[GENERAL] synchronisation with news.fr.postgresql.org?

2007-06-01 Thread stig erikson
Hi. What happened to the synchronization of news servers between news.postgresql.org and news.fr.postgresql.org. the latter is there, but the groups are empty. this is very sad since that server was very quick for us living in Europe. is it only a temporary problem or is it removed for some reas

[GENERAL] what happened with the news servers?

2007-06-01 Thread stig erikson
Hi. i am looking at the news (NNTP) servers news.postgresql.org and news.fr.postgresql.org, they both seem pretty empty. what happened? stig ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster

Re: [GENERAL] opening a channel between two postgreSQL-servers?

2006-11-05 Thread stig erikson
Michael Fuhr wrote: On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 10:12:00PM +0100, stig erikson wrote: a handy thing in mysql is FEDERATED tables that allows one to open a channel from one MySQL-server to another MySQL-server. it helps a lot when writing stored procedures that transfer data to other servers. you

[GENERAL] opening a channel between two postgreSQL-servers?

2006-11-04 Thread stig erikson
Hi. a handy thing in mysql is FEDERATED tables that allows one to open a channel from one MySQL-server to another MySQL-server. it helps a lot when writing stored procedures that transfer data to other servers. you can do the transfer without any extarnal temporary files or external applications

[GENERAL] CUBE, ROLLUP, GROUPING SETS?

2006-10-11 Thread stig erikson
Hi. Are there any plans to implement CUBE, ROLLUP and/or GROUPING SETS in future PostgreSQL versions? I could not find any info on the TODO-page. /stig ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://arch

[GENERAL] off topic - web shop

2006-09-11 Thread stig erikson
Hi. We are looking to open a small web shop. I looked around to see if there are any open source web shops. Can anyone recommend any web shop system (free or non-free)? thanks stig ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archive

[GENERAL] sequence rollback?

2005-12-18 Thread stig erikson
hello. is it possible to rollback sequences in postgresql 8.1.1? (tested om FC4 with official rpms). it seems like a sequence is always moving forward and cannot be rolled back. is this correct? if it is correct, where in the docs do i find information about this behavior? /stig testcase:

[GENERAL] synchronization of news.postgresql.org and news.fr.postgresql.org

2005-12-18 Thread stig erikson
hi, information to the news masters. it seems like messages from news.fr.postgresql.org are not reaching news.postgresql.org. (the other way around seems to work though). end of message ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the

[GENERAL] postgresql rpms (8.1.1) for redhat 8.0

2005-12-11 Thread stig erikson
hi. i have compiled postgresql 8.1.1 rpms for redhat 8.0 based on the official srpms for redhat 9. i just installed the rpms and it looks like they are working well. if somebody is interested i have put the compiled files here: ftp://82.182.149.199/pub/postgresql/unofficial/ feel free to grab

[GENERAL] using more then one CPU for queries

2005-12-11 Thread stig erikson
from what i understand PostgreSQL only uses one CPU for any one query. i do understand that on systems where there are many more connections and simultaneous transactions (relatively small transactions) then the number of processors, the queries would most likely run on a single processor even

Re: [GENERAL] news.postgresql.org slow

2005-12-03 Thread stig erikson
Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Sat, 3 Dec 2005, stig erikson wrote: Hi. this might not be the correct place to ask but i see not better place. i use the news server news.postgresql.org. every now and then i go offline and i usually do a offline synchronization before (download every message

[GENERAL] news.postgresql.org slow

2005-12-03 Thread stig erikson
Hi. this might not be the correct place to ask but i see not better place. i use the news server news.postgresql.org. every now and then i go offline and i usually do a offline synchronization before (download every message, head + body). the news.postgresql.org server seems to have some spee

[GENERAL] 8.1.0 for RH8 here

2005-11-10 Thread stig erikson
Hi. I just compiled the RH9 sources on my RH8 system, seems to work just fine. The packages are available via the link below. Anyone who likes, may fetch the rpms. Do read the README file before using the packages and keep in mind, they are not official. I can only verify that they work on my small

Re: [GENERAL] psql: FATAL: database "template1" is not currently accepting

2005-06-17 Thread stig erikson
stig erikson wrote: when i try to do: psql -l psql: FATAL: database "template1" is not currently accepting connections but if i first connect to some other database, ie: psql -d database \l then it shows all the databases. how can i resolve the issu with template1? the problem

[GENERAL] psql: FATAL: database "template1" is not currently accepting connections

2005-06-17 Thread stig erikson
when i try to do: psql -l psql: FATAL: database "template1" is not currently accepting connections but if i first connect to some other database, ie: psql -d database \l then it shows all the databases. how can i resolve the issu with template1? the problem might have been coused by a clie

[GENERAL] encoding problems and float

2005-06-17 Thread stig erikson
hi. is there any encoding that does allow decimal placeholders in float8 to be either , or .? that is, it should allow both of the folling to denote for example EUR 12345 and 44 cents: insert into table(my_float8_column) VALUES('12345.44'); insert into table(my_float8_column) VALUES('12345,44

Re: [GENERAL] postgresql rpms (7.4.2, 7.4.5, 7.4.8) for redhat 8.0

2005-06-15 Thread stig erikson
Could you please sign them with your PGP key and upload them again? I think I can upload them to main FTP site. do i do that with rpm or can i just sign them and provide the signautres in textfiles next to the rpm files? ---(end of broadcast)---

[GENERAL] postgresql rpms (7.4.2, 7.4.5, 7.4.8) for redhat 8.0

2005-06-13 Thread stig erikson
hi. i just compiled a few versions of postgresql rpms for redhat 8.0 based on the official srpms for redhat 9. i started off with the official 7.4.1 release for redhat 8, then added the lowest possible next version of the version i compiled. i ended up at 7.4.8. it seems to work fine. i am no

Re: [GENERAL] Postgresql 7.4.7 docs(PDF)

2005-05-20 Thread stig erikson
Hrishikesh Deshmukh wrote: What they have is for version 7.2 and i want for 7.4.7 only, i have tried to follow instructions on how to make the pdf/ps version and all i get is errors. If someone already has a pdf/ps and can email it, will be a big help. Thanks, Hrishi On 5/19/05, Richard Huxton wro

Re: [GENERAL] dumping on 7.4.6 importing on 7.4.1

2004-11-12 Thread stig erikson
Tom Lane wrote: Is it possible to dump a database on a 7.4.6 server and then restore it on a 7.4.1 server? Should work, but why aren't you updating the 7.4.1 server? There were some pretty nasty bugs fixed between .1 and .6. problem is i dont have full power over that machine. i will try to talk

[GENERAL] dumping on 7.4.6 importing on 7.4.1

2004-11-07 Thread stig erikson
Hi. Is it possible to dump a database on a 7.4.6 server and then restore it on a 7.4.1 server? should i use the 7.4.1 pg_dump or the 7.4.6 pg_dump? should i use any switches? thanks ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives

[GENERAL] logging queries and time used

2004-10-31 Thread stig erikson
Hi. i would like to log every single query coming in to the database into a table. i would like the log to include the entire query and execution time and execution cost, and if possible the user that executed the query. A trigger is what i was thinking of, but how can i find out the actual que

Re: [GENERAL] The data directory was initialized by PostgreSQL version 7.3,

2004-10-24 Thread stig erikson
Bilicki Vilmos wrote: Hi all, I have upgraded my cygwin installation and it has replaced my old 7.3 postgresql. My questions are the following: How can I use the old files with the newer version? If this is not possible, how can I migrate my database to a newer version without the old database en

[GENERAL] schema repository

2004-10-23 Thread stig erikson
Is there a schema repository somewhere? i am looking for a data warehouse clickstream schema to get some view on how others have made such a schema. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend

[GENERAL] cost logging

2004-10-18 Thread stig erikson
Hello. For a project we are planning cost management. Each "user" should pay for the cost he/she generates on the postgresql server. The idea is that a query should be charged by the ammount of CPU time used and/or the ammount of data read from disk. The acctual time (in milliseconds) it took to