Re: [HACKERS] feature request: \qf datatype

2003-12-26 Thread Alex J. Avriette
On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 04:07:50PM -0800, David Fetter wrote: > \dfT integer > > might bring back all the functions that operate on (or return) > integers. I like this the best so far. My only concern is that there is a whole lot of output generated by this (see thread parent). > > > Duplicatio

Re: [HACKERS] REPOST from SQL List: Use of Setof Record Dynamically

2003-12-26 Thread Joe Conway
A E wrote: I am attempting to use Setof Record dynamically. I am developing an application where I will not know what the end-user is trying to work with from a web front end. Thus I will not know before hand the structure of the table I am trying to pull the record from. [code] I know that I woul

Re: [HACKERS] feature request: \qf datatype

2003-12-26 Thread David Fetter
On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 06:34:47PM -0500, Alex J. Avriette wrote: > On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 11:49:20AM -0600, David Fetter wrote: > > > The latter is harder to answer than the former. For the former, > > > I propose a macro in psql, "\qf" (query function). Obviously, > > > the name implies a broad

Re: [HACKERS] feature request: \qf datatype

2003-12-26 Thread Alex J. Avriette
On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 11:49:20AM -0600, David Fetter wrote: > > The latter is harder to answer than the former. For the former, I > > propose a macro in psql, "\qf" (query function). Obviously, the name > > implies a broader scope than simply querying the datatypes > > permissable. > * Part of

[HACKERS] REPOST from SQL List: Use of Setof Record Dynamically

2003-12-26 Thread A E
Hi,   I am attempting to use Setof Record dynamically. I am developing an application where I will not know what the end-user is trying to work with from a web front end. Thus I will not know before hand the structure of the table I am trying to pull the record from.   My Code:   CREATE FUNCTION

Re: [HACKERS] fulltext searching via a custom index type

2003-12-26 Thread Tom Lane
Eric Ridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I assume the doc chapter on Page Files and the various storage-related > README files are good places for more information. Any other tips or > pointers? Not right offhand, but feel free to ask questions when you get stuck. Also don't forget that there's

Re: [HACKERS] connections problem

2003-12-26 Thread ivan
from log : LOG: could not fork new process for connection: Resource temporarily unavailable LOG: could not fork checkpoint process: Resource temporarily unavailable ulimit -a : core file size(blocks, -c) 0 data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited file size (block

Re: [HACKERS] fulltext searching via a custom index type

2003-12-26 Thread Eric Ridge
On Dec 26, 2003, at 4:04 PM, Tom Lane wrote: Eric Ridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Xapian has it's own storage subsystem, and that's what I'm using to store the index... not using anything internal to postgres (although this could change). I would say you have absolutely zero chance of making it

Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL port to pure Java?

2003-12-26 Thread Thomas Hallgren
PostgreSQL runs beautifully together with JBoss (or any other J2EE platform) using its current JDBC driver so the idea of a co-bundle is not far fetched at all. I'm not an advocate for a backend rewrite to Java. I'm however a firm believer that Java and the J2EE platform will become (if it isn't a

Re: [HACKERS] fulltext searching via a custom index type

2003-12-26 Thread Tom Lane
Eric Ridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Xapian has it's own storage subsystem, and that's what I'm using to > store the index... not using anything internal to postgres (although > this could change). I would say you have absolutely zero chance of making it work that way. You will not be able t

Re: [HACKERS] fulltext searching via a custom index type

2003-12-26 Thread Eric Ridge
On Dec 26, 2003, at 3:22 PM, Tom Lane wrote: 3) How does one get the $PGDATA directory? DataDir. Why should you care? An index AM that wants to know this is probably broken IMHO; it's certainly trying to do something that's outside the charter of index AMs, and is likely to cause lots of headache

Re: [HACKERS] connections problem

2003-12-26 Thread Tom Lane
ivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > the error is : could not fork new process for connection: Resource > temporarily unavailable We could have saved some time if you'd spelled out the full error message to begin with. This is undoubtedly a kernel-imposed restriction you are running into. I'm not s

Re: [HACKERS] connections problem

2003-12-26 Thread Tom Lane
> ivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> i need to connect to by my database more then 100 connections, >>> but after ~20-30 conn, postmaster says me "Resource temporarily >>> unavailable", what are this resource ? > ulimit -u = 256 , > it's ok, ? Mph. Well, that doesn't seem to be the problem, u

Re: [HACKERS] fulltext searching via a custom index type

2003-12-26 Thread Tom Lane
Eric Ridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1) Is it possible for an access method to receive some kind of "DROP > INDEX" notification? No. > select * from test where stuff => 'stuff' AND NOT more_stuff => > '"drink beer"'; > has this plan: To do better here, you'd need to invent a "not-=>'

Re: [HACKERS] connections problem

2003-12-26 Thread ivan
ulimit -u = 256 , it's ok, ? On Fri, 26 Dec 2003, Tom Lane wrote: > ivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > i need to connect to by my database more then 100 connections, > > but after ~20-30 conn, postmaster says me "Resource temporarily > > unavailable", what are this resource ? > > First bet is

Re: [HACKERS] connections problem

2003-12-26 Thread ivan
.. many others stuf ... the error is : could not fork new process for connection: Resource temporarily unavailable On Fri, 26 Dec 2003, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Hello, > > Perhaps you have too many open files? What else is running on this > machine? > > Sincerely, > > Joshua D. Drake > > >

[HACKERS] Docu question

2003-12-26 Thread Michael Meskes
In manage-ag.sgml our docs says: [...] risk. To allow it, you must compile PostgreSQL with the C preprocessor macro ALLOW_ABSOLUTE_DBPATHS defined. One way to do this is to run the compilation step like this: gmake CPPFLAGS=-DALLOW_ABSOLUTE_DBPATHS all [...] I wonder if there's

[HACKERS] fulltext searching via a custom index type

2003-12-26 Thread Eric Ridge
(I started with this addressed to the -general list, but it just doesn't seem like a general usage topic. If -hackers is the wrong place, please point me in the right direction). I've been working on a custom index type (access method) that allows postgres to do fulltext searching (including p

[HACKERS] DBT-2 PostgreSQL on STP w/ LVM2

2003-12-26 Thread markw
DBT-2 and PostgreSQL 7.4 is finally working with LVM2 at 100 and 200 warehouse scale factors on 8-processor system in STP with 40 drives (38 managed under LVM), but not without a few catches. I have written up some brief instructions on how to execute the test successfully with the Linux-2.6.0 stab

Re: [HACKERS] connections problem

2003-12-26 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Hello, Perhaps you have too many open files? What else is running on this machine? Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake ivan wrote: max_connections=200 shared_buffers=2000 ram = 500M + 300M swap hdd = infinite On Fri, 26 Dec 2003, Joshua D. Drake wrote: hi i need to connect to by my database more

Re: [HACKERS] connections problem

2003-12-26 Thread Tom Lane
ivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i need to connect to by my database more then 100 connections, > but after ~20-30 conn, postmaster says me "Resource temporarily > unavailable", what are this resource ? First bet is that you are running into a maximum-number-of-processes- per-user limit imposed

Re: [HACKERS] connections problem

2003-12-26 Thread ivan
max_connections=200 shared_buffers=2000 ram = 500M + 300M swap hdd = infinite On Fri, 26 Dec 2003, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > >hi > > > >i need to connect to by my database more then 100 connections, > >but after ~20-30 conn, postmaster says me "Resource temporarily > > > > > >unavailable", wh

Re: [HACKERS] connections problem

2003-12-26 Thread Joshua D. Drake
hi i need to connect to by my database more then 100 connections, but after ~20-30 conn, postmaster says me "Resource temporarily unavailable", what are this resource ? We need more info. What does your postgresql.conf say about max_connections? How much ram do you have? How much shared mem

Re: [HACKERS] feature request: \qf datatype

2003-12-26 Thread David Fetter
"Alex J. Avriette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to request the following feature: > > Frequently when answering questions on IRC for people, questions > fall into one of two categories, "what function can I use to > manipulate datatype xyz," and "what datatype can i use for xyz." > > The

[HACKERS] connections problem

2003-12-26 Thread ivan
hi i need to connect to by my database more then 100 connections, but after ~20-30 conn, postmaster says me "Resource temporarily unavailable", what are this resource ? im using debain with kernel 2.4.23-pre7, on P4 , (postgres 7.4.1) what can be wrong ? ---(end of bro

Re: [HACKERS] What do you want me to do?

2003-12-26 Thread David Fetter
On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 10:48:20AM -, Dave Page wrote: > It's rumoured that David Fetter once said: > > > > I guess that's OK, but it shows up like a beacon to all kinds of > > hostile gear. Passive systems are usually a better bet. > > Are there many hostile forces in your hallway? Most day

Re: [HACKERS] What do you want me to do?

2003-12-26 Thread Dave Page
It's rumoured that David Fetter once said: > > I guess that's OK, but it shows up like a beacon to all kinds of > hostile gear. Passive systems are usually a better bet. Are there many hostile forces in your hallway? :-) /D ---(end of broadcast)---