion when it comes time to actually query the data...

Re: [GENERAL] pgsql user change to postgres

2006-07-03 Thread Vivek Khera
On Jul 2, 2006, at 9:55 AM, Joe wrote: I'm now migrating to FreeBSD and was surprised to find that the port used 'pgsql' as the user. The maintainer said that was done to ensure backward compatibility because that *was* the original name. Since I didn't need to be backward compatible (an

Re: [GENERAL] Optimizing query: select ... where id = 4 and md5(...)

2006-07-03 Thread Alban Hertroys
Alexander Farber wrote: I wonder, what is faster: fetching 2 columns - the username and the md5-result and then comparing the md5 string against the argument in my app, like here: punbb=> select username, md5('deadbeef' || password) from users where id = 4; username | md5 ---

Re: [GENERAL] pgsql vs mysql - escaping data for COPY?

2006-07-03 Thread Alban Hertroys
Merlin Moncure wrote: * mysql has a few features here and there which are nice...just to name a few, flush tables with lock, multiple insert, etc PostgreSQL does have multiple inserts, but complying to the SQL92 standard, through INSERT (...) SELECT ... For example: INSERT INTO my_table (id,

Re: [GENERAL] Notes on converting from MySQL 5.0.x to PostgreSQL 8.1.4

2006-07-03 Thread Robert Treat
On Friday 30 June 2006 09:17, Jason McManus wrote: > On Converting from MySQL 5.0.x to PostgreSQL 8.1.x > * There is a conversion utility called 'mysql2pgsql' that will convert > dump files from the mysqldump format, to a format that psql can > understand. It is available at: > - http://gbor

Re: [GENERAL] [JDBC] Is what I want possible and if so how?

2006-07-03 Thread Csaba Nagy
On Mon, 2006-07-03 at 17:03, Tom Lane wrote: > status and TX2's select will not return the row. This isn't entirely > perfect because LIMIT acts before FOR UPDATE: TX2's select will return > nothing, rather than selecting the next available row as you might wish. > So you might want to retry the s

Re: [GENERAL] How serious are these problems?

2006-07-03 Thread Tom Lane
Steven Ridgway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2) Occasionally (3 times in the last 2 months) the database locks up. When > this happens the log file contains a bunch of errors along the lines of : > 2006-06-26 14:53:40 LOG: could not fsync segment 0 of relation > 1663/16672/50807554: Perm

Re: [GENERAL] php can't connect to postgresql server

2006-07-03 Thread Clodoaldo Pinto
2006/7/3, Clodoaldo Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: php can't connect to postgresql server php error log message: PHP Warning: pg_connect() [function.pg-connect]: Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: could not connect to server: Permission denied\n\tIs the server running on host "127.0.0.1" and

Re: [GENERAL] query execution time

2006-07-03 Thread Tom Lane
David Hoksza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, is there a way how to get some more detailed times for query > execution like Kernel Time, User Time and Process Time? See log_statement_stats and friends... regards, tom lane ---(end of broadcast)

Re: [GENERAL] [JDBC] Is what I want possible and if so how?

2006-07-03 Thread Tom Lane
Joost Kraaijeveld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a table with events that must be handled by multiple clients. It > does not matter which client handles an event, but no two clients may > handle the same event and an event may only handled once. A client can > only determine the availability

Re: [GENERAL] php can't connect to postgresql server

2006-07-03 Thread Clodoaldo Pinto
2006/7/3, Robert Treat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Monday 03 July 2006 09:25, Clodoaldo Pinto wrote: > php can't connect to postgresql server > > php error log message: > > PHP Warning: pg_connect() [ href='function.pg-connect'>function.pg-connect]: Unable to connect > to PostgreSQL server: could no

Re: [GENERAL] How serious are these problems?

2006-07-03 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 06:57:03AM -0700, Steven Ridgway wrote: > Hi, > We have been having some problems with a postgres database recently and > would appreciate any advice or pointers. > > Environment: > Postgres 8.1.4 running on Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition > (installed

[GENERAL] How serious are these problems?

2006-07-03 Thread Steven Ridgway
Hi,   We have been having some problems with a postgres database recently and would appreciate any advice or pointers.   Environment: Postgres 8.1.4 running on Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition (installed using standard win32 installer). Quad (2 x dual core) AMD Opteron 870. 8Gb RAM

Re: [GENERAL] php can't connect to postgresql server

2006-07-03 Thread Robert Treat
On Monday 03 July 2006 09:25, Clodoaldo Pinto wrote: > php can't connect to postgresql server > > php error log message: > > PHP Warning: pg_connect() [ href='function.pg-connect'>function.pg-connect]: Unable to connect > to PostgreSQL server: could not connect to server: Permission > denied\n\tIs

Re: [GENERAL] php can't connect to postgresql server

2006-07-03 Thread Clodoaldo Pinto
2006/7/3, A. Kretschmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: am 03.07.2006, um 10:25:29 -0300 mailte Clodoaldo Pinto folgendes: > $conn_string = "hostaddr=127.0.0.1 port=5432 dbname=dbname ^ > I can connect as that user with psql: > > $ psql -h localhost -U username dbname

Re: [GENERAL] Optimizing query: select ... where id = 4 and md5(...) = '...'

2006-07-03 Thread Alexander Farber
Yes, you're probably right. I'm just trying to ensure, that the slow md5() function isn't called for every row in the table. If that's not the case, then the other tiny speed differences are not that important for me. Your query works too, thanks for the hint. punbb=> select username, md5('dead

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a command like uf_purge

2006-07-03 Thread Michael Fuhr
[Please copy the mailing list on replies so others can contribute to and learn from the discussion.] On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 01:20:53PM +1000, Peter Dawn wrote: > i executed this query (SELECT uf_purge(365)) within PGAdmin and the > query executed successfully (the output was row1 uf_urge(bool) t.

Re: [GENERAL] php can't connect to postgresql server

2006-07-03 Thread A. Kretschmer
am 03.07.2006, um 10:25:29 -0300 mailte Clodoaldo Pinto folgendes: > $conn_string = "hostaddr=127.0.0.1 port=5432 dbname=dbname ^ > I can connect as that user with psql: > > $ psql -h localhost -U username dbname ^ Try 'localhost' instead '

Re: [GENERAL] Is what I want possible and if so how?

2006-07-03 Thread Joost Kraaijeveld
On Mon, 2006-07-03 at 07:54 -0400, Douglas McNaught wrote: > Have all the clients use SELECT FOR UPDATE. OK, thanks, your answer lead me to a re-read of the docs and I think I found a way to do it. -- Groeten, Joost Kraaijeveld Askesis B.V. Molukkenstraat 14 6524NB Nijmegen tel: 024-3888063

[GENERAL] php can't connect to postgresql server

2006-07-03 Thread Clodoaldo Pinto
php can't connect to postgresql server php error log message: PHP Warning: pg_connect() [function.pg-connect]: Unable to connect to PostgreSQL server: could not connect to server: Permission denied\n\tIs the server running on host "127.0.0.1" and accepting\n\tTCP/IP connections on port 5432? p

Re: [GENERAL] Optimizing query: select ... where id = 4 and md5(...) = '...'

2006-07-03 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 03:13:15PM +0200, Alexander Farber wrote: > Hello, > > in my application I'm trying to authenticate users > against a table called "users". The integer column > "id" should match, but also an md5 hash of the > "password" column (salted with a string) should match. > My auth

[GENERAL] Optimizing query: select ... where id = 4 and md5(...) = '...'

2006-07-03 Thread Alexander Farber
Hello, in my application I'm trying to authenticate users against a table called "users". The integer column "id" should match, but also an md5 hash of the "password" column (salted with a string) should match. My authentication function (written in C, using libpq) should return a "username" (is

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL and OpenVZ

2006-07-03 Thread Ivan Zolotukhin
Hello, I would appreciate your benchmarks greatly... I think that they would be useful for many small companies running PostgreSQL since virtual private servers seem to be very effective solution for organizing many secure and separate services on single physical machine. We just need to understa

Re: [GENERAL] different sort order in windows and linux version

2006-07-03 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 12:55:18AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Fine for you, not so fine for other people with different concerns. > > I'm not unsympathetic to your general point, but black-and-white > arguments won't get far in this discussion. It's all about tradeoffs > ... it's most definitely no

Re: [GENERAL] different sort order in windows and linux version

2006-07-03 Thread Dragan Matic
Tom Lane wrote: Dragan Matic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I was about to say the same thing. I think that the whole point in having a portable database system is that the data inside the database should behave the _same way_ no matter what operating system database is running on - client sho

Re: [GENERAL] Is what I want possible and if so how?

2006-07-03 Thread Douglas McNaught
Joost Kraaijeveld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have read the manual about "LOCK", "SET TRANSACTION" and "SELECT...FOR > UPDATE", but from what I understand, they cannot prevent a "SELECT" from > another client, based on the "SELECT". > > Is there a way to make this possible? Have all the clien

[GENERAL] query execution time

2006-07-03 Thread David Hoksza
Hi, is there a way how to get some more detailed times for query execution like Kernel Time, User Time and Process Time? I would like see the time which PG really spends with computing without times from another processes (I'm running on Windows with PostgreSQL 8.1.3.). Thanks, David Hoksza

[GENERAL] Is what I want possible and if so how?

2006-07-03 Thread Joost Kraaijeveld
Hi, I have a table with events that must be handled by multiple clients. It does not matter which client handles an event, but no two clients may handle the same event and an event may only handled once. A client can only determine the availability of an event by querying the database. The access