Re: [GENERAL] Ask ctid

2008-03-10 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Achmad Nizar Hidayanto wrote:

> The two records are identical. But if i display the ctid, the two  
> records differ as they
> have different ctid (suppose i display the ctid in the first column):
> R1: , 1001, 1, 02-25-2008, Present, 1
> R2: , 1001, 1, 02-25-2008, Present, 1

This would be a bug.  Please post the unmodified output of 

select ctid, xmin, xmax, cmin, cmax, id_absensi, id_user, tanggal
from absensi

The ctid column must differ because it is the physical address of the
tuple.


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Re: [GENERAL] Ask ctid

2008-03-10 Thread Achmad Nizar Hidayanto
I'm currently using Postgre 8.2. Are there something wrong with that 
version?


Below is the DDL for my table:

CREATE TABLE absensi (
   id_absensi integer NOT NULL,
   id_user integer,
   tanggal date,
   keterangan character varying,
   id_tipe_absensi integer
);

ALTER TABLE ONLY absensi
   ADD CONSTRAINT absensi_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id_absensi);

ALTER TABLE ONLY absensi
   ADD CONSTRAINT unique_absen UNIQUE (id_user, tanggal);


below are examples of instance of two records:
R1: 1001, 1, 02-25-2008, Present, 1
R2: 1001, 1, 02-25-2008, Present, 1

The two records are identical. But if i display the ctid, the two 
records differ as they

have different ctid (suppose i display the ctid in the first column):
R1: , 1001, 1, 02-25-2008, Present, 1
R2: , 1001, 1, 02-25-2008, Present, 1

Many thanks for your help.

Nizar
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Alban Hertroys wrote:


On Mar 7, 2008, at 9:28 AM, Achmad Nizar Hidayanto wrote:


Thank you for the comment,

I just wonder, how come i have two identic rows. I have set the  
primary key and set it as a unique. That's why i take
a look at ctid (in real, i don't use this id. I just tried to trace  
why i have two identic rows. After examining the physical

id using ctid, i found that the two identic rows differ in their  ctid).

Having this case, can i conclude that postgre cannot guarantee the  
uniqueness of primary key? or is it just a bug of old

version of postgre?



Well, it's certainly surprising your Postgres intallation is doing  
that - it's one of the things Postgres is good at, but we lack  
information to see what's really going on here.


You're mentioning you're using an old version, which one? The output  
of "select version();" should do.


Can you show us the table definition with the primary key and the two  
identical records you mentioned?



Many thanks for your help.


Nizar
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Tom Lane wrote:


Achmad Nizar Hidayanto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:



I implement database in my faculty using Postgre. I have a  problem 
with ctid in my tables. Let say, i have table STUDENT  with #STU as 
the primary key. I don't know what happend in this  table, some 
rows have exactly the same value ( i also have set  the #STU as 
unique). After tracing the table, i found that the  two rows differ 
in ctid value. As the impact, my application  cannot operate well.


There are some known bugs in older PG releases that could lead to  
duplicate rows (actually, to multiple versions of a row all being  
seen as live). If you're not on the latest minor version of your  
release series, update. regards, tom lane






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Re: [GENERAL] Ask ctid

2008-03-07 Thread Alban Hertroys

On Mar 7, 2008, at 9:28 AM, Achmad Nizar Hidayanto wrote:


Thank you for the comment,

I just wonder, how come i have two identic rows. I have set the  
primary key and set it as a unique. That's why i take
a look at ctid (in real, i don't use this id. I just tried to trace  
why i have two identic rows. After examining the physical
id using ctid, i found that the two identic rows differ in their  
ctid).


Having this case, can i conclude that postgre cannot guarantee the  
uniqueness of primary key? or is it just a bug of old

version of postgre?


Well, it's certainly surprising your Postgres intallation is doing  
that - it's one of the things Postgres is good at, but we lack  
information to see what's really going on here.


You're mentioning you're using an old version, which one? The output  
of "select version();" should do.


Can you show us the table definition with the primary key and the two  
identical records you mentioned?



Many thanks for your help.


Nizar
=

Tom Lane wrote:

Achmad Nizar Hidayanto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:


I implement database in my faculty using Postgre. I have a  
problem with ctid in my tables. Let say, i have table STUDENT  
with #STU as the primary key. I don't know what happend in this  
table, some rows have exactly the same value ( i also have set  
the #STU as unique). After tracing the table, i found that the  
two rows differ in ctid value. As the impact, my application  
cannot operate well.
There are some known bugs in older PG releases that could lead to  
duplicate rows (actually, to multiple versions of a row all being  
seen as live). If you're not on the latest minor version of your  
release series, update. regards, tom lane





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Re: [GENERAL] Ask ctid

2008-03-07 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 03:28:12PM +0700, Achmad Nizar Hidayanto wrote:
> Having this case, can i conclude that postgre cannot guarantee the 
> uniqueness of primary key? or is it just a bug of old
> version of postgre?

There were some older versions that had some bugs in this area. Whether
this applies to you I don't know. You did not tell us what version you
are running...

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Re: [GENERAL] Ask ctid

2008-03-07 Thread Achmad Nizar Hidayanto

Thank you for the comment,

I just wonder, how come i have two identic rows. I have set the primary 
key and set it as a unique. That's why i take
a look at ctid (in real, i don't use this id. I just tried to trace why 
i have two identic rows. After examining the physical

id using ctid, i found that the two identic rows differ in their ctid).

Having this case, can i conclude that postgre cannot guarantee the 
uniqueness of primary key? or is it just a bug of old

version of postgre?

Many thanks for your help.


Nizar
=

Tom Lane wrote:


Achmad Nizar Hidayanto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
 


I implement database in my faculty using Postgre. I have a problem
with ctid in my tables. Let say, i have table STUDENT with #STU
as the primary key. I don't know what happend in this table, some
rows have exactly the same value ( i also have set the #STU as unique).
After tracing the table,  i found that the two rows differ in ctid value.
As the impact, my application cannot operate well.
   



There are some known bugs in older PG releases that could lead to
duplicate rows (actually, to multiple versions of a row all being seen
as live).  If you're not on the latest minor version of your release
series, update.

regards, tom lane

 





Re: [GENERAL] Ask ctid

2008-03-06 Thread Tom Lane
Achmad Nizar Hidayanto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I implement database in my faculty using Postgre. I have a problem
> with ctid in my tables. Let say, i have table STUDENT with #STU
> as the primary key. I don't know what happend in this table, some
> rows have exactly the same value ( i also have set the #STU as unique).
> After tracing the table,  i found that the two rows differ in ctid value.
> As the impact, my application cannot operate well.

There are some known bugs in older PG releases that could lead to
duplicate rows (actually, to multiple versions of a row all being seen
as live).  If you're not on the latest minor version of your release
series, update.

regards, tom lane

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Re: [GENERAL] Ask ctid

2008-03-06 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 05:40:00PM +0700, Achmad Nizar Hidayanto wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I implement database in my faculty using Postgre. I have a problem
> with ctid in my tables. Let say, i have table STUDENT with #STU
> as the primary key. I don't know what happend in this table, some
> rows have exactly the same value ( i also have set the #STU as unique).
> After tracing the table,  i found that the two rows differ in ctid value.
> As the impact, my application cannot operate well.

You need to provide way more information. Your description is kinda
vague. Why are youusing the ctid any, it's not a stable identifier for
a row...

Please show us actual output from psql showing your problem and the
definitions of your tables.

Have a nice day,
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