Re: FW: [GENERAL] Java Memory Issue while Loading Postgres library

2010-04-30 Thread A.Bhattacharya
-Original Message- From: Craig Ringer [mailto:cr...@postnewspapers.com.au] Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 12:01 PM To: Arya, Ashish Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org; Bhattacharya, A Subject: Re: FW: [GENERAL] Java Memory Issue while Loading Postgres library Hi Did you eventually figure o

Re: [GENERAL] Writing SRF

2010-04-30 Thread Jorge Arevalo
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > Jorge Arevalo writes: >> Many thanks! That was one of my errors. Another one was this: > >> char szDataPointer[10]; >> sprintf(szDataPointer, "%p", a_pointer); > >> These lines caused a memory error. > > That looks all right in itself (unless you

Re: [GENERAL] Writing SRF

2010-04-30 Thread Jorge Arevalo
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Martin Gainty wrote: > it has been years since i've mucked in the C++ swamp but > that means your (near) heap is ok but you're stack is hosed.. > > probably specific to compiler (version) and Operating System(version) and > environment settings..ping back if you ar

Re: [GENERAL] Select with string that has a lone hyphen yields nothing

2010-04-30 Thread Kenichiro Tanaka
Hi The hyphen which written in 'Olympus E-PL1' is different from the one which written in 'Camera - Black'. em-dash http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2014/index.htm en-dash http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2013/index.htm figure-dash http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/

[GENERAL] pg_restore: [custom archiver] dumping a specific TOC data block out of order is not supported without ID on this input stream (fseek required)

2010-04-30 Thread Glyn Astill
Hi chaps, I've just upgraded a server from 8.3 to 8.4, and when trying to use the parallel restore options I get the following error: "pg_restore: [custom archiver] dumping a specific TOC data block out of order is not supported without ID on this input stream (fseek required)" The dump I'm tr

Re: [GENERAL] Cumulative count (running total) window fn

2010-04-30 Thread Alban Hertroys
On 29 Apr 2010, at 19:21, Oliver Kohll - Mailing Lists wrote: > The two plans (note I've been rewriting the field names for readability until > now but haven't here): > > explain analyze SELECT year, sum(c) over (order by year) > FROM ( > SELECT extract(year f

Re: [GENERAL] Java Memory Issue while Loading Postgres library

2010-04-30 Thread Ognjen Blagojevic
a.bhattacha...@sungard.com wrote: We have a java exe making a call to a postgres function. This postgres function internally makes a call to a dll (which is written using Postgres extended C). Now the issue is that, when we make a call to this dll, it consumes a lot of memory and this memory

[GENERAL] Indexing queries with bit masks

2010-04-30 Thread Mike Christensen
I want a column in my Users table that will keep track of which types of notifications the user wants to subscribe to. There's probably about 10 different types, so I don't want to have 10 boolean columns because this seems kinda hacky and makes adding new types more work. So I'm thinking about u

[GENERAL] Nuevo sobre PGday Latinoamericano 2011...

2010-04-30 Thread Ing. Yunior Mesa Reyes
En función de las propias sugerencias realizadas por los interesados en el tema, ya está actualizado y disponible para todos los usuarios en la información relacionada con el PGday Latinoamericano 2011 la oferta de la cadena de turismo Cubanacan , para dar cobertura a todos los colegas que desd

Re: [GENERAL] How many threads/cores Postgres can utilise?

2010-04-30 Thread Bruce Momjian
Greg Smith wrote: > Piotr Kublicki wrote: > > We're thinking about installing Postgres on a virtual machine (RedHat 5 > > 64-bits), however not sure how many CPUs can be wisely assigned, without > > wasting of resources. > > The database will use as many cores as you have available, so long as >

Re: [GENERAL] Inheritance efficiency

2010-04-30 Thread David Fetter
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 08:44:26AM +0200, Vincenzo Romano wrote: > >>> Should I move to an "enterprise grade" version of PostgreSQL? > >> > >> The enterprise grade version of PostgreSQL is the community > >> version. > >> > >> Proprietary forks exist, but they don't fix this kind of problem. > >> :

[GENERAL] Problem Changing search_path in pgTAP tests

2010-04-30 Thread Scott Sturdivant
Hi. I am running into a problem when trying to run pgTAP tests. Basically, there are two functions with the same name in different schemas, and I'm trying to get different versions at different times by modifying the search_path. However, there seems to be a case where postgres is caching the

Re: [GENERAL] Nuevo sobre PGday Latinoamericano 2011...

2010-04-30 Thread Vincenzo Romano
2010/4/30 Ing. Yunior Mesa Reyes : > En función de las propias sugerencias realizadas por los interesados en el > tema, ya está actualizado y disponible para todos los usuarios en la > información relacionada con el PGday Latinoamericano 2011 la oferta de la > cadena de turismo Cubanacan, para dar

[GENERAL] timestamp convert to date

2010-04-30 Thread Dan S
Hi List ! I'm running "PostgreSQL 8.3.10 on i486-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc-4.3.real (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4) 4.3.3" (Ubuntu 9.04) I want to use -infinity,infinity as my date interval maximum endpoints in an application I'm writing . Is it possible to use date ? I did a test but it looks li

Re: [GENERAL] pg_restore: [custom archiver] dumping a specific TOC data block out of order is not supported without ID on this input stream (fseek required)

2010-04-30 Thread Tom Lane
Glyn Astill writes: > I've just upgraded a server from 8.3 to 8.4, and when trying to use the > parallel restore options I get the following error: > "pg_restore: [custom archiver] dumping a specific TOC data block out of order > is not supported without ID on this input stream (fseek required)

Re: [GENERAL] timestamp convert to date

2010-04-30 Thread Tom Lane
Dan S writes: > I did a test but it looks like date doesn't support infinity as a value. Try 8.4 or later. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pg

Re: [GENERAL] Indexing queries with bit masks

2010-04-30 Thread Tom Lane
Mike Christensen writes: > When a certain event happens, let's say event 4, I need to query for which > users to notify. So I'll be doing something like: > SELECT UserId FROM Users WHERE Subscriptions & 8; > My question is say there's a million rows in the Users table. If I have an > index on

Re: [GENERAL] Indexing queries with bit masks

2010-04-30 Thread Peter Hunsberger
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > Mike Christensen writes: >> When a certain event happens, let's say event 4, I need to query for which >> users to notify.  So I'll be doing something like: > >> SELECT UserId FROM Users WHERE Subscriptions & 8; > >> My question is say there's a

[GENERAL] Function to Table reference

2010-04-30 Thread akp geek
Hi All - Is there a way to find which functions are being used by table. Ex :- If there are functions fnc_a, fnc_b, fnc_c and table A is used in fnc_a and fnc_c, How can we find that ? can you please help? regards

[GENERAL] savepoints with the same name

2010-04-30 Thread hernan gonzalez
I was thinking thinking about the issue asked here, about an error in a query causing the whole transaction to abort, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2741919/can-i-ask-postgresql-to-ignore-errors-within-a-transaction/2745677 which has already bothered so many postgresql users and has been discus

Re: [GENERAL] Inheritance efficiency

2010-04-30 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Vincenzo Romano wrote: > In this specific case, if you think about "inheritance for > partitioning" and you stick with the example idea of "one partition > per month", then the current solution is more than OK. > In the real world, that is not really the general case, especially in > the "enterpri

Re: [GENERAL] Function to Table reference

2010-04-30 Thread Tim Landscheidt
(anonymous) wrote: > Is there a way to find which functions are being used by table. > Ex :- If there are functions fnc_a, fnc_b, fnc_c and table A is used in > fnc_a and fnc_c, How can we find that ? can you please help? Basically, you can't. Functions are more or less black boxes to Postgre

Re: [GENERAL] Function to Table reference

2010-04-30 Thread akp geek
got it.. Thank you On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Tim Landscheidt wrote: > (anonymous) wrote: > > > Is there a way to find which functions are being used by table. > > Ex :- If there are functions fnc_a, fnc_b, fnc_c and table A is used > in > > fnc_a and fnc_c, How can we find that ? ca

Re: [GENERAL] Indexing queries with bit masks

2010-04-30 Thread Tom Lane
Peter Hunsberger writes: > If all subscriptions are roughly equal in popularity then any single > select should give ~ 10% of the data. That would seem to be selective > enough that you'd really want an index? My personal rule of thumb is that 10% is around the threshold where indexes stop being

[GENERAL] information_schema.parameters

2010-04-30 Thread Grzegorz Jaśkiewicz
why specific_name column on that view contains also OID ? This makes two databases that are identical, have different values there. Is there any specific reason for that ? -- GJ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://w

Re: [GENERAL] Function to Table reference

2010-04-30 Thread Tom Lane
Tim Landscheidt writes: > (anonymous) wrote: >> Is there a way to find which functions are being used by table. >> Ex :- If there are functions fnc_a, fnc_b, fnc_c and table A is used in >> fnc_a and fnc_c, How can we find that ? can you please help? > Basically, you can't. Functions are more

Re: [GENERAL] savepoints with the same name

2010-04-30 Thread Greg Sabino Mullane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 > I was thinking thinking about the issue asked here, about an error in > a query causing the whole transaction to abort, ... > I wonder if the suggestion I ("leonbloy") gave, of adding a SAVEPOINT > after each insert (when doing interactive wo

Re: [GENERAL] pg_restore: [custom archiver] dumping a specific TOC data block out of order is not supported without ID on this input stream (fseek required)

2010-04-30 Thread Glyn Astill
--- On Fri, 30/4/10, Tom Lane wrote: > Glyn Astill > writes: > > I've just upgraded a server from 8.3 to 8.4, and when > trying to use the parallel restore options I get the > following error: > > > "pg_restore: [custom archiver] dumping a specific TOC > data block out of order is not support

Re: [GENERAL] Inheritance efficiency

2010-04-30 Thread Vincenzo Romano
2010/4/30 Alvaro Herrera : > Vincenzo Romano wrote: > >> In this specific case, if you think about "inheritance for >> partitioning" and you stick with the example idea of "one partition >> per month", then the current solution is more than OK. >> In the real world, that is not really the general c

Re: [GENERAL] pg_restore: [custom archiver] dumping a specific TOC data block out of order is not supported without ID on this input stream (fseek required)

2010-04-30 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Glyn Astill wrote: > One thing I forgot to mention is that in the restore script I drop the > indexes off my tables between restoring the schema and the data. I've always > done this to speed up the restore, but is there any chance this could be > causing the issue? Uh. Why are you doing that

Re: [GENERAL] pg_restore: [custom archiver] dumping a specific TOC data block out of order is not supported without ID on this input stream (fseek required)

2010-04-30 Thread Glyn Astill
--- On Fri, 30/4/10, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > Uh.  Why are you doing that?  pg_restore is > supposed to restore the > schema, then data, finally indexes and other stuff.  > Are you using > separate schema/data dumps?  If so, don't do that -- > it's known to be > slower. Yes, I'm restoring the s

Re: [GENERAL] pg_restore: [custom archiver] dumping a specific TOC data block out of order is not supported without ID on this input stream (fseek required)

2010-04-30 Thread Tom Lane
Glyn Astill writes: > The schema is fairly large, but I will try. My guess is that you can reproduce it with not a lot of data, if you can isolate the trigger condition. > One thing I forgot to mention is that in the restore script I drop the > indexes off my tables between restoring the schema

[GENERAL] temp tables

2010-04-30 Thread Geoffrey
Do temp tables need to be explicitly dropped, or do the go away when the process that created them leaves? -- Until later, Geoffrey "I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." - Thom

Re: [GENERAL] Indexing queries with bit masks

2010-04-30 Thread Peter Hunsberger
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > Peter Hunsberger writes: >> If all subscriptions are roughly equal in popularity then any single >> select should give ~ 10% of the data.  That would seem to be selective >> enough that you'd really want an index? > > My personal rule of thumb i

Re: [GENERAL] temp tables

2010-04-30 Thread A. Kretschmer
In response to Geoffrey : > Do temp tables need to be explicitly dropped, or do the go away when the > process that created them leaves? The latter one. But explicitely delete them isn't an error. Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer Kontakt: Heynitz: 035242/47150, D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Heade

Re: [GENERAL] timestamp convert to date

2010-04-30 Thread Dan S
Thank you very much for the quick answer ! I'm considering installing the upcoming 9.0 beta instead of 8.4. Will it be available as an installable ubuntu 9.04 package ? I have not tried to install a beta release before so I'm a bit worried about crashing my 8.3.10 install which works now. Is there

Re: [GENERAL] Inheritance efficiency

2010-04-30 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Vincenzo Romano wrote: > This is not enterprise grade. "Enterprise grade" is nothing but a buzzword. Oh, it's also a moving target. We've been not enterprise grade for years, always one feature behind (and strangely, the one lacking feature is always the one of interest to the complainant). --

[GENERAL] Native DB replication for PG

2010-04-30 Thread Gauthier, Dave
I believe v9 will have native DB master/slave DB replication (correct if wrong). If so, what's the best guess on when will v9 be released? Thanks!

Re: [GENERAL] Native DB replication for PG

2010-04-30 Thread Merlin Moncure
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Gauthier, Dave wrote: > I believe v9 will have native DB master/slave DB replication (correct if > wrong).  If so, what’s the best guess on when will v9 be released? well, depends on how you define replication, but yes. my _guess_ on release is late summer. the

Re: [GENERAL] Native DB replication for PG

2010-04-30 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Gauthier, Dave wrote: > I believe v9 will have native DB master/slave DB replication (correct if > wrong).  If so, what’s the best guess on when will v9 be released? If I had to plan server deployments for the next year (and I do) I'd be sticking with pg 8.3 and

Re: [GENERAL] Native DB replication for PG

2010-04-30 Thread Gauthier, Dave
>> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Gauthier, Dave >> wrote: >>> I believe v9 will have native DB master/slave DB replication (correct if >>> wrong). If so, what's the best guess on when will v9 be released? >> >> If I had to plan server deployments for the next year (and I do) I'd >> be stick

Re: [GENERAL] Native DB replication for PG

2010-04-30 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 13:42 -0700, Gauthier, Dave wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Gauthier, Dave > >> wrote: > >>> I believe v9 will have native DB master/slave DB replication (correct if > >>> wrong). If so, what's the best guess on when will v9 be released? > >> > >> If I had to

Re: [GENERAL] Inheritance efficiency

2010-04-30 Thread Bruce Momjian
Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Vincenzo Romano wrote: > > > This is not enterprise grade. > > "Enterprise grade" is nothing but a buzzword. Oh, it's also a moving > target. We've been not enterprise grade for years, always one feature > behind (and strangely, the one lacking feature is always the one

Re: [GENERAL] Native DB replication for PG

2010-04-30 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Raymond O'Donnell wrote: > On 30/04/2010 21:30, Scott Marlowe wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Gauthier, Dave >> wrote: >>> I believe v9 will have native DB master/slave DB replication (correct if >>> wrong).  If so, what’s the best guess on when will v

Re: [GENERAL] Indexing queries with bit masks

2010-04-30 Thread Mike Christensen
Ok I've been blatantly lying, err, purposely simplifying the problem for the sake of the original email :) I've read over the responses, and am actually now considering just not using any index at all. Here's why: First, this actually isn't the only thing on the WHERE clause. It will only query

Re: [GENERAL] Inheritance efficiency

2010-04-30 Thread Alex Hunsaker
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 00:19, Vincenzo Romano wrote: > For example, the Linux kernel made the big jump with server hardware > thanks also to the O(1) schedulers. Uhh linux has not had a O(1) scheduler since 2.6.23, its supposedly O(log n) now. =) -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql

Re: [GENERAL] Native DB replication for PG

2010-04-30 Thread Greg Smith
Joshua D. Drake wrote: On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 13:42 -0700, Gauthier, Dave wrote: If I had to plan server deployments for the next year (and I do) I'd be sticking with pg 8.3 and a proven replication engine. Next summer Surely you mean 8.4? :-) No, I would buy the 8.3 argume

Re: [GENERAL] Inheritance efficiency

2010-04-30 Thread Greg Smith
Vincenzo Romano wrote: I argued that O(n) stuff will keep it away from "enterprise grade" applications. I've been told earlier that "It is fine for dozens of child tables, but not thousands; it does need improvement." This is not enterprise grade Enterprise grade doesn't mean anything. Partiti

Re: [GENERAL] Inheritance efficiency

2010-04-30 Thread Vincenzo Romano
2010/5/1 Greg Smith : > Vincenzo Romano wrote: >> >> I argued that O(n) stuff will keep it away from "enterprise grade" >> applications. >> I've been told earlier that "It is fine for dozens of child tables, >> but not thousands; >> it does need improvement." >> This is not enterprise grade > > Ent