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"msg_contents": "-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----\n\nI've gotten 6.3 initdb to run to a successful completion on my\nAlpha running OSF/1 V3.2c. Forget the change that I sent in\nearlier. While I still think that there's something funky with\nthat code, it doesn not need to be modifed. Actually, the\nmodi... |
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"msg_contents": "Redirected to Questions list. (It is cool to say that.)\n\n> -----Original Message-----\n> hello all,\n> \n> yep, i'm new to postgres so please bare with me. if this isn't the\n> correct place to ask these questions, please point me in the right\n> direction.\nI know how you feel.\n\n> firs... |
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"msg_contents": "Is this possible? Or is it already being done?\n\n<a lot snipped>\n> > > How do you assign function to your objects?\n<snip>\n> I don't know if tying functions to classes has been added\n> to the TO-DO list. You may want to post to the hacker list and\n> suggest\n> it.\n> \nAccess to the fu... |
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"msg_contents": "I was playing around with my latest compile and tried to make a unique\nindex on two columns, using a hash method. Both of these (more than\none column and unique) are currently not allowed for hash indexes.\n\nI thought about this for a bit and realized that making a NESTED hash\nindex (ind... |
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"msg_contents": "> Looks sort of like our procedural language, except that instead of\n> having a \"pool\" of functions, functions can be \"member functions\" of a\n> class. In order to do this \"all the way\", it seems like we will need\n> all instances to appear in their parent classes -- Select\n> people.... |
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"msg_contents": "> > I am not absolutly happy with this because it looks like the \n> > statement is not working correctly for 100%. It comes back with an \n> > strange error message if the '%' sign is at the end of '40'!!..\n> >\n> > select * from my_table where cast(my_int as text) like '40%';\n> > ERROR: ... |
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"msg_contents": "\n[ I'm forwarding this to the hackers list, as this looks like a problem in\nthe backend ]\n\nOn Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Uri Blumenthal wrote:\n\n> > I've tried to reproduce this, but it's not failing.\n> \n> Lucky you are...\n> \n> > This sounds like the backend dying while in the middle of the f... |
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"msg_contents": "\nOn Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Uri Blumenthal wrote:\n\n> >>>>> \"Peter\" == Peter T Mount <pmount@maidast.demon.co.uk> writes:\n> \n> Peter> I've tried to reproduce this, but it's not failing.\n> \n> Darn... I recompiled and re-installed PostgreSQL-6.3, and\n> now I can't reproduce this yesterda... |
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"msg_contents": "Ocie Mitchell wrote:\n\n> I was playing around with my latest compile and tried to make a unique\n\n> index on two columns, using a hash method. Both of these (more than\n> one column and unique) are currently not allowed for hash indexes.\n>\n> I thought about this for a bit and realized th... |
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"msg_contents": "> The file can be found in\n> \n> \tftp.postgresql.org:/pub/patches/.test/v6.3p1.tar.gz\n> \n> and is hidden from public view... \n> \n> *NOTE: This is not to be discussed in any other mailing list, period, or\n> you will lose your secret decoder ring, and we'll have to cut off\n> ... |
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"msg_contents": "Can anyone explain the following:\n\nhannu=> select 1 + 2 + 3 + 4;\n?column?\n--------\n 10\n(1 row)\n\nworks fine, but:\n\nhannu=> select '1' || '2' || '3';\nERROR: parser: parse error at or near \"||\"\nhannu=> select ('1' || '2') || '3';\nNOTICE: there is more than one operator || f... |
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"msg_contents": "Is there a standard that defines how to return information from an embedded\nSQL statement? ORACLE uses the sqlca. In particular it uses sqlca.sqlerrd[2]\nfor affected tuples. Is this correct with the standards? How do other\nsystems do that?\n\nMichael\n--\nDr. Michael Meskes, Project-Manage... |
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"msg_contents": "> On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Andrew Martin wrote:\n> > Geesh! Why the secrecy? Surely the more people who test it the\n> better. Look\n> > at the number of bugs that have turned up in the last 2 weeks since\n> 6.3\n> > was released - none of them *terribly* serious, but a fair number\n> none\n> > t... |
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"msg_contents": "> \tRight, and they should be redirected as appropriate, *to* the\n> appropriate list...\n> \nThat systems seems to be working well. But, the fact that we don't yell\nat someone for posting a question to the hackers list or a bug/fix to\nthe questions list, but gently redirect the discussion... |
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"msg_contents": "Hi,\n\nUsing the ElectringFence debugging library I found what seems to be a\nbuffer overrun when creating databases. I don't think I understand it all\nwell enough\n(yet?) to fix it however.\n\nDoing a \"create database test;\" causes the buffer overrun to appear.\nWithout the debugging libr... |
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"msg_contents": "> \tI don't either...they are most welcome to join us over here...\nOk I give. Uncle. Uncle! UNCLE!!!\n\n",
"msg_date": "Tue, 17 Mar 1998 12:45:34 -0600",
"msg_from": "\"Jackson, DeJuan\" <djackson@cpsgroup.com>",
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"msg_contents": "\nThings have been nice and quiet, so here is a patch that, unless anything\nelse goes in in between now and Sunday, will be the official post-release\npatch...if something is missing from it, you only hvae yourself to blame\nfor not testing it :)\n\nftp.postgresql.org/pub/patches/.test/v6.3p... |
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"msg_contents": "> \n> This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text,\n> while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools.\n> Send mail to mime@docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info.\n> \n> --0-295419167-890168702=:27180\n> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN;... |
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"msg_contents": "hello,\n\nthis has been mentioned recently, although i didn't find a solution.\nthe date/time 'now' default still shows the table creation time/date in\n6.3.\n\nany thoughts of why?\n\n-brian rickabaugh\n\n\n\n",
"msg_date": "Tue, 17 Mar 1998 23:09:07 -0500",
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"msg_contents": "Hi everybody,\n\nThe electricfence library is a tool which helps us to detect\nbuffer overruns in C programs.\n\nLinking Postgresql with this library gives at least 3 errors I have found\nuntil now.\n\nThe errors manifest themselves in sql statements like:\n1. create table test(f1 int);\nThis... |
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"msg_contents": "I just compiled and ran my first ecpg program with indicator variables. It\nneeds lots of work before I can submit a patch, and I will have to increase\nthe major number of libecpg. Anyway, I used indicator variables with\nthe following syntax:\n\nselect ... into :variable:indicator\n\nNow I ... |
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"msg_contents": "> \n> The errors are all found in the DataFill function called from\n> heap_from_tuple.\n> \n\nWhere specifically in DataFill?\n\n> \n> Do you guys feel comfortable with a database which has reproducible\n> buffer overuns?\n> \n> I think it would be great is somebody who has more experience w... |
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"msg_contents": "Hi,\n\nAs you requested I've included more information about the buffer overruns\ndetected by Electric Fence.\n\nFirst (in postgres interactive mode) I enter the statement: \"create database ipay;\" Here stack dump of the situation just before the crash.\nThe memmove call gives buffer overrun... |
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"msg_contents": "On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, David Harvey-George wrote:\n\n> I found that triggers don't get inherited... or rather the triggers \n> for the superclass don't get checked when inserting or updating rows \n> when enforcing referential intregrity. This is a bit of a pain as it \n> means I have to dupli... |
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"msg_contents": "hello,\n\nwhile running regression tests on the above system, the horology test\nfailed. does anyone have an idea why?\n\nthankx,\n\n-brian rickabaugh\n\n(postgres@peanuts.roanoke.edu)\n\n\n\n",
"msg_date": "Wed, 18 Mar 1998 20:04:49 -0500",
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"msg_contents": "> > Right now, there is not much chance of catching a signal while waiting for\n> > a spinlock. This is good, cause the code that waits for spinlocks tends to\n> > be doing funny things with buffers and locks and shared stuff like that.\n> > We don't catch signals because we don't make syscal... |
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"msg_contents": "I'm planning to modify some string functions so that they would be\naware of multi-byte strings if compiled with the multi-byte\ncapability. Followings are files I'm going to modify. I would like to\nhear your opinions if you have any.\n\no character_length()\n\nIt seems that the function is... |
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"msg_contents": "Hi,\n\nI want to embedded Tix with Postgres. But I don't know how to do it ?\nWould anyone give me some *hints*?\n\nThanks in advance,\nDoug.\n\n",
"msg_date": "Thu, 19 Mar 1998 14:15:39 +0800",
"msg_from": "Doug Lo <jwlo@ms11.hinet.net>",
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"msg_contents": "Oracle, like DB/2 can' t set it to on. The autocommit ***on*** in ORA ODBC is a trick.\nIt simply silently adds commit once in a while (after every statement).\nBut please to make the vokabulary easy don't refer to begin, but to 'begin work'\nin this context. 'begin' will mean begin a statem... |
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"msg_contents": ">From my experience, it *** is *** impossible. I would be glad if somebody\ntold me different, but to my understanding the doc is wrong here.\n\nAndreas\n\n>> Currently only 'null' and 'single value'. The executor\n>> doesn't accept anything else for non-sql language functions... |
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"msg_contents": "\nI had thought that char2-16 add _no_ functionality over the char() and\nvarchar() types; Tatsuo points out at least one capability which they\nhave. Are there any others?\n\nThey give and take a char * pointer to a C function like\ncreate function upper(char16)\nreturning char16 as '/u/my/u... |
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"msg_contents": "> I had thought that char2-16 add _no_ functionality over the char() and\n> varchar() types; Tatsuo points out at least one capability which they\n> have. Are there any others?\n> \n> They give and take a char * pointer to a C function like\n> create function upper(char16)\n> returning char16... |
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"msg_contents": "\n>> I had thought that char2-16 add _no_ functionality over the char() and\n>> varchar() types; Tatsuo points out at least one capability which they\n>> have. Are there any others?\n>> \n>> They give and take a char * pointer to a C function like\n>> create function upper(char16)\n>> returni... |
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"msg_contents": "\n\n>On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, David Harvey-George wrote:\n>\n>> I found that triggers don't get inherited... or rather the triggers\n>> for the superclass don't get checked when inserting or updating rows\n>> when enforcing referential intregrity. This is a bit of a pain as it\n>> means I have t... |
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"msg_contents": "Hi.\n\nIm running Postgresql v6.2, perl5.004_04, the latest DBI, and the latest\nDBD::Pg (0.69). I have a script that just executes a query, and tries to\nget the results, and it seems that this particular query doesnt work. Here\nis the code that does not work with DBD::Pg.\n\nuse strict;\... |
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"msg_contents": "> > So, how about we fix the storage manager instead?\n> \n> I don't recall, what exactly breaks when going over 2 gig? I don't have the\n> disk space available, otherwise I'd debug this. I can still try if I knew\n> what the problem was...this code isn't all that complex.\n\nI agree.\n\n> O... |
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"msg_contents": "OK, tonight's mega-patch should be pretty close to the final patch. We\nhad to have the Alpha fix, and I put in the other fixes that looked easy\nto understand. Most were port-specific cleanup people had posted.\n\nIf it breaks, let Marc (Oh, no, I mean the hackers list) know.\n\n-- \nBruce... |
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"msg_contents": "Marc, does the mega-patch get regenerated automatically every night? If\nnot, people will not be able to see tne new patch items until you\nregenerate one.\n\nThanks.\n\n\n-- \nBruce Momjian | 830 Blythe Avenue\nmaillist@candle.pha.pa.us | Drexel Hill,... |
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"msg_contents": "\nexpr ? trueval : falseval\n\nif expr evaluated is true, the entire expression is trueval evaluated,\notherwise it is falseval evaluated.\n\nIs it possible to have this sort of grammar logic in the parser?\n\n--brett\n",
"msg_date": "Fri, 20 Mar 1998 00:07:03 -0800 (PST)",
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"msg_contents": "-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----\n\nI've finally figured out why the Alpha fails when\nHAVE_INT_TIMEZONE is defined. As far as I'm concerned, somebody\nat DEC should be shot. The problem has nothing to do with\npostgresql code. The symbol 'timezone' is defined in two\ndifferent libraries... |
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"msg_contents": "Hi all\n\nA very simple question I hope !\n\nI installed postgreSQL 6.3 and on starting it \"postmaster -i\", I get:\n\ngenx:/home/postgres:postgres> FATAL: StreamServerPort: bind() failed:\nerrno=98\n Is another postmaster already running on that port?\n If not, wait a few seco... |
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"msg_contents": "I have noted with 2000+ records in a table (using a btree unique index on\nthe primary key, btw) performance of a query takes 15+ minutes to respond.\n\nThe query is in the structure of this\n\nselect foo from bar where foo in (select foo from bar where bazzfoo like\n'Word%');\n\nJust reporti... |
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"msg_contents": "Ok,\n\nI think I've found the problem.\nThe problem as I've identified it, seems to be a result of the fact that\npointers returned by palloc are not alligned in accordance with\nthe DOUBLEALIGN macro.\n\nThe function ComputeDataSize returns a tuple size\ncomputed using an initial data size o... |
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"msg_contents": "We are preparing a 6.3 patch. Is this patch ready to be used by the\nuser community, or are you still working on it?\n\n> \n> Hi!\n> \n> I started adding the Having Clause and it works quite fine for\n> sequential scans! (I think it will also work with hash, index, etc but\n> I did not check... |
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"msg_contents": "\nftp.postgresql.org/pub/patches/.test/v6.3p1beta3.gz\n\nMarc G. Fournier \nSystems Administrator @ hub.org \nprimary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org \n\n",
"msg_date": "Fri, 20 Mar 1998 19:57:34 -0400 (AST)",
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"msg_contents": "\nHave managed to delete char2,4,8 and 16. The char16 was tricky\nsince it was still one of the builtins. Removed fine everywhere\nbut the bootstrap code. Had to leave a dummy entry in the Procid\narray so all of the types after char16 would be indexed correctly.\nCould remove this dummy b... |
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"msg_contents": "Bruce Momjian writes:\n> \n> OK, tonight's mega-patch should be pretty close to the final patch. We\n> had to have the Alpha fix, and I put in the other fixes that looked easy\n> to understand. Most were port-specific cleanup people had posted.\n> \n> If it breaks, let Marc (Oh, no, I mean ... |
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"msg_contents": "> \n> On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, David Gould wrote:\n> \n> > I agree with Marcs comments here, but would like to add that ElectricFence i\ns\n> > freely available at least on Linux systems. It is a long way from Purify,\n> > but it beats sitting around scratching your head.\n> \n> URL for the... |
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"msg_contents": "Here are the changes. I have updated the HISTORY and TODO files in the\ndistribution. I assume we don't want to update all the stuff like the\nbug template to reflect 6.3p1, do we?\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nCHANGES IN THE 6.3p1 PATCH \... |
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"msg_contents": "Hi,\n\nIt turns of that one of the bugs I detected with Electric Fence\nis caused by an assumption that memory return by palloc and malloc \nis aligned on 8 bytes boundaries (double alignment). \nAdjusting this to correspond with the reality of the malloc\nimplementation on my pentium based l... |
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"msg_contents": "Brett McCormick <brett@work.chicken.org> wrote:\n \n> expr ? trueval : falseval\n> \n> if expr evaluated is true, the entire expression is trueval evaluated,\n> otherwise it is falseval evaluated.\n> \n> Is it possible to have this sort of grammar logic in the parser?\n\nFor achieving this ki... |
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"msg_contents": "> \n> \tI have configured 6.3 as follows:\n> \n> \t--prefix=/opt/postgresql-6.3 --with-tcl --with-x\n> \n> \tWhen prompted, I supplide the appropriate directories for the tk/tcl\n> \tinclude/library directories. Still when I look in\n> \t~src/interfaces/libpgtcl there is no library creted. Wh... |
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"msg_contents": ">\n>Of course on x86 there is no special requirement any type to be aligned at\nall.\n>Double do not need to be 8 byte aligned. Ints do not need to be on an even\n>address etc. So malloc can return a pointer to any address it wants on an\nx86\n>and still conform to the restriction.\nYes and I... |
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"msg_contents": ">\n>OK, then why is electric fence telling him to make DOUBLEALIGN match\n>INTALIGN? You would think that if this change made sense, we would be\n>having some Linux problems, but we don't.\n\nDon't you think it's dangerous to presume that a problem doesn't exist \njust because you've never n... |
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"msg_contents": "Hi !\n\nPlease help, the FreeBSD port update to version 6.3 drives me to\ndespair ;-)\n\n--with-tcl configure switch doesn't work to build libpgtcl\n\nI only get it to work if I set in the make environment\n\n\tUSE_TCL=true\n\nconfigure --with-tcl doesn't seem to set USE_TCL=true in\nsrc/Make... |
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"msg_contents": "Hi,\n\nThe buffer overrun while creating sequences turns out to be \na read access overrun. For the sake of doing things properly \nhere is a patch which fixes it.\n\nThis patch is for the file backend/commands/sequence.c.\n\n87a88\n> \tNameData\tname;\n113c114,115\n< \t\t\t\tvalue[i - 1] = P... |
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"msg_contents": "Hi !\n\nAm currently testing the port update of postgresql 6.3.\nAfter some trouble I got it managed ....\n\nNow I have trouble getting pgaccess running *sigh* :-)\n\na) if I don't load \n\t/usr/local/pgsql/lib/libpq.so\n\tprior\n\t/usr/local/pgsql/lib/libpgtcl.so\n\nI get the following failu... |
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"msg_contents": "Hi,\n\nI noticed that the C++ interface for postgresql hasn't been modified for a\nwhile.\nDoes it currently have a maintainer?\nThere are some features I would like to see added to it.\n\nThanks,\nWith regards from Maurice.\n\n\n",
"msg_date": "Sun, 22 Mar 1998 18:38:33 +0100",
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"msg_contents": "\nI just put the final patch in place (unannounced) for anyone to try out...\n\nftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/postgresql-6.3-6.3.1.gz\n\nUnless there are any outstandign problems with either that patch or the\nfull distribution, I will put out an announcement of those two Monday\nmorning...\n\... |
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"msg_contents": "I have just made a change to allow configure to properly find tcl/tk. \nThe old code never found tk.h if it existed in /usr/include, and their\nwere other problems.\n\nI also removed the version-specific stuff from tcl/tk searching, so they\nwill have to be called tcl.h/tcl.[a/so] and tk.h/tk... |
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"msg_contents": "Found more tcl/tk configure problems. Just fixed them.\n\n-- \nBruce Momjian | 830 Blythe Avenue\nmaillist@candle.pha.pa.us | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026\n + If your life is a hard drive, | (610) 353-9879(w)\n + Christ can be your backup. ... |
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"msg_contents": "On BSDI, 'perl' is perl4 and 'perl5' is perl5. This causes\ninterfaces/Makefile to fail when running perl5/Makefile.PL.\n\nDoes anyone else have such a problem? I don't want to fix it unless it\nis a problem for others.\n\n-- \nBruce Momjian | 830 Blythe Avenue\nma... |
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"msg_contents": "David Gould wrote:\n>That said, I have a plan in mind to get a nice performance boost for palloc().\n>As a side effect, I will guarantee 8 byte alignment of pointers returned\n>from palloc().\n\nWow, this sounds really good, will you try to prealloc bigger chunks of memory\nto avoid the many ... |
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"msg_contents": "I just cvsup'ed the latest snapshot. After compiling and installing I can\nconnect but not display my tables anymore:\n\ngauss:test 170) psql mm\nWelcome to the POSTGRESQL interactive sql monitor:\n Please read the file COPYRIGHT for copyright terms of POSTGRESQL\n\n type \\? for help on s... |
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"msg_contents": "> But sched_yield() is not Linux-specific:\n> -- The sched_yield() function relinquishes the processor for the\n> -- running process.\n> -- IEEE Std 1003.1b-1993, '13.3.5. (POSIX real-time standard 1003.lb)\n> \n> Except from Linux, I can find references to sched_yield() in LynxOS,\n> DECthre... |
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"msg_contents": "> Gee, I just checked and BSDI has it. However, it appears to work only\n> on threaded applications:\n> \n> #include <pthread.h>\n> ...\n> If other threads are ready to run, the sched_yield() function forces the\n> current thread to suspend itself temporarily and let them exec... |
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"msg_contents": " Reply to: RE>\n\nHello,\n\n Given the results of a query, I need to determine the maximum length of a\nvariable length field using the perl interface to postgres. Is there\nsomething in the \"results\" buffer I can use or do I need to query the system\ncatalogs for this informatio... |
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"msg_contents": "I'm about finished with indicator variables. They seem to work well with\noutput variables as well as with input variables in insert statements.\n\nNow the one question: Informix and Sybase have three different settings for\nindicator variables: \n\n-1 means value is null\n0 means value is ok... |
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"msg_contents": "Argh!!!!\n\nYes, I forgot that make clean.\n\nMichael\n\n--\nDr. Michael Meskes, Project-Manager | topsystem Systemhaus GmbH\nmeskes@topsystem.de | Europark A2, Adenauerstr. 20\nmeskes@debian.org | 52146 Wuerselen\nGo SF49ers! Go Rhein Fire! ... |
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"msg_contents": "Yes, but since it is, why don't we inline it? Is there a possible\ncaveat?\n\nMichael\n\n--\nDr. Michael Meskes, Project-Manager | topsystem Systemhaus GmbH\nmeskes@topsystem.de | Europark A2, Adenauerstr. 20\nmeskes@debian.org | 52146 Wuerselen\nGo ... |
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"msg_contents": "\nI noticed a couple of tcl/tk improvements from Bruce this morning, and\nfixed the geqo_paths.c problem...unless there are any major disagreements,\nI will announce this by 4:30ADT this afternoon as being the official\n6.3.1...\n\n\n\n",
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"msg_contents": "> 1. Regression tests make very extensive use of char16. Seems to\n> me that these should be changed to a name. Same for tutorial and\n> any other example references in the code. Seem ok?\n\n** down sinks the mast of the old postquel, there, can you see it blink in the deep green water ? *... |
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"msg_contents": "No, it wasn't me. Sorry.\n\nI believe it was matti@algonet.se (Mattias Kregert). At least his\naddress is on one of the earlier replies.\n\nMichael\n--\nDr. Michael Meskes, Project-Manager | topsystem Systemhaus GmbH\nmeskes@topsystem.de | Europark A2, Adenauerstr. 20\nm... |
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"msg_contents": "\nThe Hermit Hacker wrote:\n\n>> > 1. Regression tests make very extensive use of char16. Seems to\n>> > me that these should be changed to a name. Same for tutorial and\n>> > any other example references in the code. Seem ok?\n>> \n>> ** down sinks the mast of the old postquel, there, can... |
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"msg_contents": "> > > I have another question about GRANT/REVOKE:\n> > >\n> > > grant <privilege[,privilege,...]>\n> > > on <rel1>[,...<reln>]\n> > > to [public | GROUP <group> | <username>]\n> > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^\n> > > I don't know how to create a GROUP ?\n... |
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"msg_contents": "> > > I have another question about GRANT/REVOKE:\n> > >\n> > > grant <privilege[,privilege,...]>\n> > > on <rel1>[,...<reln>]\n> > > to [public | GROUP <group> | <username>]\n> > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^\n> > > I don't know how to create a GROUP ?\n... |
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"msg_contents": "> >Hmmm. It does raise the question: where should they go? I'm guessing\n> >that they are holdovers from the PostQuel language, but don't know for\n> >sure. We should either document them or remove them from the parser.\n> \n> >How about writing a doc page for them, but basically _only_ show ... |
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"msg_contents": "> > \n> > \n> > I noticed a couple of tcl/tk improvements from Bruce this morning, and\n> > fixed the geqo_paths.c problem...unless there are any major disagreements,\n> > I will announce this by 4:30ADT this afternoon as being the official\n> > 6.3.1...\n> > \n> \n> Good. Doing some manual ... |
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"msg_contents": "You seem to be getting me wrong, right from the start. I appreciate your work on removing \nchar2-char16. I also think it is the correct step. You have the hackers behind you, the discussion was\nabout 2 - 3 weeks ago. I was part of it. There are three things that will need documentation:\n\t... |
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"msg_contents": "\nThe patch to configure contains the following:\n\n*** 3316,3322 ****\n fi\n rm -f conftest*\n \n! if test x$ac_cv_prog_gcc = xyes; then\n echo $ac_n \"checking whether ${CC-cc} needs -traditional\"\"... $ac_c\" 1>&6\n echo \"configure:3322: checking whether ${CC-cc} needs -traditio... |
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"msg_contents": ">>\n>> Wow, this sounds really good, will you try to prealloc bigger chunks of\nmemory\n>> to avoid the many system calls ? I was wondering if that could give a\nspeed boost.\n>\n>Yes to both points.\n>\n>-dg\n>\n>David Gould dg@illustra.com 510.628.3783 or\n510.305.9468\... |
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"msg_contents": "With regards to the c++ interface (libpq++),\n\nWhat types of changes should take place? What has changed with\nPostgreSQL since the lib was last worked on? How does its current\nversion relate to the current version of libpq?\n\n-b\n\n --\n==================================================... |
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"msg_contents": "> > Have managed to delete char2,4,8 and 16.\n> > Three points now...regression tests, docs and interfaces.\n> > \n> > 1. Regression tests make very extensive use of char16. Seems to\n> > me that these should be changed to a name. Same for tutorial and\n> > any other example references in t... |
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"msg_contents": "\n\n\n\nBruce,\n\nI will try and start taking a look at the libpq++ over the weekend to\nfamilarize myself with\nthe way that it is structured. Then, if someone will promise to help guide\nme through the\nchanges required, I will see if I can work on them.\n\nThanks,\n\nMatt\n\n\n\n\nmaillist... |
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"msg_contents": "> Okay...just checking. I've heard one major complaint about PostgreSQL in\n> the past concerning the fact that we are just gutting it and \"taking the\n> Postgres out of PostgreSQL\", which I feel is an unfair assessment...\n> \n> As your analogy puts it above, we've replaced key components... |
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"msg_contents": "bruce,\n\ni too am interested in possibly doing a bit of work on libpq++. i'm\ncurrently working on a project that will be using at very least libpq\n(probably libpq++) and i may be able to dedicate some time to working\non the lib development.\n\n-brian\n\n--\n==============================... |
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"msg_contents": "> > If for posterity alone, I'm willing to move the char[24816] code to contrib.\n> > I already have the create and load statements in an sql file, just have to\n> > polish the Makefile a little. If not with the distribution, then perhaps\n> > this could be at the web site for downloading.\n... |
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"msg_contents": "> > cvsup is updated now.\n> \n> Almost exactly the same result: The library will not install in ~pgsql/lib.\n> I installed by hand; cd ~/src/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpgtcl;make install.\n> I specified in configure --with-tcl, which to my narrow mind, heavily\n> influenced with the 6.2 behav... |
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"msg_contents": "Hello,\n\nHave foreign keys been implemented yet?\n\n-brian rickabaugh\n\n",
"msg_date": "Mon, 23 Mar 1998 23:04:04 -0500",
"msg_from": "\"PostgreSQL On Peanuts.roanoke.edu\" <postgres@peanuts.roanoke.edu>",
"msg_from_op": true,
"msg_subject": "Foreign Keys"
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"msg_contents": "> I've seen this myself on Solaris. If your default value as specified\n> in the CREATE TABLE statement is not exactly as long as the declared\n> width of the field, the backend dies with an assertion as soon as you\n> INSERT a record that needs to use the default.\n\nHmm. I see this on Linu... |
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"msg_contents": " I, for one, am in favor of converting some of the type packages to\nloadable modules. Having those in the backend when they aren't being\nused is much like compiling extra modules into my Apache web server\nbecause they're \"kinda neat\", even though they won't be used. Also,\nif we foll... |
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"msg_contents": "REGARDING varchar size\n\nGiven the results of a query using the perl interface to postgres, how can I\nfind the maximum length of the data returned for the varchar fields in the\nquery?\n\nIs there something in the \"results\" buffer or can I query the system catalogs\nfor thi... |
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"msg_contents": "REGARDING Postgres \"in the field\"\n\nWe are contemplating using postgres in an internal project currently in\nprogress. I have to give a presentation on rdbms that I've evaluated. I'd\nlike to include a slide on what postgres is being used for \"in the field\". \n\nI'd lik... |
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"msg_contents": "> > I don't know how big of a performance boost it provides in the cache, but\n> > removing the functions associated with the char types shrank the pg_proc\n> > table from 906 to 842 entries or a bit over 7%.\n> > \n> > Want to shrink it further? Of those remaining 842, _230_ are for the geo... |
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"msg_contents": "> \n> The nicest thing would be if contrib was changed to \"modules\", and\n> everything was compiled and installed in /usr/local/pgsql/modules/.\n> Then the user could install them by typing \"INSMOD ORACLE\" and then\n> /usr/local/pgsql/modules/oracle/insmod.sql would be executed and\n> ins... |
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"msg_contents": "> > How about this as a compromise. We make these packages available in\n> > the contrib or other such area as loadable modules as well as making\n> > them available right in the main backend code, but setup configure\n> > options to enable/disable them, so when I compile, I can say\n> > ... |
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"msg_contents": "> > What would be the benefit of making arrays \"flags on a field\" instead of\n> > a \"field type in themselves\". Seriously, how would this improve _anything_?\n> \n> In particular, I was thinking of the PostgreSQL module for Python. It\n> has a nice interface, but needs intimate knowledge... |
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"msg_contents": "\n> On Tue, 24 Mar 1998, David Gould wrote:\n> \n> > What is the motivation for data type removal?\n> \n> \tThere appear to be two \"motivations\" from what I'm hearing:\n> \n> \t1. reduced memory footprint\n> \t2. reduced \"disk\" footprint\n\t3. modularization (In my experience, that in and... |
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"msg_contents": "Seems like there is something wrong with this patch...\n\nPatching file src/bin/pgaccess/formdemo.sql using Plan A...\npatch: **** malformed patch at line 22987: box} {}}\n[root@mimo postgresql-6.3]# \n\nMike\n\n-- \nWWW: http://www.lodz.pdi.net/~mimo tel: Int. Acc. Code + 48 42 148340... |
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