Re: [GENERAL] Export a column in a view without "announcing" it?

2005-01-31 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
at it actually updates the underlying table. I did it for the first time yesterday and found the concept quite interesting. Sim ""Frank D. Engel, Jr."" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm fairly

Re: [GENERAL] Moving from Sybase to Postgres - Stored Procedures

2005-01-28 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
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Re: [BUGS] [GENERAL] My postmaster just crashed !

2005-01-27 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
y condition not being satisfied. -- Michael Fuhr http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/ ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings - ----------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. &l

Re: [GENERAL] Extended unit

2005-01-27 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
ource algebraic computation toolkit with equations and units somewhere ? - ------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" John 3:16 For God so loved t

Re: [GENERAL] Splitting queries across servers

2005-01-26 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
n index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match - ----------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" John 3:16 For God so lo

[GENERAL] Export a column in a view without "announcing" it?

2005-01-26 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
ll correctly fill in these columns automatically? Thank you! - ----------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" John 3:16 For God so loved t

Re: [GENERAL] Extended unit

2005-01-26 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
etres. - --- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting l

Re: [GENERAL] text field constraint advice

2005-01-26 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
it to the database to see if it is too long? - --------------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he ga

[GENERAL] ODBC Driver Issue (possibly OT - wrong list?)

2005-01-25 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
, conn=18429304 fetch_count=0, num_total_rows=1, num_fields=15, cursor='(NULL)' message='(NULL)', command='SELECT', notice='(NULL)' status=8, inTuples=0 CONN ERROR: func=PGAPI_SetPos, desc='', errnum=0, errmsg='(NULL)'

Re: [GENERAL] What is the format of 'binary' data in the postgresql client/server protocol version 3

2005-01-25 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
P 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster - --------------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoe

Re: [GENERAL] Data entry - forms design or other APIs etc. - what is there?

2005-01-24 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
-- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ----------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" John 3:16 For God so loved t

Re: [GENERAL] Unique Index

2005-01-20 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
--- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html - --------------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3

Re: [GENERAL] Unique Index

2005-01-20 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster - --------------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Oracle and Postgresql Play Nice Together on Same Computer?

2005-01-20 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
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Re: [GENERAL] Best Linux Distribution

2005-01-20 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
-- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org - ----------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" Jo

Re: [GENERAL] sorting library of congress numbers

2005-01-19 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
classification: QA76.9.D3 D685 2003 ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ----------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /u

Re: [GENERAL] Multiline plpython procedure

2005-01-19 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match - ----------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/

Re: [GENERAL] ext3

2005-01-17 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
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Re: [GENERAL] Problem with win32 installer for PG 8.0

2005-01-17 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
e can get through to the mailing list cleanly - --------------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him sh

Re: [GENERAL] Index optimization ?

2005-01-17 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
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Re: [GENERAL] ntfs for windows port rc5-2

2005-01-14 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
e, only through localhost, the lack of security isn't a major concern. -- only plain text format email accepted. smaller file size, no virus transfer no proprietary file formats. ======== - ----

Re: [GENERAL] Parsing of backslash in statements via ODBC

2005-01-14 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org - ----------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" John 3:16 For God so loved the world,

Re: [GENERAL] [HACKERS] Much Ado About COUNT(*)

2005-01-14 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
le than it would be worth. On Jan 14, 2005, at 1:38 PM, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 12:39:04PM -0500, Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote: This is probably stupid for some reason, but why not use a 64-bit integer to track the number of records in the table? Increment when adding re

Re: [GENERAL] [HACKERS] Much Ado About COUNT(*)

2005-01-14 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
;ve since disposed of the Oracle database, so can't go back and retest. Wes ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings - ----------- Frank D.

Re: [GENERAL] Adding UNIQUE constraint on NULL column

2005-01-13 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
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Re: [GENERAL] best place to enfore rules

2005-01-13 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
uld know what is happening.  I guess the client can tell if an SQL command failed, but will the client know why it failed?     ----------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual

Re: [GENERAL] allowing connections from additional hosts without a restart?

2005-01-13 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
n's datatypes do not match - --------------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begot

Re: [GENERAL] SELECT from multiple tables (not join though)

2005-01-10 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
! Madison ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org - --------------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/shar

Re: [GENERAL] SELECT from multiple tables (not join though)

2005-01-10 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
nce I have all the matches in one column the next trick is to sort the combined results (any tips there?). I hope the question was clear. Please let me know if it wasn't. Thanks! Madison ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 7: don't forget to i

Re: [GENERAL] problem finding the 8.0.3RC download

2005-01-05 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
c signature" as defined in 15 U.S.C. § 7006(5).   --------------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he

Re: [GENERAL] Generating unique values for TEXT columns

2005-01-03 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
thus the user-entered values can't clahs with the sequence values ; the sequence values are by definition unique ; and all is well. or something like that... On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 11:53:44 -0500, Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I

[GENERAL] Generating unique values for TEXT columns

2005-01-03 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
now how to do this with a numeric column (I can just SELECT MAX on the column and add one, for example), but how can this be done with a TEXT column? Thank you! - ------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvb

Re: [GENERAL] Large Objects

2004-12-31 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
ning column's datatypes do not match - ----------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his

Re: [GENERAL] Memory Errors OS X

2004-12-22 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
st cleanly ------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,

Re: [GENERAL] postgresql.conf

2004-12-22 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
machine. Keep it on. The tiny amount of extra performance will mean nothing if you lose important data over it. The machine has 4 drives - should I do a RAID 1+0 or a 5? 1+0, definitely. - --------------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ l

Re: [GENERAL] default index created for primary key

2004-12-22 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
to see why PostgreSQL requires an index here. ------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave h

Re: [GENERAL] postgresql.conf

2004-12-22 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
lBits/Tidbits/perf.html - --- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten

Re: [GENERAL] Need help to organize database

2004-12-21 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
it a good idea to store 1 time's data (value1-4) per row in 24*31 rows? May be it is better and quicker to store, for example, 2 time's data per row (value1-4, day 1, value1-4, day 2) or other structure? - ------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. &l

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL training curriculum

2004-12-21 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
d our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html --------------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" John 3:16 For God so l

Re: [GENERAL] Need help to organize database

2004-12-21 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
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Re: [GENERAL] Create a cache DB between web portal and internal DB?

2004-12-21 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
f broadcast)--- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend --------------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" John 3:16 For God

Re: [GENERAL] pl/pgsql oddity

2004-12-16 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
-like I've literally cut and pasted whole Ada routines into Oracle plsql and they work without modification. PostgreSQL doesn't do parameters and packages, so it is slightly more work to move stuff from your front-end into your back-end, but often worth it.

Re: [GENERAL] pl/pgsql oddity

2004-12-16 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
rminating "e", and that would not be a natural omission for me. -- Guy Rouillier ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match ---

Re: [GENERAL] Corrupt RTREE index

2004-12-15 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
ng list cleanly ------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in

Re: [GENERAL] increasing max_connections on freebsd

2004-12-13 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly ------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16" John

Re: [GENERAL] table with sort_key without gaps

2004-12-13 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
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Re: [GENERAL] relation "sql_features" does not exist

2004-12-13 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
e shema search path. but I don't kow how! Let's find out what the problem is before attempting a solution that may or may not be appropriate or necessary. -- Michael Fuhr http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/ ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: Have you chec

Re: [GENERAL] Regarding Postgres installation and administration on linux suse 9.0

2004-12-13 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
p. Thanks & Regards Vikas Kumawat The postgres users should own the data directory, but otherwise should not have administrative privileges. What is the specific error you are getting? ------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [GENERAL] Select after insert to the unique column

2004-12-13 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
the inserts. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster --------------- Frank D. Engel, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> $ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual $ true | cat /usr/man