Re: [GENERAL] 64 Bit ODBC Drivers for windows

2009-06-29 Thread Justin Graf
use the .net provider http://npgsql.projects.postgresql.org/ I'm not sure of a 64bit build. although a 32bit version should run on 64 bit windows without any problems. Message from mailto:drewtimm...@gmail.com Andrew Timmins drewtimm...@gmail.com at 06-29-2009 05:36:58 PM -- Is ther

Re: [GENERAL] Documentation - PgAdmin

2009-07-05 Thread Justin Graf
over the last 3 years i can't recall it being included in the msi installer Now the MSI installers from Enterprise DB is a One Click installer i'm not sure whats all included. I have it installed on one or 2 machines but never really dug into what's all included to tell you what all in the new i

Re: [GENERAL] Storing many big files in database- should I do it?

2010-04-29 Thread Justin Graf
On 4/29/2010 12:07 PM, David Wall wrote: > > > Big downside for the DB is that all large objects appear to be stored > together in pg_catalog.pg_largeobject, which seems axiomatically > troubling that you know you have lots of big data, so you then store > them together, and then worry about run

Re: [GENERAL] Storing many big files in database- should I do it?

2010-04-29 Thread Justin Graf
On 4/29/2010 1:51 PM, David Wall wrote: > >> Put it another way: bytea values are not stored in the pg_largeobject >> catalog. > > I missed the part that BYTEA was being used since it's generally not a > good way for starting large binary data because you are right that > BYTEA requires escaping

Re: [GENERAL] Storing many big files in database- should I do it?

2010-04-29 Thread Justin Graf
On 4/29/2010 3:18 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > Alvaro Herrera writes: > > However, that toast limit is per-table, whereas the pg_largeobject limit > is per-database. So for example if you have a partitioned table then > the toast limit only applies per partition. With large objects you'd > fall ove

Re: [GENERAL] Reliability of Windows versions 8.3 or 8.4

2010-05-12 Thread Justin Graf
On 5/12/2010 11:45 AM, Richard Broersma wrote: > Can anyone advise me if either PostgreSQL 8.3 or 8.4 is ready for > special case of production use? > > I'm considering using the windows version PostgreSQL in the following > conditions: > at least 10 years of up time (with periodic power failur

Re: [GENERAL] Reliability of Windows versions 8.3 or 8.4

2010-05-12 Thread Justin Graf
On 5/12/2010 12:33 PM, Richard Broersma wrote: > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Justin Graf wrote: > > >> I would do a plain text file something like XML. Given this is for >> industrial use 10 years is a good number for warranty and support, but >> this stuff w

Re: [GENERAL] Why Performance of SQL Query is *much* Slower in GUI PgAdmin

2010-05-17 Thread Justin Graf
On 5/17/2010 12:52 AM, Yan Cheng CHEOK wrote: > The pgadmin result seems different with my machine. My friend and I are using > Windows machine. Are you using Linux machine? > > Thanks and Regards > Yan Cheng CHEOK > > > **snip** I use both windows and Linux using pgadmin, and on occasion use

Re: [GENERAL] Hiding data in postgresql

2010-05-25 Thread Justin Graf
On 5/24/2010 3:18 PM, Hector Beyers wrote: > Yes, I mean hide. I am approaching the problem out of the perspective > of a malicious user / hacker. > > **snip*** First hiding data is not a solution to secure or block access to information. This only slows people down it does not stop them, neve

Re: [GENERAL] Hiding data in postgresql

2010-05-25 Thread Justin Graf
On 5/25/2010 2:58 AM, Hector Beyers wrote: > > No, I have not considered encrypting or decrypting data. The reason > for this is that I am trying to /secure a database/ by thinking like a > /malicious user / criminal/. I want to hide (for example) fraudulent > data on a database where it is not

Re: [GENERAL] Please help me write a query

2010-05-27 Thread Justin Graf
On 5/27/2010 9:04 AM, Nikolas Everett wrote: > Say I have a table that stores state transitions over time like so: > id, transitionable_id, state1, state2, timestamp > > I'm trying to write a query that coalesces changes in state2 away to > produce just a list of transitions of state1. I guess it

Re: [GENERAL] Please help me write a query

2010-05-27 Thread Justin Graf
On 5/27/2010 9:45 AM, Nikolas Everett wrote: > Sorry. Here is the setup: > CREATE TABLE test (id BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY, state1 INT NOT NULL, > state2 INT NOT NULL, timestamp TIMESTAMP); > INSERT INTO test (state1, state2, timestamp) VALUES (1, 1, now() - > interval '12 hours'); > INSERT INTO tes

Re: [GENERAL] child/parent creation

2010-05-29 Thread Justin Graf
On 5/29/2010 1:05 PM, Dennis Gearon wrote: > Is it possible to create a complex schema object in one transaction, I'm not sure i understand what you mean by schema object > using prepared statements to protect(somewaht) against SQL injection? > In short no Prepared statements do not pro

Re: [GENERAL] Installing version 8.4

2010-05-29 Thread Justin Graf
On 5/29/2010 6:26 PM, Bob Pawley wrote: > Found it in XP it doesn't seem to exist in Windows 7. I can't even > find Doc and Settings in 7. > > It's a large file. I'm not sure what is needed but here is the latter > part of the file. > > Bob > ***Snip*** Windows 7 and vista move lots of things ar

Re: [GENERAL] How to debug efficiently

2010-06-03 Thread Justin Graf
On 6/3/2010 5:43 AM, Jamie Lawrence-Jenner wrote: > > Hi All > > In SQL Server I could copy sql code out of an application and paste it > into SSMS, declare & assign vars that exist in the sql and run.. yay > great debugging scenario. > > e.g. (please note I am rusty and syntax may be incorrect)

Re: [GENERAL] Cognitive dissonance

2010-06-08 Thread Justin Graf
On 6/8/2010 9:23 AM, Peter Hunsberger wrote: > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 4:04 AM, John Gage wrote: > >> Unix is a text-based operating system with unbelievably helpful text >> manipulation tools. >> >> Postgres is a creature of Unix which happens to have unbelievable text >> searching and manipul

Re: [GENERAL] Cognitive dissonance

2010-06-08 Thread Justin Graf
***SNIP*** > 2) Its also available in chm windows help file format. Which i find > allot > more useful > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/manuals/ > you could print chm to a text file. > > --I'll have to boot over to XP, ugh. Will do. There are linux chm readers http://www.linux.com/news/sof

Re: [GENERAL] Where has ms2pg gone?

2010-06-10 Thread Justin Graf
On 6/10/2010 4:12 AM, Thom Brown wrote: > Does anyone know if ms2pg is available from somewhere other than > http://edoceo.com/creo/ms2pg ? Attempts to download it result in "not > found". Unless someone knows of an alternative attempt to automate > migration of MSSQL to PostgreSQL? > > Thanks >

Re: [GENERAL] Easy way to convert a database from WIN1252 to UTF8?

2010-07-01 Thread Justin Graf
On 7/1/2010 11:08 AM, Mike Christensen wrote: > I'd like to convert a small database to UTF8 before it becomes too > large. I'm running on 8.3.x on Windows. It doesn't seem that pgAdmin > has any native way of doing this, what's the easiest way to go about > doing this? Thanks! > > Mike >

Re: [GENERAL] Very weird problem of "order by" in postgresql

2008-09-07 Thread Justin Graf
Thisis the same problempostgresql has whendoing sorting when runonwindows vs. linux. Postgresql relies on the OS tohandlecollating aka sort orders. to Quote PostgreSQL uses the standard ISO C and POSIX locale facilities provided by the server operating system http://www.postgresql.org/docs

Re: [GENERAL] Order by and strings

2010-02-08 Thread Justin Graf
On 2/8/2010 7:09 PM, Fredric Fredricson wrote: > Hi! > New to the list with a question that I cannot find the answer to in > the manual or on the internet but I suspect is trivial. If somebody > could point me in the correct direction I would be greatful. > > This is what I do (condensed, of cour

Re: [GENERAL] Best way to handle multi-billion row read-only table?

2010-02-09 Thread Justin Graf
On 2/9/2010 12:47 PM, Asher wrote: > Hello. > > I'm putting together a database to store the readings from various > measurement devices for later processing. Since these things (water > pressure monitors attached to very large water pipes) take readings at > 200Hz and are typically deployed ove

Re: [GENERAL] Best way to handle multi-billion row read-only table?

2010-02-09 Thread Justin Graf
On 2/9/2010 4:41 PM, Asher Hoskins wrote: > > Thanks for that, it looks like partitioning is the way to go. I'm > assuming that I should try and keep my total_relation_sizes less than > the memory size of the machine? This depends on what the quires look like. As other have stated when partitio

Re: [GENERAL] windows7 login- user account

2010-02-11 Thread Justin Graf
On 2/10/2010 7:15 PM, paul e wrote: > Before Installed postgresql Windows7 went straight to my user account. > Now when it boots I have to go to a selection page where I choose > between my user account and a postgresql user account. Is there any > way to bypass this so it boots directly to my us

Re: [GENERAL] Scratching my head why results are different between machines.

2010-03-03 Thread Justin Graf
On 3/3/2010 3:40 PM, Michael Gould wrote: > On my machine the UUID that is returned is 16 bytes and I cannot make > out any relevant numbers from the UUID key in the citystateinfo > table. I've tried this in a Windows XP machine and a Windows 7 64 bit. > > Now here is the weird thing. I did a c

Re: [GENERAL] Scratching my head why results are different between machines.

2010-03-03 Thread Justin Graf
On 3/3/2010 5:16 PM, Michael Gould wrote: > One thing I've noticed is that on my machines, when I install the odbc > driver I get no error messages but when I look in the ODBC administrator I > do not see any entry for PostGres in the drivers list. > > I do know that it somehow is working because t

Re: [GENERAL] Scratching my head why results are different between machines.

2010-03-04 Thread Justin Graf
On 3/4/2010 3:51 AM, Richard Huxton wrote: > On 04/03/10 01:35, Craig Ringer wrote: >> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942976/en-us > > Classy. Even better - according to the linked page, the 64 bit version > is in the "System32" folder - yippee! > > "* The 32-bit version of the Odbcad32.ex

Re: [GENERAL] Scratching my head why results are different between machines.

2010-03-04 Thread Justin Graf
On 3/4/2010 10:00 AM, Greg Stark wrote: > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Justin Graf wrote: > >> To pretty much anyone outside MS, a sane human would think 64 bit apps >> in SysWoW64 and 32Bit apps in System32. :'( >> >> > Ah, but you all a

Re: [GENERAL] managing tablespaces like files?

2010-03-09 Thread Justin Graf
On 3/9/2010 12:07 AM, Sam Carleton wrote: > I would like to thank both John and Scott for the help. It is very > clear to me that PostgreSQL isn't the ideal solution for my current > model. The conversation has gotten me thinking of ways the model > could be modified to work with PostgrSQL (an

Re: [GENERAL] Naming conventions for lots of stored procedures

2010-03-10 Thread Justin Graf
On 3/10/2010 8:16 PM, Chris Travers wrote: > Hi all; > > One of my applications currently has over 60 stored procedures and > future versions will likely have several hundred. I am wondering what > folks find to be helpful naming conventions for managing a large > number of stored procedures. We

Re: [GENERAL] Naming conventions for lots of stored procedures

2010-03-11 Thread Justin Graf
On 3/10/2010 11:52 PM, Chris Travers wrote: > > There are two major limitations here of schemas: > > 1) They can't be nested leading again to possible namespace ambiguity. > 2) there are a number of requests to try to get the application to > install into an arbitrary, nonpublic schema. > > If sc

Re: [GENERAL] Daylight savings time confusion

2010-03-15 Thread Justin Graf
On 3/15/2010 2:40 PM, Rob Richardson wrote: > Greetings! > > Our database monitors the progression of steel coils through the > annealing process. The times for each step are recorded in wallclock > time (US eastern time zone for this customer) and in UTC time. During > standard time, the differe

Re: [GENERAL] app table names

2010-03-16 Thread Justin Graf
On 3/16/2010 3:35 PM, Vick Khera wrote: > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Jamie Kahgee wrote: > >> I'm curious what people consider best practice (or how do you do it) to >> help ensure these name collisions don't happen. >> > Do not mix data from multiple applications in one database.

[GENERAL]

2010-03-18 Thread Justin Graf
On 3/18/2010 12:52 PM, Scott Mead wrote: > xtuple ERP does and the latest version of GNUCash can use postgres as a backend too. > > --Scott M > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Garry Saddington < ga...@schoolteachers.co.uk> wrote: > > Does anyone know of a web based accounting(finance) pa

Re: [GENERAL] round(x) function

2010-03-26 Thread Justin Graf
On 3/26/2010 12:12 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > "Gaietti, Mauro \(SELEX GALILEO Guest, > Italy\)" writes: > >> This query: >> select round(0.5), round(0.5::integer), round(0.5::bigint), round( >> 0.5::float ), round( 0.5::double precision ),round(cast(0.5 as double >> precision )),round(cast(0.5::do

Re: [GENERAL] [offtopic] How do you name a table...

2010-04-08 Thread Justin Graf
On 4/8/2010 9:30 AM, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Ognjen Blagojevic: > >> >> Is this: >> a. Lookup table >> b. Classifier >> c. Cypher(er)? >> >> I'm looking for the appropriate term in English. >> > I try to make it an ENUM when it's very unlikely to change, i.e. day of > the week

Re: [GENERAL] Query is stuck

2010-04-14 Thread Justin Graf
On 4/14/2010 9:20 AM, Satish Burnwal (sburnwal) wrote: > Index Scan using repcopy_index on repcopy a (cost=0.00..87824607.17 > *rows=28* width=142) (actual time=11773.105..689111.440*rows=1* loops=1) > Index Cond: ((dm_user)::text = 'u3'::text) > Filter: ((report_status = 0) AND (repor

Re: [GENERAL] Query is stuck

2010-04-14 Thread Justin Graf
On 4/14/2010 9:42 AM, Bill Moran wrote: > > Man, it's hard to read your emails. I've reformatted, I suggest you > improve the formatting on future emails, as I was about to say "to > hell with this question" because it was just too difficult to read, > and I expect there are others on the list who