[GENERAL] unexpected (to me) sorting order

2015-04-08 Thread Björn Lundin
Hi! below are some commands to replicate a strange sorting order. I do not see why id:s 3-6 are in the middle of the result set. What am I missing? begin; create table T_SORT ( ID bigint default 1 not null , -- Primary Key NAME varchar(100) default ' ' not null ); alter table T_SORT add

Re: [GENERAL] unexpected (to me) sorting order

2015-04-08 Thread Björn Lundin
On 2015-04-08 11:33, Glyn Astill wrote: The collation of your bnl database is utf8, so the . punctuation character is seen as a variable element and given a lower weighting in the sort to the rest of the characters. That's just how the collate algorithm works in UTF8. Try with LC_COLLATE =

Re: [GENERAL] unexpected (to me) sorting order

2015-04-08 Thread Björn Lundin
On 2015-04-08 11:36, Chris Mair wrote: I don't know what's the rationale behin this, but it looks like Linux ignores the . when doing the sort. Yes, I see that now, and it makes sense Thanks. -- Björn -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes

Re: [GENERAL] unexpected (to me) sorting order

2015-04-08 Thread Björn Lundin
On 2015-04-08 13:10, Glyn Astill wrote: From: Chris Mair ch...@1006.org I think this is down to behaviour changes in glibc, there was a thread a while ago where somebody replicating via streaming rep between with different versions of glibc ended up in a bit of a pickle.

Re: [GENERAL] Uppercase to lowercase trigger?

2012-05-15 Thread björn lundin
create table foo( bar int); Instead of Create table foo (bar int); /björn lundin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general

Re: [GENERAL] Post Install / Secure PostgreSQL

2010-09-10 Thread björn lundin
in to... -- björn lundin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general

Re: [GENERAL] Missing rows in resultset

2010-08-30 Thread björn lundin
On 30 Aug, 00:02, björn lundin b.f.lun...@gmail.com wrote: Or is it just beeing late, and me being blind? eyetv=# select * from programmes where title like 'Star*'; It was of course me being blind... select * from programmes where title like 'Star%'; is the correct way. Wrong wildcard

[GENERAL] Missing rows in resultset

2010-08-30 Thread björn lundin
I got a table holding tv air time but I got a unexpected (to me) behaviour. Using like, I do not get the recordset I'd like. I've installed it using mac-ports on an old mac-mini, ppc I'd expect to see the same rows with wildcard, as I see without, see below Or is it just beeing late, and me

Re: [GENERAL] server crash = libpq poll() hangs forever (Linux)

2010-06-09 Thread björn lundin
On 9 Juni, 16:37, t...@sss.pgh.pa.us (Tom Lane) wrote: Marinos Yannikos m...@geizhals.at writes: It seems that poll() never receives a connection closed notification under Linux (https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/bugme-new/2003-April/008...- very old report, very old report

Re: [GENERAL] newbie table design question

2009-06-01 Thread björn lundin
case sensitive -- Björn Lundin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general

[GENERAL] Re: Survey: renaming/removing script binaries (createdb, createuser...)

2008-03-26 Thread björn lundin
? a) vacuumdb - shell command I like the idea of fewer tools. Will change to do VACUUM from psql instead /Björn Lundin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general

Re: [GENERAL] Export data to MS Excel

2007-09-01 Thread Björn Lundin
Ashish Karalkar wrote: Hello All, I want to export data from PostgreSQL tables to MS Excel. Is there any way? ODBC is one way to do it. Use the data import, that runs msquery -- /Björn [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9: In

Re: [GENERAL] DBI/DBD::Pg and transactions

2007-07-19 Thread Björn Lundin
On Thursday 19 July 2007 00:03:19 Roderick A. Anderson wrote: I'll post my solution ... when I figure one out! You could, in the script from cron: 1 - check for the presence of rows in a 'alive_scripts_table' if any , then exit, and go for the next run, alternativly, check that pid in 'ps

[GENERAL] using PREPAREd statements in CURSOR

2007-06-28 Thread Björn Lundin
Hello! I'm connecting via libpq and want to use prepared statements in a cursor. Is there a sample somewhere, since I cannot get it to work. sebjlun=# \d ssignal Table public.ssignal Column | Type | Modifiers -+---+--- ssignam | character(12) | not

Re: [GENERAL] using PREPAREd statements in CURSOR

2007-06-28 Thread Björn Lundin
28 jun 2007 kl. 16.45 skrev Tom Lane: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn_Lundin?= [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm connecting via libpq and want to use prepared statements in a cursor. You can't. That explains why I could not find an example... If you're just interested in fetching a large query

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSql embedded available?

2007-05-08 Thread Björn Lundin
for embedded RDBMS. or perhaps Mimer http://www.mimer.com/ /Björn Björn Lundin

Re: [GENERAL] Documenting PGSQL database.

2007-04-08 Thread Björn Lundin
Björn Lundin b dot f dot lundin at gmail dot com

Re: [GENERAL] Documenting PGSQL database.

2007-04-07 Thread Björn Lundin
may be run by hand instead. I think pgtcl will run on windows, and the docbook tools I used were all java. /Björn Björn Lundin b dot f dot lundin at gmail dot com

Re: [GENERAL] Online update races

2004-10-19 Thread Björn Lundin
Lada 'Ray' Lostak wrote: I will also appreciate any links to web resources, talking about this problem. I didn't find anything usefull around. I'm working with developing a fairly big warehouse management system, and there we see this problem every day. We've settled (many years ago) for

Re: [GENERAL] error: insert has more expressions than target column

2004-09-10 Thread Björn Lundin
Dino Vliet wrote: MUCH better nowI did manage to get an insert into the table lessons with these adjustments...BUT now it seems the FOR LOOP didn't work because I only get 1 record and expected that I would get 8 records due to the i variabele. What could be wrong? My code is now:

Re: [GENERAL] Copying data from one table to another

2004-02-28 Thread Björn Lundin
Erwin Van de Velde wrote: Hi, I have to copy data from one table to another, and I was wondering if there is an easier way to do that than to have a lot of inserts one after another. insert into target_table select * from source-table where ...; Björn Lundin

[GENERAL] RE: Autocommit off in psql??

2001-05-28 Thread Björn Lundin
Yes, I meant turn off Autocommit for the entire psql session. Starting every manipulation of the database with a BEGIN is a bit tiresome, and i often catch myself with forgetting it. If it isn't possible, it would be a nice featue!? Björn Tim Mickol wrote: Actually, I think the original

[GENERAL] Autocommit off in psql??

2001-05-22 Thread Björn Lundin
Hi! Is there a way of turning autocommit of in psql ? It would be nice for people used to Oracle's SQL*Plus. No fatal error has occurred yet, but some minor problems could have been avoided if rollback was possible when the fingers on the keyboard are faster than the brain :) Björn

Re: [GENERAL] Database shutdown

2001-03-25 Thread Björn Lundin
Christian Marschalek wrote: Hi all of you! :o) I guess I do have to shut down the database before shutting down the linux box? How would I accomplish this? Just by killing the postmaster per pid? Tia and regards! ---(end of