Re: [GENERAL] Overloading

2008-06-13 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 06:11:43PM -0700, Ralph Smith wrote: > I get: > ERROR: cannot change return type of existing function > HINT: Use DROP FUNCTION first. Don't use CREATE OR REPLACE for the second one. The OR REPLACE is trying to replace a function of the same name. A -- Andrew Sulliva

[GENERAL] Overloading

2008-06-13 Thread Ralph Smith
I never did get an answer to this. I get: ERROR: cannot change return type of existing function HINT: Use DROP FUNCTION first. ** Error ** ERROR: cannot change return type of existing function SQL state: 42P13 Hint: Use DROP FUNCTION first. When I try to: CREATE OR REPLAC

[GENERAL] Advice for "hot-swapping" databases

2008-06-13 Thread Kynn Jones
Hi. I'm trying to automate the updating of a database. This entails creating the new database from scratch (which takes a long time), under a different name, say mydb_tmp, and once this new database is ready, doing a "hot swap", i.e. renaming the existing database to something like mydb_20080613

Re: [GENERAL] file system level backup

2008-06-13 Thread iztech
@craig i am on mac os x 10.5 and i installed via macports using robby russel pg install guide. here is the initdb... Init your new PostgreSQL database with: initdb -D pgdata Start up PostgreSQL with: pg_ctl -D pgdata -l pgdata/psql.log start Create a new database with: createdb argon_development

[GENERAL] Re: Win32 8.3.3 install fail (sufficient privileges to install system services).

2008-06-13 Thread Niederland
I have found in most instances if you leave the services window open the installer will fail to install (or upgrade) the postgres service. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general

Re: [GENERAL] Backup using GiT?

2008-06-13 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Tom Lane wrote: > "James B. Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > GiT works by compressing deltas of the contents of successive versions of > > file > > systems under repository control. It treats binary objects as just another > > object under control. The question is, are successive (compres

Re: [GENERAL] dblink() cursor error/issue (TopMemoryContext)

2008-06-13 Thread Tom Lane
"Henry - Zen Search SA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, June 13, 2008 7:05 pm, Tom Lane wrote: >> The memory overhead per subtransaction is >> not zero, though I think it's fairly small if you don't have any >> triggers pending as a result of the insert. > Two triggers are fired for each ins

Re: [GENERAL] Backup using GiT?

2008-06-13 Thread Tom Lane
"James B. Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have recently had to teach myself how to use git and the thought came to me > that this tool might provide a fairly low setup cost way of passing pg_dumps > over the network to our off site data store. Think Rsync, but on a file > content basis; jus

Re: [GENERAL] Backup using GiT?

2008-06-13 Thread Chander Ganesan
James B. Byrne wrote: I have recently had to teach myself how to use git and the thought came to me that this tool might provide a fairly low setup cost way of passing pg_dumps over the network to our off site data store. Think Rsync, but on a file content basis; just the content diff gets trans

Re: [GENERAL] dblink() cursor error/issue (TopMemoryContext)

2008-06-13 Thread Henry - Zen Search SA
On Fri, June 13, 2008 7:05 pm, Tom Lane wrote: > How soon is "bang"? I'll run it again and post back. > The memory overhead per subtransaction is > not zero, though I think it's fairly small if you don't have any > triggers pending as a result of the insert. Two triggers are fired for each inser

[GENERAL] Lost psql.exe on 8.3.3 upgrade

2008-06-13 Thread D Galen
Windows 2000 Prof. Used upgrade option, not full install. I upgraded my 8.3.1 to 8.3.3. Looks like all went ok except I had no psql.exe in my bin dir. I searched for it & found it in C:\WINNT\Installer\{B823632F-3B72-4514-8861-B961CE263224} dir. It is the 8.3.3 version. When I copied it to m

[GENERAL] Source RPM for 8.3.3?

2008-06-13 Thread Kevin Regan
I was browsing the postgresql download site, but I wasn't able to find the source RPM for 8.3.3. Is it available on the site? Thanks, Kevin

Re: [GENERAL] Backup using GiT?

2008-06-13 Thread Alvaro Herrera
James B. Byrne wrote: > GiT works by compressing deltas of the contents of successive versions of file > systems under repository control. It treats binary objects as just another > object under control. The question is, are successive (compressed) dumps of > an altered database sufficiently sim

[GENERAL] Backup using GiT?

2008-06-13 Thread James B. Byrne
I have recently had to teach myself how to use git and the thought came to me that this tool might provide a fairly low setup cost way of passing pg_dumps over the network to our off site data store. Think Rsync, but on a file content basis; just the content diff gets transmitted. GiT works by co

Re: [GENERAL] dblink() cursor error/issue (TopMemoryContext)

2008-06-13 Thread Tom Lane
"Henry - Zen Search SA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > One other thing: the docs mention that functions use cursors > automatically to prevent OOM errors on large selects (as in my case). > Well, the second part of my function does this: > FOR rec in SELECT * FROM bigtable > LOOP >...begin/in

Re: [GENERAL] dblink() cursor error/issue (TopMemoryContext)

2008-06-13 Thread Henry - Zen Search SA
On Mon, June 2, 2008 6:53 pm, Tom Lane wrote: > I don't think your problem has anything to do with dblink per se. > The repeated begin/exception blocks are apparently managing to leak > some memory per iteration. I can't tell whether this represents > a known (and perhaps already fixed) bug; it ve