[GENERAL] problem installing RPMs on RHEL5

I installed Postgresql from RedHat 5EL RPMS from the site. When I try to start it as a service, it fails and pgstartup.log contains one record per startup attempt stating: "runuser: warning: cannot change directory to /dev/null: Not a directory." Thanks! ---

Re: [GENERAL] replication in Postgres

So what is the state-of-the-art in the Postgresql world if I _do_ want synchronous replication? 2-phase commit from the client application? Any success/horror stories about doing it in Java? ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: explain analyze is your

Re: [GENERAL] Primary Key

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Richard Broersma Jr > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 10:28 AM > To: Joshua D. Drake > Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Primary Key > > --- On Mon, 11/26/07, Joshua D. Drake <

[GENERAL] Read-only availability of a standby server?

In the high-availabilty situation with a warm standby, is it possible (or planned) to be able to make standby readable? This is a new feature in Oracle 11 and it is very important for a project I am working on. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: expla

[GENERAL] Postgresql and resource isolation

Hello, We are considering using Postgresql for rather large project and I have questions about where it stands in respect to the following. Consider these two features already found in major commercial products. A) "resource governor" - the ability to configure how much resources (IO per seco