Re: [GENERAL] temporary table problem

2009-02-14 Thread Craig Ringer
sanjeev kumar wrote: Hi, I am using EnterpriseDB(8.1) here is my individual procedure code [snip] Now my question is from DB side there's no error, But from UI (java) side while calling the procedure they are getting the null refcursor and as well as "op_errormessage" out parameter getting th

Re: [GENERAL] can't figure string compare result (using also custom C function)

2009-02-14 Thread Edoardo Panfili
Sam Mason ha scritto: On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:31:49PM +0100, Edoardo Panfili wrote: SELECT idSpecie,nome FROM specienomi WHERE idspecie=37026 and nome='X Agropogon littoralis (Sm.) C.E. Hubb.'; idspecie | nome --+- 37026 |

[GENERAL] trigger creation error (tsvector_update_trigger)

2009-02-14 Thread dhanunjaya naidu yandrapu
Hi, I want to do a full text search on a document. I have created table to store the document. I am getting the following error while creating a trigger jistest=> CREATE TRIGGER resumes_tsv_update_title_tsvector BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON resumes FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE tsvector_update_tri

[GENERAL] Benetl, a free ETL tool for files using postgreSQL, is out in version 2.5 !

2009-02-14 Thread benoît carpentier
Dear all, Benetl, a free ETL tool for files using postgreSQL, is out in version 2.5 !!! You can freely download it at : www.benetl.net This new version brings several improvements that you see it in the forum section. Thanks for your interest. Regards, -- Benoît Carpentier www.benetl.net

[GENERAL] select max from subquery

2009-02-14 Thread searchelite
Dear All i gave this kind of query select max(foo) from (select some statement) as foo but it gave me this error ERROR: function max(record) does not exist any help how i can select max value from suqbuery in main query thanks -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/select-

Re: [GENERAL] select max from subquery

2009-02-14 Thread Raymond O'Donnell
On 14/02/2009 11:05, searchelite wrote: > select max(foo) from (select some statement) as foo Can you post the full query? It's very hard to tell from this. Also, I think you may need to give the subquery an alias, thus: select max(foo) from ( ) s as foo Ray. --

Re: [GENERAL] select max from subquery

2009-02-14 Thread Grzegorz Jaśkiewicz
select max(foo.record) from ... ? -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general

[GENERAL] currval() in insert statements

2009-02-14 Thread Onno Molenkamp
Hi, I recently upgraded a database from 8.1.11 to 8.3.6, and I noticed the following statement stopped working: insert into test (b) select currval('test_a_seq'::regclass) given the following table: create table test (a serial, b int) The error I'm getting is: "ERROR: currval of sequence

Re: [GENERAL] currval() in insert statements

2009-02-14 Thread Grzegorz Jaśkiewicz
nextval. currval only has value, when sequence wwas used in the session before, you would use it to obtain last value returened by nextval. read the manual . On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Onno Molenkamp wrote: > Hi, > > I recently upgraded a database from 8.1.11 to 8.3.6, and I noticed the >

Re: [GENERAL] currval() in insert statements

2009-02-14 Thread Onno Molenkamp
Hi, I know that, and nextval -is- being called because it's the default value of column "a". The problem is that apparently the order in which it's called has changed for the form with a select, not that I don't know the difference between currval and nextval. Onno Op Saturday 14 February 200

Re: [GENERAL] select max from subquery

2009-02-14 Thread Oleg Bartunov
yOn Sat, 14 Feb 2009, searchelite wrote: Dear All i gave this kind of query select max(foo) from (select some statement) as foo but it gave me this error ERROR: function max(record) does not exist any help how i can select max value from suqbuery in main query like this: select max(fo

Re: [GENERAL] currval() in insert statements

2009-02-14 Thread Raymond O'Donnell
On 14/02/2009 11:25, Onno Molenkamp wrote: > I recently upgraded a database from 8.1.11 to 8.3.6, and I noticed the > following statement stopped working: > > insert into test (b) select currval('test_a_seq'::regclass) I don't think this was ever guaranteed to work - the docs say pretty clearl

Re: [GENERAL] trigger creation error (tsvector_update_trigger)

2009-02-14 Thread Tom Lane
dhanunjaya naidu yandrapu writes: > I am getting the following error while creating a trigger > jistest=> CREATE TRIGGER resumes_tsv_update_title_tsvector BEFORE INSERT OR > UPDATE ON resumes FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE > tsvector_update_trigger(title_tsvector, 'pg_catalog.english', title); >

Re: [GENERAL] currval() in insert statements

2009-02-14 Thread Tom Lane
Onno Molenkamp writes: > I recently upgraded a database from 8.1.11 to 8.3.6, and I noticed the > following statement stopped working: > insert into test (b) select currval('test_a_seq'::regclass) It doesn't work in 8.1 either: Welcome to psql 8.1.16, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal. Typ

[GENERAL] Track a function

2009-02-14 Thread Carlos Henrique Reimer
Hi, I've a plpgsql function that when called never ends and I would like to trace the internal function commands and see where is the problem. How can I trace what the function is doing? Thank you! Carlos -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make cha

Re: [GENERAL] Track a function

2009-02-14 Thread Andreas Kretschmer
Carlos Henrique Reimer schrieb: > Hi, > > I've a plpgsql function that when called never ends and I would like to > trace the internal function commands and see where is the problem. > > How can I trace what the function is doing? You can use RAISE NOTICE 'i'm here %', variable; to display whe

Re: [GENERAL] Track a function

2009-02-14 Thread Raymond O'Donnell
On 14/02/2009 16:34, Carlos Henrique Reimer wrote: > I've a plpgsql function that when called never ends and I would like to > trace the internal function commands and see where is the problem. > > How can I trace what the function is doing? You could insert RAISE NOTICE statements into your cod

[GENERAL] Problem with non-unique constraint names

2009-02-14 Thread Ken Winter
The following query against my PostgreSQL 8.0.x 'public' schema: SELECT fkc.table_name as fk_table_name, fkc.constraint_name AS fk_constraint_name FROM information_schema.table_constraints fkc WHERE fkc.constraint_schema = 'public' AND fkc.constraint_type = 'FOREIGN KEY' AND (

Re: [GENERAL] Problem with non-unique constraint names

2009-02-14 Thread Scott Marlowe
I think your two alternatives are to either make sure no constraint names are duplicated, or add a unique key for conname to pg_constraint. I didn;t know constraint name was a SQL requirement. I can see how the information_schema would be designed to assume they were unique if it was. -- Sent vi

Re: [GENERAL] Problem with non-unique constraint names

2009-02-14 Thread Tom Lane
"Ken Winter" writes: > Since constraint name uniqueness is a SQL standard, I was surprised that > PostgreSQL doesn't enforce it. I found one thread (from 2002) in the > archive that discusses this, but the thread ended inconclusively. I think our position is pretty clear: we aren't going to enfo

Re: [GENERAL] pg_hba reload

2009-02-14 Thread John R Pierce
Bob Pawley wrote: I am attempting to load postmaster. pg_ctl reload I don't understand what is needed for [-D DATADIR]. I have tried the path to Postgresql with no luck. I've also leftoff [-s] since it doesn't appear to be needed. Help would be appreciated. unclear from your description w

[GENERAL] Array in nested query

2009-02-14 Thread Ken Winter
I'm trying to look up the columns in a constraint in pg_catalog (of PostgreSQL 8.0.x). I can't figure out how to "join" the elements of the array that lists the 'attnum's of the columns in the table to the 'conkey' array in the constraint definition (see http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/c

Re: [GENERAL] pg_hba reload

2009-02-14 Thread Serge Fonville
Hi, The swithc -d is for the directory that is populated when running initdb, it contains logging, configuration and databases Hope this helps Regards, Serge Fonville On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Bob Pawley wrote: > I am attempting to load postmaster. > > pg_ctl reload > > I don't unders

Re: [GENERAL] pg_hba reload

2009-02-14 Thread Grzegorz Jaśkiewicz
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[GENERAL] pg_hba reload

2009-02-14 Thread Bob Pawley
I am attempting to load postmaster. pg_ctl reload I don't understand what is needed for [-D DATADIR]. I have tried the path to Postgresql with no luck. I've also leftoff [-s] since it doesn't appear to be needed. Help would be appreciated. Bob. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgs

Re: [GENERAL] pg_hba reload

2009-02-14 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Bob Pawley wrote: > I am attempting to load postmaster. > > pg_ctl reload > > I don't understand what is needed for [-D DATADIR]. I have tried the path to > Postgresql with no luck. > > I've also leftoff [-s] since it doesn't appear to be needed. -D points to the

Re: [GENERAL] pg_hba reload

2009-02-14 Thread Bob Pawley
I'm running 8.3 on Windows XP. I input > pg_ctl reload -D c:\program files\postgresql\8.3\data- or any combination thereof, with or without brackets and the server is running. The return is - 'pg_ctl: too many command-line arguments'. Bob - Original Message - From: "John R Pierce

Re: [GENERAL] pg_hba reload

2009-02-14 Thread Rodrigo Gonzalez
Use quotes, there is a space between program and files pg_ctl reload -D "c:\program files\postgresql\8.3\data" On Sat, 2009-02-14 at 15:31 -0800, Bob Pawley wrote: > I'm running 8.3 on Windows XP. > > I input > pg_ctl reload -D c:\program files\postgresql\8.3\data- or any > combination ther

Re: [GENERAL] clearing the buffer cache

2009-02-14 Thread Greg Smith
On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, Sam Mason wrote: I was hoping for a function I could call, or maybe some variable I write to, that would cause the contents to be invalidated. For most people, just restarting the server is acceptable overhead, which is why nobody has bothered to write such a thing. It w

Re: [GENERAL] pg_hba reload

2009-02-14 Thread John R Pierce
Bob Pawley wrote: I'm running 8.3 on Windows XP. I input > pg_ctl reload -D c:\program files\postgresql\8.3\data- or any combination thereof, with or without brackets and the server is running. The return is - 'pg_ctl: too many command-line arguments'. you need to put " " around any pa

Re: [GENERAL] Array in nested query

2009-02-14 Thread Fernando Moreno
What error are you getting? I tried your query and I had to add an explicit cast to smallint[] to make it work. Like this: ... a.attnum = any ((select conkey FROM pg_catalog.pg_constraint WHERE > oid = 3708025)::smallint[]); It seems strange to me, I didn't expect the ANY clause to need that cas

Re: [GENERAL] password for postgres

2009-02-14 Thread Sim Zacks
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 You do not want to use the keyword encrypted. To get in, go to your pg_hba file and set the security level to trust for your account. Then go in as postgres without a password and change it by: alter role postgres with password 'welcome'; > ALTER USE