Re: [GENERAL] make check fails on OS X 10.6.2

2009-12-16 Thread Tim Hart
I was. I stopped my live instance, reran 'make check', and make check passed. Thanks for the pointers. Tim Hart Software Consultant 615-713-9956 :cell tjhart :AIM th...@me.com -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription

[GENERAL] make check fails on OS X 10.6.2

2009-12-16 Thread Tim Hart
All, I've been installing postgres from source on os x for years, but I haven't generally run 'make check' before I install. I don't feel that running 'make check' is terribly necessary in this case - it's a personal sandbox on my laptop, with no production value. Regardless, I realize that it'

Re: [GENERAL] PQstatus does not seem to work

2009-08-10 Thread Tim Hart
On 8/10/09 12:08 PM, "Sam Mason" wrote: > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:41:47AM +0800, Juan Backson wrote: >> I used PQstatus(conn) function to check connection status, but I found that >> it still returns CONNECTION_OK even after postgres is restarted. Does >> anyone know if there is another comm

Re: [GENERAL] Unexpected behavior from psql

2009-01-11 Thread Tim Hart
On Jan 11, 2009, at 8:16 PM, Jeff Davis wrote: On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 17:13 -0600, Tim Hart wrote: Would it be worthwhile to specify this in the documentation? One of the sources of my confusion was the following statement: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/app-psql.html

Re: [GENERAL] Unexpected behavior from psql

2009-01-11 Thread Tim Hart
On Jan 11, 2009, at 4:41 PM, Jeff Davis wrote: On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 15:33 -0600, Tim Hart wrote: tjhart=# set search_path to foo, public; SET tjhart=# \d List of relations Schema | Name| Type | Owner +---+---+ foo| bar_table | table | tjhart

[GENERAL] Unexpected behavior from psql

2009-01-11 Thread Tim Hart
This is a minor issue. Not really a problem for me at the moment, but I wanted to understand if it was intended: tjhart=# \d No relations found. tjhart=# \dn List of schemas Name| Owner +-- information_schema | postgres pg_catalog |

[GENERAL] General subselect question

2009-01-05 Thread Tim Hart
). But in the general case, do I have to pay special attention with unions in subselects? Tim Hart 615-713-9956 :cell timothyjhart :Y! tjh...@me.com :AIM -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general

Re: [GENERAL] Question about the enum type

2008-02-17 Thread Tim Hart
On Feb 18, 2008, at 12:10 AM, Tom Lane wrote: Would it have been reasonable to expect some kind of notice or warning message stating that 'position' was special, and position would be used instead? The way you phrase that makes me think you misunderstand what's happening here. The name of th

Re: [GENERAL] Question about the enum type

2008-02-17 Thread Tim Hart
On Feb 17, 2008, at 11:21 PM, Tom Lane wrote: The reason "position" is special is that the SQL spec calls out weird specialized syntax for it: Given the spec, I completely understand. Given the roundabout way I discovered the nature of the problem, I'm curious: At the time I executed the

Re: [GENERAL] Question about the enum type

2008-02-17 Thread Tim Hart
I sent the original question. I sent a follow-up covering that. What I didn't state in that e-mail was that I tried to create an enum type that was another name in the list which was non-reserved (cannot be function or type). In that case, I did see the automatic quoting behav

[GENERAL] Fwd: Question about the enum type

2008-02-17 Thread Tim Hart
ted. ;) Tim Begin forwarded message: From: Tim Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: February 17, 2008 8:24:44 PM CST To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Question about the enum type I was playing around with the enum type today. I was toying around with a schema to model information abo

[GENERAL] Question about the enum type

2008-02-17 Thread Tim Hart
ate type select as enum('foo'); ERROR: syntax error at or near "select" LINE 1: create type select as enum('foo'); ^ I'm just toying around, so this isn't high priority. I'll probably change the name of the enum to fielding_p

Re: [GENERAL] Is there a way to run tables in RAM?

2006-07-13 Thread Tim Hart
I can’t say for certain from the detail you’ve given, but partial indexes may be an acceptable solution to your problem.   http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/indexes-partial.html     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roy Souther Sent: Th

Re: [GENERAL] Long term database archival

2006-07-12 Thread Tim Hart
Wouldn't you run into driver problems if you tried to restore a 20 year old image? After all, you probably won't be using the same hardware in 20 years... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jan Wieck Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 9:26 AM To:

Re: [GENERAL] doesn't recognize "!=-" (not equal to a negative value)

2006-07-11 Thread Tim Hart
>From a brief and similar session (below), perhaps the best solution is to simply insert a space between the '=' and the '-'?? Welcome to psql 8.1.4, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal. Type: \copyright for distribution terms \h for help with SQL commands \? for help with psql co

Re: [GENERAL] User privileges in web database applications

2006-06-29 Thread Tim Hart
I'm coming in a bit late to this conversation, so forgive me if I've missed something. Isn't this problem the reason that connection pools were created? In a connection pool, connections are only associated with a particular user for the duration of a transaction. Once the transaction is complet

Re: [GENERAL] Null and Void() - Or, Abandon All Hope Ye Who allow

2006-06-28 Thread Tim Hart
This reminds me of my favorite Bertrand Russell quote: "The difference between theory and practice is: in theory there is no difference, but in practice, there is" -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Florian G. Pflug Sent: Wednesday, June 28,

Re: [GENERAL] Any *real* reason to choose a natural, composite PK over a surrogate, simple PK?

2006-06-08 Thread Tim Hart
While this statement is accurate, it isn't very precise. Needs change. Requirements change. Usage changes. Any one of these changes can invalidate a very correct initial analysis. A wise designer anticipates change to minimize impact on both current work *and* future development effort. Artific

Re: [GENERAL] What are the characteristics of a good user-defined data type?

2006-06-07 Thread Tim Hart
ty. This isn't anything I have a real need for. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Lane Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 9:37 AM To: Tim Hart Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] What are the characteristics of a good us

[GENERAL] What are the characteristics of a good user-defined data type?

2006-06-07 Thread Tim Hart
the matter?   Tim Hart  

[GENERAL] Evaluating client processes vs stored procedures

2006-04-12 Thread Tim Hart
List, I have a client process that is causing some performance issues with my app. On my current platform, the standard automated profiling tools are not available. Consequently, I can't easily determine where the bottleneck is in the process. I have an inkling that rewriting the client process

[GENERAL] Seeking comments on schema design and data integrity

2006-02-11 Thread Tim Hart
e database', whether it be in schema design or triggers, and how much should be in the software that accesses the database. All opinions on this are welcome. Tim Hart Senior Java/J2EE developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] :email (312)560-4267 :phone ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org