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"msg_contents": "Hi.\n\nHas anybody gop plpython to work on linux/pg7.1.2 ?\n\nI built it as instructed in the README, but calling the first \nplpython function (stupid() from the test suite) causes immediate \nclosedown.\n\nthere is nothing in the logs either ...\n\nI tried it first with python2.1 and then p... |
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"msg_contents": "Is there a way to debug a PL/pgSQL function? It's behaving very irradic!\n\nI have two function, one that works and one that doesn't. The part that\ndon't work in func2 is 'SELECT INTO ... ...' and I can't figgure out\nwhy it doesnt't work!\n\n-- \n Turbo __ _ Debian GNU Unix _IS_... |
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"msg_contents": "Hello\n\nConsider two simple tables: AA, BB.\n\nproba=# \\d aa\n Table \"aa\"\n Attribute | Type | Modifier \n-----------+---------+----------\n id | bigint | \n val | integer | \n\nproba=# select * from aa;\n id | val \n----+-----\n 1 | 1\n 2 | 2\n 2 | 2\n... |
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"msg_contents": "I can't seem to find any posts or docs on the subject\n\n\n",
"msg_date": "Wed, 25 Jul 2001 16:11:55 GMT",
"msg_from": "\"Howard Williams\" <howieshouse@home.com>",
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"msg_subject": "Can Postgres handle 2-phase commits ?"
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"msg_contents": "Here is the revised patch to allow the syntax:\n\nLOCK a,b,c;\n\nIt uses the method I described as the \"new\" method in a previous\nmessage.\n\nNeil\n\n-- \nNeil Padgett\nRed Hat Canada Ltd. E-Mail: npadgett@redhat.com\n2323 Yonge Street, Suite #300, \nToronto, ON M4P... |
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"msg_contents": "pgsql-odbc doesn't seem a right place to post.\nI forwarded my reply to pgsql-hackers also.\n\nMichael Rudolph wrote:\n> \n> Hi,\n> \n> I have a performance-problem with my Postgresql-database: up to now I\n> had centura sqlbase but for some reasons I have to change to Postgres.\n> After copy... |
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"msg_contents": "Hello all,\n\n Is anybody trying to solve the 8191 bytes query limit from libpq\nwindows port ???\n We've discussed this topic on \"Large queries - again\" thread and it\nseems like nobody got interested on fixing it.\n All Windows applications that rely on libpq are brok... |
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"msg_contents": "Try this:\n\ntest=# create table parent(a int4 primary key);\nNOTICE: CREATE TABLE/PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index 'parent_pkey'\nfor table 'parent'\nCREATE\ntest=# alter table parent add column \"b\" int4 references parent(c) on delete\nset null;\nALTER\ntest=# \\d test\nDid not find... |
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"msg_contents": "\n> > There is one table, let's\n> > say table1, with about 11.0000 rows. On doing a \"select distinct var1\n> > from table1\" via ODBC-Driver, I had to wait about 15 sec for the result.\n\n1. I assume following index exists: \n\tcreate index table1_x0 on table1 (var1);\n\n\"select distinct\"... |
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"msg_contents": "Dear all ...\nI have a postgres problem \nI am developing application with c++\nto connect to postgres SQL.\n\nWhen I compiled my source.cc I found some error like this :\n\n/tmp/ccy63XDd.o: In function `main':\n/tmp/ccy63XDd.o(.text+0x70): undefined reference to `PQsetdbLogin'\n/tmp/ccy63XDd... |
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"msg_contents": "In the course of developing my XML parser hooks I've been using an\nexternal XML parser (expat) which is built as a shared library. The \nC functions I'm writing need to access functions within that library.\n\nIs it OK just to link the .so of my backend function against the expat\nlibrary? i... |
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"msg_contents": "If I do something like that, psql claims:\n\nERROR: unexpected SELECT query in exec_stmt_execsql()\n\nwhy? How do I do this?\n\n-- \n Turbo __ _ Debian GNU Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just \n ^^^^^ / /(_)_ __ _ ___ __ selective about who its friends are \n / / |... |
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"msg_contents": "Just want to say I have been looking at the development version of 7.2 and I am\ncompletely impressed. The one huge stumbling block to a 24x7 deployment,\nvacuum, has been removed!! This is utterly fantastic! Is there a target date\nfor release? (sorry for asking, I know how irritating such q... |
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"msg_contents": "\tI'm surprised you are even able to run postgres in windows. I\ndidn't even know postgres supported windows. Could you kindly point me to\ninstructions on how to run it and build the postgres souce on windows? If\nnobody will try to fix it, then maybe we should just try it ourseleves and\... |
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"msg_contents": "I am attempting to compile PostgreSQL 7.1.2 on an IBM B50 running AIX 5.1.\nRunning configure works fine but when I go to the next step and run gmake\ndies with the following error. If someone could point me in the direction of\nwhat exactly is causing the error I would appreciate it greatly... |
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"msg_contents": "I noticed that pltcl didn't have any way to get to SPI_lastoid like plpgsql does.. I started using pltcl a lot because I like to decide when and how my queries get planned.. so I put one together really quick\n\nSorry I don't have the original around to make a quick diff, but its a very small... |
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"msg_contents": "Hi,\n I'm fighting with problem with indexes. I read documentation about\nperformance tips, about internal logic functions which are making decision\nif to use or not use indexes, etc. and I'm still failed. I'm not SQL\nguru and I don't know what to do now. My tables and indexes looks like\n... |
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"msg_contents": "\n> netacc=> EXPLAIN (SELECT SUM(counterfrom) AS from, \n> SUM(counterto) AS to,\n> floor((985098900 - date_part('epoch', counterstamp)) / 300) \n> AS sequence\n> FROM counters WHERE line='absolonll' AND date_part('epoch', \n> ) counterstamp > 984978900 GROUP BY sequence, line) ...\n\nI would... |
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"msg_contents": "I was looking over the todo list and saw that someone wanted to support XML. I\nhave some quick and dirty stuff that could be used.\n\nOK, what should the feature look like?\n\nShould it be grafted onto pg_dump or should a new utility pg_xml be created?\n\nHow strict should it be? A stricter ... |
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"msg_contents": "> The index is only used for the line= part of the where clause\n> with your query. With many rows the \"line=\" is not selective enough \n> to justify the index.\n\nHi,\n I tried you suggestion about 'AND counterstamp > '2001-07-26 00:00:00.0' and\nit works and index is used :) But, whole q... |
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"msg_contents": "Hi\n\nPostgreSQL7.1 is now running on AIX5L( S85, 6GB memory, 6CPU), which was\nrunning on Linux before(Pentium3, 2CPU, as far as I\nremember.......sorry......).\nThe performance( on AIX5L ) is just half as good as the one( on Linux ).\nI compiled PostgreSQL on AIX5L ofcourse.\nI haven't conf... |
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"msg_contents": "I got a mailbox full for Peter, so here is information.\n\nLarry ROsenman\n----- Forwarded message from Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> -----\n\nFrom: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>\nSubject: Caldera OpenUNIX 8\nDate: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 11:58:01 -0500\nMessage-ID: <20010727115801.A2965@lerami.... |
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"msg_contents": "I believe Caldera has submitted changes to the autoconf people to\nupdate config/config.guess to support OpenUNIX 8. \n\nOur current stuff BREAKS unless you use the SCOMPAT magic to look like\na UnixWare 7.1.1 box. \n\nWho needs to pick up an update? \n\nLarry \n\n-- \nLarry Rosenman ... |
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"msg_contents": "Skip the patch for configure.in in that last one, use this in it's\nplace (I missed one sysv5uw). \n\n\n\n-- \nLarry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler\nPhone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org\nUS Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044... |
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"msg_contents": "Dear all ....\nI have problem with Cgicc implementation in c++;\nCould you tell me how to redirect from one page to certain page\nwhen I enter the submit button\n-- \nZudi Iswanto\n",
"msg_date": "Sat, 28 Jul 2001 15:34:15 +0700",
"msg_from": "Zudi Iswanto <zudi@dnet.net.id>",
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"msg_contents": "Hi all,\n\nThis is the situation: You are doing a big query, but you want the results\non the web page to be paginated. ie. The user can click page 1, 2, etc.\n\nSo, you need know how many rows total would be returned, but you also only\nneed a small fraction of them.\n\nWhat is an efficien... |
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"msg_contents": "CVSROOT:\t/home/projects/pgsql/cvsroot\nModule name:\tpgsql\nChanges by:\tmomjian@hub.org\t01/07/30 10:50:24\n\nModified files:\n\tsrc/backend/libpq: hba.c \n\tsrc/backend/postmaster: postmaster.c \n\tsrc/backend/tcop: postgres.c \n\tsrc/include/libpq: hba.h \n\nLog message:\n\tLoad pg_hba.co... |
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"msg_contents": "set digest\n\n\n\n\n\nset \ndigest",
"msg_date": "Mon, 30 Jul 2001 11:52:59 -0400",
"msg_from": "\"BigWhat.com\" <ml.postgres@bigwhat.com>",
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"msg_contents": "I have thought of a few new TODO performance items:\n\n1) Someone at O'Reilly suggested that we order our duplicate index\nentries by tid so if we are hitting the heap for lots of duplicates, the\nhits will be on sequential pages. Seems like a nice idea.\n\n2) After Tatsuo's report of runn... |
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"msg_contents": "> New TODO entries are:\n> \n> \t* Order duplicate index entries by tid\n\nIn other words - add tid to index key: very old idea.\n\n> \t* Add queue of backends waiting for spinlock\n\nWe shouldn't mix two different approaches for different\nkinds of short-time internal locks - in one cases we... |
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"msg_contents": "> > > \t* Order duplicate index entries by tid\n> > \n> > In other words - add tid to index key: very old idea.\n> \n> I was thinking during index creation, it would be nice to\n> order them by tid, but not do lots of work to keep it that way.\n\nI hear this \"not do lots of work\" so often f... |
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"msg_contents": "> > > We could use POSIX spinlocks/semaphores now but we\n> > > don't because of performance, right?\n> > \n> > No. As long as no one proved with test that mutexes are bad for\n> > performance...\n> > Funny, such test would require ~ 1 day of work.\n> \n> Good question. I know the number of f... |
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"msg_contents": "* Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> [010730 09:45]:\n> > * Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> [010729 22:36]:\n> > > \n> > > I can patch configure.in, but not config.*. That comes from autoconf.\n> > The problem is the config.guess and config.sub NEED TO BE UPDATED \n> > to recogniz... |
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"msg_contents": "\nThe developer's corner will soon be going away. I'm in the process of\nputting together a developer's site. Different URL, different look,\nbeta announcements will be there, regression database will be there,\ndevelopement docs, etc. If you want a sneak preview:\n\n\thttp://developer.pos... |
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"msg_contents": "I sent the email below to the creator of contrib/vacuumlo/ with no reply\njust yet.\n\nIs it possible to get his code included in the main vacuumdb program for\nsupport to vacuum orphaned large objects?\n\nOr... Any suggestions, what do people think?\n\nThanks.\n\n---------- Forwarded message... |
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"msg_contents": "Is it just me or is an address on the hackers list who's mail is handled\nby wmail.metro.taejon.kr not existant?\n\nOn Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Mail Delivery Subsystem wrote:\n\n> The original message was received at Tue, 31 Jul 2001 14:25:00 +1000 (EST)\n> from IDENT:grant@conprojan.com.au\n> \n> ... |
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"msg_contents": "Anyone else getting these? Are these supposed to go to list subscribers?\n\nTim\n\n-------- Original Message --------\nSubject: Majordomo Delivery Error\nDate: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 09:43:58 -0400 (EDT)\nFrom: pgsql-hackers-owner+M11605@postgresql.org\nTo: pgsql-hackers-owner+M11605@postgresql.or... |
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"msg_contents": "Hi,\n\nAccidentally I've ran out of disk space during intensive database write\noperations. At the begining the backend went to recovery mode a few times,\nand continued the work, but finally it has terribly died \n\t( Segfault at backend/utils/mmgr/mcxt.c 222 )\n\nAfter this event, the recov... |
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"msg_contents": "\nhello all\nI have a postgresql 7.0\nand I'm trying to update to 7.1.2 using rpms\nbut some files is missing\nlike:\nlibcrypto.so.0\nlibssl.so.0\n\nanyone knows what package i can find this files??\n\nthanks...\n",
"msg_date": "31 Jul 2001 18:24:57 -0000",
"msg_from": "\"gabriel\" <g... |
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"msg_contents": "(My last try at this vanished into the aether, so I am repeating...)\nPatchers,\nI hope using an attachment is not breaking list protocol...\nPostGIS is a GIS extension to PostgreSQL 7.1.x. Lots of info is at\nhttp://postgis.refractions.net\nThe source is set up to compile cleanly from under ... |
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"msg_contents": "Curious if anyone has done any work on client side connection pooling\nrecently? I'm thinking pooling multiplexed against transaction commits?\n\nAZ\n\n\n\n",
"msg_date": "Wed, 1 Aug 2001 01:44:17 -0400",
"msg_from": "\"August Zajonc\" <junk-pgsql@aontic.com>",
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"msg_contents": "Sorry for posting this messages into the list.\nIt was intended for Peter E., but it looks like\nhis personal mailbox is over quota... Hopefully,\nhe will scan through the posts in the list once\nhe's back from vacation, and the message won't get \nlost.\n\nSerguei\n\n----- Original Message -... |
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"msg_contents": "The same applies as to my previous post...\nSorry again.\n\nS.\n\n----- Original Message ----- \nFrom: Serguei Mokhov <sa_mokho@alcor.concordia.ca>\nTo: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>\nSent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 1:50 AM\nSubject: Re: [HACKERS] Translators wanted\n\n\n> ----- Origina... |
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"msg_contents": "Is the only way to create DB in a C code to connect to Template1 and then exec the SQL string \"CREATE DATABASE databasename\" ?\nCan I create DB without connecting to template1 ?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIs the only way to create DB in a C code to connect \nto Template1 and then exec the SQL string \"... |
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"msg_contents": "Dear all :\n\nhelp me please : \nI compile my c++ program to connect Postgres Sql with command line :\nc++ -I /usr/local/pgsql/include -L /usr/local/pgsql/lib -lecpg -lpq -g -o capek.cgi capek.cc\n\nand I ve got eror \n\n\" Segmentation fault (core dumped) \"\n\ncould any body tell me what ... |
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"msg_contents": "sometimes i'm getting:\n\nNOTICE: Child itemid in update-chain marked as unused - can't\ncontinue repair_frag\n\nduring a simple \"vacuum\", db is online.\npg version 7.1, on debian linux kernel 2.4.\nwhat's the problem?\n\nthanks,\nvalter m.\n\n______________________________________________... |
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"msg_contents": "\nWhile looking at what needs to be done with some\nof the referential actions to make them work\nbetter under deferred constraints, I noticed something\nwhich I think is a bug.\n\nsszabo=> create table base (a int unique);\nNOTICE: CREATE TABLE/UNIQUE will create implicit index 'base_a_key'... |
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"msg_contents": "I am not sure if people noticed the signature lines, but the Toronto Red\nHat developers have started submitting patches based on TODO items. \nTheir involvement will help PostgreSQL improve even faster. Welcome\naboard folks.\n\n-- \n Bruce Momjian | http://candle.p... |
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"msg_contents": "Given Hiroshi's objections, and the likelihood of compatibility problems\nfor existing applications, I am now thinking that it's not a good idea to\nturn off OID generation by default. (At least not for 7.2 --- maybe in\nsome future release we could change the default.)\n\nBased on the discu... |
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"msg_contents": "Is it possible to access tables in one database from another database if\nthey're in the same cluster? I dont seem to be able to do it; is there\nsomething I have to do or is it impossible?\n\nIe.\nIf I have two databases accessible from the same postmaster; one called\ndb_one and the other ... |
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"msg_contents": "I have a function (plpgsql) and would like it to have access to the name\nof the current database. Unfortunately, I dont know how to ask the\nquestion.\n\nI've look in the documentation, and I can get a list of possible\ndatabases from pg_database, but I dont know which one I'm currently in.... |
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"msg_contents": "Attached please find a patch to the input parser that yields better\nsyntax error reporting on parse errors. For example:\n\ntest=# SELECT * FRUM bob;\nERROR: parser: parse error at or near \"frum\"\n\nbecomes:\n\ntest=# SELECT * FRUM bob;\nERROR: parser: parse error at or near 'frum':\nSEL... |
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"msg_contents": "1. Just changed\n\tTAS(lock) to pthread_mutex_trylock(lock)\n\tS_LOCK(lock) to pthread_mutex_lock(lock)\n\tS_UNLOCK(lock) to pthread_mutex_unlock(lock)\n(and S_INIT_LOCK to share mutex-es between processes).\n\n2. pgbench was initialized with scale 10.\n SUN WS 10 (512Mb), Solaris 2.6 (I'm ... |
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"msg_contents": "Hello,\n\nI read in comp.lang.java.databases that help is needed with\ndevelopment of the JDBC driver. Can someone please provide some\npointers to what needs to be done?\n\nWhat are the open issues? Is it JDBC 2.0 compliance? PostgreSQL\n7.1 support?\n\nI've seen a lot of postings about BLOB... |
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"msg_contents": "I recall seeing a message by Tom Lane stating that dropping and\nre-creating a primary index may speed up db performance. Is there a\nSQL command that will do this?\n\nMy current method is to use pg_dump -s to dump out the schema. Then I\ngo through and cut out everything but the CREATE INDEX... |
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"msg_contents": "\n> Strangely enough, I've seen no objection to optional OIDs\n> other than mine. Probably it was my mistake to have formulated\n> a plan on the flimsy assumption. \n\nI for one am more concerned about adding additional per\ntuple overhead (moving from 32 -> 64bit) than loosing OID's\non some... |
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"msg_contents": "Helge Bahmann <bahmann@math.tu-freiberg.de> writes:\n> Most certainly they do not, or at least it is called differently; I\n> grepped includes of: FreeBSD 4.2, Solaris 8, Irix 6.5 and AIX (4.3?) and\n> did not find SO_PEERCRED.\n\n> On FreeBSD (and I guess Solaris as well) it is possible to p... |
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"msg_contents": "I was thinking about our new version of vacuum. I think it should be\ncalled VACUUM NOLOCK to make it clear when you should use it, and we can\nkeep our ordinary VACUUM the same.\n\nIf you want to get fancy, we can call our traditional vacuum VACUUM LOCK\nand have a GUC parameter that contro... |
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"msg_contents": "Tom,\n\nplease apply attached patch to current CVS.\n\n1. Fixed error with empty array ( '{}' ),\n test data changed to include such data\n2. Test a dimension of an array ( we support only one-dimension)\n\n\tRegards,\n\t\tOleg\n_____________________________________________________________\... |
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"msg_contents": "\n Hello All,\n \n I want to know if there's a way to\n create a FUNCTION that use a Perl script file?\n \n thanks...\n\n",
"msg_date": "2 Aug 2001 18:28:39 -0000",
"msg_from": "\"gabriel\" <gabriel@workingnetsp.com.br>",
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"msg_contents": "> On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote:\n> \n> > Yes! That was it the Solaris patch I remember, SCM_CREDENTIALS.\n> \n> Can you provide a pointer to this patch? I just grepped Solaris includes\n> in vain for SCM_CRED.\n> \n> The keyword \"SCM_CREDENTIALS\" is actually used by Linux, where... |
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"msg_contents": "If there is a comment on a view, pg_dumpall can put them in the wrong order:\n\n--\n-- pg_dumpall (7.2devel)\n--\n...\n--\n-- TOC Entry ID 363 (OID 31291)\n--\n-- Name: VIEW \"all_persons\" Type: COMMENT Owner:\n--\n\nCOMMENT ON VIEW \"all_persons\" IS 'All persons - individuals or not';\n\n-... |
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"msg_contents": "\nWitaj !\n\nWyjecha�em na wakacje - odpowiem na Tw�j\nlist po powrocie.\n\nW sprawach zwi�zanych z firm� SKY-NET\nprosz� pisa� bezpo�rednio na info@sky.pl\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n",
"msg_date": "Fri, 3 Aug 2001 00:33:00 +0200 (CEST)",
"msg_from": "rychu@sky.pl",
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"msg_contents": "Is TRUNCATE supposed to be equivalent to DELETE FROM blah?\n\nBecause I notice that DELETE triggers are not called when you truncate a\ntable... Isn't that a bad thing?\n\nChris\n\n",
"msg_date": "Fri, 3 Aug 2001 09:40:09 +0800",
"msg_from": "\"Christopher Kings-Lynne\" <chriskl@fami... |
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"msg_contents": "I have an embedded application where we use PostgreSQL to store\nconfiguration data. For the past few years, we were on a 6.x system,\nand are finally trying to update to 7.1.2. One of the issues I face is\nthat the WAL files occupy a pretty significant amount of disk space. We\nhave figure... |
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"msg_contents": "\n Postgresql can easily act as a Temporal database with\n some changes. Using this applications can get all changes performed on\n a particular tuple during its lifetime provided vaccum is not performed\n\n on that particular table.\n\n Requirements:\n 1) Every Tuble is uniqu... |
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"msg_contents": "Hello all,\n\n I've noted that the MOVE command won't send you an error message if\nyou try to position the cursor AFTER the actual end of the records. Is this\nok ??? I think it should return a proper error code and message, but\ninstead, it will return only an empty recordset.\n\nThe... |
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"msg_contents": "It seems like this isn't possible. Could anyone give me a hint how to get\naround this? Been thinking about triggers etc, but can't quite figure out\nHOWTO do it...\n\n-- \n Turbo __ _ Debian GNU Unix _IS_ user friendly - it's just \n ^^^^^ / /(_)_ __ _ ___ __ selective ab... |
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"msg_contents": "Hi all,\n\nI frequently see posts asking, \"What does Oracle do in this case?\" when\ndiscussing, for example, how TRUNCATE should behave.\n\nThe Oracle documentation is available on-line\nvia the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) http://otn.oracle.com\nFree registration is required.\n\nThe doc... |
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"msg_contents": "\n> > At the same time that we announce support for optional OIDs,\n> > we should announce that, in future releases, OIDs will only be \n> > guaranteed unique (modulo wraparounds) within a single table.\n\n... if an appropriate unique constraint is explicitly created.\n\n> \n> Seems reasonabl... |
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"msg_contents": "\nHello all\n\nAnyone knows if there's a way to point a trigger \nto a external program file?\n\nHow??\n\nthanks...\n",
"msg_date": "3 Aug 2001 11:59:21 -0000",
"msg_from": "\"gabriel\" <gabriel@workingnetsp.com.br>",
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"msg_contents": "I would just like to comment that for our project, GNU Enterprise, we \nuse our own 128 bit object ID that is unique (UUID) for every row in \nall tables.\n\nIt seems to me, without having looked into it, that having both a \nPostgreSQL UID and our own 128 bit objectid (UUID) is redundant an... |
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"msg_contents": "\n> > FWIW, I changed my vote ;-). I'm not sure what Vadim and Lamar think\n> > at the moment, but I thought you made good arguments.\n> \n> I think Vadim was clearly NOOID. I vote OID.\n\nNOOID, but I can see the arguments on the other side :-)\nI would also vote GUC despite the pg_dump is... |
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"msg_contents": "Hi,\n\nwe're getting back to GiST development and would like to discuss\nour plans for 7.2. This discussion doesn't touch any changes in system tables\nto solve index_formtuple problem.\nWe want to discuss implementation of null-safe interface to GiST\n(for reference see thread http://fts.pos... |
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"msg_contents": "This patch is because Hurd does not support NOFILE. It is against current\ncvs.\n\nThe Debian bug report says, \"The upstream source makes use of NOFILE\nunconditionalized. As the Hurd doesn't have an arbitrary limit on the\nnumber of open files, this is not defined. But _SC_OPEN_MAX works... |
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"msg_contents": "There is some code in gram.y that detects whether you are in a RULE so\nNEW/OLD can be detected. Seems the value is reset on parser start and\nset on RULE start, but not reset on rule and. A multi-query string\ncould use NEW/OLD in the queries after the RULE even though they are\ninvalid. ... |
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"msg_contents": "How feasible is it to use Postgres' debug log output to create a 'redo' log?\n\nWe need this functionality urgently, but the documentation regarding the \ndebug options / switches is rather thin and playing with the different \nsettings / debug levels for the whole day did not make me any wis... |
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"msg_contents": "Good day,\n\nI'm one of the authors of the new forthcoming PostgreSQL book, and I was\nwondering if someone directly affiliated with the project would like to\nmake a statement on Postgres's standards compliancy. Specifically, as it\ncorresponds to SQL89/1, SQL92/2, and SQL93/3, etc.\n\nI've ... |
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"msg_contents": "I was going through the Todo list looking at the items that are planned \nfor 7.2 (i.e. those starting with a '-'). I was doing this to see if \nany might impact the jdbc driver. The only one that I thought might \nhave an impact on the jdbc code is the item:\n\n* -Make binary/file in/out ... |
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"msg_contents": "I have been thinking about how to implement nested transactions /\nsavepoints. As you may remember, Vadim wants to add UNDO to WAL and\nthus enable this feature.\n\nSome objected because of the added WAL complexity and the problem with\nlong running transactions requiring lots of WAL segment... |
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"msg_contents": "Some of you got bounces over the last two weeks. I did't get any email.\nIs there a way to have the messages of mailing list L between dates X and\nY have sent to me with a majordomo command?\n\n-- \nPeter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter\n\n",
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"msg_contents": "I know. I forgot to put the -request in the e-mail address.\n",
"msg_date": "Sun, 05 Aug 2001 18:44:19 -0400",
"msg_from": "Digital Wokan <wokan@home.com>",
"msg_from_op": true,
"msg_subject": "Sorry about that unsubscribe"
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"msg_contents": "I have created a test data using pgbench, played with the partial\nindex.\n\ntest=# create index myindex on accounts(aid) where bid <> 0;\nCREATE\ntest=# explain select * from accounts where aid < 10 and bid <> 0;\n\nand I got a log message:\n\nDEBUG: clause_pred_clause_test: unknown pred_op... |
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"msg_contents": "Is it at all possible to use vim to interact with psql to provide\ninput? That would be cool!\n\n",
"msg_date": "Mon, 6 Aug 2001 13:09:32 +1000 (EST)",
"msg_from": "Grant <grant@conprojan.com.au>",
"msg_from_op": true,
"msg_subject": "Vim!"
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"msg_contents": "\n> Some other databases have the notion of a ROWID which uniquely\nidentifies a row\n> within a table. OID can be used for that, but it means if you use it,\nyou must\n> limit the size of your whole database system.\n\nImho that is getting it all wrong. OID is *not* a suitable substitute\nfo... |
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"msg_contents": "\n> Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp> writes:\n> > test=# create index myindex on accounts(aid) where bid <> 0;\n\nHmm ? Am I reading correctly ? a restriction that is on a field, that \nis not in the index ? Does that make sense ? (aid --> bid)\n\n> The original implementation would have refu... |
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"msg_contents": "\n> Even more to the point, those typical installations do not want\n> exclusive-locked VACUUM. Haven't you paid any attention to the user\n> complaints we've been hearing for the last N years? People want a\n> nonexclusive VACUUM (or no VACUUM at all, but that's not a choice we\ncan\n> off... |
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"msg_contents": "hello,\n\nThis weekend I read the User guide front to back. I hadn't done that\nsince 6.2 or thereabouts...\n\nI have one request for improvement:\n\nIn the CREATE DATABASE chapter it may be usefull to include the options\nfor LATIN1 etc. I was a bit surprized that they weren't there seeing t... |
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"msg_contents": "Grant wrote:\n>Is it at all possible to use vim to interact with psql to \n>provide input?\n\nWhy are you asking this on hackers? Please read\nhttp://www.postgresql.org/devel-corner/ (\"YOU MUST TRY ELSEWHERE\nFIRST\")\n\nYes, psql can call vim. Its in the user documentation. You may\nwant to... |
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"msg_contents": "\n> It seems to me, I guess and others too, that the OID mechanism should\nbe on a\n> per table basis. That way OIDs are much more likely to be unique, and\nTRUNCATE\n> on a table should reset it's OID counter to zero.\n\nSeems to me, that this would be no different than a performance improve... |
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"msg_contents": "\n Hi,\n\n the NLS is failed for:\n\n$ make install prefix=/home/PG_DEVEL/X/\n .\n .\n [cut]\n .\n . \nfor lang in de; do \\\n /bin/sh ../../../config/install-sh -c -m 644 $lang.mo\n/usr/lib/postgresql/share/locale/$lang/LC_MESSAGES/postgres.mo || exit 1; \\\ndone\ncp: cannot create regu... |
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"msg_contents": "config.guess now supports OpenUNIX 8, AIX 5, HPUX on IA64, and Linux on\nPPC64. Enjoy.\n\n-- \nPeter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter\n\n",
"msg_date": "Mon, 6 Aug 2001 16:07:28 +0200 (CEST)",
"msg_from": "Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>",
"msg_... |
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"msg_contents": "\n> > test=# create index myindex on accounts(aid) where bid <> 0;\n> \n> > Hmm ? Am I reading correctly ? a restriction that is on a field,\nthat \n> > is not in the index ? Does that make sense ?\n> \n> Yes it does, and in fact it's one of the more important applications\nof\n> partial inde... |
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"msg_contents": "We have five different expected files for the int2 and int4 tests because\nevery system has a different idea on what to print for ERANGE. I'm about\nto add another version. Would it make more sense to hard code one wording\nand not use strerror here?\n\n-- \nPeter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.n... |
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"msg_contents": "I have been thinking about implementing int8-based sequences to go along\nwith the existing int4-based ones. The amount of code involved doesn't\nseem very large, but there are some interesting questions about the API.\nSome points for discussion:\n\n* On machines that don't offer an 8-byte-... |
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"msg_contents": "This was discussed on pgsql-general a little bit on 21-July, but the\ndiscussion died off without reaching a conclusion. I'd like to\nput out a concrete proposal and see if anyone has objections.\n\n1. SUM() and AVG() for int2 and int4 inputs should accumulate the\nrunning sum as an INT8, no... |
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"msg_contents": "Presently, we have hand-assigned OIDs running up to about 1950\n(according to the unused_oids script). The range up to 16K is reserved\nfor hand-assigned OIDs, and the OID counter starts at 16384 at initdb.\nA peek in pg_database shows datlastsysoid = 18931 in current sources, so\na total of... |
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"msg_contents": "Hi,\n\nThe latest patch we submitted to the fulltextindex module improved lots of\nthings but something we could not get to work was the apparently correct use\nof the PG_GETARG* macros, etc.\n\nWhenever we used these macros, we always got 0 or NULL as our values. So,\nwe reverted to the tri... |
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"msg_contents": "Hi guys,\n\nJust wondering if we are going to release a version 7.1.3 or not?\n\nRegards and best wishes,\n\nJustin Clift\n\n-- \n\"My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those\nwho work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the\nfirst group; there... |
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"msg_contents": "Oracle PL/SQL supports a very convenient feature in which you can say\nsomething like\n DECLARE\n CURSUR cur IS SELECT * FROM RECORD;\n BEGIN\n OPEN cur;\n UPDATE record SET field = value WHERE CURRENT OF cur;\n CLOSE cur;\n END\n\nWe have cursors in the development version of ... |
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