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[ { "msg_contents": "> Hello!\n> \n> I rewrote my 4-tables join to use subselects:\n> \n> SELECT DISTINCT subsec_id FROM positions\n> WHERE pos_id IN\n> (SELECT DISTINCT pos_id\n> FROM central\n> WHERE shop_id IN\n> (SELECT shop_id FROM shops\n> WH...
[ { "msg_contents": "The problem is that you keep leaving out the 'g' in pgsql\nTake a loser look at the instructions.\n\t-DEJ\n\n> -----Original Message-----\n> From: Thomas Reinke [mailto:reinke@e-softinc.com]\n> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 3:10 PM\n> To: hackers@postgreSQL.org\n> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Bug...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hi,\nusing the structure from a.sql, populating with some entries, using the query in\nsel_reise.sh (with hitting some tuples) I get only a subset (1 entry!) of the\nmatching tuples. Delting all lines in sel_reise.sh where 'e.*' is used\n(3.lines), I get all tuples. The same script works with...
[ { "msg_contents": "Oleg Broytmann <phd@sun.med.ru> wrote:\n\n> I rewrote my 4-tables join to use subselects:\n> \n> SELECT DISTINCT subsec_id FROM positions\n> WHERE pos_id IN\n> (SELECT DISTINCT pos_id\n> FROM central\n> WHERE shop_id IN\n> (SELECT shop_id FROM s...
[ { "msg_contents": "Oleg Broytmann <phd@sun.med.ru> wrote:\n\n> I rewrote my 4-tables join to use subselects:\n> \n> SELECT DISTINCT subsec_id FROM positions\n> WHERE pos_id IN\n> (SELECT DISTINCT pos_id\n> FROM central\n> WHERE shop_id IN\n> (SELECT shop_id FROM s...
[ { "msg_contents": "Included are patches, made by Mr. Toshimi Aoki\n(toshi@kinotrope.co.jp), to addd support for NetBSD/macppc box.\n\nWe have tested the patches on three platforms:\n\nNetBSD/macppc\nLinuxPPC\nFreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE\n\nAll of them seem happy with the regression test. Note that, however,\ncompilin...
[ { "msg_contents": "Greetings,\nthere seems to be a slight bug in the parsing of the\nnextval function, tested under 6.4.2.\nIt affects also the SERIAL type.\n\nSymptom :\n\nCREATE SEQUENCE \"AA\";\n-- Correct, quoted identifier is allowed;\nSELECT NEXTVAL('AA');\n--Produces Error\n--aa.nextval: sequence does no...
[ { "msg_contents": "I have checked in fixes for all of the genuine bugs that I found in\npg_operator and pg_proc by means of mechanical consistency checks.\n\nI would like to add these consistency checks to the regression tests,\nbut right now they still produce some bogus \"failures\":\n\nQUERY: SELECT p1.oid, ...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hello,\n\nI'm trying to compile postgresql on Siemens Nixdorf RS600 running \nSINIX-Y using the gnu toolchain. \n\nI am new to programming SINIX.\n\nAs I've read that this version should be able to run the same binaries \nas IRIX I tried to run it using --with-template=irix5\n\nconfigure went...
[ { "msg_contents": "> Hello!\n> \n> Vadim already gave the idea to use EXISTS. Will try it.\n> Thanks to all who replied!\n> \n> On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Jackson, DeJuan wrote:\n> > Try your query this way:\n> > SELECT DISTINCT subsec_id\n> > FROM positions p\n> > WHERE EXISTS(SELECT 1\n> > ...
[ { "msg_contents": "\nThis is a very urgent problem for me to resolve, if there is anything I can do to help figure this out,\nplease let me know.\n\nPeter has my older test code that failed out 6.3.2 and 6.4.2.\nI have compiled my postgres with --enable-cassert.\n\nall of these are done through the jdbc driver....
[ { "msg_contents": "I created functions to add comments based on the table and column name\nrather than using the oids. I include these calls as part of my table\ncreation scripts. I assume that by initdb you mean when the database is\ncreated than when Postgres is started. If the oids can change every time\n...
[ { "msg_contents": "\nFor me, using the postgres snap, I got yesterday from (march 11)\nftp.postgresql.org,\nthe following test program cut from test/examples/lotest.c\nfailes on the 16th file.\n\nThe dummy files are named after their size/512 bytes.\nThe log file message I get is, included in the tar file.\n\nN...
[ { "msg_contents": "Sorry that many of you have had trouble getting my webcam to work.\n\nThe locking code was not reliable, and there were no proper messages\nwhen the camera was in use, or a non-Netscape browser was used. I have\nfixed these items, so it should work reliably from now on.\n\n-- \n Bruce Momji...
[ { "msg_contents": "A couple days ago I asked what happens when I hit 2GB and I was told \"no\nworries\". Well, I hit 2GB and it barfed on me. It looks like postgres is\ntrying to create a new file, but it isn't able to use it....\n\n/dev/sda is where my database resides and it has 38% free.\n\nRight now, geocra...
[ { "msg_contents": "Very cool!\n\n\t-----Original Message-----\n\tFrom:\tBruce Momjian [SMTP:maillist@candle.pha.pa.us]\n\tSent:\tSaturday, March 13, 1999 10:14 PM\n\tTo:\tMichael Davis\n\tCc:\thackers@postgreSQL.org\n\tSubject:\tRe: [HACKERS] parser enhancement request for 6.5\n\n\tApplied.\n\n\n\t[Charset iso-...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hi,\n\n I didn't think that patching libpq was the corret answer either. I just\ndidn't want to go messing around with the backend :-)\n\nJerry\n\n-----Original Message-----\nFrom: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>\nTo: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>\nCc: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.or...
[ { "msg_contents": "I notice that some of the people committing configure fixes are using\nautoconf 2.13 while some are still on 2.12. This is a Bad Thing ---\nit's not only generating huge diffs at each commit, but we don't know\nwhich script version we've got day to day.\n\nWe need to standardize what version...
[ { "msg_contents": "secret <secret@kearneydev.com> writes:\n>>>> PostgreSQL is also crashing 1-2 times a day on me, although I have a\n>>>> handy perl script to keep it alive now <grin>...\n\n> basically the server randomly dies with a:\n> ERROR: postmaster: StreamConnection: accept: Invalid argument\n> pmdie 3...
[ { "msg_contents": "Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:\n>An alternative possibility is to stop keeping configure in the CVS\n>repository, but that would mean expecting everyone who uses the CVS\n>sources to have autoconf installed ... I suspect that's a bad idea.\n\nI don't see why that's a bad idea. That's e...
[ { "msg_contents": "I reposted the patch from home yesterday, as bruce pointed it out in\nanother thread.\n\nPeter\n\n--\nPeter T Mount, IT Section\npetermount@it.maidstone.gov.uk\nAnything I write here are my own views, and cannot be taken as the\nofficial words of Maidstone Borough Council\n\n-----Original Mes...
[ { "msg_contents": "You can always find me on IRC (ircnet) most Sunday evenings after 2000UT\non #astronomy.\n\n--\nPeter T Mount, IT Section\npetermount@it.maidstone.gov.uk\nAnything I write here are my own views, and cannot be taken as the\nofficial words of Maidstone Borough Council\n\n-----Original Message--...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hello hackers...\n\nI've spent the last couple of evening tracing through the drop table/sequence \ncode trying to figure out the best to drop the sequence when the table is \ndropped.\n\nHere is what I am proposing to do. I just wanted to throw out my idea and get \nsome feedback since I am...
[ { "msg_contents": "\nTom Lane writes...\n>secret <secret@kearneydev.com> writes:\n>>>>> PostgreSQL is also crashing 1-2 times a day on me, although I have a\n>>>>> handy perl script to keep it alive now <grin>...\n>\n>> basically the server randomly dies with a:\n>> ERROR: postmaster: StreamConnection: accept:...
[ { "msg_contents": "\nDear Hackers!\n\nDomain to make mirror of postgresql site \nin St.Petersburg (RUSSIA) allocated\n\n(postgresql.wplus.net)\n\n1. Is there any mirroring policy\n2. What size postgresql site have \n3. What url is best to start mirroring\n\n\n\n-- \nDmitry Samersoff\n DM\\S, dms@wplus.net, ...
[ { "msg_contents": "I have been in discussion with Vadim, and expect he will have his MVCC\nvacuum changes done within the next week or two.\n\nSo, we should prepare for beta starting soon. I will make the 6.5\nCHANGES list. If people are sitting on patches/changes, please try and\ncomplete them in the next we...
[ { "msg_contents": "I'll have to ;-)\n\n--\nPeter T Mount, IT Section\npetermount@it.maidstone.gov.uk\nAnything I write here are my own views, and cannot be taken as the\nofficial words of Maidstone Borough Council\n\n-----Original Message-----\nFrom: D'Arcy\" \"J.M.\" Cain [mailto:darcy@druid.net]\nSent: Monday...
[ { "msg_contents": "Here is a project that indexes source code into HTML:\n\n\thttp://lxr.linux.no/blurb.html\n\nAn example of the FreeBSD kernel source code is at:\n\n\thttp://lxr.linux.no/freebsd/source\n\nMay be interesting for us.\n\n-- \n Bruce Momjian | http://www.op.net/~candle\n ...
[ { "msg_contents": "\nA friend just asked me a question...he just mentioned that someone he knew\nhad just landed a job at AOL, working with a database that was described\nas being *bigger* then Oracle, with the substring \"red\" in the name...and\nearning something like $150+K US...\n\nAnyone have any ideas?\n\...
[ { "msg_contents": "Could be referring to Red Brick. I believe they provide a third party index\n(and other tools or utilities) that is much faster than Oracles native\nindex.\n\n\t-----Original Message-----\n\tFrom:\tThe Hermit Hacker [SMTP:scrappy@hub.org]\n\tSent:\tMonday, March 15, 1999 12:12 PM\n\tTo:\tpgs...
[ { "msg_contents": "Should I try to finish this before 6.5? Or wait for the next release?\n\n-Ryan\n\n> Hello hackers...\n> \n> I've spent the last couple of evening tracing through the drop table/sequence \n> code trying to figure out the best to drop the sequence when the table is \n> dropped.\n> \n> Here is w...
[ { "msg_contents": "Man, are those people packed into Great Britain, or what?\n\nVadim, good thing you are there, or we would have a huge gap in Asia. \nSee, you were meant to work on this project.\n\n-- \n Bruce Momjian | http://www.op.net/~candle\n maillist@candle.pha.pa.us ...
[ { "msg_contents": "> Ryan Bradetich wrote:\n> > > Back to my origional point .. I think we need another system table to map \nthe\n> > > sequence oid to the table's oid. I've noticed this done with the \ninheritance,\n> > > indexes, etc ... but I don't see a pg_sequence table.\n> \n> Sounds good.\n> \n> As lon...
[ { "msg_contents": "I still cannot get pg_dump to work since I fixed the system yesterday. This\nis a real mess and I need to make sure I have a current backup.\n\n-I upgraded from 6.4 -> 6.4.2 and applied the 2GB patch\n-I did \"initdb\" from the postgres user account\n-I cannot get pg_dump to work:\n\n\n------...
[ { "msg_contents": "While running the regression test on current, I noticed some tests\nfaild due to a change of error message for dropping non existing\ntables.\n\nRelation foo Does Not Exist!\n\n\t--->\n\nRelation foo does not exist\n\nI just want to know the reason for those changes.\n--\nTatsuo Ishii\n", ...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hello all,\n\nCREATE USER/ALTER USER doesn't work well for \n99/02/23 snapshot;\n\n=> create user user1;\nERROR: Bad abstime external representation ''\n\nI didn't understand the reason.\n \n=> alter user fred createuser;\nERROR: parser: parse error at or near \"where\"\n\nI found it's beca...
[ { "msg_contents": "contrib/array_iterator/array_iterator.c won't compile.\nIncluded patches should fix the problem.\n--\nTatsuo Ishii\n\n*** pgsql/contrib/array/array_iterator.c~\tFri Jan 22 07:40:16 1999\n--- pgsql/contrib/array/array_iterator.c\tTue Mar 16 11:31:40 1999\n***************\n*** 28,37 ****\n \n ...
[ { "msg_contents": "Thanks Bruce.\n\nDo you have any idea what happens with pg_dump when it hits 2GB??? Is it set\nup to segment the files on linux? If not, I may have hit a brick wall here,\nand have no way to back this baby up.\n\nTim\n\n\n-----Original Message-----\nFrom: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa...
[ { "msg_contents": "> BTW, has anyone thought twice about the interaction of SERIAL columns\n> with inheritance? If I create a table having a SERIAL column and then\n> create a child table that inherits from the first, what happens? Does\n> the child share the use of the parent's sequence (implying that serial...
[ { "msg_contents": "I see below in the current TODO file.\n\n* Add REGEX internationalization\n\nI thougt this has been already done with the multi-byte support since\n6.3.1?\n--\nTatsuo Ishii\n", "msg_date": "Tue, 16 Mar 1999 16:41:10 +0900", "msg_from": "Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp>", "msg_from...
[ { "msg_contents": "unsubscribe\n\n____________________________________________________________________\nMore than just email--Get your FREE Netscape WebMail account today at http://home.netscape.com/netcenter/mail\n", "msg_date": "16 Mar 99 07:46:17 PST", "msg_from": "Dan Hrabarchuk <kwasar@netscape.net...
[ { "msg_contents": "It simply reduces the size of each segment from 2Gb to 1Gb. The problem\nwas that some OS's (Linux in my case) don't like files exactly 2Gb in\nsize. I don't know how vacuum interacts with the storage manager, but in\ntheory it should be transparent.\n\n--\nPeter T Mount, IT Section\npetermou...
[ { "msg_contents": "> unsubscribe\n> \n", "msg_date": "Tue, 16 Mar 1999 10:48:19 -0500", "msg_from": "\"Nugent, Michael P (SAIC)\" <NugentMP@BP.COM>", "msg_from_op": true, "msg_subject": "" } ]
[ { "msg_contents": "There would be value is creating something similar to this for users of\nPostgreSQL. I would be great to see a summary of how many users there are,\nwhere they are, and brief statement of how they are using PostgreSQL.\n\n\t-----Original Message-----\n\tFrom:\tBruce Momjian [SMTP:maillist@ca...
[ { "msg_contents": "My copy of parse.h may have gotten out of sync, so I'm taking\nanother snapshot, but this is a recent build error that I got\nfrom building a 1:45 PM EST snapshot.\n\n-----------------\n\ngcc -I../../include -I../../backend -O2 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -I.. -c outfuncs.c -o outfuncs.o\n...
[ { "msg_contents": "> \n> Bruce, it is failing on the first select:\n> \n> -->findLastBuiltinOid(void) {\n> --> SELECT oid from pg_database where datname = 'template1'\n> }\n> \n> template1=> SELECT oid from pg_database where datname = 'template1';\n> pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly.\n> ...
[ { "msg_contents": "Seth McQuale pointed out that the follwing does not work:\n SELECT LASTNAME || ',' || FIRSTNAME [AS] NAME FROM FRIENDS;\n\nThe solution, was:\n SELECT ( LASTNAME || ',' ) || FIRSTNAME AS NAME FROM FRIENDS;\n\nI looked at pg_operator and didn't see any flag to mark\nan operator as 'associati...
[ { "msg_contents": "In this QUERY:\n\n\tSELECT keyname\n\tFROM markmain\n\tWHERE mark_id NOT IN(SELECT mark_id \n\t\t\t FROM markaty)\n\nI have an index on markaty.mark_id, and have vacuum analyzed. EXPLAIN\nshows:\n\n\tSeq Scan on markmain (cost=2051.43 size=45225 width=12)\n\t SubPlan\n\t -> Seq Sca...
[ { "msg_contents": "However it is implemented, I would really enjoy this enhancement.\nAdditionally, it would be nice if I could create a new operator using C and\nhave this new operator be associative if desired.\n\nSpeaking of this, If either LASTNAME or FIRSTNAME is NULL then the result of\n((LASTNAME || ',' ...
[ { "msg_contents": "I would like for you to also consider adding the following to gram.y for\nversion 6.5:\n\n| NULL_P '=' a_expr\n { $$ = makeA_Expr(ISNULL, NULL, $3,\nNULL); }\n\nI know there was some discussion about this earlier including comments\nagainst this. Access 9...
[ { "msg_contents": "I am not suggesting that all functions or operators work this way, because I\nbelieve the current implementation is more standard. I would like to be\nable to over ride this default behavior and change a NULL value into return\nvalue. A great example of this is the Access function nz(int_va...
[ { "msg_contents": "Speaking of decode, this would be another valuable function to have.\n\n\t-----Original Message-----\n\tFrom:\tRoss J. Reedstrom [SMTP:reedstrm@rice.edu]\n\tSent:\tTuesday, March 16, 1999 4:59 PM\n\tTo:\thackers@postgreSQL.org\n\tSubject:\tRe: [HACKERS] Associative Operators? (Was: Re:\n[NOV...
[ { "msg_contents": "I've finished that patch for the serial->sequences but I am not happy with it. \n\nI don't think belive my proposed idea is the correct approach. I still want to work on this \nidea, but I'm not sure how to proceed.\n\nHere are my thoughts:\n\n1. If I use my proposed idea, everything works...
[ { "msg_contents": "> \n> >> I tried to create a C function to overcome this but noticed that if any\n> >> parameter in my C function is NULL then the C function always returns\n> NULL.\n> >> I saw some references in the archives about this issue but was unable\n> to\n> >> determine where it was left. What is ...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hello!\n\n I ran the query\nupdate producers SET cor_id = producer_id % 9 + 1;\n\n and found that result is eqiuvalent to\nupdate producers SET cor_id = producer_id % 9;\n\n I added parens:\nupdate producers SET cor_id = (producer_id % 9) + 1;\n\n and got what I needed.\n\n Is it a ...
[ { "msg_contents": "unsubscribe\n\n", "msg_date": "Wed, 17 Mar 1999 14:30:40 +-4-30", "msg_from": "\"R. Jalili\" <jalili@sharif.ac.ir>", "msg_from_op": true, "msg_subject": "None" } ]
[ { "msg_contents": "Hello!\n\n A friend of me got errors with float8, so I forward his questions here.\n AFAIK last error (float8-to-date) had been fixed in CURRENT, but what\nabout other errors?\n\nOleg.\n---- \n Oleg Broytmann http://members.xoom.com/phd2/ phd2@earthling.net\n Programm...
[ { "msg_contents": "I am still not able to pg_dump my data after recovering from this disaster.\nMy files are now segmented at 1GB, vacuuming is fine, but pg_dump has a\nproblem \"locating the template1 database\".\n\nI sure hope someone can help me come up with a way to safely backup this\ndata. Someone sent me...
[ { "msg_contents": "I think this was intended for the list. :) Clark\n\n-------- Original Message --------\nFrom: Terry Mackintosh <terry@terrym.com>\nSubject: Re: [HACKERS] Sequences....\nTo: Clark Evans <clark.evans@manhattanproject.com>\n\nHi all\n\nOn Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Clark Evans wrote:\n\n> > 0. Remove ser...
[ { "msg_contents": "\nI just deleted all 50,000 rows from a table that has one int4 and one text\nfield.\n\nWhy does vacuum take so long? If all the rows are superceeded, so no\nrows actually have to be moved, should it take so long for vacuum to\nrun?\n\n\n-- \n Bruce Momjian | http://...
[ { "msg_contents": "> > \n> > All except of subqueries with aggregates in target list.\n> \n> I am confused. How do I rewrite this to use exists?\n> \n> SELECT keyname\n> FROM markmain\n> WHERE mark_id NOT IN(SELECT mark_id\n> FROM markaty)\n> \n> \n> Eve...
[ { "msg_contents": "I have made a change so that all operators except \"+-*/%\" are now\nleft-associative, rather than being non-associative:\n\n\tselect 'a' || 'b' || 'c';\n\nThe old code does:\n\n\ttest=> select 'a' || 'b' || 'c';\n\tERROR: parser: parse error at or near \"||\"\n\nIs this a problem for people...
[ { "msg_contents": "\nNOTICE: SIAssignBackendId: discarding tag 2147483505\n/extra/env1/logs/postmaster.log: Wed Mar 17 13:07:55 PST 1999: FATAL 1: Backend cache invalidation initialization failed\n\nIt seems to be happening when my databases cross some size threshold.\n\nProblem occurrs under freebsd and linux....
[ { "msg_contents": "Yes!!!!\n\n\t-----Original Message-----\n\tFrom:\tBruce Momjian [SMTP:maillist@candle.pha.pa.us]\n\tSent:\tWednesday, March 17, 1999 1:58 PM\n\tTo:\thackers@postgreSQL.org\n\tSubject:\t[HACKERS] Use of multiple || and precidence\n\n\tI have made a change so that all operators except \"+-*/%\"...
[ { "msg_contents": "\nSELECT 12 & 4;\n\nAny reason we don't support this? I know Sybase and Mysql do. \n\nVince.\n-- \n==========================================================================\nVince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: vev@michvhf.com flame-mail: /dev/null\n # include <std/disclaimers.h> ...
[ { "msg_contents": "I have added a new postgres -O option to override restrictions, so\nsystem tables can be directly manipulated.\n\nI have also modified initdb, so it uses this new option, and removed the\nhacks needed to change xpg_ to pg_.\n\n-- \n Bruce Momjian | http://www.op.net/~...
[ { "msg_contents": "To load the cache in several cases, we have to do it with sequential\nscans, because there is no index on these tables, partially because they\ndidn't have multi-key indexes in the old days. I want to add system\nindexes and have the cache use them before we go beta. I should finish\nby the...
[ { "msg_contents": "Remember, folks, there is a pg_attribute.atttypmod field that is an\nint32 that is ready for use by other types.\n\nFor example, Clark and I were discussing putting the oid of the sequence\ninto that column, destruction of the sequence could be automatic. Would\nalso make pg_dump understand ...
[ { "msg_contents": "It won't be long for me until that happens. Not long at all. Considering\nI've amassed 2.2 GB in just 3-4 weeks....\n\nI'm really surprised to see that Linux has such a lame file limitation. I\nthink even the macintosh can handle single files in the terabyte range now.\n\nTim\n\n\n-----Origin...
[ { "msg_contents": "> \"D'Arcy\" \"J.M.\" Cain <darcy@druid.net> writes:\n> > > Thus spake Ryan Bradetich\n> > >> 2. Create a new data type serial. I haven't thought idea out much,\n> > >> and need to investigate it some more. I'm thinking it would be binary\n> > >> equivilent with the int4 type, and use most o...
[ { "msg_contents": ">\n> Jan Wieck wrote:\n> > Why not - where do you have height information of the entire\n> > earth?\n>\n> I have no idea where you'd get that info. I was just\n> joking, you are going way beyond the call of duty.\n> It's cool.\n>\n> :) clark\n\n That's no joke!\n\n Well - you wante...
[ { "msg_contents": "The flat files are sitting at 1.9 GB right now (the primary email table).\n\nSo I'm approaching the point where I can't backup using the COPY command.\n\nI'm probably using the wrong OS for this. But the performance of postgres is\nstill dazzling me (some people complain about the performance...
[ { "msg_contents": "\nTom Lane writes:\n> Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:\n> > I just deleted all 50,000 rows from a table that has one int4 and one\ntext\n> > field.\n>\n> > Why does vacuum take so long? If all the rows are superceeded, so no\n> > rows actually have to be moved, should it tak...
[ { "msg_contents": "How to hack into it?\n\n thanks\n\n\n", "msg_date": "Thu, 18 Mar 1999 00:09:38 -0500", "msg_from": "\"i love lesbians\" <wolfgang@us.hsanet.net>", "msg_from_op": true, "msg_subject": "hotmail" } ]
[ { "msg_contents": "\n============================================================================\n POSTGRESQL BUG REPORT TEMPLATE\n============================================================================\n\n\nYour name\t\t: Andriy I Pilipenko\nYour email address\t: bamby@marka.net.ua...
[ { "msg_contents": "> So the OS doesn't get a table over 2 gigs. Does anyone have a table\n> that dumps a flat file over 2gig's, whose OS can't support files over 2\n> gigs. Never heard of a complaint.\n> \nProbably because people dump to tape or pipes, that compress the dump \nwith gzip and split it with spli...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hello,\ncan some one please tell me how to delete a table in a database and how\nto delete one row a data in a table, for a PostgreSQL database?\nThank you very much.\nRegards...... lch\n\n", "msg_date": "Fri, 19 Mar 1999 00:41:00 +0800", "msg_from": "hoelc <hoelc@pd.jaring.my>", ...
[ { "msg_contents": "\n> copy tbl_name to 'file';\n> \n> Have any ideas for splitting that?\n> \n> \nI was going to answer with the following:\n\n#!/bin/sh\nmkfifo tapepipe.$$\n( gzip --fast -c < tapepipe.$$ | split -b512m - tbl_name.unl. ) &\npsql -c \"copy tbl_name to 'tapepipe.$$'\" regression \nrm tapepipe.$$...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hi all\n\nWoops, sent this to scrappy instead of the list, sorry scrappy, here it is\nfor the list.\n\nBTW, bye for awail, thank you all for such a great job.\n\nOn Wed, 17 Mar 1999, The Hermit Hacker wrote:\n> Jan...\n> \n> \tAny way of coming up with a suitable Logo to replace what we have\...
[ { "msg_contents": "I have been looking into what it would take to remove derived files\nfrom the CVS repository, and it doesn't look bad at all. I propose\nwe do so before 6.5 beta.\n\nIn case anyone's forgotten: the issue is derived files, such as gram.c,\nwhich we currently keep in the CVS repository even th...
[ { "msg_contents": "Here is the list. It is up-to-date as of Monday. Let me know if I have\nmissed anything, or attributed something incorrectly to someone.\n\nI will shortly add some descriptive text to the release.\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAdd \"vacuum...
[ { "msg_contents": "Here it is with the summary at the top:\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n POSTGRESQL 6.5\n\n\nThis release marks the development team's final mastery of the source\ncode we inherited from Berkeley. You will see we ...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hello all\n\nI sent this to the GENERAL list but have not received a reply in 2 days.\nSo, I decided to send this to the HACKERS list.\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nHello\n\nWe have two different machines both running Red Hat 5.2, but o...
[ { "msg_contents": "Is there a CVS target for docs? I don't like the idea to check the whole\nsource out just to change ecpg.sgml. Yes, I am actively editing some stuff\nin this file. :-)\n\nI'd like to commit my changes frequently just to make sure nothing is lost.\n\nMichael\n-- \nMichael Meskes ...
[ { "msg_contents": "> >psql -qc 'copy onek to stdout' regression | gzip --fast -c | split -b512m\n> -\n> >onek.unl.\n> \n> Is there any danger when you split these files? I'm worried about\n> corruption, etc.\n> \nOn the contrary, gzip will notice file corruption when decompressing,\nsince it checks the CRC. You...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hello all,\n\nWhile testing Index scan,I found the following phonomenon.\n \n\tSELECT id from xxxxxx\n\twhere id=10 or id=11;\n\nis very fast.\n\nBut \n\tSELECT id from xxxxxx\n\twhere (id>=10 and id<=10)\n\tor (id>=11 and id<=11);\n\nis very slow.\nWhy ?\n\nThe EXPLAIN(not verbose) output of...
[ { "msg_contents": "> This brings up a related issue, the fact that a dump file does NOT look\n> like the origenal script that made the database, that is things like\n> SERIAL, PRIMARY KEY, REFERENCES table (field), VIEW, and probably some\n> other things that I missed, none of these things are reconstruced in t...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hi,\n\nI suggest the following portability patch, which does not\nchange functionality, but makes the code more ANSI C'ish.\nMy AIX xlc compiler barfs on all of these. Can someone please\nreview and apply to current.\n\n <<port.patch>> \nThanks\nAndreas", "msg_date": "Fri, 19 Mar 1999 18:...
[ { "msg_contents": "Hi all,\n\nI have problems with SELECTing a view that I had been able to create.\nThe postmaster just keeps dropping the line as I'm trying to SELECT from\nthat view I had already defined (SQL statements/definititions attached).\n\nI made a workaround (without using views) since I saw somethi...
[ { "msg_contents": "\nPlatform: Alpha, Digital UNIX 4.0D\nSoftware: PostgreSQL 6.4.2 and 6.5 snaphot (11 March 1999)\n\nI have a table as follows:\n\nTable = lineitem\n+------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+\n| Field | Type | Length|...
[ { "msg_contents": "I have not been able to track down any information on coalesce nor get\nPostgreSQL execute it. Where is this documented?\n\n\t-----Original Message-----\n\tFrom:\tZeugswetter Andreas IZ5\n[SMTP:Andreas.Zeugswetter@telecom.at]\n\tSent:\tWednesday, March 17, 1999 1:29 AM\n\tTo:\thackers@postgr...
[ { "msg_contents": "The list of enhancements for version 6.5 is amazing. My thanks to everyone\nfor the support they are giving this database. I am finding a pleasure to\nwork with PostgreSQL. Please excuse me for bringing these two issues up\nagain but they are still cause me some problems:\n\n1)\tif a C fun...
[ { "msg_contents": "I pulled the latest version of the source tree yesterday and complied\nPosgtreSQL 6.5. The get the following error on any select statement\ncontaining min() and max():\n\nmp=> select max(addressid) from addresses;\npqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly.\n This probab...
[ { "msg_contents": "> I'm a bit surprised. I thought there would be a 6.4.3. When will 6.5 be\n> released?\n> \n> > system. This is all preformed without having to allocate a lock for\n> \n> ....performed...\n> \n> > Numeric data type: We now have a true numeric data type, with\n> > user-specified precision.\n...
[ { "msg_contents": "I recompiled everything several time, did an initdb each time, reloaded my\ndatabase, and did a vacuum. No I did not see anything in the postmaster log\nfile. \n\nI updated my cvs tree this morning. And rebuild everything again. I\ndeleted my data directory and in initdb followed by:\n\nc...
[ { "msg_contents": "These used to work:\n\nregression=> select %f.f1 FROM FLOAT8_TBL f;\nERROR: parser: parse error at or near \"%\"\nregression=> select f.f1 % FROM FLOAT8_TBL f;\nERROR: parser: parse error at or near \"from\"\n\nThis is causing the float8 regress test to fail.\n\nI suspect this has to do ...
[ { "msg_contents": "> The 'triggers' regress test is failing in current sources,\n> producing a bunch of unexpected error messages like this:\n> \n> ERROR: check_primary_key: even number of arguments should be specified\n> \n> I traced that error string to contrib/spi/refint.c, and find\n> that you changed it r...
[ { "msg_contents": "I just did another cvs update and nothing was updated. So, I have already\napplied this patch, the path has not been committed in to cvs, or the patch\ndid not do it for me :-).\n\n\t-----Original Message-----\n\tFrom:\tBruce Momjian [SMTP:maillist@candle.pha.pa.us]\n\tSent:\tSaturday, March...
[ { "msg_contents": "In case anyone is waiting for something from me...\n\nI've rebuilt my home machine after losing two disks in one day. Just\ngot back on the air, but I am leaving town tomorrow for several days\nfor work. Will catch up over the next week or so.\n\nI was also shocked, just shocked, at how slopp...
[ { "msg_contents": "Is there a reason why the special behaviour of '%' was only added to a_expr\nand not to b_expr?\n\nMichael\n-- \nMichael Meskes | Go SF 49ers!\nTh.-Heuss-Str. 61, D-41812 Erkelenz | Go Rhein Fire!\nTel.: (+49) 2431/72651 | Use Debian GNU/Linux!\nEmai...