Re: [GENERAL] ssl connections with psql

2001-03-16 Thread Ron Chmara
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Christian Marschalek writes: > > well i ment over apache (with php) to a database :o) > Apache encrypts the connection to the web user, PostgreSQL encrypts the > connection to the database user, which in this case would be Apache. > I.e.: > Web user ---SSL---> Apache ---S

Re: [GENERAL] Re: Re: couple of general questions

2001-01-20 Thread Ron Chmara
"Anthony E . Greene" wrote: > On Fri, 19 Jan 2001 17:02:43 Gregory Wood wrote: > >> Does anyone else get annoyed when going on to an american site to > >> register or buy something and find that the state field is only > >> 2 characters long? > [snip] > >Does anyone else get annoyed when people ju

Re: SV: [GENERAL] MySQL and PostgreSQL speed compare

2000-12-29 Thread Ron Chmara
John Burski wrote: > > I really don't understand why people expect computers to do everything > > for them, the burden of using tools properly belongs to the user. > Let the congregation say "Amen!" The counterpoints: (Complex tool) A car comes assembled, from the factory, tuned to accelerate, a

Re: SV: [GENERAL] MySQL and PostgreSQL speed compare

2000-12-29 Thread Ron Chmara
Jarmo Paavilainen wrote: > > Just curious, what kind of tables did you set up in MySQL? My > Ehh... there are more than one kind... I did not know. Still with > transactions on PostgreSQL (unsafe method?) MySQL was 2 times as fast as > PostgreSQL. I will check this out, and return to this list wi

Re: [GENERAL] Is this possible or am I on drugs :)

2000-11-28 Thread Ron Chmara
shawn everett wrote: > > What do you consider "passing a parameter to the view" to be? > This is where Microsoft Access has twisted me :) > Access as you may or may not know allows you to use parameters in a query: > SELECT * FROM table WHERE table.pkey=[Enter The Primary Key]; > The bit in [] rep

Re: [GENERAL] MySQL -> pgsql

2000-10-21 Thread Ron Chmara
Andrew Evans wrote: > On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 12:43:32AM -0700, Ron Chmara wrote: > > I'm a bit late on this thread, but I'm currently wranging a large > > set of migrations: > > postgreSQL-> Oracle > Would you mind explaining why your company's migrati

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL article in LinuxWorld

2000-06-01 Thread Ron Chmara
Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 04:27:24PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-2000-05/lw-05-database.html > > > > > > It mentions PostgreSQL. I was interviewed for the article. > > > > Nice article, but the author should get some facs

Re: [GENERAL] Postgresql usage clip.

2000-05-29 Thread Ron Chmara
Lamar Owen wrote: > On Mon, 29 May 2000, Ron Chmara wrote: > > Well, you have binaries for NT, but what about home users/developers on 95? > 98? > mySQL even does OS/2. Really. > For home use/development, run either Linux or FreeBSD in another partition on > your Win9x machi

Re: [GENERAL] Postgresql usage clip.

2000-05-29 Thread Ron Chmara
"Brett W. McCoy" wrote: > On Mon, 29 May 2000, Ron Chmara wrote: > > limited > > in platform support compared to mysql. And: > > Well, you have binaries for NT, but what about home users/developers on 95? 98? > > mySQL even does OS/2. Really. > But

Re: [GENERAL] Postgresql usage clip.

2000-05-29 Thread Ron Chmara
"Brett W. McCoy" wrote: > MySQL is great for small websites with small budgets with read-only data > or data that doesn't change often. It doesn't scale very well at all, and > for larger sites it really falls apart without anyy referential integrity > or supprto for views. But beyond that, you

Re: [GENERAL] Postgresql usage clip.

2000-05-29 Thread Ron Chmara
The Hermit Hacker wrote: > Pgsql has scads of additional features, but is limited > in platform support compared to mysql. > > Huh? You caught my eye on this one ... what platform are we missing? :( Well, you have binaries for NT, but what about home users/developers on 95? 98? mySQL even doe

Re: [GENERAL] OID output problems

2000-05-03 Thread Ron Chmara
surfer girl wrote: > > The documentation on this is so scarse it's hard to figure out what the right format >is supposed to be for all this. After much searching (websites, various mailing list >archives), I found the "note" that PHP has a special variable "userfile" for file >uploads. It has

Re: [GENERAL] cgi with postgres

2000-01-16 Thread Ron Chmara
Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Ron Chmara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000116 16:18] wrote: Snip_> Of security items. > All these options don't take into account that perhaps you don't > want people _on the same box_ Well, I assumed that web clients, using cgi, was the &quo

Re: [GENERAL] cgi with postgres

2000-01-16 Thread Ron Chmara
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > On 2000-01-14, Alfred Perlstein mentioned: > > > > issue: how to secure cgi's that access postgres > > > > > > problem: passwords for postgres database are stored > > > in plain text in scripts. (lets assume, perl, > > > not a compiled language) > > > > >

Re: [GENERAL] Intro/Win9X

2000-01-10 Thread Ron Chmara
Alexei Zakharov wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: Huynh, Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 2:16 AM > Subject: RE: [GENERAL] Intro/Win9X > > > Well, is there NT version for evaluation? > > Well, there's no PostgreSQL evaluation.

Re: PostgreSQL Portable Runtime (was Re: [GENERAL] Future ofPostgreSQL)

1999-12-31 Thread Ron Chmara
Robert wrote: > Hi, > one of the important factors that contributed to the popularity and success of > Apache, Perl, Tcl/Tk etc. was their platform independence. I'm big fan of Unix (and > even bigger of Postgres ;-), but BeOS, MacOS X, even Win2000 all look quite > interesting too and I don't wa