> But I'm thinking that maybe it's a job for a database table. Each
> new
> row would be written with a status (10="new"). And that the modem
> process would poll for new rows. Problem is there will be lots of
> rows,
> but only a trivial few will be "new". The huge index file and the
> pollin
If it's going to be too big for a database, then it's going to be worse
using flat-files on a disk :)
I'd suggest putting it in a database, and have 2 tables:
1) "New" messages to be sent
2) Archive messages
That way the polling machine only has to wait for the database to scan th
Dear Postgres folks;
I'm considering using a postgres table for something that could be done
with a flat file. Is this a good idea?
I have events on a machine "A", which need to be sent by an SMS/Cell
Phone modem that's on a totally different machine "B". Potentially this
is a job for a flat fi
I have a little Perl problem. When I call function dbi_select_test like
SELECT * from dbi_select_test() I get the expected result.
However when I call SELECT * from dbi_select I get an error message
saying "ERROR: error from Perl function: setof-composite-returning Perl
function must call return_
Hi Dmitry,
On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 11:20 +0300, Dmitry Turin wrote:
> >I would change your examples to use less abstract
> > data, like department/employee, customer/product/order/order_line
>
> This will not help.
> To my mind, forum of real database is place,
"What we got here is ... failure to
I'll continue with the analogy
It is not impossible to attach wings to a sportscar. When you do, you
will probably get the sportscar flying.
However:
1. Why would you even try, if airplanes (which are designed from
scratch to fly) already exist. Just use them
2. If you try nevertheless, is getting
Good day, Joe.
>> Table must be created in traditional way (by "create table, alter
>> table") and not through browser.
>> User must use "create table", etc in database-terminal like "psql.exe".
> By "in a special way" I meant that tables have referential constraints
> to other tables and they app
On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 10:36:14AM -0700, RPK wrote:
> I have a table called "StudentFeesPayment" with columns "ReceiptNo" and
> "ReceiptMonthYear".
> The column, "ReceiptMonthYear" stores date in the format "-mm-dd". I
> have to find the max(ReceiptNo) where Month of (ReceiptMonthYear)=4. Or
>
If these people really work with hierarchically structured data, let
them try a hierarchical database (even though PostgreSQL is your
favourite database). They will profit 100fold from the advantages such a
database has for such data. I now several biologists specialized in
taxonomy (which is by na
