[GENERAL] multicolumn index join

2008-05-13 Thread Stephen Ince
I have to do a multicolumn self-join to find the median. I am using postgres 8.2. How do I force postgres to use an index scan? I have a multicolumn index but postgres is not using it. Query explain select e.time from page_view e, page_view d where e.test_

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL vs Firebird feature comparison finished

2007-08-27 Thread Stephen Ince
capability(only C/C++) and the name size limitation was a killer. Steve --- Original Message --- From: "Stephen Ince" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tony Caduto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Greg Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, pgsql-general@postgresql.org

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL vs Firebird feature comparison finished

2007-08-27 Thread Stephen Ince
From: "Tony Caduto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 12:47 PM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL vs Firebird feature comparison finished Stephen Ince wrote: Postgres can't be embedded or serverless. Firebird has the embedded feature. Most of the data

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL vs Firebird feature comparison finished

2007-08-27 Thread Stephen Ince
Postgres can't be embedded or serverless. Firebird has the embedded feature. Most of the databases have this capability (hsqldb, derby,oracle,mysql, firebird, and db2). Derby and hsqldb are the only free embedded databases for commercial use. I recently ported a schema from postgres to firebir

[GENERAL] minimum postgres installation

2007-07-27 Thread Stephen Ince
Hi. I am new to postgres. I would like some advise on how to get a minimum postgres installation. I want to use postgres embedded in application on windows. I have done the following. C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL>msiexec /i postgresql-8.2-int.msi /qr INTERNALLAUNCH=1 ADDLOCAL=server,psql SERV

[GENERAL] silent install of postgres for an embedded purposes

2007-07-25 Thread Stephen Ince
Hi. I am new to postgres and I am porting an application to windows that is using postgresql as it's backend. I am also trying to do a silent install of postgres. I would also like to install postgres on a usb thumbdrive. It is just for demo purposes. 1) Can you have more than one instance of