Re: [ADMIN] Need PGSQL ODBC Driver for Solaris

2003-10-23 Thread Jeff
> On Wed, 22 Oct 2003, David Wagoner wrote:
> 
> > Jeff,
> >  
> > Thanks, I saw that page but thought is was only for Windows since it
> > said Win32.  But, I'll try it on Solaris and see what happens.
> >  

You'll need to download source and compile it yoruself.

*WARNING* it is *NOT* threadsafe on unix.
it is threadsafe on windows. 




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[ADMIN] Visibility of objects in other schema's

2003-10-23 Thread Fred Vos
Hello,

Since version 7.3 of PostgreSQL it's possible to create schema's. The 
User's Guide (paragraph 2.8.4) says that it is not possible to view 
objects from a schema you do not own:

"By default, users cannot see the objects in schemas they do not own."

I'm using PostgreSQL 7.3.4 under Linux. As the administrator I created 
two schema's for two users:

create schema vosf authorization vosf;
create schema snefru authorization snefru;
If I logon to the database with psql as user vosf and create a table, it 
is created under schema vosf. That's good. If I logon to the same 
database with psql as user snefru and issue:

\d vosf.*

I can see all tables within the vosf schema. Paragraph 2.8.4 says I 
should not. I cannot do selects from these tables, but I think seeing 
what tables a user has created and which columns these have is wrong. I 
want to use a single database on a single server, but this visibility 
issue keeps me using multiple databases. Is it considered a problem? If 
so, is it a known problem? Not subscribed anymore to any PostgreSQL 
list, I searched the archives, but did not find a similar question.

Thanks for any help. PostgreSQL is a great database.

Fred







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[ADMIN] Starting postgresql service FAILED

2003-10-23 Thread Ed Muldowney
Had to hard reboot server due to server lockup.  After postgresql failed to start. Trying to manually restart postgresql but keep getting FAILED messages.  Nothing in any of the logs to indicate what the error is.  Any ideas on what next steps I  should take?  
 
Thanks
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Re: [ADMIN] Multi-Language server

2003-10-23 Thread CoL
Using unicode?

C.

Stephen J. Thompson wrote, On 10/22/2003 8:55 PM:
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Hello all,

I am looking for suggestions to the following problem. I need to run a 
database server that needs to allow the entry and searching in multiple 
languages including multibyte ones. 

Does anyone have reccomendations on the database server configuration, 
pitfalls etc.

Thanks.



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Re: [ADMIN] File system level backup

2003-10-23 Thread Jamie Lawrence

> Dear all,
>  
> All the while I was doing pg_dump as backup method for my pgsql db.
> Today I came across File system level backup on Postgresql
> Documentation.
>  
> After reading it, I am quite unsure whether File system level backup is
> better than pg_dump. 

You have to look at your needs.
  
> Furthermore, do we really need to do File system level backup or pg_dump
> is good enough?

File system level backup is typically complicated to design, and is
specific to your needs.

pg_dump is nearly universally usable, but might not meet your needs, if
you are a 24x7 shop. Online backup is almost always specific to your
site, usually a big deal to set up, and rarely impossible.

> Any suggestion is much appreciated.

Without more information about what you're doing, I can't say anything
more. But most likely, pg_dump will work for you. It covers most cases.

-j

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[ADMIN] disaster recovery...

2003-10-23 Thread Dave [Hawk-Systems]
have a server that went belly up on us.

We do have copies of the data directories on backups, but no recent dumps.
Old server was ver 7.0 branch (7.0.3 if memory serves)

New server is set up with pg ver 7.3 branch (7.3.4)

Is there any way to recover the data using the 7.0 data files?

We do have another server that has a 7.0 branch installation...  have not tried
transplanting the data files to that server as of yet.

thoughts, shared experiences, or other such insight would be appreciated.

Dave



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[ADMIN] Is there a NEW FEATURES section in docs?

2003-10-23 Thread David Wagoner
Title: Is there a NEW FEATURES section in docs?





Hi,


I'm looking in the PostgreSQL online docs and do not see a section for New Features.  Is there such documentation that tells the new features by version number?


Best regards,


David B. Wagoner
Database Administrator
Arsenal Digital Solutions
Web: http://www.arsenaldigital.com


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Re: [ADMIN] disaster recovery...

2003-10-23 Thread scott.marlowe
You'll have to transfer the data over to a 7.0.x machine to recover it.

On Thu, 23 Oct 2003, Dave [Hawk-Systems] wrote:

> have a server that went belly up on us.
> 
> We do have copies of the data directories on backups, but no recent dumps.
> Old server was ver 7.0 branch (7.0.3 if memory serves)
> 
> New server is set up with pg ver 7.3 branch (7.3.4)
> 
> Is there any way to recover the data using the 7.0 data files?
> 
> We do have another server that has a 7.0 branch installation...  have not tried
> transplanting the data files to that server as of yet.
> 
> thoughts, shared experiences, or other such insight would be appreciated.
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
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Re: [ADMIN] Is there a NEW FEATURES section in docs?

2003-10-23 Thread Bryan Encina
>Hi,
>I'm looking in the PostgreSQL online docs and do not see a section for New
Features.  Is
>there such documentation that tells the new features by version number?

Check the release notes:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.3/interactive/release.html

HTH,
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2003-10-23 Thread shilpi jain
 
 

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