[GENERAL] WinXP - statistics collector errors

2005-11-08 Thread Florian Ledoux
Hello, In my log files I have an error that occurs frequently : FATAL: could not read from statistics collector pipe and FATAL: could not write to statistics collector pipe: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. The server release is 8.0.3 and is running o

[GENERAL] pg_dump, MVCC and consistency

2005-10-24 Thread Florian Ledoux
Hello everybody ! I am coming from the (expensive) "Oracle World" and I am a newbie in PG administration. I am currently working on backup concerns... I am using pg_dump and I have not encountered any problems but I have some questions about the internal management of data consistency in PG server

[GENERAL] autovacuum deamon on 8.0.3 - WinXP

2005-10-17 Thread Florian Ledoux
Hello, An autovacuum deamon has been installed as a Windows service during the setup of my PG 8.0.3 server on WinXP. I am surprised because I believed that autovacuum was only available in 8.1 server. There is no autovacuum_XXX parameters in postgresql.conf... How can I be sure that autovacuum is

[GENERAL] How to track exceptions in PL/pgSQL

2005-10-12 Thread Florian Ledoux
Hello, I would like to track (timestamp and error number) in the database or in text files the exceptions that occur in my PL/pgSQL functions. 1. How can I retrieve the SQLCODE in a 8.0.3 PG server ? 2. How can I trace the exception in a table although an implicit rollback is done when a exceptio

[GENERAL]

2005-10-10 Thread Florian Ledoux
Hello, Having freshly installed a PG database (8.0.3), I have difficulties in tracing exceptions in my PL/pgSQL functions. All my functions implement a BEGIN-EXCEPTION-END block in which exceptions must be traced : BEGIN -- Some stuff EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN -- trace END; I would l