[GENERAL] Backup method

2006-04-05 Thread Bob Powell
method by allowing the restore on any linux box that is running postgress as opposed to having to reconstruct the directory on another server. Does anyone have any thoughts on this matter. Is one way better than the other? Thanks in advance. Bob Powell Database Administrator

[GENERAL] odbc in postgresql and php

2005-11-07 Thread Bob Powell
Hello everyone,   Has anyone installed the postgres php driver.  I would like to know how to install it on Linux and then what the proper way to access it is from a php web page.  I have been unable to find actual code for php and doing this.  Please help.  Tha

[GENERAL] storing files in postgres

2005-03-31 Thread Bob Powell
Hello everyone,   I have created a table as follows:   CREATE TABLE document ( image_id int, image bytea );   I want to insert a complete file, let's say an open office docu

[GENERAL] Create AS question

2004-12-10 Thread Bob Powell
Hello everyone: If I excute the following: CREATE table Test_backup as SELECT * FROM Test_Scores; it creates my table without the original table's constraints or triggers. Is there a way to preserve them in the copy? Thanks. Bob Powell Database Administ

[GENERAL] making another super user other than postgres

2004-11-11 Thread Bob Powell
? Also, my method for creating another superuser is to update the pg_shadow files "usesuper" field to 't'. Are there any issues I should be aware of for doing such a thing. Thanks. Bob Powell Database Administrator ---(end of broadcast)-

[GENERAL] Backend disconnect problems

2004-11-08 Thread Bob Powell
f it there either. I had a user who uses pgamind on occassion for quering the backend who told me that he did not intterupt any of the criteria he was running. Do I just chalk it up to a "transient anomaly" ? Thanks for any help you can give. Bob Powell Da

[GENERAL] restoring pgdump file file from 7.2 branch to 7.4

2004-11-05 Thread Bob Powell
Hello everyone:   I am attempting to upgrade from 7.2 to 7.4 Postgresql.  I have successfully installed 7.4 and am attempting to use the pgdump from 7.2 for 7.4.  I'm having only one slight error that I would like some help with.   I create

[GENERAL] Management software for Postgresql

2004-10-13 Thread Bob Powell
this. Thanks. Bob Powell Database Administrator ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster

[GENERAL] CREATE TABLE AS COMMAND

2003-12-05 Thread Bob Powell
ously works fine, it's just when I try to create a table when I runn into problems. Do I have to list all of the fields except the one I don't want, or is there another way? Thanks in advance. Bob Powell ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP