Re: [GENERAL] Lost rows/data corruption?

2005-02-15 Thread Geoffrey
to speak of, then sorry for yapping up the wrong woody perennial plant. Really just fishing for some insights here folks. -- Until later, Geoffrey ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq

Re: [GENERAL] /usr/sbin/useradd is needed by postgresql-server-8.0.1-PGDG

2005-02-15 Thread Geoffrey
.0.1-1PGDG.i686.rpm \ postgresql-8.0.1-1PGDG.i686.RPM \ postgresql-server-8.0.1-1PGDG.i686.rpm Not that I expect that to resolve the issue, but grasping at some straws here. -- Until later, Geoffrey ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend

[GENERAL] postgresql version on RH workstation 4.0

2005-02-17 Thread Geoffrey
, I'd appreciate hearing anyone who might have some insights... -- Until later, Geoffrey ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq

Re: [GENERAL] postgresql version on RH workstation 4.0

2005-02-17 Thread Geoffrey
Lonni J Friedman wrote: On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 15:41:11 -0500, Geoffrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: FYI, Seems there might be some confusion on the part of Red Hat. Checking the 4.0 channel on the Red Hat Network for the version of Postgresql that comes on 4.0 I see: postgresql-7.4.7-2.R

Re: [GENERAL] Order of Update - Second Try

2006-03-21 Thread Geoffrey
t see any responses. Is there anyway to deal with this issue. I know I've got code that takes a similar approach and I'm now concerned that I'm going to trash my database. Anyone? -- Until later, Geoffrey ---(end of broadcast)

Re: [GENERAL] FAQ 1.1

2006-03-28 Thread Geoffrey
Michael Talbot-Wilson wrote: How, really, do people pronounce PostgreSQL? http://www.serioustechnology.com/postgres.ogg Or for those of you who have an inferior operating system: http://www.serioustechnology.com/postgres.wav -- Until later, Geoffrey Any society that would give up a little

Re: [GENERAL] trigger firing order

2006-04-10 Thread Geoffrey
at LEAST 7.4.12... :) ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings -- Until later, Geoffrey Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.

Re: [GENERAL] Hardware related question: 3ware 9500S

2006-04-12 Thread Geoffrey
http://tinyurl.com/zhnmc -- Until later, Geoffrey Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. - Benjamin Franklin ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive

Re: [GENERAL] How to have a blind-superuser

2006-04-25 Thread Geoffrey
expected to backup your database, you should get rid of them. -- Until later, Geoffrey Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. - Benjamin Franklin ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP

Re: [GENERAL] pg_dumpall: does not exist database

2006-04-25 Thread Geoffrey
Ari Kahn wrote: I think the issue is something like this though. Send the output of your database listing to a pipe through 'cat -evt' and see if you've got any unusual characters in the names of your databases: echo '\l' | psql template1 |cat -evt -- Until lat

Re: [GENERAL] How to have a blind-superuser

2006-04-25 Thread Geoffrey
Tom Lane wrote: If you don't trust your DBA, You should fire him/her... -- Until later, Geoffrey Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. - Benjamin Franklin ---(end of broa

Re: [GENERAL] Mailing list setup issue

2006-04-27 Thread Geoffrey
resql.org lists are the only ones that I've seem do that. So what's the reasoning behind this choice? Look, this really has become a religious issue. There are list that do it both ways. Let's not waste anymore bandwidth on the list with it. Learn to live with the way the list is

Re: [GENERAL] How to define + operator for strings

2006-04-28 Thread Geoffrey
, don't try and make the database handle it. -- Until later, Geoffrey Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. - Benjamin Franklin ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: don't

[GENERAL] How does an application recognize the death of the postmaster

2006-05-03 Thread Geoffrey
well. What we want to do is gracefully (as possible) shutdown the application. -- Until later, Geoffrey Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. - Benjamin Franklin ---(end of broa

Re: [GENERAL] Using the REPLACE command to replace all vowels

2006-05-07 Thread Geoffrey
(btw, if you want all vowels, don't forget 'y' :-P) As I recall, that should be 'and sometimes y... I don't recall the sql syntax for SOMETIMES :) -- Until later, Geoffrey Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security w

Re: [GENERAL] GUI Interface

2006-05-12 Thread Geoffrey
Dave Page wrote: http://www.postgresql.org/community/ Okay, so I voted and I see Linux leads the pack 16 of 29. I return a few moments later and Linux leads the pack 13 to 24. What gives?? -- Until later, Geoffrey Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security

[GENERAL] help with error message from perl Pg

2006-06-20 Thread Geoffrey
tion unexpectedly This probably means the server terminated abnormally before or while processing the request. Searching google for 'invalid frontend message type 78' returns no hits, which is a scary thing. Any insights would be greatly appreciated. -- Until later, Geoffre

Re: [GENERAL] help with error message from perl Pg

2006-06-20 Thread Geoffrey
Martijn van Oosterhout wrote: On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 09:33:13AM -0400, Geoffrey wrote: We have an unusual problem with some perl code that is processing data via DBD facility. Basically, the code consists of various subroutines that are identified in a hash. The primary script then

Re: [GENERAL] Copy from text file

2006-06-22 Thread Geoffrey
later, Geoffrey Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. - Benjamin Franklin ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq

Re: [GENERAL] Shared Objects (Dynamic loading)

2006-08-27 Thread Geoffrey
rldoc Pg' for Pg specific info -- Until later, Geoffrey Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Benjamin Franklin ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: if posting/rea

Re: [GENERAL] speeding up big query lookup

2006-08-29 Thread Geoffrey
database design. -- Until later, Geoffrey Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Benjamin Franklin ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet,

Re: [GENERAL] plz unsubscribe me

2006-09-08 Thread Geoffrey
ribe" in the subject, with an explanatory message about the right way to unsubscribe. There's no reason the rest of us should be bothered. I would agree with that. Problem is, half the time they don't spell it correctly.. -- Until later, Geoffrey Those who would give u

Re: [GENERAL] plz unsubscribe me

2006-09-08 Thread Geoffrey
Joshua D. Drake wrote: Actually it is quite ridiculous that we expect someone to read the mail headers. But relatively reasonable to assume that one could unsubscribe if they can figure out how to subscribe.. -- Until later, Geoffrey Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL slammed by PHP creator

2006-09-14 Thread Geoffrey
If it hadn't been for the gravel around that corner, I would have beat the other car too. ' (a tear for your 66 cuda...) -- Until later, Geoffrey Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Benjamin Franklin

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL slammed by PHP creator

2006-09-14 Thread Geoffrey
da.shtml Note that this was a very long time ago :) I hope it wasn't on 1966 ... I am not going to ask how you got to 135MPH. I don't think you'd have any problem doing 135mph in a '66 Cuda. -- Until later, Geoffrey Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL slammed by PHP creator

2006-09-14 Thread Geoffrey
dn't even ticket me... All white, red interior... man I loved that car. It was the first car that *I* bought with *my* money and I *owned* it. No bank :) Note that this was a very long time ago :) We are showing our age... -- Until later, Geoffrey Those who would give up essential Liberty

[GENERAL] backend process terminates

2007-08-04 Thread Geoffrey Myers
.txt Any help will be greatly appreciated. -- Until later, Geoffrey Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Benjamin Franklin ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: don't

Re: [GENERAL] NOT NULL Issue

2007-09-18 Thread Geoffrey Myers
ressable, it's nothing, it's not set, it's not there. I know it's not 100% accurate, but I think it helps folks understand the concept. -- Until later, Geoffrey Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.

Re: [GENERAL] Sun acquires MySQL

2008-01-16 Thread Geoffrey Gowey
And this is why I live in pa, but make the trek in to the netherworld known as new jersey. :D On 1/16/08, Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In response to dvanatta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > What's up with 3 of the 7 being from Pennsylvania? What's the connection? > > Well, as every

Re: [GENERAL] Sun acquires MySQL

2008-01-16 Thread Geoffrey Gowey
Sounds reasonable, but what one manager answers today is subject to be changed by another tomorrow. On 1/16/08, Otto Hirr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Russ Brown wrote: > > > http://blogs.mysql.com/kaj/sun-acquires-mysql.html/ > > > > > > What does this mean for Sun's support of Postgres? > >

[GENERAL] pitr question

2010-10-13 Thread Geoffrey Myers
to 64 bit hardware, where one machine is running a 32 bit OS and the other is running a 64 bit OS? Further: Say 32 bit hardware and 64 bit hardware, where both are running a 32 bit OS? Specifically speaking of RHEL. Thanks. -- Until later, Geoffrey "I predict future happiness for Amer

Re: [GENERAL] pitr question

2010-10-13 Thread Geoffrey Myers
On 10/13/2010 11:30 AM, zhong ming wu wrote: On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Geoffrey Myers mailto:li...@serioustechnology.com>> wrote: > Excuse the ignorance, but I see the following in the docs: > > 'In any case the hardware architecture must be the same — shipping fr

[GENERAL] Pitr

2010-12-27 Thread Geoffrey Myers
, Geoffrey Sent from my iPhone -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general

Re: [GENERAL] Pitr

2010-12-27 Thread Geoffrey Myers
Patience is my friend. No transactions so no archiving. Waiting long enough produced results. Sorry for the noise. -- Later, Geoffrey Sent from my iPhone On Dec 27, 2010, at 3:18 PM, Geoffrey Myers wrote: > Set up wal shipping on postgresql 8.3.9 and rhel 5.5. When I start the > post

[GENERAL] searching for characters via the hexidecimal value

2011-01-24 Thread Geoffrey Myers
Is there a way to search for a character in the database by the hexidecimal value of that character? -- 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."

[GENERAL] error while trying to change the database encoding on a database

2011-01-24 Thread Geoffrey Myers
, which is controlled by "client_encoding". CONTEXT: COPY cust, line 778 Is there any easy way to figure out which record caused this error? Thanks. -- Until later, Geoffrey "I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the peo

Re: [GENERAL] searching for characters via the hexidecimal value

2011-01-24 Thread Geoffrey Myers
x27; is your hexadecimal character value. Be sure to read and understand everything you can find about encodings; and make sure the hexadecimal value you are searching for is from the same encoding. Best wishes, Harald On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 16:00, Geoffrey Myers mailto:li...@serioustechnolo

Re: [GENERAL] error while trying to change the database encoding on a database

2011-01-24 Thread Geoffrey Myers
Adrian Klaver wrote: On Monday 24 January 2011 6:38:55 am Geoffrey Myers wrote: We need to change the database encoding on our databases as they were created with the wrong encoding. They were created as SQL_ASCII and we are changing them to UTF8. When testing this Friday, I received the

Re: [GENERAL] error while trying to change the database encoding on a database

2011-01-24 Thread Geoffrey Myers
Adrian Klaver wrote: On Monday 24 January 2011 7:57:52 am Geoffrey Myers wrote: Adrian Klaver wrote: On Monday 24 January 2011 6:38:55 am Geoffrey Myers wrote: We need to change the database encoding on our databases as they were created with the wrong encoding. They were created as

Re: [GENERAL] error while trying to change the database encoding on a database

2011-01-24 Thread Geoffrey Myers
Adrian Klaver wrote: On Monday 24 January 2011 8:06:38 am Geoffrey Myers wrote: Adrian Klaver wrote: On Monday 24 January 2011 7:57:52 am Geoffrey Myers wrote: Adrian Klaver wrote: On Monday 24 January 2011 6:38:55 am Geoffrey Myers wrote: We need to change the database encoding on our

Re: [GENERAL] error while trying to change the database encoding on a database

2011-01-24 Thread Geoffrey Myers
Adrian Klaver wrote: On 01/24/2011 09:16 AM, Geoffrey Myers wrote: We hope to identify the characters and fix them in the existing database, then convert. It appears to be very limited, but it would help if there was some way to identify these characters outside of simply doing the reload of

[GENERAL] plsql question

2011-02-10 Thread Geoffrey Myers
I am trying to write a plsql routine that will delete a range of characters based on their octal or hexadecimal values. Something like the 'tr' shell command will do: cat file| tr -d ['\177'-'\377'] Can't seem to figure this one out. Pointers would be app

Re: [GENERAL] finding bogus UTF-8

2011-02-15 Thread Geoffrey Myers
values to decimal values at http://www.asciitable.com/ while (<>) { $_ =~ s/(.)/((ord($1) >= 0) && (ord($1) <= 8)) || ((ord($1) >= 11) && (ord($1) <= 31)) || ((ord($1) >= 127)) ?"": $1/egs; print; } comments would be apprec

Re: [GENERAL] finding bogus UTF-8

2011-02-15 Thread Geoffrey Myers
Vick Khera wrote: On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Geoffrey Myers wrote: comments would be appreciated. If all you're doing is filtering stdin to stdout and deleting a range of characters, it seems that tr would be a faster tool: cat foo.txt | tr -d '\000-\008\013-\037\177-\

[GENERAL] disable triggers using psql

2011-02-16 Thread Geoffrey Myers
get around the data integrity issue. Is there a way to resolve this issue with the psql loading approach? -- 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."

Re: [GENERAL] disable triggers using psql

2011-02-17 Thread Geoffrey Myers
hen a table is built using pg_restore all the data is loaded into all tables BEFORE any constraints are created. I believe that if you did a data-only dump from pg_dump you would have the same integrity problems. Yes. A -- Until later, Geoffrey "I predict future happiness for Americ

Re: [GENERAL] disable triggers using psql

2011-02-17 Thread Geoffrey Myers
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Re: [GENERAL] disable triggers using psql

2011-02-17 Thread Geoffrey Myers
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Re: [GENERAL] disable triggers using psql

2011-02-17 Thread Geoffrey Myers
lock psql:test.sql:17: ERROR: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block ROLLBACK -- 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

Re: [GENERAL] disable triggers using psql

2011-02-17 Thread Geoffrey Myers
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Re: [GENERAL] disable triggers using psql

2011-02-17 Thread Geoffrey Myers
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Re: [GENERAL] disable triggers using psql

2011-02-18 Thread Geoffrey Myers
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Re: [GENERAL] disable triggers using psql

2011-02-18 Thread Geoffrey Myers
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Re: [GENERAL] disable triggers using psql

2011-02-18 Thread Geoffrey Myers
session_replication_role = replica; I'm still getting the errors. If it doesn't belong at the beginning of this process, I'm not exactly sure where it should go. -- Until later, Geoffrey "I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent the government from wastin

Re: [GENERAL] disable triggers using psql

2011-02-18 Thread Geoffrey Myers
SIGNATURE- -- Geoffrey Myers Myers Consulting Inc. 770.592.1651 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general

Re: [GENERAL] disable triggers using psql

2011-02-21 Thread Geoffrey Myers
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Re: [GENERAL] disable triggers using psql

2011-02-21 Thread Geoffrey Myers
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Re: [GENERAL] disable triggers using psql

2011-02-22 Thread Geoffrey Myers
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Re: [GENERAL] Covert database from ASCII to UTF-8

2011-02-25 Thread Geoffrey Myers
friendly?' What about some sort of wal log shipping replication? WAL Log shipping won't help. Thanks & Regards, Vibhor Kumar -- Geoffrey Myers Myers Consulting Inc. 770.592.1651 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make

[GENERAL] error messages during restore

2011-03-18 Thread Geoffrey Myers
mp makes it difficult to view that line. Is there a way to view that data line without converting this dump to a text dump? All I'd like to do is know which column in the table caused the problem so I could apply my fix to that particular column. -- Until later, Geoffrey "I predict f

Re: [GENERAL] error messages during restore

2011-03-22 Thread Geoffrey Myers
Tom Lane wrote: Geoffrey Myers writes: So we are in the process of converting our databases from SQL_ASCII to UTF8. If a particular row won't import because of the encoding issue we get an error like: pg_restore: [archiver (db)] Error from TOC entry 5317; 0 1266711 TABLE DATA

[GENERAL] UTF8 conversion revisited

2011-03-29 Thread Geoffrey Myers
: [archiver (db)] Error from TOC entry 5246; 0 4978675 TABLE DATA cust postgres pg_restore: [archiver (db)] COPY failed: ERROR: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0xbd As I see it, the perl code above should catch this '0xbd' character, but somehow it is finding it's

[GENERAL] converting databases form SQL_ASCII to UTF8

2011-04-22 Thread Geoffrey Myers
characters mentioned above, the process fails. So, now the question is, is this effort even worth our effort? What is the harm in leaving our databases SQL_ASCII encoded? Thanks for any insights. -- Until later, Geoffrey "I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent the

Re: [GENERAL] converting databases form SQL_ASCII to UTF8

2011-04-22 Thread Geoffrey Myers
Vick Khera wrote: On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Geoffrey Myers mailto:li...@serioustechnology.com>> wrote: Here's our problem. We planned on moving databases a few at a time. Problem is, there is a process that pushes data from one database to another. If t

Re: [GENERAL] converting databases form SQL_ASCII to UTF8

2011-05-03 Thread Geoffrey Myers
Jasen Betts wrote: On 2011-04-22, Geoffrey Myers wrote: Vick Khera wrote: On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Geoffrey Myers mailto:li...@serioustechnology.com>> wrote: Here's our problem. We planned on moving databases a few at a time. Problem is, there is a process that

[GENERAL] Connecting to Postgres using Windows 7

2011-05-18 Thread Geoffrey Becker
I'm relatively new to postgres. I've got a Visual Basic (VB) application that i would like to connect to a Postgres database using ODBC . Both the VB application and postgres are on my laptop and both work beautifully independent of each other. Trouble is, I have a windows 7 64bit OS and the

[GENERAL] Connecting to Postgres using Windows 7

2011-05-25 Thread Geoffrey Becker
I'm relatively new to postgres. I've got a Visual Basic (VB) application that i would like to connect to a Postgres database using ODBC . Both the VB application and postgres are on my laptop and both work beautifully independent of each other. Trouble is, I have a windows 7 64bit OS and the

[GENERAL] proper regex_replace() syntax

2011-06-01 Thread Geoffrey Myers
do? That is, replace the same character in multiple records using regex_replace() ? In reality, we are trying to change characters like the 1/2 character to the three characters '1/2'. Thanks for any assistance. -- Until later, Geoffrey "I predict future happiness for America

[GENERAL] out of memory error

2011-07-03 Thread Geoffrey Myers
disk space. Any clues would be appreciated. -- 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." - Thomas Jefferson -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list

Re: [GENERAL] out of memory error

2011-07-05 Thread Geoffrey Myers
Alban Hertroys wrote: On 3 Jul 2011, at 12:00, Geoffrey Myers wrote: We have a process that we successfully ran on virtually identical databases. The process completed fine on a machine with 8 gig of memory. The process fails when run on another machine that has 16 gig of memory with the

Re: [GENERAL] out of memory error

2011-07-05 Thread Geoffrey Myers
Craig Ringer wrote: On 3/07/2011 6:00 PM, Geoffrey Myers wrote: out of memory for query result How is this possible? Resource limits? Could this message be generated because of shared memory issues? The odd thing is the error was generated by a user process, but there is no reference

Re: [GENERAL] out of memory error

2011-07-05 Thread Geoffrey Myers
One other note, there is no error in the postgres log for this database. I would have expected to find an error there. -- 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 ca

Re: [GENERAL] out of memory error

2011-07-05 Thread Geoffrey Myers
Geoffrey Myers wrote: We have a process that we successfully ran on virtually identical databases. The process completed fine on a machine with 8 gig of memory. The process fails when run on another machine that has 16 gig of memory with the following error: out of memory for query result

Re: [GENERAL] out of memory error

2011-07-05 Thread Geoffrey Myers
Craig Ringer wrote: On 3/07/2011 6:00 PM, Geoffrey Myers wrote: out of memory for query result How is this possible? Resource limits? Could this message be generated because of shared memory issues? The odd thing is the error was generated by a user process, but there is no reference to

Re: [GENERAL] out of memory error

2011-07-05 Thread Geoffrey Myers
Tom Lane wrote: Geoffrey Myers writes: Geoffrey Myers wrote: out of memory for query result One other note that is bothering me. There is no reference in the log regarding the out of memory error. Should that not also show up in the associated database log? Not if it's a client

[GENERAL] running out of oids

2011-08-03 Thread Geoffrey Myers
Am I correct in assuming that the 'running out of oids' issue was resolved with a design change within Postgresql? -- 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 taki

Re: [GENERAL] running out of oids

2011-08-03 Thread Geoffrey Myers
Merlin Moncure wrote: On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Geoffrey Myers wrote: Am I correct in assuming that the 'running out of oids' issue was resolved with a design change within Postgresql? not exactly -- for quite some time now the use of oids in user tables has been discour

[GENERAL] Is max connections in a table somewhere?

2011-08-10 Thread Geoffrey Myers
Is max connections in any table in the database I can access? -- 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." - Thomas Jefferson -- Sent via pgs

[GENERAL] is max connections in a database table somewhere

2011-08-10 Thread Geoffrey Myers
Is the max connections value in a system table somewhere? Thanks. -- Geoffrey Myers Myers Consulting Inc. 770.592.1651 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general

Re: [GENERAL] Is max connections in a table somewhere?

2011-08-10 Thread Geoffrey Myers
Scott Marlowe wrote: On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Geoffrey Myers wrote: Is max connections in any table in the database I can access? No it's in the postgresql.conf file, which is in various places depending on how pg was installed. for debian / ubuntu it's in /etc/postgresq

Re: [GENERAL] Is max connections in a table somewhere?

2011-08-11 Thread Geoffrey Myers
Adrian Klaver wrote: On Wednesday, August 10, 2011 11:47:25 am Geoffrey Myers wrote: Is max connections in any table in the database I can access? SELECT current_setting('max_connections'); current_setting - 100 Thanks for all the responses folks. Obviousl

Re: [GENERAL] is max connections in a database table somewhere

2011-08-11 Thread Geoffrey Myers
Greg Smith wrote: On 08/10/2011 02:46 PM, Geoffrey Myers wrote: Is the max connections value in a system table somewhere? If you intend to do anything with the value you probably want one of these forms: SELECT CAST(current_setting('max_connections') AS integer); SELECT CAST(

[GENERAL] using between with dates

2010-04-29 Thread Geoffrey Myers
I'm trying the following: ship_date between '04/30/2010' AND '04/30/2010' + 14 But this returns: ERROR: invalid input syntax for integer: "04/30/2010" Can I use between with dates? -- Geoffrey Myers Myers Consulting Inc. 770.592.1651 -- Sent via pgsql-

[GENERAL] weird initdb output

2010-06-28 Thread Geoffrey Myers
ostgres". This user must also own the server process. . . Why is it trying to change directory to /root??? Running as the postgres user. Any assistance would be appreciated. -- Geoffrey Myers Myers Consulting Inc. 770.592.1651 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@pos

[GENERAL] Geoffrey Gowey wants to stay in touch on LinkedIn

2010-03-25 Thread Geoffrey Gowey
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[GENERAL] PGS 7.2 : Insert with wrong number of values did not fail

2005-02-21 Thread Geoffrey KRETZ
Hi, I've got a question about a difference beetween PGS 7.2 and PGS 7.4 behaviours. With PGS 7.2 : INSERT INTO table (col1, col2) VALUES (val1) doesn't fail With PGS 7.4 : INSERT INTO table (col1, col2) VALUES (val1) failed Is it a known bug ? Thx. Geoffrey KRETZ Four J's De

Re: [GENERAL] PGS 7.2 : Insert with wrong number of values did not

2005-02-21 Thread Geoffrey KRETZ
Scott Marlowe wrote: On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 09:38, Geoffrey KRETZ wrote: Hi, I've got a question about a difference beetween PGS 7.2 and PGS 7.4 behaviours. With PGS 7.2 : INSERT INTO table (col1, col2) VALUES (val1) doesn't fail With PGS 7.4 : INSERT INTO table (col1, col2) VA

Re: [GENERAL] PGS 7.2 : Insert with wrong number of values did not

2005-02-21 Thread Geoffrey KRETZ
Geoffrey KRETZ wrote: Scott Marlowe wrote: On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 09:38, Geoffrey KRETZ wrote: Hi, I've got a question about a difference beetween PGS 7.2 and PGS 7.4 behaviours. With PGS 7.2 : INSERT INTO table (col1, col2) VALUES (val1) doesn't fail With PGS 7.4 : INSERT INTO t

Re: [GENERAL] PGS 7.2 : Insert with wrong number of values did not

2005-02-21 Thread Geoffrey KRETZ
Scott Marlowe wrote: On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 09:49, Geoffrey KRETZ wrote: Scott Marlowe wrote: On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 09:38, Geoffrey KRETZ wrote: Hi, I've got a question about a difference beetween PGS 7.2 and PGS 7.4 behaviours. With PGS 7.2 : INSERT INTO table (col1, col2) V

[GENERAL] PGS 7.4.x PREPARE statement

2005-02-24 Thread Geoffrey KRETZ
Hi, I was wondering when a PREPARE statement is check. (ie : is it normal that the following statement doesn't return an error : PREPARE stmnt AS "") ? Geoffrey Kretz Four J's Development Tools ---(end of broadcast)--

Re: [GENERAL] PGS 7.4.x PREPARE statement

2005-02-24 Thread Geoffrey KRETZ
Tom Lane wrote: Geoffrey KRETZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I was wondering when a PREPARE statement is check. (ie : is it normal that the following statement doesn't return an error : PREPARE stmnt AS "") ? Hm? regression=# PREPARE stmnt AS &quo

[GENERAL] Error defining composite types and returning ROWTYPEs

2005-06-18 Thread Geoffrey Giesemann
CREATE TABLE test_table ( some_column integer, another_column text ); CREATE TYPE test_type as ( some_type test_table.some_column%TYPE ); Gives me: ERROR: syntax error at or near "%" at character 62 LINE 2: some_type test_table.some_column%TYPE I also can't define rowtypes as return t

[GENERAL] Where are the backend/commands?

2004-02-28 Thread Geoffrey Kinnel
I recently installed 7.4.1 on two different machines (Linux/Intel and MacOSX) and in both cases the commands in src/backend/command did not get installed. Everything else is okay, as far as I can tell. I tried re-running make install on both machines and still, nothing. I have had 7.3.x fully insta

[GENERAL] Question on INSERT statement

2004-07-19 Thread Geoffrey KRETZ
ow whereas with informix or db2 for exemple, it will return an error. So is that normal ? Geoffrey Kretz - Four J's Development Tools ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregi

[GENERAL] UPDATE statement

2004-07-19 Thread Geoffrey KRETZ
bit2_vc200 = 'xx' WHERE dbit2_key=1 Geoffrey KRETZ - Four J's Development Tools ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: [GENERAL] UPDATE statement

2004-07-19 Thread Geoffrey KRETZ
Richard Huxton wrote: Geoffrey KRETZ wrote: Hello, Is it a way to make the following UPDATE statement work with PGS 7.4 (UNIX) : UPDATE dbit2 SET (dbit2_key,dbit2_c10,dbit2_vc200) = (ABS(-1),NULL,'xx') WHERE dbit2_key=1 Or am I force to use the following syntax : UPDATE dbit2 SET

Re: [GENERAL] Question on INSERT statement

2004-07-19 Thread Geoffrey KRETZ
Richard Huxton wrote: Geoffrey KRETZ wrote: I've a table temp_tab with 5 fields (f1,f2,f3,...),and I'm a launching the following request : INSERT INTO temp_tab VALUES (1,2,3) It will insert the values in the three first row whereas with informix or db2 for exemple, it will return an

[GENERAL] where can i download pgs 7.3.x ?

2004-08-16 Thread Geoffrey KRETZ
Hello, For the purpose of QA testing, I need a 7.3.X version of postgreSQL for unix (linux i686) but I can't find it on the postgre website. Is it still possible to find such an old version of pgs available for download ? Thx in advance Geoffrey Kretz - Four J's Develop

Re: [GENERAL] where can i download pgs 7.3.x ?

2004-08-16 Thread Geoffrey KRETZ
ld be: ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql/source/ You could also check the nearest mirror to you: http://www.postgresql.org/mirrors-ftp.html Regards, Finally I get it ;) ! Thx for all Geoffrey ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: if posting/reading through U

Re: [GENERAL] where can i download pgs 7.3.x ?

2004-08-16 Thread Geoffrey KRETZ
(I've just reply to a random message and change the subject and the recipient). I apologize for any inconvenience it could have done. So, if I want to post a new message I should not use "reply" but wrtie an all new mail, is that right ? Geoffrey ---

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