Re: [GENERAL] Introduction

2013-05-30 Thread Dave Coventry
On 30 May 2013 14:48, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 6:02 AM, Corbett, James > wrote: >> For those twenty years as a developer I should say that I have been >> completely blind, relying upon a screen review application known as JAWS and >> a Braille display. >> >> I’m looking for

Re: [GENERAL] Insufficient privileges.

2011-07-07 Thread Dave Coventry
e drupal > approach is to define a new content type with the fields you need, then > populate it via create content, choosing that new type, or use the various > drupal APIs from your custom PHP modules. Yes, I'm finding that out. Thanks very much for your input. Regards,

Re: [GENERAL] Insufficient privileges.

2011-07-07 Thread Dave Coventry
Hi Rick, Thanks for the response. What is "the sequence"? and how do I grant the privileges needed to insert data into the database? Is it a postgres issue? ~ Dave On 7 July 2011 19:05, Rick Genter wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Dave Coventry wrote: >

[GENERAL] Insufficient privileges.

2011-07-07 Thread Dave Coventry
super user. I have tried to grant the drupal user (drupaluser) privileges to the table with: GRANT ALL ON currentTest to drupaluser; but this fails to resolve the issue. Can anyone suggest a way forward? Dave Coventry -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres errors in Drupal install.

2011-06-26 Thread Dave Coventry
Apologies, I didn't notice that I was replying off-list. On 27 June 2011 00:29, Dave Coventry wrote: > On 26 June 2011 23:37, John R Pierce wrote: >> I didn't read the whole thread, but is this a Linux server?   Linux has a >> horrible feature, the "Out of M

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres errors in Drupal install.

2011-06-26 Thread Dave Coventry
Thank you very much for your responses. On 26 June 2011 21:54, Peter Bex wrote: > Do you get the error in the logs or do you see it while going to the > site manually and does it show this instead of rendering a page? The log don't really give much indication of anything untoward happening. It's

[GENERAL] Postgres errors in Drupal install.

2011-06-26 Thread Dave Coventry
ons on port 5432? in lock_may_be_available() (line 164 of /var/www/includes/lock.inc). The Site is under minimal load with possibly two or three people on it at once. Can anyone tell me why I get the error every hour or so? And what steps I could take to remedy this? Many thanks, Dave Coventry -- Sent via pgsql-

Re: [GENERAL] Oracle / PostgreSQL comparison...

2011-06-24 Thread Dave Coventry
, helpfully and with a great deal of patience, in stark contrast to MySQL lists which tend to veer towards the sarcastic, the minimal and the obscure. Kind Regards, Dave Coventry -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http

Re: [GENERAL] Cognitive dissonance

2010-06-09 Thread Dave Coventry
My tupp'th: Formatted text, whether PDF, HTML or (heaven forbid!) Word Documents, is easier to read than unformatted plain text, and those of us without the OP's very admirable proficiency in vi remain at the mercy of the various readers and their associated search functions. However, I sure that

Re: [GENERAL] export data to excel

2010-05-25 Thread Dave Coventry
There is also the Java POI classes (Poor Obfuscation Implementation) for importing and exporting doc and docx, HSSF (Horrible SpreadSheet Format) for exporting and importing xls and xlsx, http://poi.apache.org/ There are also implementations for Outlook, Powerpoint and Visio. Java can be integrat

Re: [GENERAL] FOSDEM dinner

2010-01-13 Thread Dave Coventry
Yes, I'm in South Africa, which might make it problematic! 2010/1/14 Dave Page : > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Dave Coventry wrote: >> Sounds great fun! >> >> However, I presume I'm on the wrong Continent! ;) >> > > I have no idea. I'm o

Re: [GENERAL] FOSDEM dinner

2010-01-13 Thread Dave Coventry
Sounds great fun! However, I presume I'm on the wrong Continent! ;) -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general

[GENERAL] Java Postgres drivers.

2009-12-28 Thread Dave Coventry
I'm not sure this is the right place to enquire... I'm trying to connect to a postgres datanbase with Java. import java.sql.*; public static void main(String[] args) { // TODO code application logic here try{ System.out.println("Starting..."); Class.fo

Re: [GENERAL] Books, the lulu.com scam

2009-11-21 Thread Dave Coventry
2009/11/21 Yordan Radunchev : > Postgre have such a great (and helpful and wiling to share knowledge) > community and great on-line documentation for free. +1 > Books (content) tent to get old and more useless with every Postgre > update. If some one offers a book with lifetime support meaning th

[GENERAL] Out of sync Primary Key Index

2009-11-18 Thread Dave Coventry
I have deleted a record from a table and am now getting errors: INSERT INTO content_node_field (field_name, type, global_settings, required, multiple, db_storage, module, db_columns, active, locked) VALUES ('field_client_name', 'text', 'a:4:{s:15:"text_processing";s:0:"";s:10:"max_length";s:0:"";

[GENERAL] column does not exist error

2009-11-18 Thread Dave Coventry
Tearing my hair out, can anyone see what I'm doing wrong? SELECT title FROM node WHERE type=client; ERROR: column "client" does not exist LINE 1: SELECT title FROM node WHERE type=client; Yet this works: SELECT type FROM node; type client client client client client (5 rows)

Re: [GENERAL] postgresql on windows98

2009-05-14 Thread Dave Coventry
I've got Postgres running on colinux which works well under windows XP, not sure how it will do under windows '98. (Not very well, according to this: http://colinux.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#Q11._Is_it_possible_to_run_coLinux_under_98.2FME.3F ) 2009/5/14 Richard Huxton : > Well, the perhaps more generou

Re: [GENERAL] Annoying Reply-To

2008-10-23 Thread Dave Coventry
made by Bill that 'only one person' might feel that the reply-to configuration could be improved, and I feel compelled to say that, while I might not be driven to complain about the list behaviour myself, I do feel that the OP does have a point. And that's all that I'm going to sa

Re: [GENERAL] Annoying Reply-To

2008-10-17 Thread Dave Coventry
lt reply-to to go to the list, but I'm not really bothered about it. My 2 cents. Disclaimer: If we are not talking about the default 'reply-to' behaviour of this list, please ignore this post; I came upon the thread late and it is possible that I am at cross purposes. Kind reagards

Re: [GENERAL] SAST FATAL: could not access private key file "server.key"

2008-07-02 Thread Dave Coventry
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Albe Laurenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you don't care, you could > 1) remove the symbolic link. > 2) copy the key file to server.key in the PostgreSQL directory. > 3) chown the copy of the file. Okay, I'll do that. > Do you need SSL support at all? > If not,

Re: [GENERAL] SAST FATAL: could not access private key file "server.key"

2008-07-02 Thread Dave Coventry
On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Albe Laurenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you don't need SSL, set 'ssl=off' in postgresql.conf. > If you want SSL, > 1) read the manual on SSL support > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/ssl-tcp.html > 2) Is there a file server.key? If yes, make it reada

[GENERAL] SAST FATAL: could not access private key file "server.key"

2008-07-01 Thread Dave Coventry
When starting Postgres I get the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/it# /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.2 start * Starting PostgreSQL 8.2 database server * The PostgreSQL server failed to start. Please check the log output: 2008-07-01 13:37:39 SAST FATAL: could not access private key file "s

Re: [GENERAL] Controlling write access to a table

2008-06-18 Thread Dave Coventry
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 1:11 PM, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Dave. > > Did you intentionally mail me off-list? On-list is generally better so > other people can give suggestions. No, sorry. I've just joined the list and am a little unused to it's mechanics. I appreciate that any solutio

[GENERAL] Controlling write access to a table

2008-06-18 Thread Dave Coventry
ave been unable to find anything helpful on google. Can anyone assist me? Would it be preferable to create a separate database for this information? Regards, Dave Coventry -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www