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[ { "msg_contents": "\nIn order to allow us to split easily across multiple machines, and move\nthings transparently, there following changes are being made:\n\nAnonCVS\n\n\t- to access the repository via anon-cvs, please connect to a\n\t CVSROOT of:\n\n\t:pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.postgresql.org:/projects/cvsroot...
[ { "msg_contents": "With the following configure script:\n\nCC=cc CXX=CC ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/pgsql --enable-syslog \\\n\t--with-CXX --with-perl --enable-multibyte --enable-cassert \\\n\t--with-includes=/usr/local/include --with-libs=/usr/local/lib \\\n\t--enable-debug \\\n\t--with-tcl --with-tclconf...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hey dudes, sorry. I am sad to see it go.\n", "msg_date": "Thu, 06 Sep 2001 19:28:03 -0400", "msg_from": "mlw <markw@mohawksoft.com>", "msg_from_op": true, "msg_subject": "Great Bridge" } ]
[ { "msg_contents": "Hi Darren,\n\nI'd be interested in finding out what your usage stats are, and any\nrequirements for hosting the replication content.\n\nAs qualification, we maintain an infrastructure at GlobalCentre (a child\ncompany of http://www.exodus.com/ ) This hosting facility also serves\nhttp://www.y...
[ { "msg_contents": "I just noticed some unexpected behavior from byteain:\n\ntest=# select '\\\\009'::bytea;\n ?column?\n----------\n \\011\n(1 row)\n\ntest=# select '\\\\444'::bytea;\n ?column?\n----------\n $\n(1 row)\n\ntest=# select '\\\\999'::bytea;\n ?column?\n----------\n \\221\n(1 row)\n\nThe reason is t...
[ { "msg_contents": "CVSROOT:\t/home/projects/pgsql/cvsroot\nModule name:\tpgsql\nChanges by:\tscrappy@hub.org\t01/09/06 23:32:11\n\nAdded files:\n\tsrc/backend/utils/mb: encnames.c win1251.c \n\tsrc/backend/utils/mb/Unicode: alt_to_utf8.map koi8r_to_utf8.map \n\t utf8_to_alt.map utf8...
[ { "msg_contents": "I'd just like to reassure everyone that the projects currently hosted\nby greatbridge.org will be taken care of; there's no need for people to\nscramble around looking for new sites.\n\nThe physical hosting will be picked up by hub.org. We still have to\nwork out what the site name will be a...
[ { "msg_contents": "Is the schedule still to go beta Monday?\n\n-- \n Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us\n pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000\n + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue\n + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pen...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hi,\n\nI want to extend the catalog, i think the key is\npg_attribute.h, pg_class.h, pg_type.h\n\nis it enough:\n\n1. add pg_xxx.h \n2.modify pg_attribute.h, pg_class.h, pg_type.h, catname.h, \n indexing.h, indexing.c, Makefile\n\ni tried once, it was ok when target to template. but like a ...
[ { "msg_contents": "gcc -O2 -pipe -g -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -I../../../src/include -c -o hba.o hba.c\nhba.c: In function `ident_unix':\nhba.c:923: sizeof applied to an incomplete type\nhba.c:960: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type\nhba.c:965: dereferencing pointer to incomplete...
[ { "msg_contents": "CVSROOT:\t/home/projects/pgsql/cvsroot\nModule name:\tpgsql\nChanges by:\tscrappy@hub.org\t01/09/07 11:01:45\n\nModified files:\n\tsrc/backend/utils/mb: encnames.c \n\nLog message:\n\tRemove variable length macros used in debugging, per Karel.\n\n", "msg_date": "Fri, 7 Sep 2001 11:01:46 -...
[ { "msg_contents": "Marc, can we get the proper autoconf on postgresql.org so I can run\nautoconf. I have autoconf here but am getting errors running it:\n\n#$ autoconf\nconfigure.in:139: /usr/contrib/bin/gm4: Non-numeric argument to built-in\n`divert'\nconfigure.in:146: /usr/contrib/bin/gm4: Non-numeric argume...
[ { "msg_contents": "I finally got all the way through a compile set:\n\nCC=cc CXX=CC ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/pgsql --enable-syslog \\\n\t--with-CXX --with-perl --enable-multibyte --enable-cassert \\\n\t--with-includes=/usr/local/include --with-libs=/usr/local/lib \\\n\t--enable-debug \\\n\t--with-tcl --...
[ { "msg_contents": "\n> A solution, could be to query for the existance of the PK, just before the\n> insertion. But there is a little span between the test and the\n> insertion, where another insertion from another transaction could void\n> the existance test. Any clever ideas on how to solve this? Using\n> tri...
[ { "msg_contents": "There seems to be a problem with the setup of the new anoncvs server.\nI can not run `cvs update' on subdirectories after having done a\ncheckout.\n\nI did this:\n cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.postgresql.org:/projects/cvsroot co pgsql\n\nNow I can do this:\n cd pgsql\n cvs update ...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hello everybody.\n\nI've just released the 0.3.0 version of DBBalancer.\nDBBalancer is a program that has several functions:\n\n- Provides connection pooling.\n- Provides load balancing over replicated databases and\n- Provides write replication. This feature is just experimental, needing \ns...
[ { "msg_contents": "Question:\n\nWhat has changed with the CVS repository lately? I notice that all of the\ncommit messages I've read lately on pgsql-committers seem to come from\nMarc Fournier. Has Marc just been committing all recent changes, or are\nall commit messages, regardless of committer, showing as fro...
[ { "msg_contents": "Somehow I cannot get ecpg anymore:\n\ncvs server: nothing known about pgsql-ecpg \n\nCVSROOT is :pserver:meskes@cvs.postgresql.org:/home/projects/pgsql/cvsroot.\n\nAny idea what I misconfigured?\n\nMichael\n-- \nMichael Meskes\nMichael@Fam-Meskes.De\nGo SF 49ers! Go Rhein Fire!\nUse Debian GN...
[ { "msg_contents": "All,\n\nI am working a some patches to the code and I noticed that \"pg_dump -C\ndatabase\" doesn't provide the database location information in the dump\nfile. Is this correct?\n\nThanks\nJim\n\n\nExample:\n\n datname | datdba | encoding | datistemplate | datallowconn |\ndatlastsysoid | d...
[ { "msg_contents": "\nAll,\n\nI am working a some patches to the code and I noticed that \"pg_dump -C\ndatabase\" doesn't provide the database location information in the dump\nfile. Is this correct?\n\nThanks\nJim\n\n\nExample:\n\n datname | datdba | encoding | datistemplate | datallowconn |\ndatlastsysoid |...
[ { "msg_contents": "The JDBC driver's test suite currently fails on DatabaseMetaData\nmethods that provide information about NULLs and sort order.\nI've looked through the documentation, but couldn't find\nanything about it.\n\nThe JDBC driver returns different values, depending on the\nbackend version (<7.2 vs....
[ { "msg_contents": "\nAll,\n\nI am working a some patches to the code and I noticed that \"pg_dump -C\ndatabase\" doesn't provide the database location information in the dump\nfile. Is this correct?\n\nThanks\nJim\n\n\nExample:\n\n datname | datdba | encoding | datistemplate | datallowconn |\ndatlastsysoid |...
[ { "msg_contents": "I'm working on a problem in the JDBC driver that's related to\ntimezones.\n\nHow does PostgreSQL handle timezones in the FE/BE protocol\nexactly?\n\nWhen a client sends a time or timestamp value to the server via\nthe FE/BE protocol, should that be:\n1) a value in the client's timezone?\n2) a...
[ { "msg_contents": "(sorry for the repost. I forgot the subject last time...)\n\nAll,\n\nI am working a some patches to the code and I noticed that \"pg_dump -C\ndatabase\" doesn't provide the database location information in the dump\nfile. Is this correct?\n\nThanks\nJim\n\n\nExample:\n\n datname | datdba |...
[ { "msg_contents": "There are many places in our docs where INV_ARCHIVE is mentioned. In\nmy understanding, INV_ARCHIVE has never been supported since\nPostgreSQL 6.0 was born. Shall we remove it from the docs?\n--\nTatsuo Ishii\n", "msg_date": "Mon, 10 Sep 2001 11:57:50 +0900", "msg_from": "Tatsuo Ishii...
[ { "msg_contents": "In typeconv.sgml we have an example:\n\ntgl=> select (4.3 !);\n ?column?\n----------\n 24\n(1 row)\n\nHowever, actually it does not work:\n\ntest=# select (4.3 !);\nERROR: Unable to identify a postfix operator '!' for type 'double precision'\n\tYou may need to add parentheses or an exp...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hi,\n\nI'm going to add a new function \"pg_client_encoding\" returning the\ncurrent client side encoding name. I know there is a similar\nfunctionality already there in PostgreSQL (show client_encoding) but\nit's pain to handle notice message by a program.\n\nAlso note that JDBC driver and m...
[ { "msg_contents": "In comment.sgml:\n\nCOMMENT ON AGGREGATE my_aggregate (double precision) IS 'Computes\nsample variance';\n\nthis raises error. However, \n\nCOMMENT ON AGGREGATE my_aggregate double precision IS 'Computes\nsample variance';\n\nworks but looks strange syntax. Should we fix the program or docs?\...
[ { "msg_contents": "I found a non-existent option \"-list\" described in the doc of\nlibpgtcl's pg_result procedure. Shall we remove it from the docs?\n--\nTatsuo Ishii\n", "msg_date": "Mon, 10 Sep 2001 16:59:51 +0900", "msg_from": "Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp>", "msg_from_op": true, "msg_sub...
[ { "msg_contents": "I believe LOCK TABLE <table> IN EXCLUSIVE MODE should block everything but\nselects, but it locks for the entire transaction I think. Maybe in tcl you\ncould create your own locking using global variables. If the spin lock code\nis available to user functions you might be able to use that.\nA...
[ { "msg_contents": "The x = NULL hack keeps biting people. Innocent people should not be\nexposed to incorrect behaviour because of (supposed) MS Access breakage.\nI strongly urge that we do one of the following:\n\n1) Provide a tunable knob to turn this on (cf. KSQO)\n\n2) Confine this to the ODBC driver someh...
[ { "msg_contents": "\nwill do.\n\n\n\n> Jim Buttafuoco writes:\n> \n> > I am working a some patches to the code and I noticed that \"pg_dump\n-C\n> > database\" doesn't provide the database location information in the\ndump\n> > file. Is this correct?\n> \n> Your observation is correct, but the behaviour is not...
[ { "msg_contents": "I have heard from Tom Lane that he will be out of town until Wednesday. \nAs with any volunteer project, we can't hold people to dates and\nschedules. I know he is not done with everything he wants to do before\nbeta, so we have to decide whether we should push ahead with beta now or\nwait f...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hello,\n\nFollowings are proposed fixes to jdbc.sgml(line numbers are for 7.1.3\ndoc). Comments?\n\njdbc.sgml\n\n[invalid column's name in a SELECT statement]\n\nlines 579\n\nx PreparedStatement ps = con.prepareStatement(\"SELECT oid FROM images WHERE name=?\");\n\no PreparedStatement ps = ...
[ { "msg_contents": "I think that we have concluded that a bigger executable with the\nunicode conversion functionality does not have any performance\npenalty. So I would like to remove --enable-unicode-conversion option\nso that it is always enabled if --enable-multibye is specified.\nAny objection?\n--\nTatsuo ...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hello,\n\nFollowing is an proposed fix to jdbc.sgml(line numbers are\nfor 7.1.3 doc). Comments?\n\n[using an undefined method of ResultSet]\n\nlines 564\n\nx InputStream is = rs.getBinaryInputStream(1);\n\no InputStream is = rs.getBinaryStream(1);\n\n\nThanks.\n----\nHiroyuki Yatabe(yatabe@...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hello,\n\nAttached patch is correction for 'doc/jdbc.sgml' of PostgreSQL 7.1.3.\n\nCorrection content:\n * I revised a mistake of type (copy and paste).\n * I revised multiplicity of description.\n\nPlease review,\n\n--\nRyouichi Matsuda", "msg_date": "Tue, 11 Sep 2001 20:41:24 +0900", ...
[ { "msg_contents": "> > The x = NULL hack keeps biting people. Innocent people \n> should not be \n> > exposed to incorrect behaviour because of (supposed) MS Access \n> > breakage. I strongly urge that we do one of the following:\n> >\n> > 1) Provide a tunable knob to turn this on (cf. KSQO)\n> >\n> > 2) Confi...
[ { "msg_contents": "I recently upgraded to 7.1.3. I was experimenting with a script to \nexport data from FoxPro into an SQL file and multiple data files. The \nSQL file creates the tables, indexes, foreign keys, etc, and calls the \nCOPY command to load the data from the appropriate data files.\n\nIt appears,...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hi all,\n\nAttached is a patch that adds support for specifying a location for\nindexes via the \"create database\" command.\n\nI believe this patch is complete, but it is my first .\n\n\nThanks\nJim", "msg_date": "Tue, 11 Sep 2001 14:23:12 -0400", "msg_from": "\"Jim Buttafuoco\" <ji...
[ { "msg_contents": "I have something like this:\n\nbilly=# EXPLAIN SELECT * from kursy where id_trasy=1 and\ndata_kursu=date('2001-12-12');\nNOTICE: QUERY PLAN:\nIndex Scan using pp on kursy (cost=0.00..51.55 rows=1 width=18)\n\nbilly=# EXPLAIN SELECT * from kursy where id_trasy=1 \nand data_kursu='2001-12-12'...
[ { "msg_contents": "Ciao,\nI had the need to exclude tables from the dump so I made this patch,\nI do something like\n\npg_dump -X \\\"Test_*\\\" -X \\\"Devel*\\\" test\n\nI'm not a C guru, but it work, the only thing I was unable to get rid\nof is the dump of sequences for that table,\n\nso I have to add -X ta...
[ { "msg_contents": "> > Attached is a patch that adds support for specifying a location for\n> > indexes via the \"create database\" command.\n> > \n> > I believe this patch is complete, but it is my first .\n> \n> This patch allows index locations to be specified as \n> different from data locations. Is this ...
[ { "msg_contents": "> > Attached is a patch that adds support for specifying a\n> > location for indexes via the \"create database\" command.\n> > \n> > I believe this patch is complete, but it is my first .\n> \n> This patch allows index locations to be specified as\n> different from data locations. Is this a ...
[ { "msg_contents": "New problems with CVSup. We should all upgrade asap, though I'm not sure\nof the current status of builds for non-FreeBSD machines. Marc, could we\npossibly install this on the postgresql.org machine(s)?\n\n - Thomas\n\n-----Original Message-----\nFrom: jdp@polstra.com [ma...
[ { "msg_contents": "I agree that groups of objects in separate data storage areas are needed\nand that is what I am trying to get to. Don't you think that Postgresql\nwith locations/files is the same as Oracle tablespaces. I don't think\nwe want to invent our own filesystem (which is what a tablespace really\n...
[ { "msg_contents": "\njust change the work tablespace below to location and that is exactly\nwhat this patch is trying to do. You can think of the LOCATION and\nINDEX_LOCATION provided to the create database command as the default\nstorage locations for these objects. In the future, I want to enable\nthe DBA t...
[ { "msg_contents": "> > The more general and \"standard\" way to go are TABLESPACEs.\n> > But probably proposed feature will be compatible with\n> > tablespaces, when we'll got them:\n> \n> Will it be? I'm afraid of creating a backwards-compatibility\n> problem for ourselves when it comes time to implement tabl...
[ { "msg_contents": "Vadim,\n\nI don't understand the WAL issue below, can you explain. The dir name\nis the same name as the database with _index added to it. This is how\nthe current datpath stuff works. I really just copied the datpath code\nto get this patch to work...\n\nAlso I have been running this patc...
[ { "msg_contents": "> I don't understand the WAL issue below, can you explain. The dir name\n> is the same name as the database with _index added to it. This is how\n> the current datpath stuff works. I really just copied the datpath\n> code to get this patch to work...\n\nAt the time of after crash recovery WA...
[ { "msg_contents": "> Also I have been running this patch (both 7.1.3 and 7.2devel) against\n> some of my companies applications. I have loaded a small database 10G\n\nWe are not familiar with your applications. It would be better to see\nresults of test suit available to the community. pgbench is first to\ncom...
[ { "msg_contents": "I could also symlink all index files back to the tblnode directory?\n\n\n\n> > I don't understand the WAL issue below, can you explain. The dir\nname\n> > is the same name as the database with _index added to it. This is\nhow\n> > the current datpath stuff works. I really just copied the dat...
[ { "msg_contents": "Here is my pgbench results. As you can see the I am getting 2X tps with\nthe 2 directories. I believe this is a BIG win for Postgresql if we can\nfigure out the WAL recovery issues.\n\n\nCan someone other than me apply the patch and verify the pgbench\nresults.\n\n\nMy hardward setup is a d...
[ { "msg_contents": "I help run a job database and have a table of search records. I want\na query that will return the top 10 jobs by search frequency. I'm\nfamiliar with ORDER BY and LIMIT, so I basically need this:\n\nGiven a table search_records:\njob_num\n-------\n1\n2\n2\n3\n4\n4\n4\n\nI want a query that...
[ { "msg_contents": "Moving the test to a system with SCSI disks gave different results. \nThere is NO difference between having the indexes on the same disk or \ndifferent disk with the data while running pgbench. So I leave it up to\nyou guys as to include the patch or not. I do believe that even if\nperforman...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hi dear people,\n\n(My condolences to all afected by terrorist acts in US)\n\nAs I have been telling for a while, GeneXus database rapid application\ndeveloping tool, will now add to its set of four databases supported,\nPostgreSQL. I think this is Great News (C) ;-) Why? Because GeneXus has ...
[ { "msg_contents": "In our PHP app, we are also forced to parse error messages to get that kind\nof information. Register my vote for error codes (Tom Lane style...)\n\nChris\n\n> -----Original Message-----\n> From: pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org\n> [mailto:pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org]On Behalf Of Ha...
[ { "msg_contents": "> Moving the test to a system with SCSI disks gave different results. \n> There is NO difference between having the indexes on the same disk or \n> different disk with the data while running pgbench. So I \n> leave it up to you guys as to include the patch or not. I do believe\n> that even if...
[ { "msg_contents": "I would like to do the following: Put the dynamically loadable shared\nobjects for the language handlers (language handlers being the only shared\nobjects we install by default) into a private subdirectory\n'$(libdir)/postgresql'. The default directory where the backend looks for\nshared ob...
[ { "msg_contents": "Count me in for error codes. You can just see part of the code i'm using to\ndeal with the problem (some of the error messages changed from 7.0 to 7.1 --\ni had to fix that):\n\n def parseError(self, errval):\n # first compile all the exceptions. Ideally we don't have to compile\n ...
[ { "msg_contents": "Great Bridge ceased operation and not going to support postgreSQL\n(because of lack of investor)\n\nIn these days of economic downturn, recession and world-wide economic\ndepression...(and even the looming war) I am wondering\nhow the MySQL team is finding time to support and develop duplica...
[ { "msg_contents": "I wanted to extract foriegn keys from the postgresql database related\nto each of the tables.. I tried to use the getImportedKeys and\ngetExportedKeys of java.sql.DatabaseMetadata... But it didnt give any\nexpected results... So can anyone tell me how to query the system\ncatalogs to extract ...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hi\n\nI saw in TODO\nCLIENTS\n* Add XML interface: psql, pg_dump, COPY, separate server\nand there's some code for JDBC in contrib/retep directory.\n\nAre there any plans to add xml support to postgresql, to return\nrown in formatted in xml for start? not only from psql, but\nfrom everywhere...
[ { "msg_contents": "> Hi\n> \n> I saw in TODO\n> CLIENTS\n> * Add XML interface: psql, pg_dump, COPY, separate server\n> and there's some code for JDBC in contrib/retep directory.\n> \n> Are there any plans to add xml support to postgresql, to return\n> rown in formatted in xml for start? not only from psql, bu...
[ { "msg_contents": "\n> Hi\n> \n> I saw in TODO\n> CLIENTS\n> * Add XML interface: psql, pg_dump, COPY, separate server\n> and there's some code for JDBC in contrib/retep directory.\n> \n> Are there any plans to add xml support to postgresql, to return\n> rown in formatted in xml for start? not only from psql, ...
[ { "msg_contents": "> Hi\n> \n> I saw in TODO\n> CLIENTS\n> * Add XML interface: psql, pg_dump, COPY, separate server\n> and there's some code for JDBC in contrib/retep directory.\n> \n> Are there any plans to add xml support to postgresql, to return\n> rown in formatted in xml for start? not only from psql, bu...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hi,\nI think Tom Lane is right as always. My postgresql server was configured with --enable-locale option and it works perfect with Turkish stuff. However I could not find a solution to the problem below.\nAny hint?\nThanks and Regards\nErol\n\n<eroloz@esg.com.tr> writes:\n>> I get an error w...
[ { "msg_contents": "Are the table structures of the System Tables changed often? Have they\nchanged from v7.1.1 and v7.1.2?\n\nPeter\n-- \n+---------------------------\n| Data Architect\n| your data; how you want it\n| http://www.codebydesign.com\n+---------------------------\n", "msg_date": "Fri, 14 Sep 200...
[ { "msg_contents": "I started getting these error messages\n\nwebunl=> \\dt \nNOTICE: AllocSetFree: detected write past chunk end in \nTransactionCommandContext 3a4608 pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel \nunexpectedly.\n This probably means the backend terminated abnormally\n before or w...
[ { "msg_contents": "All,\n\nJust wondering what is the status of this patch. Is seems from comments\nthat people like the idea. I have also looked in the archives for other\npeople looking for this kind of feature and have found alot of interest.\n\nIf you think it is a good idea for 7.2, let me know what need...
[ { "msg_contents": "I have written some triggers which will call some procedures.\n\nI am looking for some way wherein I can edit these procedures\n\nIs there any way to do so?\n\nregards,\njoseph\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nI have written some triggers which will call some \nprocedures.\n \nI am looking for some way wh...
[ { "msg_contents": "Sorry, I forgot to repost in hackers.\nStephan Szabo wrote:\n> \n> > We are running into a situation where psql is aborting the transaction\n> > when one call returns an error. Is there a way to continue on with\n> > transaction or at least save what has already happened (like an Oracle\n> >...
[ { "msg_contents": "Vadim,\n\nI guess I am still confused...\n\nIn dbcommands.c resolve_alt_dbpath() takes the db oid as a argument. \nThis number is used to \"find\" the directory where the data files live. \nAll the patch does is put the indexes into a \"db oid\"_index directory\ninstead of \"db oid\"\n\n\nThi...
[ { "msg_contents": "Yes that is exactly what I am going to do for 7.3 (had trouble adding\ntblNode to pg_class so I stopped for now...)\n\n\n> > Can you explain how I would get the tblNode for an existing database\n> > index files if it doesn't have the same OID as the database entry\nin\n> > pg_databases.\n> \...
[ { "msg_contents": "I can bet that open-source code SQL server like PostgreSQL is bomb-proof\nand even in case of nuclear war world-wide,\nthe source code of PostgreSQL will be very safe at some point on the\nplanet and can easily be distributed and multiplied rapidly.\n\nThe reason being internet is nuclear-bom...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hello,\nI have strange problem with seeing uncommited changes that were made inside trigger.\n\ni have function func1 that inserts one record into table tab1.\nThere is after trigger on that table tab1 which in turns \ninserts several records in another table tab2.\nThen in func1 i am trying ...
[ { "msg_contents": "\njust curious, is there any reason why a plperl RPM package isn't included\nwith the \"official\" distribution (from postgres website)?\n\nNo incredible deal just to build it myself, just wondering.\n\n-rchit\n", "msg_date": "Sat, 15 Sep 2001 15:43:29 -0700", "msg_from": "Rachit Siam...
[ { "msg_contents": "This patch warns about oid/xid wraparound during VACUUM. Apply the part\npeople consider appropriate. I may not be around before beta.\n\n-- \n Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us\n pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000\n + If your life is a ...
[ { "msg_contents": "\nThis will most likely screw some ppl up, and fix others ...\n\nCVSROOT has now moved to the new machine, finally ... and I've cleaned up\npathing ... and CVS_RSH=ssh now works again too ...\n\nSo, now CVSROOT is accessible as:\n\n:pserver:<userid>@cvs.postgresql.org:/cvsroot\n\n-or-\n\n:ext...
[ { "msg_contents": "I am trying to use pg_dump as user root but using another username for the\ndatabase.\n\nI set USER=\"postgres\" and exported it. It still tries to login using the\nroot username. PGPASSWORD can be set and exported, is there a way I can do\nthis for the username?\n\nAlso, could it be possible...
[ { "msg_contents": "This is a immediate order to COMPLETELY STOP and CEASE all development\nof MySQL database server.\nThis is due to rapid changes in the Global Economic conditions..\n\nYou do not have time to deal with one powerful SQL server like\nPostgreSQL, where do you have time to\ndeal with two types of ...
[ { "msg_contents": "If removing artificial limitiations and improving 24/7 usability were\nconsiderations for 7.1 and 7.2, what will be the focus for 7.3?\n\nPersonally, I would like to see the SQL features completed, ie:\n\nADD PRIMARY KEY\nSET NULL / SET NOT NULL\nDROP COLUMN\nDROP PRIMARY KEY\nDROP UNIQUE\nDR...
[ { "msg_contents": "I just took a dreadful look at the RPMs. I've managed to build something\nthat resembles a 7.2 package, but there are a number of things that we\nshould talk about so this ends up being useful.\n\n* The {pgaccess} parameter doesn't do anything AFAICT. PgAccess is\ninstalled whenever Tk supp...
[ { "msg_contents": "Greetings:\n\nI am (have attempted to) porting PostgreSQL 7.1.2 to Lynx RT OS (http://www.lynx.com). This OS does not support dynamic loading (on non-MIPS platforms). \nAfter successful build, I did a 'make check' and\nam getting the following errors. I would appreciate if anyone can point m...
[ { "msg_contents": "Due to international instability, I have shortened my vacation and will\nremain in the US. Because of this, I _will_ be attending the upcoming\nOSDN database summit:\n\n http://www.osdn.com/conferences/osdb2/\n\nI had previously reported I could not attend.\n\nAlso, I will be around f...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hi All,\n\n(sorry for the .questions/.hackers crosspost)\n\nI'm a relatively new Linux / PostgreSQL user, and I've been scouring for a \nfew weeks now to find an answer to my problem -- bugging newsgroups with \nmy newbie questions is my last resort.\n\nI have a Postgres DB that I wish to hav...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hi all,\n\nI was just looking through libpq large object code an noticed what seemed\nto be a bug. The function lo_create() is declared as Oid yet it contains\nthe following code:\n\n if (conn->lobjfuncs == (PGlobjfuncs *) NULL)\n {\n if (lo_initialize(conn) < 0)\n ret...
[ { "msg_contents": "I'd like to have a hot standby server for our main PSQL...\n\nI've seen that there are a number of products that might do the trick,\nMission Critical Linux (and their Convolu Cluster/IBM FC SAN), Usogres\nand DBBalancer.\n\nAll seem (at least 'on paper') to solve this problem. The Convolu se...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hi Friends,\n\nI'm just a beginner, partaking in a project.\n\nIs there any way to list or edit the user-defined\nprocedures, functions and triggers?\n\nI have already loaded them into the postgres database\nand trying to edit and list it.\n\n\n\nthanks,\nfrancis\n\n\n________________________...
[ { "msg_contents": "I suppose that a user group would be more appropriate for this question,\nbut I think there is some potential for further development here.\n\nI want to port a program that makes extensive use of\nBindColumn/DefineColumn semantics of ODBC, as well as bulk copy\noperations. My problem is that...
[ { "msg_contents": "I was looking at Bruce's book online and was wondering if somewhere, \nthere was a description of the benefits/costs of a single server hosting \nmultiple databases, implemented with...\n\n1) a single postmaster running an instance with multiple databases, or\n2) multiple postmasters (runnin...
[ { "msg_contents": "I want to mention that the number of patches submitted has dropped off\ndramatically. Seems people are prepared for beta and we should start\nbeta as soon as we can. I think the current plan is Friday.\n\nAlso, I will be on vacation this week. Tom will apply any patches that\nlook good.\n\...
[ { "msg_contents": "Have a look into the system tables \npg_proc\npg_trigger\n\nHave a look into the documentation, \nrefer to System Catalogs\n\nWithin psql you get \nSystem Catalogs listed by \\dS\nspecific information about a table \nby i. e. \\d pg_proc\n\nRegards, Christoph \n", "msg_date": "Mon, 17 Sep...
[ { "msg_contents": "I'm following the instructions on the web site which say's:\n-----------------------------------------------------------\nDo an initial login to the CVS server:\n\n$ cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@postgresql.org:/home/projects/pgsql/cvsroot login\n\nYou will be prompted for a password; enter 'postgr...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hi Friends,\n\nI'm just a beginner, partaking in a project.\n\nIs there any way to list or edit the user-defined\nprocedures, functions and triggers?\n\nI have already loaded them into the postgres database\nand trying to edit and list it.\n\n\n\nthanks,\nfrancis\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHi Frien...
[ { "msg_contents": "Would it be an idea to add timestamps to the PostgreSQL error/debug/notice\nlog?\n\nSometimes I would really like to know when an event has occurred!\n\nChris\n\n", "msg_date": "Tue, 18 Sep 2001 10:28:48 +0800", "msg_from": "\"Christopher Kings-Lynne\" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>", ...
[ { "msg_contents": "I experienced that UNIONs in 7.1.1 are rather slow:\n\ntir=# explain (select nev from cikk) union (select tevekenyseg from log);\nNOTICE: QUERY PLAN:\n\nUnique (cost=667.63..687.18 rows=782 width=12)\n -> Sort (cost=667.63..667.63 rows=7817 width=12)\n -> Append (cost=0.00..162....
[ { "msg_contents": "Hi all,\n\nCan I use ecpg with large objects? All examples in documentation are for \nlibpq.\n\n Thanks\n\n Shridhar\n\n_________________________________________________________\nDo You Yahoo!?\nGet your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com\n\n", "msg_date": "Wed, 19 Sep 2001 ...
[ { "msg_contents": "\n> I experienced that UNIONs in 7.1.1 are rather slow:\n> \n> tir=# explain (select nev from cikk) union (select \n> tevekenyseg from log);\n> NOTICE: QUERY PLAN:\n> \n> Unique (cost=667.63..687.18 rows=782 width=12)\n> -> Sort (cost=667.63..667.63 rows=7817 width=12)\n> -> Ap...
[ { "msg_contents": "[HACKERS] Where are the ERROR: Messages\nI'm converting from a C based program \nto PostgreSQL. There are some DBMS \nspecific errors caught, i.e. deadlocks. \nNot only for this reason, but also from \ngeneral curiosity I'd like to know what \nkinds of ERRORS PostgreSQL is dealing with. \nWh...