Re: [GENERAL] Postgres forums ... take 2

2010-11-16 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Tuesday 16 November 2010 10:30:05 Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 03:45, Elliot Chance wrote: > > I have made some major changes "beta2" > > > > > Extra thoughts; > > > > It would not be practical for the forums to create a dummy mailing list > > email address per person or

Re: [GENERAL] Incrementally Updated Backups

2010-09-12 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Sunday 12 September 2010 13:32:00 Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: > On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 12:18:10PM +0200, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > How can you ensure the snapshot is in a consistent state if the server is > > running? > > > > If a snapshot is taken between 2 upda

Re: [GENERAL] Incrementally Updated Backups

2010-09-12 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Sunday 12 September 2010 00:43:19 Bruce Momjian wrote: > Gabe Nell wrote: > > > That section has been removed from the current 9.0 docs because we are > > > unsure it works. > > > > Hmm. So the only way to make a consistent backup from a standby server > > is to shut down the standby first? Or

Re: [GENERAL] The case of PostgreSQL on NFS Server

2010-06-25 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Friday 25 June 2010 02:23:17 Iwao Shikase wrote: > Hi Roeleveld-san, > > Thank you for your advice. But My purpose is to test PostgreSQL > which data cluster is in NFS server. > As your says, Cluster Filesystem is one of answer of sharing files. > But my company still want to use NFS server. S

Re: [GENERAL] The case of PostgreSQL on NFS Server

2010-06-24 Thread J. Roeleveld
r Filesystem? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clustered_file_system NFS is nice for sharing files between multiple systems, but most server products specifically mention it is not compatible with file sharing protocols like NFS/CIFS/.... -- J. Roeleveld -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@

Re: [GENERAL] How to have ant's task insert special chars appropriately?

2009-09-23 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Wednesday 23 September 2009 11:29:02 Richard Huxton wrote: > agostonbejo wrote: > > Hi! > > > > What I'm trying to do is to insert some data from a sql file into a > > postgres DB by calling the ant task. My problem is that I can't get > > special characters (even if they can be represented by

Re: [GENERAL]COPY still running

2000-01-26 Thread J. Roeleveld
> I had a similar thing once, while compiling a program, it took the computer > 28 hours to complete. (on a P200) > > My best guess is is that it's still running, make a quick check that the > main > process is still running. The action you are doing requires not just alot of > CPU-power, but also

Re: [GENERAL]COPY still running

2000-01-26 Thread J. Roeleveld
> Hello i start yesterday afternoon a COPY command into a table. > the file is 15 Mb > i've set triggers before and after insert on the table > the before trigger just perform data check. > the after trigger update a 10 000 rows linked table. > > the COPY command runs all the night ad has not yet

[GENERAL] System requirements

2000-01-24 Thread J. Roeleveld
Hi, I've been checking the archives and documentation for what the system requirements are for a PostgreSQL database It's to be used for a database with 8 users, and has MS-Access front-end which causes app. 2 connections per user. My idea was: 128Meg Ram 20 Gig HD 500 Mhz. Celeron will

Re: [GENERAL] Grant problems

2000-01-20 Thread J. Roeleveld
> Hello > > I like to create a user who can do the followings on a table: select, > insert, update > But he can't delete! > I tried this: grant INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE on table_name to testuser; > After this the test user can delete from the table_name table without any > problems. The testuser is

Re: [GENERAL] Bug or my crooked hands?

2000-01-19 Thread J. Roeleveld
> Hello All, > > I have the following situation: > > CREATE TABLE "Contacts" ( > "Contact" Serial, > "StuffTheir" Text, > "TheDate" datetime DEFAULT TEXT 'now', > "Subj" Text, > "CustomerId" int4, > "Agent" int4, > "ActionType"

[GENERAL] getting user-list

1999-12-22 Thread J. Roeleveld
Hi, I would like to know if, and how, I can find out who's logged into the database at any given time. And is it possible to maintain a connection-log of log-ins and log-outs? with kind regards, Joost Roeleveld

[GENERAL] item descriptions in psql

1999-12-21 Thread J. Roeleveld
Hi, I just found a reference to descriptions to functions/tables/...etc. and am now wondering how to add them myself? Joost Roeleveld ps. as an example of what I'm referring to: mydb=> \dd currval description -- sequence current value (1 row) mydb=> \dd mytable

[GENERAL] item descriptions in psql

1999-12-21 Thread J. Roeleveld
Hi, I just found a reference to descriptions to functions/tables/...etc. and am now wondering how to add them myself? Joost Roeleveld ps. as an example of what I'm referring to: mydb=> \dd currval description -- sequence current value (1 row) mydb=> \dd mytable

Re: [GENERAL] server hardware recommendations (the archives aredead)

1999-12-15 Thread J. Roeleveld
> What filesystem? I know (thank god) very little about Linux, but > there have been comments here by some Linux folks (Thomas, wasn't it > you?) that indicated that ext2fs sucks for this? Are you running with > fsync() on or off? What is the problem with ext2fs? Is it just performance? or is t

[GENERAL] rule's and trigger's

1999-11-25 Thread J. Roeleveld
Hi,   I was wondering if anyone knows what's being executed first, a Rule on a view, or a trigger set to 'before ' on a view?   Eg. what's executed first? The RULE, or the TRIGGER?   Joost Roeleveld   ps. I hope I'm making sense.

Re: [GENERAL] Completely new and discovering PostGresSql

1999-11-25 Thread J. Roeleveld
> Hi everyone, > > I've been using MS Sql Server for the last 4 years on NT and I am quite > fed-up with it. > So I am now seriously considering a move towards LINUX and I investigate > the serious DB offering and PostgreSql Seems to come as a really strong > candidate. > > however I have some que

[GENERAL] Rule plan string to big, HELP!

1999-11-22 Thread J. Roeleveld
Hi, I keep running into problems with: ERROR: DefineQueryRewrite: rule plan string too big. Does anyone have any insights into this? And how to fix this? Hoping for help, Joost Roeleveld ps. I am willing to post _all_ Create-queries I use if anyone thinks he/she can fix it in my case.

[GENERAL] Rule plan string to big, HELP!

1999-11-22 Thread J. Roeleveld
Hi, I keep running into problems with: ERROR: DefineQueryRewrite: rule plan string too big. Does anyone have any insights into this? And how to fix this? Hoping for help, Joost Roeleveld ps. I am willing to post _all_ Create-queries I use if anyone thinks he/she can fix it in my case.

[GENERAL] Problem with CREATE RULE ON DELETE (PostgreSQL only executes the first expression)

1999-11-17 Thread J. Roeleveld
Hi, I have found what appears to be a bug in PostgreSQL, or is this a feature? I don't think it's a feature, because the postgreSQL documentation state it should work. When creating delete-rules for views, i have found that only the first expression is being executed, when using multiple express