Re: [GENERAL] Using Sockets in postgres

2006-10-16 Thread Albe Laurenz
> I've made a client and a server program in C using socket library. > > My goal is to compile the client as a shared object, load it > dynamically in postgres (in a function), execute that > postgres function in which this shared library (client) is > dynamically loaded and connect to the serv

[GENERAL] Using Sockets in postgres

2006-10-16 Thread J S B
Hi,I've made a client and a server program in C using socket library.The client is in the postgres database server and Server is on some other machine.My goal is to compile the client as a shared object, load it dynamically in postgres (in a function), execute that postgres function in which this s

RES: RES: RES: RES: [GENERAL] Dates rejected

2006-10-16 Thread Carlos H. Reimer
Hi Tom, I think I´ve got it... If you change something in the timezone file that is specified in postgresq.conf, PG will know this changes automatically? Am I right? Carlos > -Mensagem original- > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] nome de Tom Lane > Enviada em: terça-fei

Aother tablespace permission issue (was Re: [GENERAL] Permission problem ...)

2006-10-16 Thread Ron Johnson
On 10/16/06 20:17, Douglas McNaught wrote: > "Andras Simon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I'm trying to create a new tablespace in a directory that postgres >> owns, but PG says it cannot set permissions on this directory. > > ... > >> This is on Fedora Core 5 (x86), psql 8.1.4. > > SELinux

RES: RES: RES: RES: [GENERAL] Dates rejected

2006-10-16 Thread Carlos H. Reimer
Yes, it is the 8.0.8 version. You mean that changes to /etc/localtime should not reflect in the to_timestamp behavior? Strange, why does to_timestamp behavior changed here when the /etc/localtime was overlaped? Well, maybe the PG refresh I´ve done after changing the /etc/localtime did it (pg_ctl

[GENERAL] [ANN] VTD-XML 1.7 released

2006-10-16 Thread Jimmy Zhang
XimpleWare released Version 1.7 of VTD-XML, the next generation XML parser that goes beyond DOM and SAX, under GPL. VTD-XML is getting faster, leaner, more stable and complete with this release. New features included in this releases are: * Additional XPath functions support * Union Expression *

Re: RES: RES: RES: [GENERAL] Dates rejected

2006-10-16 Thread Tom Lane
"Carlos H. Reimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > To discover if it works this way I´ve changed the /etc/localtime to relect > the following timezone: Um ... what PG version are you working with? 8.0 and up don't pay attention to /etc/localtime, because they have their own timezone info.

RES: RES: RES: [GENERAL] Dates rejected

2006-10-16 Thread Carlos H. Reimer
Hi Tom, Thank you very much for your explanation! Let me know if I´ve understood correctly: If I move the first day DST from Oct 15th to Nov 05th, then the to_timestamp should show the offset on day Nov 05th and not anymore on Oct 15th, right? To discover if it works this way I´ve changed the

Re: [GENERAL] Permission problem with create tablespace

2006-10-16 Thread Andras Simon
On 10/17/06, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: To use a nondefault tablespace, you'd want to tweak the policy to allow postgres to write that directory tree too. I'm afraid I know too little about selinux to explain exactly what to do though ... need to learn that someday ... Me too... A

Re: [GENERAL] Permission problem with create tablespace

2006-10-16 Thread Andras Simon
On 10/17/06, Douglas McNaught <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Andras Simon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to create a new tablespace in a directory that postgres > owns, but PG says it cannot set permissions on this directory. ... > This is on Fedora Core 5 (x86), psql 8.1.4. SELinu

Re: [GENERAL] Permission problem with create tablespace

2006-10-16 Thread Tom Lane
"Andras Simon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to create a new tablespace in a directory that postgres > owns, but PG says it cannot set permissions on this directory. > ... > This is on Fedora Core 5 (x86), psql 8.1.4. Do you have selinux enabled? The default selinux policy disallows t

Re: [GENERAL] Permission problem with create tablespace

2006-10-16 Thread Leonel Nunez
> I'm trying to create a new tablespace in a directory that postgres > owns, but PG says it cannot set permissions on this directory. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# su - postgres > -bash-3.1$ mkdir /opt/home/pgdata/mspace/ > -bash-3.1$ psql > Welcome to psql 8.1.4, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.

Re: [GENERAL] Permission problem with create tablespace

2006-10-16 Thread Douglas McNaught
"Andras Simon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to create a new tablespace in a directory that postgres > owns, but PG says it cannot set permissions on this directory. ... > This is on Fedora Core 5 (x86), psql 8.1.4. SELinux, most likely. -Doug ---(end of br

Re: [HACKERS] [GENERAL] Anyone using "POSIX" time zone offset capability?

2006-10-16 Thread Tom Lane
I wrote: > ... I'm not entirely convinced that it really is a POSIX-sanctioned > notation, either --- the POSIX syntax the zic code knows about is > different. Actually, I take that back: it is a subset of the same notation, but the datetime.c code is misinterpreting the spec! The POSIX timezone

[GENERAL] Permission problem with create tablespace

2006-10-16 Thread Andras Simon
I'm trying to create a new tablespace in a directory that postgres owns, but PG says it cannot set permissions on this directory. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# su - postgres -bash-3.1$ mkdir /opt/home/pgdata/mspace/ -bash-3.1$ psql Welcome to psql 8.1.4, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal. Type: \cop

Re: [GENERAL] pg_locks: who is locking ?

2006-10-16 Thread Tom Lane
Alexandre Arruda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But pg_stat_activity joined with pg_locks only give me informations > about the lock itself. > Realy, I want a (possible) simple information: Who is locking me ? You need a self-join to pg_locks to find the matching lock that is held (not awaited) by

Re: [GENERAL] datatype preceded by underscore creates array

2006-10-16 Thread Tom Lane
"George Pavlov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > yes, but int8 is a clearly documented while preceding certain "magic" > datatype names with underscores is not. i really don't have much of a > problem with this, but little things like this contribute to people > coming from other DBMSs developing opin

Re: RES: RES: [GENERAL] Dates rejected

2006-10-16 Thread Tom Lane
"Carlos H. Reimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The problem is related with the to_timestamp function that returns +1 hour > offset only for the date 15/10/2006. The 15th october is the first day of > our day light change. The reason is that it's generating '2006-10-15 00:00:00-03' to start with,

Re: [GENERAL] Anyone using "POSIX" time zone offset capability?

2006-10-16 Thread Tom Lane
"Brandon Aiken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What about time zones like Tehran (GMT+3:30), Kabul (GMT+4:30), Katmandu > (GMT+5:45) and other non-cardinal-hour GMT offsets? Is this handled in > some *documented* way already? Sure. This has worked since PG 7.2 or so: regression=# select '12:34:0

Re: [GENERAL] pg_locks: who is locking ?

2006-10-16 Thread Alexandre Arruda
Alvaro Herrera escreveu: Alexandre Arruda wrote: Hi, My Database have a lot of locks not granted every moments in a day. Can I create a view that returns someting like this ? UserGranted Table Who_is_locking_me PID --- - - --- joe f foo

Re: [GENERAL] Anyone using "POSIX" time zone offset capability?

2006-10-16 Thread Brandon Aiken
What about time zones like Tehran (GMT+3:30), Kabul (GMT+4:30), Katmandu (GMT+5:45) and other non-cardinal-hour GMT offsets? Is this handled in some *documented* way already? -- Brandon Aiken CS/IT Systems Engineer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On B

[GENERAL] Anyone using "POSIX" time zone offset capability?

2006-10-16 Thread Tom Lane
While trying to clean up ParseDateTime so it works reliably with full timezone names, I found out about a "feature" that so far as I can tell has never been documented except in comments in datetime.c. The datetime input code tries to recognize what it calls "POSIX time zones", which are timezone

Re: [GENERAL] A query planner that learns

2006-10-16 Thread Madison Kelly
Alvaro Herrera wrote: Hasn't IBM release a pile of it's patents for use (or at least stated they won't sue) to OSS projects? If so, is this patent covered by that "amnesty"? This is useless as a policy, because we have plenty of companies basing their proprietary code on PostgreSQL, which woul

Re: [GENERAL] A query planner that learns

2006-10-16 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Madison Kelly wrote: > Alvaro Herrera wrote: > >Jochem van Dieten wrote: > >>Scott Marlowe wrote: > >>>While all the talk of a hinting system over in hackers and perform is > >>>good, and I have a few queries that could live with a simple hint system > >>>pop up now and again, I keep thinking that

Re: [GENERAL] pg_locks: who is locking ?

2006-10-16 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Alexandre Arruda wrote: > Hi, > > My Database have a lot of locks not granted every moments in a day. > > Can I create a view that returns someting like this ? > > User Granted Table Who_is_locking_me PID > --- - - --- > joe f foo frank

Re: RES: [GENERAL] Dates rejected

2006-10-16 Thread Jorge Godoy
"Carlos H. Reimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How can we explain the 01:00:00 hour that the to_date function returns for > date 15/10/2006? You haven't fixed your configuration and your machine is considering that you're in DST. Lots of machines here in Brazil that weren't updated / fixed by

Re: [GENERAL] datatype preceded by underscore creates array

2006-10-16 Thread George Pavlov
> On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 01:16:34PM -0700, George Pavlov wrote: > > Hmm, I am not sure I particularly like this behavior or the > > "ignore it" > > advice. Suppose someone makes a typo in his/her table > > definition: meant > > to create an int4 column but accidentally typed an underscore. You'd

Re: [GENERAL] datatype preceded by underscore creates array

2006-10-16 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 01:16:34PM -0700, George Pavlov wrote: > Hmm, I am not sure I particularly like this behavior or the "ignore it" > advice. Suppose someone makes a typo in his/her table definition: meant > to create an int4 column but accidentally typed an underscore. You'd > expect the stat

RES: RES: [GENERAL] Dates rejected

2006-10-16 Thread Carlos H. Reimer
Hi, The problem is related with the to_timestamp function that returns +1 hour offset only for the date 15/10/2006. The 15th october is the first day of our day light change. template1=# select pg_catalog.to_timestamp('15/10/2006','dd/mm/') as date; date 20

Re: [GENERAL] A query planner that learns

2006-10-16 Thread Madison Kelly
Alvaro Herrera wrote: Jochem van Dieten wrote: Scott Marlowe wrote: While all the talk of a hinting system over in hackers and perform is good, and I have a few queries that could live with a simple hint system pop up now and again, I keep thinking that a query planner that learns >from its mi

Re: [GENERAL] datatype preceded by underscore creates array

2006-10-16 Thread George Pavlov
> Yep, the array type is represented internally by prefixings an > underscore. It's mentioned somewhere in the docs, but you may as well > ignore it. Hmm, I am not sure I particularly like this behavior or the "ignore it" advice. Suppose someone makes a typo in his/her table definition: meant to c

[GENERAL] pg_locks: who is locking ?

2006-10-16 Thread Alexandre Arruda
Hi, My Database have a lot of locks not granted every moments in a day. Can I create a view that returns someting like this ? UserGranted Table Who_is_locking_me PID --- - - --- joe f foo frank 1212 jefff foo fra

Re: [GENERAL] A query planner that learns

2006-10-16 Thread John D. Burger
Jochem van Dieten wrote: I think you might want to check US Patent 6,763,359 before you start writing any code. http://tinyurl.com/yzjdve - John D. Burger MITRE ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ?

Re: [GENERAL] A query planner that learns

2006-10-16 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Jochem van Dieten wrote: > Scott Marlowe wrote: > >While all the talk of a hinting system over in hackers and perform is > >good, and I have a few queries that could live with a simple hint system > >pop up now and again, I keep thinking that a query planner that learns > >from its mistakes over ti

[GENERAL] calling two shared objects in one single function call

2006-10-16 Thread Harpreet Dhaliwal
Hi,Can two different shared objects be loaded one after the other in the same function so that the second one starts its execution right after the first one finishes.~Harpreet

Re: [GENERAL] old Pg interface

2006-10-16 Thread Oleg Bartunov
On Mon, 16 Oct 2006, Oleg Bartunov wrote: I added some compatibility functions and it worked with new PostgreSQL. Sorry, I got confused :) I added them to wdb interface Let me know if you need it Oleg On Mon, 16 Oct 2006, Brandon Metcalf wrote: I'm currently using version 1.9.0 of the old

Re: [GENERAL] A query planner that learns

2006-10-16 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Scott Marlowe wrote: While all the talk of a hinting system over in hackers and perform is good, and I have a few queries that could live with a simple hint system pop up now and again, I keep thinking that a query planner that learns from its mistakes over time is far more desirable. Is it reas

Re: [GENERAL] old Pg interface

2006-10-16 Thread Oleg Bartunov
I added some compatibility functions and it worked with new PostgreSQL. Let me know if you need it Oleg On Mon, 16 Oct 2006, Brandon Metcalf wrote: I'm currently using version 1.9.0 of the old Pg interface with PostgreSQL 8.0.3. Our code needs to be updated to use DBI/DBD::Pg, but we need to up

Re: [GENERAL] datatype preceded by underscore creates array

2006-10-16 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 12:33:35PM -0700, George Pavlov wrote: > Is there any special meaning to preceding a datatype (or at least some > datatypes) in a table or function definition by underscore that is a > synonym for an array? I can't see it documented anywhere. Below are some > examples. The o

Re: [GENERAL] old Pg interface

2006-10-16 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 12:15:36PM -0500, Brandon Metcalf wrote: > I'm currently using version 1.9.0 of the old Pg interface with > PostgreSQL 8.0.3. Our code needs to be updated to use DBI/DBD::Pg, > but we need to upgrade PostgreSQL before this is going to happen. > Does anyone know of any issue

[GENERAL] datatype preceded by underscore creates array

2006-10-16 Thread George Pavlov
Is there any special meaning to preceding a datatype (or at least some datatypes) in a table or function definition by underscore that is a synonym for an array? I can't see it documented anywhere. Below are some examples. The other question is why "_int4" parses to int[], but "_int" does not, etc.

Re: [GENERAL] function for current date-time

2006-10-16 Thread A. Kretschmer
am Mon, dem 16.10.2006, um 14:56:27 -0400 mailte Harpreet Dhaliwal folgendes: > Hi, > I have a timestamp field in my table and want to set a default value of > current > date/time for it. > What should i enter as its default value? is there any function like now() in > postgres? Yes, now() ;-)

RES: RES: [GENERAL] Dates rejected

2006-10-16 Thread Carlos H. Reimer
Hi Tom, You are right, I´ve discovered that the to_date was changed to return a timestamp, the original function is returning the right values. The to_date I´ve found: CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION PUBLIC.TO_DATE(text, text) RETURNS TIMESTAMP AS ' BEGIN RETURN pg_Catalog.TO_TIMESTAMP($1,$2); END; '

Re: [GENERAL] function for current date-time

2006-10-16 Thread Reid Thompson
On Mon, 2006-10-16 at 14:56 -0400, Harpreet Dhaliwal wrote: > Hi, > I have a timestamp field in my table and want to set a default value > of current date/time for it. > What should i enter as its default value? is there any function like > now() in postgres? > > Thanks, > ~Harpreet test=# selec

Re: [GENERAL] old Pg interface

2006-10-16 Thread Vivek Khera
On Oct 16, 2006, at 1:15 PM, Brandon Metcalf wrote: Does anyone know of any issues with continuing to use the old Pg interface with newer versions of PostgreSQL? it is just a rather thin glue layer on top of the libpq interface, so it should continue to work just as any libpq app would cont

Re: [GENERAL] RES: Dates rejected

2006-10-16 Thread Vivek Khera
On Oct 16, 2006, at 1:08 PM, Carlos H. Reimer wrote: How can we explain the 01:00:00 hour that the to_date function returns for date 15/10/2006? does your timezone change from summer time to winter time (daylight savings, etc.) on that date? smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic

Re: [GENERAL] function for current date-time

2006-10-16 Thread Bricklen Anderson
Harpreet Dhaliwal wrote: Hi, I have a timestamp field in my table and want to set a default value of current date/time for it. What should i enter as its default value? is there any function like now() in postgres? Thanks, ~Harpreet http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/functions-d

Re: [GENERAL] difference b/w text and varchar datatypes

2006-10-16 Thread Richard Broersma Jr
> can you please provide me the link for the same. > thanks The faq is under the documentation link of the PostgreSQL homepage. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq/ ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives?

Re: [GENERAL] difference b/w text and varchar datatypes

2006-10-16 Thread Richard Broersma Jr
> Just wanted to know how would it make a difference if i use text datatype > instead of varchar. Taken from: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/datatype-character.html " If character varying is used without length specifier, the type accepts strings of any size. The latter is a Pos

[GENERAL] function for current date-time

2006-10-16 Thread Harpreet Dhaliwal
Hi,I have a timestamp field in my table and want to set a default value of current date/time for it.What should i enter as its default value? is there any function like now() in postgres?Thanks,~Harpreet

Re: [GENERAL] difference b/w text and varchar datatypes

2006-10-16 Thread Harpreet Dhaliwal
can you please provide me the link for the same.thanksOn 10/16/06, Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Harpreet Dhaliwal wrote:> Hi,> Just wanted to know how would it make a difference if i use text datatype > instead of varchar.See FAQ item.--  Bruce Momjian   [EMAIL PROTECTED]  EnterpriseDB 

Re: [GENERAL] difference b/w text and varchar datatypes

2006-10-16 Thread Bruce Momjian
Harpreet Dhaliwal wrote: > Hi, > Just wanted to know how would it make a difference if i use text datatype > instead of varchar. See FAQ item. -- Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] EnterpriseDBhttp://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---

[GENERAL] difference b/w text and varchar datatypes

2006-10-16 Thread Harpreet Dhaliwal
Hi,Just wanted to know how would it make a difference if i use text datatype instead of varchar.Thanks,~Harpreet

Re: [GENERAL] Fast backup/restore

2006-10-16 Thread Jeff Davis
On Mon, 2006-10-16 at 16:29 +0530, Gandalf wrote: > I am looking for a *fast* backup/restore tools for Postgres. I've > found the current used tools pg_dump and pg_restore to be very slow on > large databases (~30-40GB). Restore takes time in the tune of 6 hrs on > a Linux, 4 proc, 32 G RAM machine

Re: RES: [GENERAL] Dates rejected

2006-10-16 Thread Tom Lane
"Carlos H. Reimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > select to_date('16/10/2006','DD/MM/'); >to_date > - > 2006-10-16 00:00:00 > (1 row) Um... what have you done to to_date()? The standard version returns a date, not a timestamp: regression=# select to_date('15/10/20

Re: [GENERAL] Backup DB not getting connected

2006-10-16 Thread J S B
i changed my connection string as follows keeping newDB in double quotesEXEC SQL CONNECT TO tcp:postgresql://192.168.1.1:5432/"newDB"Unfortunately these doulbe quotes lead to syntax error.Can you tell me what is the right syntax for the same. ThanksOn 10/13/06, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "

[GENERAL] old Pg interface

2006-10-16 Thread Brandon Metcalf
I'm currently using version 1.9.0 of the old Pg interface with PostgreSQL 8.0.3. Our code needs to be updated to use DBI/DBD::Pg, but we need to upgrade PostgreSQL before this is going to happen. Does anyone know of any issues with continuing to use the old Pg interface with newer versions of Post

RES: [GENERAL] Dates rejected

2006-10-16 Thread Carlos H. Reimer
Hi, I don´t know why the developers build in this way... but let me change a little bit my question. I´ve executed tree to_date functions but they give a strange answer for date 16/10/2006 (DD/MM/). select to_date('16/10/2006','DD/MM/'); to_date - 2006-10-16 0

Re: [GENERAL] query log corrupted-looking entries

2006-10-16 Thread Tom Lane
"George Pavlov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > And yes, redirect_stderr = on. I have no definitive way of reproducing > it, just a vague one: "hit the server with lots of queries". Hmm. If the messages are less than PIPE_BUF bytes long (4096 bytes on Linux) then the writes are supposed to be atomi

Re: [GENERAL] Real time query analyzer

2006-10-16 Thread Andreas Kretschmer
Adrian Suciu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Hi everybody! > I ask you for your help on a problem I have. > I have a postgresql 7.4 running on a dual 4 GB RAM server, but I have some > VERY memory intense queries, that put processor up to 40%. I see all this > info in unix "top" command or ps -au

[GENERAL] Real time query analyzer

2006-10-16 Thread Adrian Suciu
Hi everybody! I ask you for your help on a problem I have. I have a postgresql 7.4 running on a dual 4 GB RAM server, but I have some VERY memory intense queries, that put processor up to 40%. I see all this info in unix "top" command or ps -aux Unfortunately they don't show me the query itssel

Re: [GENERAL] Dates rejected

2006-10-16 Thread Andreas Kretschmer
Martijn van Oosterhout schrieb: > > create table tt_teste (datfis timestamp without time zone not null > > CHECK (datfis = trunc(datfis::timestamp without time zone))); > > What are you trying to do here? If you only want a date, why not just > use a date type? This is an other question ;-) A

Re: [GENERAL] Dates rejected

2006-10-16 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 12:22:04PM -0200, Carlos H. Reimer wrote: > Hi, > > We´ve a simple insert that is not working. The strange thing is that all > kind of date are working with the exception of 15/10 (DD/MM) dates. > > create table tt_teste (datfis timestamp without time zone not null > CHEC

Re: [GENERAL] Dates rejected

2006-10-16 Thread Andreas Kretschmer
Carlos H. Reimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > Hi, > > WeŽve a simple insert that is not working. The strange thing is that all kind > of date are working with the exception of 15/10 (DD/MM) dates. > > create table tt_teste (datfis timestamp without time zone not null > CHECK (datfis = tr

[GENERAL] Dates rejected

2006-10-16 Thread Carlos H. Reimer
Hi,   We´ve a simple insert that is not working. The strange thing is that all kind of date are working with the exception of 15/10 (DD/MM) dates.   create table tt_teste (datfis timestamp without time zone not null CHECK (datfis = trunc(datfis::timestamp without time zone))); INSERT INTO tt

Re: [GENERAL] ERROR: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block

2006-10-16 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 06:54:31AM -0700, DXScale452 wrote: > if if i swap the ordering of any of these tables the second in the list > always fail... > > HERE is the syntax of the statements before the fail > -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ > SELECT value FROM ta

[GENERAL] ERROR: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block

2006-10-16 Thread DXScale452
OS:                                    Linux CentOS 4.4PostgreSQL Version:        8.1.4Error:                                 current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction blockI have seen this error in your forums... but in those cases... the values being in

Re: [GENERAL] more anti-postgresql FUD

2006-10-16 Thread Merlin Moncure
On 10/16/06, Alban Hertroys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Merlin Moncure wrote: > for server side browsing use cursors or a hybrid pl/pgqsl loop. for > client side, browse fetching relative to the last key: > > select * from foo where p > p1 order by p limit k; This does require some way for the cl

Re: [GENERAL] Fast backup/restore

2006-10-16 Thread Harald Armin Massa
Gandald,have a look athttp://momjian.us/main/writings/pgsql/administration.pdfpage 44ffThere are descriptions how to do database-backups at the speed of raw file system operations. Harald-- GHUM Harald Massapersuadere et programmareHarald Armin MassaReinsburgstraße 202b70197 Stuttgart0173/9409607-P

[GENERAL] Fast backup/restore

2006-10-16 Thread Gandalf
I am looking for a *fast* backup/restore tools for Postgres. I've found the current used tools pg_dump and pg_restore to be very slow on large databases (~30-40GB). Restore takes time in the tune of 6 hrs on a Linux, 4 proc, 32 G RAM machine which is not acceptable.   I am using "pg_dump -Fc" to t

Re: [GENERAL] more anti-postgresql FUD

2006-10-16 Thread Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:05:33 +0200 Alban Hertroys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This does require some way for the client to keep a single > transaction open. If this kind of query is performed by a web > application (as is often the case), the "client" is the server side > web script engine, and n

Re: [GENERAL] exploiting features of pg to obtain polymorphism

2006-10-16 Thread Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:37:42 +0200 Karsten Hilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 04:40:32PM +0200, Ivan Sergio Borgonovo > wrote: > > > Anyway it doesn't solve the problem of having lists that > > can contain different elements with same parent and maintain > > ref. integri

Re: [GENERAL] more anti-postgresql FUD

2006-10-16 Thread Alban Hertroys
Merlin Moncure wrote: On 10/13/06, Roman Neuhauser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: SELECT * FROM TABLE ORDER BY pk LIMIT 10 OFFSET N; using offset to walk a table is extremely poor form because of: * poor performance * single user mentality * flat file mentality databases are lousy at this bec

Re: [GENERAL] A query planner that learns

2006-10-16 Thread Alban Hertroys
Jim C. Nasby wrote: On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 05:39:20PM -0500, Scott Marlowe wrote: It may well be that by first looking at the data collected from problems queries, the solution for how to adjust the planner becomes more obvious. Yeah, that would be useful to have. The problem I see is storing

Re: [GENERAL] techdocs.2 how long has this be around?

2006-10-16 Thread Magnus Hagander
> Is this new? > Who ever spent the time to do this, thanks for the effort. > Having the content organized this way makes it easy to find > specific reading material. Are you talking about http://www.postgresql.org/docs/techdocs? If so, it's been around for quite a whilen ow, but we're still n