Re: [GENERAL] Speed of postgres compared to ms sql, is this

2006-12-05 Thread Mike G
I suppose comparing postgres running on a single processor laptop to sql server running on a dual processor machine wouldn't help you determine what sql server does better. If it might let me know. Aside from maybe having the planner reorder joins for you I would guess that it is sql servers s

[GENERAL] Cannot rename file pg_xlog\0000.....

2006-11-02 Thread Mike G
Hi, I had someone pull the plug on my database about a week ago. When it was restarted postgres would not start because of the postmaster.pid file existed already. I deleted the pid file and attempt to restart the postmaster but it again failed. The error this time was that Log could not ren

[GENERAL] New version of DBD::Pg for 8.1.4?

2006-06-02 Thread Mike G
Hello, Will there need to be a new version of DBD::Pg released for 8.1.4? Mike -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend

[GENERAL] quirk with update a from b

2006-03-22 Thread Mike G.
CREATE TABLE aa ( a_col1 text ); CREATE TABLE bb ( b_col1 text ); This update works: UPDATE bb SET b_col1 = aa.a_col1 FROM aa WHERE bb.b_col1 <> aa.a_col1; This does not: UPDATE bb SET bb.b_col1 = aa.a_col1 FROM aa WHERE bb.b_col1 <> aa.a_col1; Error: column "bb" of relation "bb" does not exis

[GENERAL] pg_autovacuum on Windows triggers string warning

2006-02-23 Thread Mike G.
Hi, I have the postgresql.conf escape_string_warning active on my Win32 machine. I have a couple databases on it which are static. When pg_autovacuum checks these static databases it is triggering the warning: "non standard use of \\ in a string literal at character 128 or character 355" depe

Re: [GENERAL] DBD::Pg 1.44 released

2006-02-23 Thread Mike G.
If someone can make a ppm I would appreciate it. I have VS 2005 not 2003. Mike On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 02:11:55AM -, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > I am pleased to announce that version 1.44 of DBD::Pg has > been released. You can find

[GENERAL] Update table with data from another table

2006-02-09 Thread Mike G.
Hi, I was hoping to update the results of one table with data from another table. I have done this many times before using UPDATE X SET Z FROM Y. The catch this time is the tables involved both have the same column names, same table names but reside in different schemas. UPDATE schema1.A SET

Re: [GENERAL] plpythonu on 7.4

2005-01-21 Thread Mike G.
Is this on fedora or redhat linux? If so a separate rpm must be installed for plpython to function. If you built from source the config script must also include building python. On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 10:34:51PM -0700, Michael Fuhr wrote: > On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 09:16:27PM -0800, elein wr

Re: [GENERAL] update in triggers

2005-01-18 Thread Mike G.
Isn't the syntax CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION chargeratetest() RETURNS "trigger" AS' ? On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 03:45:53PM +1100, Jamie Deppeler wrote: > Hi, > > Think im doing something wrong here, cant seem to resolve the problem i > have a trigger which is calling a update function and when

[GENERAL] Use strict with plperl

2005-01-17 Thread Mike G.
In 8.0 how does one have a plperl function use strict? If I add "use strict" within the function body I receive an error message: "creation of Perl function failed: 'require' trapped by operation mask..." If I do Create Function X AS Language 'plperl' strict volatile the function will comp

Re: [GENERAL] Cursor bug?

2005-01-16 Thread Mike G.
On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 01:28:47PM +0100, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: > On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 04:35:04PM -0600, Mike G. wrote: > > thank you. > > > > I use the cursor because I really do an update against a different > > table based on a value from the select i

Re: [GENERAL] pgpsql help

2005-01-16 Thread Mike G.
Maybe it is because 'name' is a sql 92/99 non-reserved / key word? On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 05:46:20AM +0100, LENGYEL Zoltan wrote: > Hi, > > I have a pgpsql function: > > create or replace function new_uri(varchar,varchar,varchar) returns > integer as ' > declare > src alias for $1; > tit a

Re: [GENERAL] Cursor bug?

2005-01-13 Thread Mike G.
at 04:58:06PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > "Mike G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I have a function that reads through one table via a cursor to make updates > > to a different table. There is a row in this table with a column that has > > a null value. The f

Re: [GENERAL] pg_dump in windows postgres 8.0

2004-08-12 Thread Mike G
Hi, I don't think you can. I logged it as a bug a few days ago. You might be able to create the tables and execute the copy command to fill them with pgadminIII. Mike On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 09:29:21AM -0500, Jason Tesser wrote: > I just downloaded the new beta for windows. I usually only use

Re: [GENERAL] psql: immediately exit after an error?

2004-08-10 Thread Mike G
I would think that depends upon how the sql in the file is coded. You can use the RAISE NOTICE / ERROR commands to abort a function's execution. > Can psql be told to exit immediately after an error (especially when > doing commands from a file, -f)? This is the default behaviour of the > mysq

Re: [GENERAL] phppgadmin and external access

2004-07-23 Thread mike g
Sounds like the pg_hba.conf file does not have that other computer listed in it. On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 08:37, eClaire wrote: > Hello, > > I'm new in this list. First, scuse me for my not very good english and > please speak me in simple words ;) > > I had install postgresql on my debian, no

Re: [GENERAL] varchar length... PHP

2004-07-16 Thread mike g
Hello, Varchar by default will truncate extra space at the end. If the table column is defined as char or you cast the varchar to a char data type it will have a fixed size of 40 characters. Mike On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 06:29, Constantin Khatsckevich wrote: > Hello! > > Can I get ordered length

Re: [GENERAL] Are SQL functions better than PG/SQL ones?

2004-07-16 Thread mike g
Have you run the analyze function on the table or database? We would need to see the sql for your tests to determine why it was or was not used. By the way the pgsql-performance list is probably a much better place to discuss this. Mike On Sat, 2004-07-10 at 05:57, Vitaly Belman wrote: > I re

Re: [GENERAL] Problem Report

2004-07-16 Thread mike g
I can't help you with that error. Have you searched the pgsql-hacker mailing list? It is much more appropriate for this question. On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 03:52, Charles Su wrote: > Hi , Dear Postgresql Creator, I live in Taiwan and try to run > postgres_win32_7.5_devel but when I do initdb -L "c

Re: [GENERAL] server closed the connection unexpectedly

2004-07-16 Thread mike g
It seems that postgresql crashed recently, tried to restart automatically, and has not succesfully restarted. You will need to stop the postmaster daemon manually, probably delete the postmaster.pid file, and restart the postmaster daemon. Chances are that anyone trying to query the database is n

Re: [GENERAL] Need Libpq.dll w/ SSL

2004-07-16 Thread mike g
Well there is no native windows version yet. You can use cygwin from www.cygwin.com to run postgres under a unix emulator. It has ssl compiled with it by default. I forget if openssl needs to be present on the machine as well. On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 16:08, Otto Blomqvist wrote: > Hello ! >

Re: [GENERAL] Postgress latest Windows Version

2004-07-16 Thread mike g
Well there is no native windows version yet. You can use cygwin from www.cygwin.com to run postgres under a unix emulator. On Sat, 2004-07-10 at 08:02, Praveen wrote: > Hi All, > > Can anybody tell from where i can download the latest Postgress Windows version? > > Thanks, > Praveen > > -

Re: [GENERAL] change the last bit

2004-07-16 Thread mike g
What do you want to change it to? Another number? Use something like Update table set field = field + 1 I assume you are going to store the result in the same table column? On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 13:07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a int4 coloumn, and I want to change the last bit the the

Re: [GENERAL] which tar file to start PostgreSQL??

2004-07-16 Thread mike g
That depends on the platform you are installing it. The tar file should contain a file named INSTALL which lists the instructions on how to install by platform. Mike On Sun, 2004-07-11 at 00:01, network lines wrote: > OK, i went to their web site and downloaded some > *.tar files...which one do

Re: [GENERAL] Insert images through ASP

2004-07-16 Thread mike g
Hi, I think you will need to be more specific to what scripting language you are attempting to use, which blob data type is being used in the db(lo or bytea), and possibly the database driver used (odbc / .net) to get a response from the community. Mike On Fri, 2004-07-16 at 08:21, Dylan Milks wr

Re: [GENERAL] could not access file "$libdir/plpython" when

2004-07-05 Thread mike g
Seems your FC2 box did not have the python language support compiled into the version of postgresql that was installed on that box or possibly not installed in the template1 database so it would be available to any other database created in your FC2. I do believe python is included in the rpm ve

Re: [GENERAL] SUBSTRING for a regular expression

2004-07-05 Thread mike g
What language are you using for this plperl? That command listed in the documentation certainly works in psql or plpgsql but I don't know about plperl. Are you assigning the result to a variable and then printing the result of that variable before the function ends or printing based on what the f

Re: [GENERAL] server closed the connection unexpectedly

2004-07-05 Thread mike g
Can you use pg_dump to backup the database and possibly then upgrade the db? 7.2 is rather old. I recall reading similar postings in the mailing this that recommend you upgrade to 7.2.4 or .6(?) if you must stay on 7.2. On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 17:48, ruben wrote: > Hi: > > I'm getting this error

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL 7.4.3 on a windows XP Pro environment

2004-06-30 Thread mike g
Would this be installing from source code or using a cygwin package? I use 7.4.3 under cygwin package on XP Pro 24x7. On Wed, 2004-06-30 at 16:17, Chuck Bernardes wrote: > Anyone successful in installing PostgreSQL 7.4.3 on a windows XP Pro > environment? I've read various README's but seem daun

Re: [GENERAL] Problems with Postgres and PHP from command line

2004-06-30 Thread mike g
Sounds like a permissions problem with cron. Was the cron job created under the non-root users account? On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 15:47, Kristopher Spencer-Yates wrote: > Hi > > I have a PHP script running as a non-root user. The non-root user will > exec PHP script via cron once per day. > > War

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Logs

2004-05-27 Thread Mike G
Yes to the first two questions under number 1. Not sure what you are looking for on the last one. Yes to number 2 if you configure it correctly although I don't know if it can write to a file and screen at the same time. Open the postgresql.conf file. This page in the docs might help. http:/

Re: [GENERAL] pg_temp_N temp schema buildup

2004-05-21 Thread Mike G
I believe they are created when either a function / program creates a temporary table. On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 08:32:06AM -0400, Jerry Sievers wrote: > Hello. > > I'm running postgres 7.4.1 and notice an accumulation of temp schemas > named pg_temp_1, pg_temp_2... etc. > > These schemas are empt