Re: [GENERAL] Incremental backup with RSYNC or something?

2013-08-08 Thread Kallon Weingarten
Hi Ben, Are you able to post these scripts?

Re: [GENERAL] How to prevent clear screen when query finish ?

2013-08-08 Thread Condor
On 2013-08-07 19:01, Adrian Klaver wrote: On 08/07/2013 08:53 AM, Condor wrote: Hello, sorry for dumb question, did any one can tell me how the hell I can remove clear screen after finish the sql query from console ? This probably have some idea, but for me look like very ... not good idea. Whe

Re: [GENERAL] How to prevent clear screen when query finish ?

2013-08-08 Thread Chris Travers
I think you mean PAGER, not PAPER. I usually do this: PAGER=more psql This will set it for the connection, and it lets me use less as a pager by default elsewhere. You might also see what you can do to set it locally if you want to change it for everything. > > Cheers, > Hristo S. > > -- >>

Re: [GENERAL] How to prevent clear screen when query finish ?

2013-08-08 Thread Alban Hertroys
On 7 August 2013 18:01, Adrian Klaver wrote: > On 08/07/2013 08:53 AM, Condor wrote: > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/interactive/app-psql.html > > pager > Controls use of a pager program for query and psql help output. If the > environment variable PAGER is set, the output is piped to the sp

Re: [GENERAL] Performance of ORDER BY RANDOM to select random rows?

2013-08-08 Thread hubert depesz lubaczewski
On Thu, Aug 08, 2013 at 12:01:17PM +1000, Victor Hooi wrote: > I'm just wondering if this is still the case? Yes. Order by random() is and, most likely, will be slow. Not sure if there is any engine that could make it fast. > I just ran those benchmarks on my system (Postgres 9.2.4), and using OR

[GENERAL] setting high value for wal_keep_segments

2013-08-08 Thread AI Rumman
Hi, I am going to sync slave with my master which is almost 500 G. I am not using archive directory instead of I am using wal files for streaming. As it may take almost 3 hours, I am thinking of setting up 400 for wal_keep_segments where I have enough space available. Without the space issue, cou

Re: [GENERAL] setting high value for wal_keep_segments

2013-08-08 Thread Jov
no problem if you have enough space. we have set it to 4096 one year ago,everything is OK. jov 在 2013-8-8 下午9:26,"AI Rumman" 写道: > Hi, > > I am going to sync slave with my master which is almost 500 G. I am not > using archive directory instead of I am using wal files for streaming. As > it may t

Re: [GENERAL] How to prevent clear screen when query finish ?

2013-08-08 Thread Adrian Klaver
On 08/08/2013 12:09 AM, Condor wrote: On 2013-08-07 19:01, Adrian Klaver wrote: On 08/07/2013 08:53 AM, Condor wrote: Thank you, last question: How I can find where is set this ENV ? because: I can't see this variable PAPER but yes, \pset paper work for connection. If you don't wan

[GENERAL] How to find transaction ID

2013-08-08 Thread ascot.m...@gmail.com
Hi, I am trying some restore tools, can you advise how to find the latest transaction ID in PostgreSQL and the transaction ID at a particular "Point-In-Time"? regards -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgr

Re: [GENERAL] How to find transaction ID

2013-08-08 Thread Glyn Astill
> From: "ascot.m...@gmail.com" > To: PostgreSQL general > Cc: ascot.m...@gmail.com > Sent: Thursday, 8 August 2013, 14:52 > Subject: [GENERAL] How to find transaction ID > > Hi, > > I am trying some restore tools,  can you advise how to find the latest > transaction ID in PostgreSQL and the

[GENERAL] DB transactions when browser freezes

2013-08-08 Thread dafNi zaf
Hello to everybody, I started to upload (via phpPgAdmin) to a local server a huge file (20GB) in order to fill up a database. The uploding completed and the transactions started. But unfortunately, my browser crashed/freezed in the middle of the transactions. I wanted to know, given that the uplo

Re: [GENERAL] DB transactions when browser freezes

2013-08-08 Thread Adrian Klaver
On 08/08/2013 07:33 AM, dafNi zaf wrote: Hello to everybody, I started to upload (via phpPgAdmin) to a local server a huge file (20GB) in order to fill up a database. The uploding completed and the transactions started. But unfortunately, my browser crashed/freezed in the middle of the transacti

Re: [GENERAL] How to find transaction ID

2013-08-08 Thread Glyn Astill
> From: Glyn Astill > To: "ascot.m...@gmail.com" ; PostgreSQL general > > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, 8 August 2013, 15:20 > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] How to find transaction ID > > > >> From: "ascot.m...@gmail.com" >> To: PostgreSQL general >> Cc: ascot.m...@gmail.com >> Sent: Thursday, 8 Au

Re: [GENERAL] DB transactions when browser freezes

2013-08-08 Thread Alban Hertroys
On 8 August 2013 16:33, dafNi zaf wrote: > > Hello to everybody, > > I started to upload (via phpPgAdmin) to a local server a huge file (20GB) > in > order to fill up a database. > The uploding completed and the transactions started. But unfortunately, my > browser crashed/freezed in the middle o

Re: [GENERAL] DB transactions when browser freezes

2013-08-08 Thread David Johnston
dafNi wrote > Should I assume that the transactions keep running? Never assume...or at least try and verify those assumptions when possible. To verify this assumption: Connect to the DB directly as a super-user and run this (or something similar): SELECT procpid, current_query, client_addr, xac

Re: [GENERAL] DB transactions when browser freezes

2013-08-08 Thread Ian Lawrence Barwick
2013/8/8 dafNi zaf : > Hello to everybody, > > I started to upload (via phpPgAdmin) to a local server a huge file (20GB) in > order to fill up a database. 20GB is a lot to be uploading from a browser, even in this day and age. Is the web server configured to accept uploads of that size? -- Sen

Re: [GENERAL] DB transactions when browser freezes

2013-08-08 Thread dafNi zaf
i execute it periodically and sometimes there is a transaction and other times it's idle: INSERT INTO traces VALUES (.) or in transaction So it's still running.. even thought there is some idle time. Thank you very much! On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 5:46 PM, David Johnston wrote: > dafNi w

Re: [GENERAL] DB transactions when browser freezes

2013-08-08 Thread dafNi zaf
its a huge file with such queries: BEGIN; INSERT INTO traces VALUES (.); . . . COMMIT; Anyway, I managed to see that the transactions still occure like David Johnston sugested. And luckily the browser is alive now after one hour that it had been freezed... thank you very much for the reply

Re: [GENERAL] DB transactions when browser freezes

2013-08-08 Thread dafNi zaf
yes, I altered the php.ini file in /etc/php5/apache2/ directory in order to accept huge files. The uploading has been completed and the transactions started. I can now see the transactions using either: ps aux | grep postgres (via command line) or the solution David Johnston sugested. Thank you

Re: [GENERAL] setting high value for wal_keep_segments

2013-08-08 Thread bricklen
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 6:23 AM, AI Rumman wrote: > Hi, > > I am going to sync slave with my master which is almost 500 G. I am not > using archive directory instead of I am using wal files for streaming. As > it may take almost 3 hours, I am thinking of setting up 400 for > wal_keep_segments wher

Re: [GENERAL] setting high value for wal_keep_segments

2013-08-08 Thread AI Rumman
Yeah, I already set it like that and it works. Thanks. On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 11:59 AM, bricklen wrote: > On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 6:23 AM, AI Rumman wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am going to sync slave with my master which is almost 500 G. I am not >> using archive directory instead of I am using wal

Re: [GENERAL] How to avoid Force Autovacuum

2013-08-08 Thread Kevin Grittner
Vishalakshi Navaneethakrishnan wrote: > We have one production database server , having 6 DBs, Postgres > 9.2.1 version. There were some fixes for autovacuum problems in 9.2.3.  Some other fixes will be coming when 9.2.5 is released.  Many of your problems are likely to go away by staying up-to-

[GENERAL] system catalog to check if auto vacuum is disabled for a particular table

2013-08-08 Thread Prabhjot Sheena
Guys i am using postgresql 9.2. How can i check if a particular table has auto vacuum disabled manually or not. Which system catalog can get me this information? Thanks

Re: [GENERAL] system catalog to check if auto vacuum is disabled for a particular table

2013-08-08 Thread Igor Neyman
From: pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Prabhjot Sheena Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 2:36 PM To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: [GENERAL] system catalog to check if auto vacuum is disabled for a particular table Guys i am using

Re: [GENERAL] Pl/Python runtime overhead

2013-08-08 Thread Seref Arikan
Thanks Sergey, This is going to help for sure. I'll also look at the url. What I've been trying to understand is when python runtime is invoked during the function execution (lifecycle?) . Maybe looking at plpython's source may help get an understanding of that. Regards Seref On Thu, Aug 8, 201

[GENERAL] How To Install Extension Via Script File?

2013-08-08 Thread Don Parris
Hi all, I have a database that uses the ltree extension. I typically create a new database like so (as a normal user), using my script file: CREATE DATABASE mydb WITH TEMPLATE template0 ENCODING 'UTF8'; And then su to postgres, login and install the ltree extension on mydb. Then I logout of my

Re: [GENERAL] How To Install Extension Via Script File?

2013-08-08 Thread Thomas Kellerer
Don Parris wrote on 08.08.2013 23:13: And to be able to run it from the Bash prompt (as securely as possible). I thought I could add the commands and run the create script by doing: sudo -u postgres psql -U user -W -d mydb --file=/home/user/dev/mydb_create.sql I thought that, running my scrip

Re: [GENERAL] How To Install Extension Via Script File?

2013-08-08 Thread Rob Sargent
On 08/08/2013 03:13 PM, Don Parris wrote: Hi all, I have a database that uses the ltree extension. I typically create a new database like so (as a normal user), using my script file: CREATE DATABASE mydb WITH TEMPLATE template0 ENCODING 'UTF8'; And then su to postgres, login and install the

[GENERAL] Postgres won't start

2013-08-08 Thread Oliver Elphick
Linux Mint (from Ubuntu) version 9.1. Postgres will no longer start, but I cannot find out why. Command line: $ /usr/lib/postgresql/9.1/bin/pg_ctl start -D /home/postgresql/9.1/main -l /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-9.1-main.log -s -w -o '-c config_file="/etc/postgresql/9.1/main/postgresql.conf"'

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres won't start

2013-08-08 Thread Adrian Klaver
On 08/08/2013 03:02 PM, Oliver Elphick wrote: Linux Mint (from Ubuntu) version 9.1. Postgres will no longer start, but I cannot find out why. So anything happen between the last time it started and now?: Upgrade of Postgres? Upgrade of Mint? Something else? Command line: $ /usr/lib/postgre

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres won't start

2013-08-08 Thread Adrian Klaver
On 08/08/2013 03:17 PM, Oliver Elphick wrote: I tried to change the listen_addresses line in postgresql.conf, by adding an IPv6 address. On meeting problems I tried changing it back. What problems? Have you run ps to see if there is another instance of Postgres running? Currently it says:

Re: [GENERAL] How To Install Extension Via Script File?

2013-08-08 Thread John R Pierce
On 8/8/2013 2:13 PM, Don Parris wrote: I thought I could add the commands and run the create script by doing: sudo -u postgres psql -U user -W -d mydb --file=/home/user/dev/mydb_create.sql I thought that, running my script as the superuser, it would have the privileges necessary to install th

Re: [GENERAL] How To Install Extension Via Script File?

2013-08-08 Thread Don Parris
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Thomas Kellerer wrote: > Don Parris wrote on 08.08.2013 23:13: > > And to be able to run it from the Bash prompt (as securely as possible). >> >> I thought I could add the commands and run the create script by doing: >> sudo -u postgres psql -U user -W -d mydb --f

Re: [GENERAL] How To Install Extension Via Script File?

2013-08-08 Thread Don Parris
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 5:45 PM, Rob Sargent wrote: > On 08/08/2013 03:13 PM, Don Parris wrote: > >Hi all, > > I have a database that uses the ltree extension. I typically create a > new database like so (as a normal user), using my script file: > > CREATE DATABASE mydb WITH TEMPLATE templa

Re: [GENERAL] How To Install Extension Via Script File?

2013-08-08 Thread Don Parris
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 6:30 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 8/8/2013 2:13 PM, Don Parris wrote: > >> I thought I could add the commands and run the create script by doing: >> sudo -u postgres psql -U user -W -d mydb --file=/home/user/dev/mydb_** >> create.sql >> >> I thought that, running my script

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres won't start

2013-08-08 Thread Oliver Elphick
To start with, it worked but the pg_hba.conf entry appeared to be wrong. I tried changing that and then the current problem started. I tried "listen_addresses = '*'"; then back to just 'localhost'. Since I have maximum logging enabled, I don't think it is getting as far as reading the configurat

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres won't start

2013-08-08 Thread Adrian Klaver
On 08/08/2013 04:02 PM, Oliver Elphick wrote: To start with, it worked but the pg_hba.conf entry appeared to be wrong. I tried changing that and then the current problem started. I tried "listen_addresses = '*'"; then back to just 'localhost'. Since I have maximum logging enabled, I don't thi

Re: [GENERAL] Read data from WAL

2013-08-08 Thread Bruce Momjian
On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 01:34:01PM +, Baldur Þór Emilsson wrote: > Thank you all for your responses. I'm aware of xlogdump but I'm afraid it does > not help me with readign the data in the WAL. It is mainly "for debugging or > educational purposes" (citing the docs) and it outputs a lot of info

Re: [GENERAL] How to avoid Force Autovacuum

2013-08-08 Thread Sergey Konoplev
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Kevin Grittner wrote: > There were some fixes for autovacuum problems in 9.2.3. Some other > fixes will be coming when 9.2.5 is released. Many of your problems > are likely to go away by staying up-to-date on minor releases. > > By setting this so high, you are i

[GENERAL] Weird error when setting up streaming replication

2013-08-08 Thread Quentin Hartman
I'm going through all my usual steps for setting up streaming replication on a new pair of servers. Modify configs as appropriate, rsync data from master to slave, etc. I have this all automated with chef, and it has been pretty bulletproof for awhile. However, today, I ran into this when starting

Re: [GENERAL] Weird error when setting up streaming replication

2013-08-08 Thread Michael Paquier
On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Quentin Hartman wrote: > 2013-08-08 23:47:30 GMT LOG: WAL file is from different database system > 2013-08-08 23:47:30 GMT DETAIL: WAL file database system identifier is > 5909892614333033983, pg_control database system identifier is > 5909892824786287231. It look

Re: [GENERAL] How To Install Extension Via Script File?

2013-08-08 Thread Tom Lane
Don Parris writes: > When I try a simple psql -U postgres -W - just to initiate the psql > session, I get: > psql: FATAL: Peer authentication failed for user "postgres" > It's like my regular user cannot connect as the postgres user. You're right, it can't, if you've selected peer authenticatio

Re: [GENERAL] Performance of ORDER BY RANDOM to select random rows?

2013-08-08 Thread Sergey Konoplev
On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 7:01 PM, Victor Hooi wrote: > also seems to suggest that using ORDER BY RANDOM() will perform poorly on > Postgres. > > I'm just wondering if this is still the case? > > I just ran those benchmarks on my system (Postgres 9.2.4), and using ORDERY > BY RANDOM did not seem subs

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres won't start

2013-08-08 Thread Tom Lane
Oliver Elphick writes: > Linux Mint (from Ubuntu) version 9.1. > Postgres will no longer start, but I cannot find out why. > Command line: > $ /usr/lib/postgresql/9.1/bin/pg_ctl start -D /home/postgresql/9.1/main -l > /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-9.1-main.log -s -w -o '-c > config_file="/etc/po

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres won't start

2013-08-08 Thread Brar Piening
On 9 August 2013 01:02, Oliver Elphick wrote: Since I have maximum logging enabled, I don't think it is getting as far as reading the configuration files - that is not mentioned in the log. I regularly run into problems when some editor adds a UTF-8 BOM to pg_hba.conf or postgres

Re: [GENERAL] How to avoid Force Autovacuum

2013-08-08 Thread Vishalakshi Navaneethakrishnan
Hi All, select * from pg_database where datname = 'template0'; -[ RECORD 1 ]-+ datname | template0 datdba| 10 encoding | 6 datcollate| en_US.UTF-8 datctype | en_US.UTF-8 datistemplate | t datallowconn | f datconnlimit | -1 datlastsy

Re: [GENERAL] How to avoid Force Autovacuum

2013-08-08 Thread Sergey Konoplev
On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Vishalakshi Navaneethakrishnan wrote: > Now the problem is autovacuum.. why it was invoked and increased the load? > How to avoid this? Upgrade to the latest minor version 9.2.4 first. -- Kind regards, Sergey Konoplev PostgreSQL Consultant and DBA http://www.li