Re: [GENERAL] Data transfer format between UNIX server and Windows client?

2001-04-05 Thread Zak McGregor
On Thu, 05 Apr 2001 09:25:28 -0500 "Paul A. Lender" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MY QUESTION -- When query results are sent to the client, where does the > conversion of stored binary data to easily readable text take > place: on the server before it leaves for the clients, or at libpq.dll > ON

[GENERAL] Where do I get the v7.1 beta?

2001-04-05 Thread Paul A. Lender
Hi folks If I want to experiment with SSL, it sounds like I need the 7.1 beta. Where do I get it? -- Paul Lender Paul A. Lender University of Minnesota Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 420 Delaware St. S.E., MMC 492 Mayo Minneapolis MN 55455 Voice: (

Re: [GENERAL] Trouble with JOINS

2001-04-05 Thread Oliver Elphick
Uros Gruber wrote: >Hi! > >I have some stupid problem wich is driving me nuts. > >This is my 2 tables. > >CREATE TABLE one ( one_id varchar(23) > day varchar(10), > view int4, > two_id varchar(32), > PRIMARY KEY (one_id) >); > >CREATE TABLE two ( tow_id varchar(

Re: [GENERAL] Snapshot.base.tar.gz vs Snapshot.tar.gz

2001-04-05 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Joseph writes: > What is the difference between the Snapshot.base.tar.gz vs Snapshot.tar.gz > in the dev folder? > > I regularly get one or the other and just wondered how often I should get > the BIG one. ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/README.dist-split -- Peter Eisentraut [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [GENERAL] Data transfer format between UNIX server and Windows client?

2001-04-05 Thread Keith G. Murphy
"Paul A. Lender" wrote: > > Hi folks > > I submitted this directly to the novice and general news groups -- getting > no responses -- before I had subscribed to the list, and I apologize to > anyone who may have responded previously. > > I've got a FreeBSD 4.2 box running PostgreSQL 7.0.3 and W

Re: [GENERAL] cant delete row

2001-04-05 Thread Tom Lane
"Oliver Elphick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: "Tamsin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > test=# delete from order_head where order_head_id = 1581; > ERROR: overflow on numeric ABS(value) >= 10^9 for field with precision 8 > scale 2 This is extremely bizarre. A DELETE

Re: [GENERAL] Where do I get the v7.1 beta?

2001-04-05 Thread The Hermit Hacker
ftp.postgresql.org:/pub/dev ... On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Paul A. Lender wrote: > Hi folks > > If I want to experiment with SSL, it sounds like I need the 7.1 > beta. Where do I get it? > > -- Paul Lender > > Paul A. Lender > University of Minnesota Departme

RE: [GENERAL] cant delete row

2001-04-05 Thread Tamsin
doh! now i feel _really_ stupid! of course, I managed to forget all about the rule i made which inserts into another table when a row is deleted. altered that table & recreated the rule, and all is fine. thanks tom! tamsin > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL P

Re: [GENERAL] Data transfer format between UNIX server and Windows client?

2001-04-05 Thread Richard Huxton
From: "Paul A. Lender" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi folks > > I've got a FreeBSD 4.2 box running PostgreSQL 7.0.3 and Windows clients > that talk to it via LIBPQ.DLL (Zeos controls, ODBC, pgAccess...). > > I have a firewall on the BSD box using ipf, but I have to assume -- at > least for the sake of

[GENERAL] Database Name Case Sensitivity

2001-04-05 Thread Shaw Terwilliger
Maybe this isn't technically a bug, but I found it strange. With PostgreSQL 7.0.3 and 7.1beta6, I can create a database "FOO", but can only later connect to it as "foo". I'm not sure if this is a psql thing or a backend thing, or if it's intended to be this way, but it makes some of my scripts

Re: [GENERAL] Database Name Case Sensitivity

2001-04-05 Thread Brian T. Allen
I just ran into that too, and find it most undesirable. I don't know whether that is part of the SQL spec or not, but it seems very odd. The queries seem to be converted to lowercase before they ever reach the SQL engine. Brian + Flash web sites from $149/year w/ hos

[GENERAL] Re: Database Name Case Sensitivity

2001-04-05 Thread Joel Burton
On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Brian T. Allen wrote: > I just ran into that too, and find it most undesirable. I don't know > whether that is part of the SQL spec or not, but it seems very odd. The > queries seem to be converted to lowercase before they ever reach the SQL > engine. Everything is postgres

[GENERAL] Re: Database Name Case Sensitivity

2001-04-05 Thread Mitch Vincent
I'm not sure about database names but table and field names can be upper case (or contain upper case characters) you just have to reference the table/field in double quotes.. Example : SELECT * FROM "FoBaR"; Hope that helps. -Mitch Software development : You can have it cheap, fast or working.

Re: [GENERAL] Re: Database Name Case Sensitivity

2001-04-05 Thread Brian T. Allen
I am sure it is a Good Thing, thank you for the explanation. I will just have to change my thinking to all lowercase and get used to it. Sort of on the same topic, does anyone know of a PostgreSQL primer for those making the change from MySQL. Changing religions :} is never easy, something to

Re: [GENERAL] Database Name Case Sensitivity

2001-04-05 Thread ADBAAMD
Brian T. Allen wrote: > I just ran into that too, and find it most undesirable. I don't know > whether that is part of the SQL spec or not, but it seems very odd. The > queries seem to be converted to lowercase before they ever reach the SQL > engine. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn

[GENERAL] diff -c pgsql mysql (Was Database Name Case Sensitivity)

2001-04-05 Thread Joel Burton
On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Brian T. Allen wrote: > I am sure it is a Good Thing, thank you for the explanation. I will just > have to change my thinking to all lowercase and get used to it. > > Sort of on the same topic, does anyone know of a PostgreSQL primer for those > making the change from MySQL.

[GENERAL] Problem with large tables

2001-04-05 Thread Hector Miranda
Hello! I'm working with Posgresql 7.0.3 on Red Hat linux 6.2. When I make the following query "select * from mytable" (200 rows), I get the message: "Backend sent D message whitout prior T" or "Backend sent B message whitout prior T" What is the problem? Plese help me Thanks _

[GENERAL] Re: Database Name Case Sensitivity

2001-04-05 Thread Joel Burton
On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, ADBAAMD wrote: > Brian T. Allen wrote: > > > I just ran into that too, and find it most undesirable. I don't know > > whether that is part of the SQL spec or not, but it seems very odd. The > > queries seem to be converted to lowercase before they ever reach the SQL > > eng

[GENERAL] locked up backends

2001-04-05 Thread Maurice Balick
Hello, We are running Postgres 7.0.2 on Linux RH 6.2 Dell servers. When traffic gets heavy we often get one of the backend locked up in an UPDATE, INSERT or COMMIT request. Eventually all the other backends end up locking too as they try to access a row locked by the original backend. The out

Re: [GENERAL] Database Name Case Sensitivity

2001-04-05 Thread Peter Eisentraut
ADBAAMD writes: > Brian T. Allen wrote: > > > I just ran into that too, and find it most undesirable. I don't know > > whether that is part of the SQL spec or not, but it seems very odd. The > > queries seem to be converted to lowercase before they ever reach the SQL > > engine. > > Corre

Re: [GENERAL] locked up backends

2001-04-05 Thread Doug McNaught
Maurice Balick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > We are running Postgres 7.0.2 on Linux RH 6.2 Dell servers. As I understand it, 7.0.3 fixes some severe bugs in earlier 7.0 versions. You should upgrade to 7.0.3 at the very least, and consider upgrading to 7.1, which is currently in Rel

Re: [GENERAL] Problem with large tables

2001-04-05 Thread Tom Lane
"Hector Miranda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm working with Posgresql 7.0.3 on Red Hat linux 6.2. When I make the > following query "select * from mytable" (200 rows), You're running out of application memory for the query result. (libpq doesn't recover from that too gracefully, unfortu

Re: [GENERAL] Database Name Case Sensitivity

2001-04-05 Thread ADBAAMD
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > ADBAAMD writes: > >> Brian T. Allen wrote: >> >>> I just ran into that too, and find it most undesirable. I don't know >>> whether that is part of the SQL spec or not, but it seems very odd. The >>> queries seem to be converted to lowercase before they ever reach the