Re: [ADMIN] Requirements for a database server

2001-07-23 Thread Robert . Farrugia
Hi, As regards to repetitive data, this is a bit tricky. The dataset contains some varchars with repetitive data, but due to the amount of different values, it defeats the purpose of putting them into a seperate table. Unfortunately most of the fields in the table are numbers which cannot be op

Re: [ADMIN] error status 139

2001-07-23 Thread Laurette Cisneros
Here's more info I was able to track down... I am making a function call to a c function in my SQL, example: SELECT funct(arg) FROM x; Here's the create statment for function func: CREATE FUCNTION func(path) RETURNS point AS '${PGLIB}/xxx.so' LANGUAGE 'c'; Inside the c function funct, when

Re: [ADMIN] error status 139

2001-07-23 Thread Laurette Cisneros
Thanks for the help... I am using vers. 7.1.2 of PostgreSQL on Redhat Linux 7.1 (2.4 kernel). I am running a set of external functions (in C) that are dynamincally loaded when needed (in a .so) that do some computations on rows. It works fine if I do a few rows, but crashes when done ni "bat

Re: [ADMIN] Better copy/import

2001-07-23 Thread Gary Stainburn
Hi Steve, I don't no of a direct method, e.g. turning off the 'die' behaviour of copy etc., but when I had the similar situation, I found it easier to just load the file in vi and clean the data first. Admittedly I only had a couple of hundred lines tho'. Alternatively, you could write a sma

[ADMIN] putting odbc on university server

2001-07-23 Thread speeves
Hi! I am wondering if it is ok to put the odbc driver for windows on a central university server? This will make it available to everyone that has access through the university Netware network. Please let me know. Thank you! -- Shannon Peevey UNT-Central Web Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] 940-36

[ADMIN] Datatype Conversion

2001-07-23 Thread Aaron Levensailor
Is there a method to change the datatype of a field? (e.g., convert a 'timestamp' field to a 'date' field) Thanks! ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html

[ADMIN] Re: newbie question

2001-07-23 Thread Adam
Yea it worked for me, as well. Xue-Feng Yang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... | --- Henry House <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ...cut ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster

[ADMIN] Re: error status 139

2001-07-23 Thread Steven Lane
Hello all: I'm trying to load about 10M rows of data into a simple postgres table. The data is straightforward and fairly clean, but does have glitches every few tens of thousands of rows. My problem is that when COPY hits a bad row it just aborts, leaving me to go back, delete or clean up the ro

[ADMIN] Better copy/import

2001-07-23 Thread Steven Lane
Hello all: Sorry for the bad subject line on the last version of this post. I'm trying to load about 10M rows of data into a simple postgres table. The data is straightforward and fairly clean, but does have glitches every few tens of thousands of rows. My problem is that when COPY hits a bad ro

[ADMIN] Re: Operator *=

2001-07-23 Thread Luis Sousa
The script file that I was talking about can be found at /usr/lib/postgresql/share/contrib/array_iterator.sq Luis Sousa Luis Sousa wrote: > Hello > > I know that exists a script file in postgres (I think) that have all of > these operators. But what is the name of the file ? > > Is it in the p