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Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Ross J. Reedstrom
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 07:15:34AM +, Peter Mount wrote: > On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > > Tom Lane writes: > > > > > The case I find interesting is where you're using plain "\e" to > > > re-edit a query interactively. If this query never gets into the > > > history buffer

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Peter Mount
On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Tom Lane writes: > > > The case I find interesting is where you're using plain "\e" to > > re-edit a query interactively. If this query never gets into the > > history buffer then you're lost: you won't be able to pull it back > > for re-editing a se

Re: [HACKERS] EXPLAIN EXECUTE

2003-01-09 Thread Tom Lane
Neil Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 16:53, Tom Lane wrote: >> Yeah, that was on my to-fix list also. > Heh, I too was planning to implement this. Would you like to take a > crack it at, or should I? Go for it... regards, tom lane -

Re: [HACKERS] EXPLAIN EXECUTE

2003-01-09 Thread Neil Conway
On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 16:53, Tom Lane wrote: > Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I notice that you can't explain stored plans, i.e., EXPLAIN EXECUTE. > > Might be handy to have. > > Yeah, that was on my to-fix list also. Heh, I too was planning to implement this. Would you like to

Re: [HACKERS] Prepared statements question

2003-01-09 Thread Neil Conway
On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 22:48, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > With prepared statements being all well and good, how do I know if the query > has not yet been prepared in the backend? Or is this simply a situation > where I can't win? Try the EXECUTE; if it fails, run the PREPARE and then rerun th

Re: [HACKERS] Prepared statements question

2003-01-09 Thread Christopher Kings-Lynne
I guess I should just use a stored procedure... Chris > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christopher > Kings-Lynne > Sent: Friday, 10 January 2003 11:48 AM > To: Hackers > Subject: [HACKERS] Prepared statements question > > > Hi, > >

[HACKERS] Prepared statements question

2003-01-09 Thread Christopher Kings-Lynne
Hi, With prepared statements being all well and good, how do I know if the query has not yet been prepared in the backend? Or is this simply a situation where I can't win? eg. Say I have a web page that does a humungous query. I would like to have that query prepared, say, for speed. However,

Re: [HACKERS] Dollar in identifiers

2003-01-09 Thread Christopher Kings-Lynne
Change it - but just put it in the release notes :) Chris > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Lane > Sent: Friday, 10 January 2003 1:10 AM > To: Jan Wieck; Peter Eisentraut > Cc: PostgreSQL HACKERS > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Dollar in

Re: [HACKERS] Dollar in identifiers

2003-01-09 Thread Jan Wieck
Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > Tom Lane writes: > > > > > Quite awhile back, we had a discussion about removing "$" from the set > > > of allowed characters in operator names, and instead allowing it as a > > > non-first character in identifiers. > > > > I agree with the firs

Re: [HACKERS] Dollar in identifiers

2003-01-09 Thread Jan Wieck
Tom Lane wrote: > > Jan Wieck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The problem is, discouraged or not, if there's a slot people will stick > > something into ... meaning if it accepts a dollar, to hell with vendor > > recommendations! > > I'm confused; are you voting against allowing dollar in identif

Re: [HACKERS] Dollar in identifiers

2003-01-09 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Tom Lane writes: > Quite awhile back, we had a discussion about removing "$" from the set > of allowed characters in operator names, and instead allowing it as a > non-first character in identifiers. I agree with the first one, but does it have to imply the second? -- Peter Eisentraut [EMAIL

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Ross J. Reedstrom
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 10:49:33PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Christopher Kings-Lynne writes: > > > Is there any way of making the 'up' arrow retrieve all of the last multiline > > query, instead of just the last line? > > There is nothing technical that should prevent you from implementing

Re: [HACKERS] Dollar in identifiers

2003-01-09 Thread Dann Corbit
> -Original Message- > From: Tom Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 2:27 PM > To: Jan Wieck > Cc: Bruce Momjian; Peter Eisentraut; PostgreSQL HACKERS > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Dollar in identifiers > > > Jan Wieck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The proble

Re: [HACKERS] IPv6 patch

2003-01-09 Thread Bruce Momjian
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Bruce Momjian writes: > > > OK, Peter, to keep you and everyone happy, what changes are your > > proposing to the existing code, if any. The only current behavior is > > printing an IPv6 failure for IPv6-enabled backend in the server logs. > > Just bind to all addresses

Re: [HACKERS] Dollar in identifiers

2003-01-09 Thread Bruce Momjian
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Tom Lane writes: > > > Quite awhile back, we had a discussion about removing "$" from the set > > of allowed characters in operator names, and instead allowing it as a > > non-first character in identifiers. > > I agree with the first one, but does it have to imply the s

Re: [HACKERS] Dollar in identifiers

2003-01-09 Thread Dann Corbit
> -Original Message- > From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 1:55 PM > To: Peter Eisentraut > Cc: Tom Lane; Jan Wieck; PostgreSQL HACKERS > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Dollar in identifiers > > > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > Tom Lane writes: > > > >

Re: [HACKERS] EXPLAIN EXECUTE

2003-01-09 Thread Tom Lane
Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I notice that you can't explain stored plans, i.e., EXPLAIN EXECUTE. > Might be handy to have. Yeah, that was on my to-fix list also. There is more reason to have this than just completeness: as things stand, EXPLAIN cannot teach you anything about w

Re: [HACKERS] Dollar in identifiers

2003-01-09 Thread Tom Lane
Jan Wieck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The problem is, discouraged or not, if there's a slot people will stick > something into ... meaning if it accepts a dollar, to hell with vendor > recommendations! I'm confused; are you voting against allowing dollar in identifiers? I thought it was you that

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Tom Lane
Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane writes: >> The case I find interesting is where you're using plain "\e" to >> re-edit a query interactively. If this query never gets into the >> history buffer then you're lost: you won't be able to pull it back >> for re-editing a second ti

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Christopher Kings-Lynne writes: > Is there any way of making the 'up' arrow retrieve all of the last multiline > query, instead of just the last line? There is nothing technical that should prevent you from implementing it. But you need to come up with a reasonable system to keep the history stra

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Tom Lane writes: > The case I find interesting is where you're using plain "\e" to > re-edit a query interactively. If this query never gets into the > history buffer then you're lost: you won't be able to pull it back > for re-editing a second time. If you call \e again immediately then you edi

[HACKERS] EXPLAIN EXECUTE

2003-01-09 Thread Peter Eisentraut
I notice that you can't explain stored plans, i.e., EXPLAIN EXECUTE. Might be handy to have. -- Peter Eisentraut [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregiste

Re: [HACKERS] Dollar in identifiers

2003-01-09 Thread Tom Lane
Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane writes: >> Quite awhile back, we had a discussion about removing "$" from the set >> of allowed characters in operator names, and instead allowing it as a >> non-first character in identifiers. > I agree with the first one, but does it have t

Re: [HACKERS] IPv6 patch

2003-01-09 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Bruce Momjian writes: > OK, Peter, to keep you and everyone happy, what changes are your > proposing to the existing code, if any. The only current behavior is > printing an IPv6 failure for IPv6-enabled backend in the server logs. Just bind to all addresses you can find, IPv4 or IPv6. And leav

Re: [HACKERS] Execute command type

2003-01-09 Thread Tom Lane
Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there a time when QueryDesc->operation is not equal to > QueryDesc->parsetree->cmdType? I don't believe so. Not sure why the code bothers to store the redundant field. regards, tom lane ---(end of

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Jean-Paul ARGUDO
On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 15:30, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > > > Is there any way of making the 'up' arrow retrieve all of the last multiline > > > query, instead of just the last line? It's really annoying working with > > > large multiline queries at the moment... You could use ledit, piped wi

[HACKERS] Execute command type

2003-01-09 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Is there a time when QueryDesc->operation is not equal to QueryDesc->parsetree->cmdType? -- Peter Eisentraut [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.h

Re: [HACKERS] Dollar in identifiers

2003-01-09 Thread Bruce Momjian
I agree. I think $ is too special to be mixed in with operators. It is just used too frequently for variables. --- Tom Lane wrote: > Quite awhile back, we had a discussion about removing "$" from the set > of allowed chara

Re: [HACKERS] Dollar in identifiers

2003-01-09 Thread Tom Lane
Quite awhile back, we had a discussion about removing "$" from the set of allowed characters in operator names, and instead allowing it as a non-first character in identifiers. (It'd have to be non-first to avoid ambiguity with parameter symbols "$nnn".) See, eg, http://archives.postgresql.org/pg

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Peter Mount
On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Rod Taylor wrote: > > I'd tend to switch it to store \E QUERY BUFFER in the history, and > > possibly remove the ability to use \e by itself -- or make \E FILENAME > > and \e QUERY BUFFER. > > > > Since the use of \e isn't likely to be used in a programm

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Justin Clift
Hi guys, As a curiosity thought, would it be possible to do something like: \ep Where this tells psql to get the query in the history prior to the \e, and edit it interactively? :-) Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift -- "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: tho

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Rod Taylor wrote: >> Since the use of \e isn't likely to be used in a programmatic >> (automated) way, but only by users who could quickly figure it out. > I don't think it makes sense to remove \e just to add history > functionality. Indeed, that would

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Bruce Momjian
Rod Taylor wrote: > I'd tend to switch it to store \E QUERY BUFFER in the history, and > possibly remove the ability to use \e by itself -- or make \E FILENAME > and \e QUERY BUFFER. > > Since the use of \e isn't likely to be used in a programmatic > (automated) way, but only by users who could qu

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Rod Taylor
On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 10:42, Peter Mount wrote: > On 9 Jan 2003, Rod Taylor wrote: > > > On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 10:12, Justin Clift wrote: > > > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > > > > Let's suppose I am writing a query, and then I do \e to edit the query, > > > > and I exit the editor and return to ps

Re: [HACKERS] clock sync

2003-01-09 Thread cbbrowne
On Thu, 09 Jan 2003 08:39:33 CST, the world broke into rejoicing as "John Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > How do I know the clock on the machine you're > running on will be set to the same time as the > clock on the database? how postgre handle this > internal? You'll know because you already r

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Peter Mount
On 9 Jan 2003, Rod Taylor wrote: > On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 10:12, Justin Clift wrote: > > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > > Let's suppose I am writing a query, and then I do \e to edit the query, > > > and I exit the editor and return to psql. Suppose I decide I want to > > > reedit, so I up arrow.

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread cbbrowne
On Thu, 09 Jan 2003 10:13:14 EST, the world broke into rejoicing as Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Justin Clift wrote: > > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > > Let's suppose I am writing a query, and then I do \e to edit the query, > > > and I exit the editor and return to psql. Suppose I d

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Rod Taylor
On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 10:12, Justin Clift wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Let's suppose I am writing a query, and then I do \e to edit the query, > > and I exit the editor and return to psql. Suppose I decide I want to > > reedit, so I up arrow. I would expect to get \e, not the query I just

Re: [PATCHES] [HACKERS] PostgreSQL libraries - PThread Support, but not use...

2003-01-09 Thread Lee Kindness
Tom, Tom Lane writes: > Lee Kindness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > + #define _THREAD_SAFE > > + #define _REENTRANT > > + #define _POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS > What is this stuff, and why isn't it wrapped in any sort of > platform-specific test? If it's needed, why is it in only one .c > fil

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Dan Langille
On 9 Jan 2003 at 10:13, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Justin Clift wrote: > > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > > Let's suppose I am writing a query, and then I do \e to edit the > > > query, and I exit the editor and return to psql. Suppose I decide > > > I want to reedit, so I up arrow. I would expect to

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Peter Mount
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Justin Clift wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Let's suppose I am writing a query, and then I do \e to edit the query, > > and I exit the editor and return to psql. Suppose I decide I want to > > reedit, so I up arrow. I would expect to get \e, not the query I just > > ed

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Bruce Momjian
Justin Clift wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Let's suppose I am writing a query, and then I do \e to edit the query, > > and I exit the editor and return to psql. Suppose I decide I want to > > reedit, so I up arrow. I would expect to get \e, not the query I just > > edited, no? > > Wouldn'

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Justin Clift
Bruce Momjian wrote: Let's suppose I am writing a query, and then I do \e to edit the query, and I exit the editor and return to psql. Suppose I decide I want to reedit, so I up arrow. I would expect to get \e, not the query I just edited, no? Wouldn't it depend on how this gets implemented?

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Bruce Momjian
Justin Clift wrote: > Dan Langille wrote: > > > As this is changing existing behaviour, I think adding an optional > > switch to revert to the old behaviour is a good idea. > > Two thoughts: > > a) Is it possible to change the behavior of the history as we're > discussing? Haven't heard Pete

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Dan Langille
resent with my real mail address... On 9 Jan 2003 at 13:45, Peter Mount wrote: > On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Dan Langille wrote: > > > On 8 Jan 2003 at 12:28, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > > Tom Lane wrote: > > > > "Alexander M. Pravking" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 10:

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Justin Clift
Justin Clift wrote: b) Do we really want to go to the effort of adding a switch to revert to previous behaviour for something like this? It's almost definitely a win to have \e commands appear in the history, and seems a bit to trivial for adding switches for. Bad wording there... "\e command

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Justin Clift
Dan Langille wrote: As this is changing existing behaviour, I think adding an optional switch to revert to the old behaviour is a good idea. Two thoughts: a) Is it possible to change the behavior of the history as we're discussing? Haven't heard Peter's response to this. b) Do we really wa

[HACKERS] clock sync

2003-01-09 Thread John Liu
How do I know the clock on the machine you're running on will be set to the same time as the clock on the database? how postgre handle this internal? thanks. johnl ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.pos

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Dan Langille
On 9 Jan 2003 at 9:15, Robert Treat wrote: > On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 08:45, Peter Mount wrote: > > On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Dan Langille wrote: > > > On 8 Jan 2003 at 12:28, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > Tom Lane wrote: > > > > > "Alexander M. Pravking" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > On Wed, Jan

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Robert Treat
On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 08:45, Peter Mount wrote: > On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Dan Langille wrote: > > On 8 Jan 2003 at 12:28, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Tom Lane wrote: > > > > "Alexander M. Pravking" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 10:53:51AM +0100, Ian Barwick wrote: > > > >

Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL libraries - PThread Support, but not use...

2003-01-09 Thread Lee Kindness
t use in the configure stuff is 100% right... Patches also at: http://services.csl.co.uk/postgresql/diffs-20030109-configure.txt.gz http://services.csl.co.uk/postgresql/diffs-20030109-libpq.txt.gz Thanks, Lee. Lee Kindness writes: > Tom Lane writes: > > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL P

Re: [HACKERS] psql and readline

2003-01-09 Thread Peter Mount
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Dan Langille wrote: > On 8 Jan 2003 at 12:28, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Tom Lane wrote: > > > "Alexander M. Pravking" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 10:53:51AM +0100, Ian Barwick wrote: > > > >> On Wednesday 08 January 2003 07:55, Christopher King