Re: [GENERAL] Oracle buys Innobase

2005-10-10 Thread Terence
Marc G. Fournier wrote: Stupid question, but what does MySQL bring to the equation? Why not just use PostgreSQL in the first place? Simplicity. A huge user base. No one is questioning that pg is a superior product :) http://www.mysql.com/why-mysql/marketshare/ * *with a pinch of salt

Re: [GENERAL] configuring timezone

2013-02-06 Thread Terence Ferraro
See the archived thread here: http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAEghcWD8DXjroBYCZsdGrx+cHTCbCbW9es2uQ+o7a8NZ61JT=q...@mail.gmail.com Short version: Sorry, but you're going to need to recompile if you want that behavior. Here's a diff applied against 9.2.1 http://pastebin.com/5AyaX2RF. I've dep

Re: [GENERAL] configuring timezone

2013-02-06 Thread Terence Ferraro
Sorry, but from what I understand the change is permanent. If recompile is not an option but you're on Windows let me know; I do have binaries available.. On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Igor Neyman wrote: > Terence, > > ** ** > > Thanks for quick reply, I read yo

Re: [GENERAL] configuring timezone

2013-02-06 Thread Terence Ferraro
t zlib (and the speed increase is quite significant). T.J. On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Igor Neyman wrote: > I am on Windows (both 32 and 64 bit) using 32-bit Postgres. > > So, your binaries are for 9.2.1, you aren’t planning to go to 9.2.2? > > ** ** > &g

Re: [GENERAL] Timezone information

2014-02-19 Thread Terence Ferraro
x27;ve only got clients in North America at the moment). You will undoubtedly need to make some modifications to patch with 9.3, but I've got hundreds of 9.2 instances in the field now that, well, just work. *Terence J. Ferraro* On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 5:10 PM, Andrew Sullivan wrote: >

Re: [GENERAL] SSL Compression - doesn't work?

2014-05-08 Thread Terence Ferraro
You mentioned you are using the Windows version; unless something has changed recently in their build process, the included openssl library is not linked against zlib and therefore compression is not possible unless you recompile the Windows version yourself. *Terence J. Ferraro* On Thu, May 8

[GENERAL] Default timezone changes in 9.1

2012-12-15 Thread Terence Ferraro
We recently began upgrading our clients' servers from 9.0 -> 9.2. After a few deployments and a little digging we noticed that 9.0 -> 9.1 broke the use of no timezone set within postgresql.conf. That is, not setting the option was now defaulting to GMT instead of the system timezone. Unfortunately,

Re: [GENERAL] Default timezone changes in 9.1

2012-12-15 Thread Terence Ferraro
configuration option, in this case, *then* assumes GMT. In other words, it may be 2 AM NZST, but would you really want to walk around and have all of your clocks read 1 PM (GMT)? :) T.J. On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 10:35 PM, Gavin Flower < gavinflo...@archidevsys.co.nz> wrote: > On 16/12/12 16:07

Re: [GENERAL] Default timezone changes in 9.1

2012-12-15 Thread Terence Ferraro
On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Gavin Flower < gavinflo...@archidevsys.co.nz> wrote: > Please do not top post, see end of email for rest of reply... > (Bottom posting is the convention here, so people can see the context > before reading your reply.) > > > > On 16/1

Re: [GENERAL] Default timezone changes in 9.1

2012-12-16 Thread Terence Ferraro
On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > Andres Freund writes: > > On 2012-12-16 12:25:13 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > >> I'm still not sure what > >> the OP actually wants to accomplish by moving the time of making the > >> choice. > > > I guess he wants - and I have seen that before - to

Install new language - Prev: Re: [GENERAL] Are you frustrated with PostgreSQL

2003-07-16 Thread Terence Chang
t me offline. My client would love to get some help from you on administration/backup/restore stuff as an extra resource. Can you image that I got my PostgreSQL setup and running in few hours. Cool! Thanks! This mailling list is great! You people are great! Terence Chang ---

Re: [GENERAL] Where is the physical files of database that I just

2003-07-17 Thread Terence Chang
ginal Message - From: "scott.marlowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Terence Chang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 7:35 AM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Where is the physical files of database that I just > On Wed, 16 Jul 2

[GENERAL] database design of products catalogue

2003-07-21 Thread Terence Ng
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Re: [GENERAL] Can I turn the case sensitive off

2003-07-24 Thread Terence Chang
a.firstname from app_v08.users a; ERROR: No such attribute a.firstname app=> select a.FIRSTNAME from app_v08.users a; ERROR: No such attribute a.firstname app=> select "A"."FIRSTNAME" FROM app_v08.users A; ERROR: Relation "A" does not exist app=> select "FIRS

Re: [GENERAL] Can I turn the case sensitive off

2003-07-25 Thread Terence Chang
This is exactly what I was doing. I use PostgreSQL Manager Pro. The tool covert all my column name and table name in the double quote. So I have all my column/table/function created in upper case (Oracle habit). Now, I have to quote all of them. I should stay with psql, I guess. :-) Thanks! At le

[GENERAL] Clone a database to other machine

2003-07-28 Thread Terence Chang
Hi there:   I am just wondering if this is a doable method to clone a database to other machine. I have three identical linux serves with postgresql server installed at the same location. I have a new customized database and initial data load into server 1. Can I just copy all of the databas