[GENERAL] new encoding (UTF8) is incompatible with the encoding of the template database (SQL_ASCII)

2010-09-13 Thread MailingLists
Dear all of you, I'm currently working on a centos that I manage with webmin. A sI try to create a DB with unicode encoding the following message is returned to me : new encoding (UTF8) is incompatible with the encoding of the template database (SQL_ASCII) After a little googling,

Re: [GENERAL] Query question

2009-01-15 Thread mailinglists
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 07:36:03PM -0800, mailingli...@net-virtual.com > wrote: >> CREATE TABLE listings ( >> trans_id SERIAL, >> mode CHAR(1), >> listing_id INT, >> region_id INT, >> category INT >> ); >> >> "SELECT * FROM listings ORDER BY region_id, category, listing_id, >> trans_id

[GENERAL] Query question

2009-01-14 Thread mailinglists
Hello, Thanks to the replier (Martijn -- thank you very much!) to an earlier question I had about MVCC, I've decided to re-think entirely my use of the status column in a table. What I've decided to do is to put all of my new or changed records into a "holding" table, then after they are indexed

[GENERAL] Question about updates and MVCC

2009-01-10 Thread mailinglists
Hello, I have a couple of questions regarding how MVCC (in postges 8.3.3 if it makes a difference) affects vacuum. #1. If I am doing an update to a row and none of the values have changed, will that cause a "hole" that requires vacuum to reclaim? #2. I have a column in my table (called "status",

Re: [GENERAL] Triggers, again.. ;-)

2005-02-22 Thread mailinglists
> Phil Endecott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I would understand this if I were doing an "ALTER TABLE", for example. >> But does adding or removing a trigger really count as "schema-altering"? > > [ shrug... ] Hard to say. Probably depends a lot on what the trigger > does. I suppose we could