[GENERAL] Separating the ro directory of the DB engine itself from the rw data areas . . .

2011-01-24 Thread Albretch Mueller
~ I need to configure postgreSQL in a way that I could run it from a directory mounted as read only, with separate rw partitions mounted for the data, logs, . . . ~ What would be the steps to follow and the issues to take into consideration? ~ thanks lbrtchx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing

[GENERAL] Re: Separating the ro directory of the DB engine itself from the rw data areas . . .

2011-01-24 Thread Albretch Mueller
... better yet; is it possible to configure postgreSQL in a way that it depends on external variables set via the OS in the same process in which it is started? ~ lbrtchx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.post

Re: [GENERAL] [JDBC] How to just "link" to some data feed

2008-06-03 Thread Albretch Mueller
On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 11:03 PM, Oliver Jowett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's essentially the same as the COPY you quoted in your original email, > isn't it? So.. what exactly is it you want to do that COPY doesn't do? ~ well, actually, not exactly; based on: ~ http://postgresql.com.cn/docs/

[GENERAL] HA best pratices with postgreSQL

2008-06-18 Thread Albretch Mueller
~ I am developing a J2EE application that needs for users to only read DB tables. All queries are select ones, no updates, no inserts, no deletes for web users, so I keep this ro DB tables in certain partitions which I mount as ro ~ For performance reasons I keet the DB in the same box as the ser

Re: [GENERAL] HA best pratices with postgreSQL

2008-06-19 Thread Albretch Mueller
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:36 PM, Douglas McNaught <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > . . . SQL permissions should be all you need. > > -Doug ~ What about the security implications? Is the J2EE server enough to control access to the DB? ~ Java does not allow for buffer overruns and such hacking venues,

[GENERAL] (another ;-)) PostgreSQL-derived project ...

2011-09-24 Thread Albretch Mueller
~ I have been searching for a PostgreSQL-derived project with a "less-is-best" Philosophy. Even though I have read about quite a bit of PG forks out there, what I have in mind is more like a baseline than a fork. ~ My intention is not wrapping the same thing in a different package or code add-ons

Re: [GENERAL] (another ;-)) PostgreSQL-derived project ...

2011-09-24 Thread Albretch Mueller
~ Well, at least I thought you would tell me where the postgresql-base is to be found. The last version I found is: ~ http://freebsd.csie.nctu.edu.tw/pub/distfiles/postgresql/postgresql-base-8.3beta2.tar.bz2 ~ and I wondered what that is and why there are no postgresql-base after "8.3beta2" ~ >

Re: [GENERAL] (another ;-)) PostgreSQL-derived project ...

2011-09-25 Thread Albretch Mueller
On 9/25/11, David Johnston wrote: > On Sep 25, 2011, at 2:11, Albretch Mueller wrote: >> Can you or do you know of anyone who has made those kinds of >> imaginations falsifiable? > > No; not worth my effort. ~ ;-) ~ >>> That approach strips down on application

Re: [GENERAL] (another ;-)) PostgreSQL-derived project ...

2011-09-25 Thread Albretch Mueller
On 9/25/11, Karsten Hilbert wrote: > On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 09:41:19PM +0000, Albretch Mueller wrote: > >> I am amazed to read that you/the PC community were still running >> regression tests >> >> *in ASCII*: >> >> http://www.postgresql.org/

Re: [GENERAL] (another ;-)) PostgreSQL-derived project ...

2011-09-25 Thread Albretch Mueller
On 9/26/11, Uwe Schroeder wrote: > In my experience "data formatting" goes both ways, in and out. Out is > obviously not a major issue because errors don't cause data corruption. In, > however, is a different issue. Errors in "inwards" conversion will cause > data > corruption. So unless you have

[GENERAL] ERROR: relation . . . does not exist

2008-08-28 Thread Albretch Mueller
Hi, ~ I created a number of csv files which I need to import into PG tables. On the them looks like this: ~ sh-3.1# head -n 3 /media/hda3/prjx/JPack/REF/LANDMARKS/PROFILES/20080828104627_j2sdk-1_4_2_18-linux-i586.binfls.md5sum.txt "md5sum","fl" "d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e",".systemPrefs/.sy

Re: [GENERAL] ERROR: relation . . . does not exist

2008-08-28 Thread Albretch Mueller
On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Raymond O'Donnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You have to create the table first before you can COPY into it. ~ Well, based on how the statement reads I made the wrong assumption of thinking that PG would be smart enough to make ends-meat with the data that it ge

[GENERAL] DUPS in tables columns ERROR: column ". . . " does not exist

2008-08-30 Thread Albretch Mueller
Hi, ~ I am trying to get dups from some data from files which md5sums I previously calculated ~ Here is my mere mortal SQL ~ SELECT md5, COUNT(md5) AS md5cnt FROM jdk1_6_0_07_txtfls_md5 WHERE (md5cnt > 1) GROUP BY md5 ORDER BY md5cnt DESC; ~ and this is what I get: ~ jpk=# SELECT md5, COUNT(md5

Re: [GENERAL] ERROR: relation . . . does not exist

2008-08-30 Thread Albretch Mueller
On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Adrian Klaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Define easily. ~ OK, let me try to outline the approach I would go for: ~ I think "COPY FROM CSV" should have three options, namely: ~ 1) the way we have used it in which you create the table first ~ 2) another way in w

Re: [GENERAL] DUPS in tables columns ERROR: column ". . . " does not exist

2008-08-30 Thread Albretch Mueller
Also I know there is a DISTINCT keyword, but I also need to know how many times the particular data in the column is repeated if it is, that is why I need to go: ~ SELECT md5, COUNT(md5) AS md5cnt FROM jdk1_6_0_07_txtfls_md5 WHERE (md5cnt > 1) GROUP BY md5 ORDER BY md5cnt DESC; ~ Thanks lbr

Re: [GENERAL] ERROR: relation . . . does not exist

2008-08-30 Thread Albretch Mueller
> I think you're confusing postgresql with a spreadsheet program. ~ I wonder what makes you think so ~ > There are client programs which will do this for you, perhaps you wan one of > those? ~ Well, then obviously there is the need for it and you were not successful enough at convincing these de

Re: [GENERAL] DUPS in tables columns ERROR: column ". . . " does not exist

2008-08-30 Thread Albretch Mueller
thank you Stefan your SQL worked, but still; I am just asking and my programming bias will certainly show, but aren't you effectivly "calling" count on the table three times if you go: ~ SELECT md5, COUNT(md5) FROM jdk1_6_0_07_txtfls_md5 GROUP BY md5 HAVING COUNT(md5) > 1 ORDER BY COUNT(md5) DESC;

Re: [GENERAL] ERROR: relation . . . does not exist

2008-08-30 Thread Albretch Mueller
> spreadsheet programs (generally; I'm sure there are exceptions) don't have > the notion of a schema; each cell can hold its own particular type. ~ Oh, now I see what Martin meant! ~ > that's not a traditional part of a database engine. ~ well, yeah! I would totally agree with you, but since I

Re: [GENERAL] DUPS in tables columns ERROR: column ". . . " does not exist

2008-08-30 Thread Albretch Mueller
> The system is smart enough to only do the count() once. ~ But not smart enough to make a variable you declare point to that internal variable so that things are clearer/ easier ;-) ~ Thanks lbrtchx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your

Re: [GENERAL] ERROR: relation . . . does not exist

2008-08-30 Thread Albretch Mueller
> ... are times local or UTC ~ this is a rather semantic, not a syntactic issue that some code could NOT decide based on the data it reads ~ > Should we assume integer or float? ~ is a dot anywhere in the data you read in for that particular column? ... ~ > Varchar or text? ~ Is the length of th

[GENERAL] Any information about the PostgreSQL Certified Engineer program?

2012-04-11 Thread Albretch Mueller
You can't find any books and if you go to the company they tell you ~ sraoss.co.jp/index_en.php ~ all you find are commercial services offered. No mention of the exam ~ Any suggestions? ~ Thank you lbrtchx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes

Re: [GENERAL] Any information about the PostgreSQL Certified Engineer program?

2012-04-14 Thread Albretch Mueller
well, I have kept searching for it and found a somewhat funny message from the sraoss.co.jp guys [GENERAL] LPI-Japan to start PostgreSQL certfication and a long thread [GENERAL] PostgreSQL Certification which tellingly was quickly hijacked into other topics on pearsonvue.com/sra/ it says