Re: [GENERAL] Books, the lulu.com scam

2009-11-21 Thread Thom Brown
2009/11/21 Alan Gruskoff > > So I bought this "book" thinking it was a PDF file which I am fine with. > > Its not. They download an .acsm file that will only work with their > proprietary Windoze software. > > I am really angry with lulu.com about this. > > - Alan Gruskoff > I'm not sure I unders

Re: [GENERAL] Books, the lulu.com scam

2009-11-21 Thread Bill Todd
The Adobe ebook reader is available for Windows and Mac. I thought Adobe offered a Linux version too but apparently not. It is not Lulu's fault that Adobe does not offer a Linux version of the ebook reader. Bill Alan Gruskoff wrote: So I bought this "book" thinking it was a PDF file which I a

Re: [GENERAL] Books, the lulu.com scam

2009-11-21 Thread doug livesey
It IS their fault that they're selling DM books -- plenty of other publishers (like the Pragmatic Programmers) seem to make a living without assuming that all of their customers are thieves. I bought a book from them assuming it would be a PDF & was furious when it was that adobe thing. It may have

Re: [GENERAL] Books, the lulu.com scam

2009-11-21 Thread Yordan Radunchev
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 08:37:45AM -0700, Bill Todd wrote: > The Adobe ebook reader is available for Windows and Mac. I thought Adobe > offered a Linux version too but apparently not. It is not Lulu's fault that > Adobe does not offer a Linux version of the ebook reader. > > Bill > > Alan Grusko

[GENERAL] ERROR: (custom type via CREATE TYPE) is not a valid base type for a domain

2009-11-21 Thread John Oyler
I receive this error message whenever I attempt to create a domain from a custom type, but Google comes up short on explanations. A few mailing list messages touch on the subject, but nothing like the details on just where the limits lay or why they are as they are (or even if work is being done on

Re: [GENERAL] Books, the lulu.com scam

2009-11-21 Thread Tim Landscheidt
Thom Brown wrote: >> So I bought this "book" thinking it was a PDF file which I am fine with. >> Its not. They download an .acsm file that will only work with their >> proprietary Windoze software. >> I am really angry with lulu.com about this. > I'm not sure I understand the purpose of them p

Re: [GENERAL] ERROR: (custom type via CREATE TYPE) is not a valid base type for a domain

2009-11-21 Thread Tom Lane
John Oyler writes: > I receive this error message whenever I attempt to create a domain > from a custom type, By "custom type" do you mean a composite type? We don't have domains over composites, I believe. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsq

[GENERAL] How to get RTREE performance from GIST indexing?

2009-11-21 Thread Clive Page
I have been using Postgres for some years, in particular the RTREE indexes to perform spatial queries on astronomical datasets. I misguidedly got our system manager to install Postgres 8.4 and I find that I can no longer use rtrees - the system gives me a message substituting access method "g

Re: [GENERAL] ERROR: (custom type via CREATE TYPE) is not a valid base type for a domain

2009-11-21 Thread John Oyler
Yes. Sorry... brain fart, meant to type that instead. John O. On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > John Oyler writes: >> I receive this error message whenever I attempt to create a domain >> from a custom type, > > By "custom type" do you mean a composite type?  We don't have doma

[GENERAL] How to get RTREE performance from GIST index?

2009-11-21 Thread Clive Page
I have been using Postgres for some years, in particular the RTREE indexes to perform spatial queries on astronomical datasets. I misguidedly got our system manager to install Postgres 8.4 and I find that I can no longer use rtrees - the system gives me a message substituting access method "g

Re: [GENERAL] How to get RTREE performance from GIST index?

2009-11-21 Thread Thom Brown
2009/11/21 Clive Page > I have been using Postgres for some years, in particular the RTREE indexes > to perform spatial queries on astronomical datasets. I misguidedly got our > system manager to install Postgres 8.4 and I find that I can no longer use > rtrees - the system gives me a message >

Re: [GENERAL] Books, the lulu.com scam

2009-11-21 Thread Rikard Bosnjakovic
On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 18:10, Yordan Radunchev wrote: [...] > Why should one buy a book? Books are invaluable reading material when "number two" is due. Laptops and on line-documentation doesn't stand a chance in that particular case. Also, I prefer laying down in the sofa reading a book. Using

Re: [GENERAL] How to get RTREE performance from GIST index?

2009-11-21 Thread Tom Lane
Clive Page writes: > Is there a way of forcing the use of Rtree indexing in v8.4, No, because the rtree code is gone entirely. We took it out on the basis of tests showing that the gist implementation performed as well or better. I'm not sure why it's not working for you, but if you can provide

Re: [GENERAL] Books, the lulu.com scam

2009-11-21 Thread Dave Coventry
2009/11/21 Yordan Radunchev : > Postgre have such a great (and helpful and wiling to share knowledge) > community and great on-line documentation for free. +1 > Books (content) tent to get old and more useless with every Postgre > update. If some one offers a book with lifetime support meaning th