RE: Migration from SAPDB 7.3 32-bit to MaxDB 64-bit

2006-07-28 Thread Kevin Wilson
Search this list for the email titled: "7.3 to 7.5 [NON-PARALLEL] Migration Explained (HOWTO)" I have done this migration on a SuSE Linux x86 to x64 platform. If you have questions then shoot me a email but the email should be all you need. -Original Message- From: Ritter, Robert [mailto

PHP module: Stored Procs & X86_64

2006-02-27 Thread Kevin Wilson
The link below states that this module runs on X86_32 but no mention about x64? Doesn't it run on a x64 web server that accesses a MaxDB installation installed on a x64 server? http://dev.mysql.com/doc/maxdb/en/41/6b999394093e23e1000a114cbd/frameset .htm I have also heard many comments about

What does this error imply?

2006-02-21 Thread Kevin Wilson
Found in the Database Manager Protocol log. 2006-02-21 11:34:28 0x5c50 ERR -24988 DBM ERR_SQL: sql error 0x5c50 ERR -24988 DBM 100,Row not found -- MaxDB Discussion Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/maxdb To unsubscribe:http:

FK preventing UPDATE Trigger from working

2006-01-05 Thread Kevin Wilson
I have laid out the scenario below. Essentially my question is why does a FK delete restriction prevent my update trigger from working? ... I'm not deleting I am updating. * [Child table has foreign key defined as:] FORE

RE: Managing Time on MAX DB Systems

2006-01-04 Thread Kevin Wilson
same here ... have ntpd on the db server and changing/starting/stopping/etc. has no ill effects that we have noticed. -Original Message- From: Simon Matter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 01:27 To: Joe Haynes Cc: MaxDB Mailinglist Subject: Re: Managing Time on M

RE: SDBUPD-Problem 7.5.00.26 -> 7.6.00.16

2005-12-29 Thread Kevin Wilson
finally found an old mailing list post with this in it: getconf GNU_LIBPTHREAD_VERSION SuSE 9.1 (32-bit) returns NPTL 0.61 SuSE 9.2 (amd64) returns NPTL 2.3.3 Would that imply that all 9.x suse installations are good to go or just the 9.2x64 strain? -Original Message- From: Kevin

RE: SDBUPD-Problem 7.5.00.26 -> 7.6.00.16

2005-12-29 Thread Kevin Wilson
I can't find any info on how to issue a command to see if a current system has ntpl support already built in ... does anyone know where to find some? -Original Message- From: Sven Köhler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 11:57 To: maxdb@lists.mysql.com Subject:

RE: backup of installation and data directories

2005-12-16 Thread Kevin Wilson
back in business. -Original Message- From: "Döhr, Markus ICC-H" [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 14:49 To: Kevin Wilson Subject: RE: backup of installation and data directories > What do you mean by logical backup? My full backup is done in > onl

RE: backup of installation and data directories

2005-12-16 Thread Kevin Wilson
r 16, 2005 14:05 To: Kevin Wilson Cc: Maxdb (E-mail) Subject: RE: backup of installation and data directories > I have a full backup exported out every night. So if a drive > were to fail and I have to restore from tape then would > restoring sata1 and whatever it copied of sata2 an

RE: backup of installation and data directories

2005-12-16 Thread Kevin Wilson
lto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 13:42 To: Kevin Wilson Cc: Maxdb (E-mail) Subject: RE: backup of installation and data directories > Install locations specified during setup are: > > iprogram = /sata1 > idata= /sata2 > backups = /hdc1 (autologs) >/

RE: backup of installation and data directories

2005-12-16 Thread Kevin Wilson
PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 13:15 To: Kevin Wilson; Maxdb (E-mail) Subject: RE: backup of installation and data directories If you wanna be sure shutdown the database and backup then. > Seeing how the data directories are changing but I wonder if > I could exclude the pat

RE: backup of installation and data directories

2005-12-16 Thread Kevin Wilson
Seeing how the data directories are changing but I wonder if I could exclude the path but backup the rest and it be ok? -Original Message- From: Kevin Wilson Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 13:02 To: Maxdb (E-mail) Subject: RE: backup of installation and data directories ok, sys down

RE: backup of installation and data directories

2005-12-16 Thread Kevin Wilson
PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 13:03 To: Kevin Wilson Cc: Maxdb (E-mail) Subject: RE: backup of installation and data directories Kevin, This is not really a good idea with a database that is currently running. The backup software will only be able to capture each file a few chunks at a time

RE: backup of installation and data directories

2005-12-16 Thread Kevin Wilson
, December 16, 2005 12:41 To: Kevin Wilson; Maxdb (E-mail) Subject: RE: backup of installation and data directories > I want to have our tape backup system come in and copy to > tape the full directory tree(s) of where maxdb is installed > while the database is running in online

backup of installation and data directories

2005-12-16 Thread Kevin Wilson
I want to have our tape backup system come in and copy to tape the full directory tree(s) of where maxdb is installed while the database is running in online mode. Is there any reason I cannot do this? Thanks -- MaxDB Discussion Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/maxdb To un

RE: (2) How is exactly is this query too complicated?

2005-12-15 Thread Kevin Wilson
Is there any way I can activate these new values without taking the db offline? maxdb v7.5.0.23-x64 -Original Message- From: Kevin Wilson Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 09:47 To: Maxdb (E-mail) Subject: RE: (2) How is exactly is this query too complicated? I increased workdata and

RE: (2) How is exactly is this query too complicated?

2005-12-15 Thread Kevin Wilson
I increased workdata and workstack support parms to their maximums ... should that do the trick? -Original Message- From: Kevin Wilson Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 09:44 To: Maxdb (E-mail) Subject: (2) How is exactly is this query too complicated? Found Holgers email about the

(2) How is exactly is this query too complicated?

2005-12-15 Thread Kevin Wilson
Found Holgers email about the workdatasize, I'll give that a try and see what happens. any other parms like this that we should increase while I am in there to prevent taking db offline again? -Original Message- From: Kevin Wilson Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 09:35 To: Max

How is exactly is this query too complicated?

2005-12-15 Thread Kevin Wilson
SELECT RMA.RMA_ID,RMA.SUMMARY,RMA.NOTE FROM RMA WHERE (UPPER(RMA.NOTE) like '%RUSTIC%' or UPPER(RMA.NOTE) like '%DRAM%' or UPPER(RMA.NOTE) like '%RAM%') 3 OR statements on a varchar(5000) field should not cause this error, is there a workaround I can use to fetch my report? thanks -- MaxDB Disc

RE: DBM GUI for Linux

2005-11-23 Thread Kevin Wilson
Sorry for the bad report folks, I'm getting old and senile. -Original Message- From: Schroeder, Alexander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 6:56 AM To: Kevin Wilson; Hermann Mundprecht; Sven Köhler Cc: maxdb@lists.mysql.com Subject: RE: DBM GUI for Linux

RE: DBM GUI for Linux

2005-11-21 Thread Kevin Wilson
I am fairly certain I read that the DBM GUI for 7.6 series is developed using xWidgets which is cross-platform so you will be able to run the same gui in KDE/Gnome/Windows. -Original Message- From: Hermann Mundprecht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 1:20 PM To: Sve

RE: How to migrate from 7.5( 32 bit) to 7.6( 64 bit)

2005-11-14 Thread Kevin Wilson
search the list for subject "7.3 to 7.5 [NON-PARALLEL] Migration Explained (HOWTO)" and ignore the 7.3 steps and instead start off with a complete backup and then on the new system to a recovery with initialization. -Original Message- From: Beermann, Albert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

dbproc: General error;-7056 POS(400) Subquery not allowed

2005-11-07 Thread Kevin Wilson
Why can't I use a select to set a procedure variable? It barks out this error where it hit the line "SET B = SELECT ..." CREATE DBPROC CLEANSNFLAGSDUPES(IN PREFIX VARCHAR(4), IN MESSAGE VARCHAR(1000)) AS VAR FID INTEGER; B VARCHAR(6); NROWS INTEGER; SET FID = 0; SET NROWS = 0; DECLARE C1 CURSOR FO

DISREGARD -> Problem using TIME datatype in dbproc

2005-10-07 Thread Kevin Wilson
Never mind, I thinks me found the problem with this old hacked up dbproc. thanks anyway. -Original Message- From: Kevin Wilson Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 11:36 AM To: Maxdb (E-mail) Subject: Problem using TIME datatype in dbproc Importance: High Why does this return "Inte

Problem using TIME datatype in dbproc

2005-10-07 Thread Kevin Wilson
Why does this return "Integrity constraint violation;-8006 POS(1) Data types must be compatible"? The field in rectbl is a TIME datatype. CREATE DBPROC SP_UPDATE_TIME( IN REC_ID FIXED (10,0), IN UPDTIME TIME ) AS UPDATE MYDB.RECTBL SET UPDTIME = :UPDTIME WHERE REC_ID = :REC_ID;

FW #2: OS question concerning Failover setup

2005-10-07 Thread Kevin Wilson
to be the same? I am running 7.5.0.23 on our production instance but would like to know if I can have the standby instance use 7.5.0.30 or even 7.6? -Original Message- From: Kevin Wilson Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 9:39 AM To: Maxdb (E-mail) Subject: FW: OS question concerning Failo

FW: OS question concerning Failover setup

2005-10-07 Thread Kevin Wilson
Sorry but I meant inquire for both a regular standby server and a hot standby (clustered solution). -Original Message- From: Kevin Wilson Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 9:29 AM To: Maxdb (E-mail) Subject: OS question concerning Failover setup I have maxdb running on SuSE 9.2 64bit w

OS question concerning Failover setup

2005-10-07 Thread Kevin Wilson
I have maxdb running on SuSE 9.2 64bit w/ AMD Opteron hardware and I want to setup my other duplicate server using 9.3 64bit ... can I do this and still use the 9.3 server as the hot standby server? -- MaxDB Discussion Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/maxdb To unsubscribe:

RE: jdbc connections not dying off

2005-09-30 Thread Kevin Wilson
From: Schroeder, Alexander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 2:55 AM To: Kevin Wilson; Maxdb (E-mail) Subject: RE: jdbc connections not dying off Hello Kevin, 'reconnect' does what you think - connections are silently re-connected if it is possible (i.e. o

jdbc connections not dying off

2005-09-29 Thread Kevin Wilson
[System Info] App server: SuSE 9.1-x32 SMP (AMD) JSDK 1.4.2_08 Tomcat 5.0.27 DB server: SuSE 9.2-x64 SMP (AMD) MaxDB 7.5.0.23 JDBC Driver: sapdbc-7_5_01_00.jar I named it this to let me know which version of the db server I downloaded the

RE: SAPDB 7.3 -> MAXDB 7.5/7.6 Upgrade / specialists wanted

2005-09-13 Thread Kevin Wilson
nah, no sql changes needed. -Original Message- From: Manuel Reiter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 11:08 AM To: Kevin Wilson Cc: Maxdb (E-mail) Subject: Re: SAPDB 7.3 -> MAXDB 7.5/7.6 Upgrade / specialists wanted Hi Kevin, thanx for the howto, did you a

RE: SAPDB 7.3 -> MAXDB 7.5/7.6 Upgrade / specialists wanted

2005-09-13 Thread Kevin Wilson
I have done the upgrade from 7.3 to 7.5 here at work, I suggest waiting on 7.6 if you are upgrading a production db server. I wrote and sent a migration howto to the mailing list some time ago, it's attached for you to reference. If that doesn't get you there then shoot me a question and I'll do my

RE: Restore database to another server

2005-08-16 Thread Kevin Wilson
search this list for my email about migrations (subject = 7.3 to 7.5 [NON-PARALLEL] Migration Explained (HOWTO)). It outlines the steps to do what you want. You won't need the first part just the second since you are already in a version >= 7.5 -Original Message- From: Brunzema, Martin [ma

sql_recreateindex "".""."" RETURNS ERROR .. ..

2005-08-12 Thread Kevin Wilson
-24988,ERR_SQL: sql error -24300,SQL error (100): Row not found maxdb v7.5.0.23 dbmgui v7.5.0.18 After doing a select with order by on the default serial primary key column the results only sort in ascending order when I specify descending. I attempted to rebuild the serial index for the table

RE: copy a complete database to a different server

2005-07-27 Thread Kevin Wilson
Actually I have imported a Dual AMD Opteron DB instance onto a single proc AMD Athlon machine without a problem, just have to do a restore with initialization so you can adjust the db parms. -Original Message- From: Heinrich, Tilo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 8:

Can't find RunEventDispatcher in DBMGUI

2005-07-20 Thread Kevin Wilson
I have looked in the general, extended and support lists but I cannot find this parameter ... am I supposed to be able to see it in the dbmgui? -- MaxDB Discussion Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/maxdb To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Does MaxDB Support all of these ?

2005-07-19 Thread Kevin Wilson
1) Full support of ANSI SQL 99 (CASE, all JOIN types, ..) 2) Support of Views and Views on Views 3) Support of User Defined Functions (preferably via SQLJ - Java running in the database) 4) Inline Views (e.g. SELECT ... FROM (SELECT xx FROM yy) ..) 5) JDBC 3.0 Support (especially RowSet) -

Oracle Mode Question

2005-07-18 Thread Kevin Wilson
Will MaxDB running in Oracle mode be compatible with applications, etc. that use the Oracle db as their backend? Especially those like ERP software that use stored procedures heavily? Thanks -- MaxDB Discussion Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/maxdb To unsubscribe:http:

RE: Cannot Connect To DB after recovery

2005-07-15 Thread Kevin Wilson
be sure to clear the log AND load the systab after you finish the restore... 1) db_execute clear log 2) load_systab -u , -ud -Original Message- From: K Cardal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 5:31 PM To: maxdb@lists.mysql.com Subject: Cannot Connect To DB after rec

OUT parm in update dbproc not set by $COUNT

2005-07-14 Thread Kevin Wilson
MaxDB 7.5.0.23 on Linux Scenario: I have a update dbproc that execs multiple update statements in a SUBTRANS block and has 4 parameters 3 IN and 1 OUT. after each update I set an internally defined VAR N INT using the following: SET N = N + $COUNT; After the last update statement and right bef

?: Hot-Standby - Linux - Failover Cluster Solution

2005-07-14 Thread Kevin Wilson
Has anyone running Linux (SuSE 9.2 or better in particular) and MaxDB 7.5.0.23 (or better) implemented a hot-standby server? If so, what software did you use? -- MaxDB Discussion Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/maxdb To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTE

RE: 32 bit -> 64 bit migration

2005-06-22 Thread Kevin Wilson
You will be best off doing a clean installation of the 64-bit version of maxdb then doing a import. The complete backup pops in quite nicely between platforms. -Original Message- From: Ken Snider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 9:45 AM To: maxdb@lists.mysql.com Sub

RE: Procedure

2005-06-06 Thread Kevin Wilson
Here ya go. CREATE DBPROC REASSIGN_PENDING(IN SUSER VARCHAR(10)) AS VAR callid INTEGER; SET callid = 0; DECLARE c1 CURSOR FOR select a.call_id from idb.call a inner join idb.company b on a.company_id = b.company_id where (a.assign_to = 'jpl' and a.status = 'PENDING' and (b.territory_code = '520' o

RE: LONG DATA TYPE

2005-04-20 Thread Kevin Wilson
Use a prepared statement and the update will work nicely. -Original Message- From: MaxDB SAP [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 11:44 AM To: maxdb@lists.mysql.com Subject: LONG DATA TYPE Hi List, I have a table with a field name as Notes and data type as LONG VARC

ERR -11987 COMMUNIC session re-used, command timeout?

2005-04-19 Thread Kevin Wilson
The online docs state that the Perl DBD is to blame for this message. I noticed this line in my xserver.prt file ... what is it and why is it showing up? -- MaxDB Discussion Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/maxdb To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]

vserver connections versus reported sessions

2005-04-19 Thread Kevin Wilson
Netstat shows there are over 200 vserver connections established but sessions reported in the dbmgui shows only a few. Everything is operating well, users can connect and work but the number of connections keeps increasing slowly but the number of sessions reported are always from 2 to 10. maxconn

TCP/IP connections to database not being closed when not in use.

2005-04-19 Thread Kevin Wilson
[app server] Sun JVM 1.4.2_08 Tomcat 5.0.27 SuSE Linux 9.1-32bit [db server] MaxDB 7.5.0.23 SuSE Linux 9.2-64bit After updating the app server's jvm from 1.4.2_04 to 1.4.2_08 I am noticing that the jdbc connections from tomcat to the database are stacking up. there was normally only around 10-20

RE: Long(Varchar) Columns

2005-04-14 Thread Kevin Wilson
I think 7.6 has search abilities but what problem do you experience when using dbprocs? I have dbprocs that fetch rows that contain lvchar columns. -Original Message- From: Uwe Haussmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 3:27 AM To: maxdb@lists.mysql.com Subject: Lon

RE: Impossible to use views in MaxDB 7.5 and 7.6 because they can get wrong resultset

2005-04-14 Thread Kevin Wilson
I am using views and haven't experienced any ill returns. What is the problem? The WebPTS link comes up with an error. -Original Message- From: Becker, Holger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 3:34 AM To: Alexey Gaidukov; maxdb@lists.mysql.com Subject: RE: Impossible

RE: TIMESTAMP/DATE Format & INSERT

2005-04-01 Thread Kevin Wilson
The biggest problem I have is with the jdbc driver and how it (doesn't) handle implied date format conversions. For instance, if you use the Now() function in VB it spits out a timestamp value in the format of "MM/DD/ HH:MM AM/PM" and when assigned to a timestamp field the ODBC driver handles t

RE: TIMESTAMP/DATE Format & INSERT

2005-03-31 Thread Kevin Wilson
You are better off just changing your format to meet their's. I have struggled long and hard with their dates functionality (or lack thereof) and it isn't worth your time. -Original Message- From: Andreas Goldstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 4:45 PM To: maxdb@

Problem: General error;-2003 POS(220) Output columns too long

2005-03-08 Thread Kevin Wilson
version 7.5.0.23:64bit:ascii on linux64 (opteron). I have 11980 bytes in varchar plus 3 integer output columns in my join query, I think this is very small considering the data we have to store and fetch these days. Error occurs using both the jdbc driver in our reporting package and in sql_studio

Continual -24988 message in Database Manager Protocol Diagnosis f ile

2005-03-01 Thread Kevin Wilson
After ever one of these statements: 0 DBM command db_execute SELECT ID,CREATEDATE,USEDSIZE I see these immediately afterwards: ERR -24988 DBM ERR_SQL: sql error ERR -24988 DBM 100,Row not found Is this a problem? If not, then why even log them?

Question about: ALLOW_MULTIPLE_SERVERTASK_UKTS = NO

2005-03-01 Thread Kevin Wilson
What would be the harm in setting this to Yes? Would this allow server functions to finish faster (log writes, cleanup, gb_collection, etc?)

jdbc driver: should a copy ...

2005-02-28 Thread Kevin Wilson
be placed in each webapp's web-inf/lib folder so it instantiates its own copy of the jdbc driver? Right now I have a single copy in the common/lib but I experience lags and temp space growth that runs amuck essentially causing DoS. Been having the problem where the db runs good for a while then I

Waits for log writer ...

2005-02-28 Thread Kevin Wilson
Log writes and waits only differ by 1. Db is running on a RAID-5 system so storing the log on another disk is not an option. The log_io_queue has 0 overflows. Any tips on how to get the waits for a log-writer down?

[Bug] DB Parm: _ESTIM_MAXTRANS Doesn't update ...

2005-02-28 Thread Kevin Wilson
when you change maxusertasks or other transaction related parameters. It is set to 3 when the formula states maxusertasks+1+1. My maxusertasks is set to 100. Can I edit this directly in the support_config_params file (if one exists)?

MCOD Parameter

2005-02-25 Thread Kevin Wilson
Will setting this to yes help anything if I use multiple users to emulate a multiple database scheme in a single instance?

RE: SAPDB performance?

2005-02-17 Thread Kevin Wilson
I too experience that problem. Any query hitting the same tables at the same time will cause a performance lag, sometimes very significant lag. For instance, if 1 user sends a vague search query that will return a significant listing that query will block out another user that sends a prikey search

RE: Updated: New version 7.6 (beta) of MaxDB software available n ow

2005-02-11 Thread Kevin Wilson
OH THANK GOD ! "Functions LENGTH and SUBSTR for LOBs" -Original Message- From: Montag, Marina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 9:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; maxdb@lists.mysql.com Subject: Updated: New version 7.6 (beta) of MaxDB software available now Hell

7.5.00.23: [bug in db_adddevice LOG] - Do additional data volumes need corresponding log volumes?

2005-01-29 Thread Kevin Wilson
[v7.5.00.23 on 64-bit Linux] I have 2 data and 2 (mirrored) log volumes (created at install time) and then the autolog activated. I had to add 2 more data volumes on the fly to deal with the temp space saturation problem while I was running a data import but I cannot add their corresponding log vo

BUG: 7.5.0.23 & 7.6.00.00.3264 JDBC

2005-01-29 Thread Kevin Wilson
According to the change log for 7.5.0.23 you fixed the problem (quoted below) where unclosed cursors chew up temp space...well it still happens with apps even when using the latest jdbc driver. I also have a bug for "db_adddevice LOG" but I will submit that in another email.

RE: Do any ERP software pkgs support MaxDB?

2005-01-20 Thread Kevin Wilson
Guess I should have stated besides SAP R/3. But I would also like to know why the SAP All-in-One and SAP Business packages don't list MaxDB as a backend option? -Original Message- From: Michael Bielicki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 2:56 PM To: Kevin W

Do any ERP software pkgs support MaxDB?

2005-01-20 Thread Kevin Wilson
Most ERP packages I find only support ms-sql, oracle, db2, sybase, etc. Are there any that allow MaxDB as its backend? Thanks much.

What SAP ERP packages ...

2005-01-14 Thread Kevin Wilson
can we get that will allow us to use MaxDB?

[SOLVED] The cause of -> "-3007 POS(1) Invalid sequence of DML an d DDL statements"

2005-01-12 Thread Kevin Wilson
For those of you still running a 7.3 instance with plans to migrate to 7.5 this FYI may be of interest. There exists a bug in 7.3[.0.34] that for varchar(n) indexed fields a redefinition of the field length does not get pushed out to its index. When you migrate your instance to 7.5, the index with

FW: JDBC StreamTranslator issue

2005-01-10 Thread Kevin Wilson
I have found that 'character 251' and the like of the ascii code set are the cause of the problem. These are causing the jdbc driver on linux to stop processing the translation of the character data into a string. -Original Message----- From: Kevin Wilson Sent: Monday, January 10,

FW: JDBC StreamTranslator issue

2005-01-10 Thread Kevin Wilson
tudio: Kevin - I can extend a lower -Original Message- From: Kevin Wilson Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 10:25 AM To: Maxdb (E-mail) Subject: JDBC StreamTranslator issue line 261 of StreamTranslator.java (StreamTranslator.getString()) errors when reading a ascii_long column of data whe

JDBC StreamTranslator issue

2005-01-10 Thread Kevin Wilson
line 261 of StreamTranslator.java (StreamTranslator.getString()) errors when reading a ascii_long column of data when the driver is ran in tomcat 5.0.27 on linux. the same jdbc driver ran in the netbeans 3.6 integrated tomcat 5.0.19 for the same project on win2k does not emit the error. Both are op

Does .18 and .19 need to be ran in Unicode mode?

2005-01-04 Thread Kevin . Wilson
Must I set the migrated 7.3 instance to use Unicode (dbparm="YES") at instance creation time? Could this be why I am getting the -3007 DDL DML error message. This question is related to earlier email subject: The cause of -> "-3007 POS(1) Invalid sequence of DML and DDL statements"

FYI: .18 & .19 bug

2005-01-04 Thread Kevin . Wilson
The login user's password during create instance in dbmgui has to have a password that was created with DES encryption. If you created this maxdb owner user when using MD5 or Blowfish then you get an error when dbmgui tries to logon.

RE: Can't get rid of installation completely on Linux

2005-01-04 Thread Kevin . Wilson
Ahh, that is where the little buggers are hiding - thanks mucho! Oddly enough, this location is not listed (nor spoke of) anywhere in the online documentation. Plus grep'ing "/usr/*" takes so frickin long that you cancel the search before it has a chance to find it. -Original Message- F

Can't get rid of installation completely on Linux

2005-01-04 Thread Kevin . Wilson
After installing a .19 server and then removing (what I thought to be) all files installed a rerun shows previous settings for the dependent, program and data paths are automatically pulled in. I found a file (sdb) in /etc/opt/ that did have these values set so I whacked it but a rerun on SDBINST s

The cause of -> "-3007 POS(1) Invalid sequence of DML and DDL sta tements"

2005-01-03 Thread Kevin . Wilson
For old sql queries in version 7.3 like: select a.*,b.*,c.*,d.* from a,b,c,d where a.id1 = b.id1 and a.id2 = c.id2 <...> on so on. if you alter this same query to use JOIN syntax instead of the equals conditions then the query runs in 7.5.0.18 &.19. If you add the old style join syntax (+) then

7.3 to 7.5 [NON-PARALLEL] Migration Explained (HOWTO)

2004-11-17 Thread Kevin . Wilson
I figured I would share with those that are still running a 7.3.0.3x instance a easy method (kind of) to transfer that instance to the latest and greatest MaxDB running on another server without the need of having to have a parallel installation and using the DBMGUI interface. [Execute steps 1 - 8

LIKE condition performance issue

2004-11-11 Thread Kevin . Wilson
Performance of "upper(company_name) LIKE '%XXX%'" when used in a where clause is terrible. Thinking the case sensitivity was to blame I created (and indexed) another column that mirrors the company names column but in uppercase text. The explain output shows no improvement for "upr_company_name LIK

How can I find a blocking task so I can kill it?

2004-11-04 Thread Kevin . Wilson
our app is server based so all connections are from the same host. every so often someone runs a mongo query that just bogs everything down to a point where nobody can fetch any data from the database. the kill session list page (in dbmgui) does not show which tasks are blocking others so I have

Create Index statement using UPPER( )

2004-10-12 Thread Kevin . Wilson
The following index hangs sql studio when executed in both internal and Oracle modes. According to the doc ( http://dev.mysql.com/doc/maxdb/en/6d/117c4dd14811d2a97400a0c9449261/content. htm ) I should be able to do this if I am reading it correctly. CREATE INDEX "IDX_PERSON_UFNAME" ON "MYDB"."PER

FW: ending a database session

2004-10-12 Thread Kevin . Wilson
7:34 AM To: Kevin Wilson Subject: FW: ending a database session -Original Message- From: Dittmar, Daniel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 10:24 AM To: 'PcgScrapAddy' Subject: RE: ending a database session >how about finding out which task

RE: Version 7.5.00.18 of MaxDB software vailable now

2004-09-24 Thread Kevin . Wilson
Would you say that the Opteron release is "mission-critical" ready? -Original Message- From: Montag, Marina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 2:20 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Version 7.5.00.18 of MaxDB software vailable now Hello,

strange connection reports in knldiag

2004-09-01 Thread Kevin . Wilson
What kind of state would a servlet app using the sapdb jdbc driver have to be in to cause this type of log entry? Also, I have no apps running locally on the db server so is the local connection shown from a servertask thread? 2004-08-31 19:34:52 16217 11007 COMMUNIC wait for connection T41 2

Can't transfer LongVarchar data out of ...

2004-08-20 Thread Kevin . Wilson
maxdb table into ms sql server using dts so I can do a text search of that field. Error = cannot instantiate storage object for source column <...> (Blob object) any ideas?

_SERVERDB_FOR_SAP = YES

2004-08-13 Thread Kevin . Wilson
I just noticed this parm and wondered if switching it to NO would cause any problems since my instance is not for live-cache or r/3?

RE: [BUG] general error; -7040

2004-07-26 Thread Kevin . Wilson
Why in the world would you want to do this? Think about it, you have similar data in two different columns that should be in one. If a value in (c) is the same as (b) which enables it to have a FK link to (a) then why not merge the columns and save yourself some headaches? -Original Message---

RE: db recovery with backups

2004-07-23 Thread Kevin . Wilson
How exactly does maxdb allow me specify the old files when creating the new instance after install? I have only seen new instance new instance for recovery. The first will overwrite any existing files of the same name and the second requires a backup medium not just the old data files that are ther

db recovery with backups

2004-07-23 Thread Kevin . Wilson
In the event of a system disk failure, whereby you have your data files (log and/or data) on a different disk, is it possible to simply install maxdb again and point the data paths to the existing files and the server come back up? If it is not how I describe how would you go about specifying exis

RE: Recreate Unique index

2004-07-16 Thread Kevin . Wilson
You are kidding right??? (RTFM my friend) http://www.sapdb.org/7.4/htmhelp/default.htm Don't mean to be insensitive but these guys have better things to do than teach a DBA 100 course. You can also use the DBMGUI where it is all point-n-click. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [

AMD Opteron - Any new developments?

2004-07-15 Thread Kevin . Wilson
1) Can MaxDB 32-Bit be successfully installed and ran on a Opteron system? 2) Is there any concrete plans as to when a x86_64 port could be expected?

RE: Importing backup made on SapDB 7.3 into SapDB 7.4

2004-06-23 Thread Kevin . Wilson
Yes, Using the DBMGUI 1st edition do a migration backup. Then on the 7.4 machine create a new instance for restore using DBGUI second edition or later and specify the migration backup when prompted. -Original Message- From: Andrea Setti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 23,

RE: multiple instances -> best practices?

2004-06-18 Thread Kevin . Wilson
You would be correct. If you have a sweet system that can handle the additional load of duplicated resource allocations then have at it. I had to go for the opposite. -Original Message- From: Filip Sergeys [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 9:18 AM To: Kevin Wilson Cc

RE: multiple instances -> best practices?

2004-06-18 Thread Kevin . Wilson
You are better off using different USERS to house the db objects in a single instance. This will allow you to use less resources to accomplish the same effect. -Original Message- From: Filip Sergeys [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 7:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject

Killing individual connections

2004-06-17 Thread Kevin . Wilson
how can I detect and kill a (individual) connection that is tying up the database for other users.

RE: MaxDB Peformance issue

2004-06-15 Thread Kevin . Wilson
Anything to do with joins/orders (especially tables with large text fields) are calculated incorrectly by the query optimizer. I have already submitted a dataset and schema to allow them to test on a real world situation so hopefully this will yield positive results. follow my emails with subject

RE: Disregard ---> PostgreSQL Stories

2004-06-14 Thread Kevin . Wilson
opps...wrong list. -Original Message- From: Kevin Wilson Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 1:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PostgreSQL Stories Please share any stories (good and bad) you may have about running JIRA with PostgreSQL as its backend datastore. Thanks, Kevin

PostgreSQL Stories

2004-06-14 Thread Kevin . Wilson
Please share any stories (good and bad) you may have about running JIRA with PostgreSQL as its backend datastore. Thanks, Kevin

RE: UPDATE FROM STATEMENT NOT SUPPORTED

2004-06-11 Thread Kevin . Wilson
- From: John Singleton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 4:26 PM To: Kevin Wilson Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: UPDATE FROM STATEMENT NOT SUPPORTED Kevin, After looking at what that statment does in MS SQL Server, I think this is the syntax you are looking for: UPDATE

RE: UPDATE FROM STATEMENT NOT SUPPORTED

2004-06-11 Thread Kevin . Wilson
It allows you to update using a joined table's column as the source information for the target column you want to update. -Original Message- From: John Singleton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 4:17 PM To: Kevin Wilson Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: UPDATE

UPDATE FROM STATEMENT NOT SUPPORTED

2004-06-11 Thread Kevin . Wilson
Unable to do mass update from a table using: UPDATE SET = 'X' FROM , WHERE Get "Invalid end of SQL statement." on the FROM keyword. This is a real handy item to have (use it in MS SQL Server). It may be a non-standard T-SQL extension but I am not sure. Nonetheless, I would think that adding

Joins: Qry optimizer still terrible

2004-06-09 Thread Kevin . Wilson
This simple join query brings maxdb 7.5.0.14 to its knees where this same *exact* query using the same data in PostgreSQL only takes 6 seconds to fetch and 24 seconds to display. MaxDB (SQL Studio) however locks up and never finishes. Below is some EXPLAIN output for queries I used to see what was

7.5.0.14 inplace upgrade hosed my 7.3.0.46 server

2004-06-07 Thread Kevin . Wilson
After using SDBINST to upgrade my 7.3.0.46 server and its instances (production and a test one (the test one isn't ever used)) I can enter Admin mode but any attempt to enter online causes shutdown. Also other select operations in Admin mode causes a shutdown to occur as well. Below is a snippet of

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