[ADMIN] How to change datatype of a field

2002-05-24 Thread shreedhar
Is there any possibility to change datatype of a field.   regards, S Baskar

Re: [ADMIN] Talking to port 5432

2002-05-24 Thread Rajesh Kumar Mallah.
dear hal, I Guess Application layer interfaces like (libpq,libpq++ etc) exists for talking to it? regds mallah. On Saturday 25 May 2002 03:44 am, Hal Lynch wrote: > Can someone give me a clue as to where I find > docs, howto, etc on how to talk to the postgresql backend > through port 5432? >

Re: [ADMIN] databases and RAID ...

2002-05-24 Thread Rajesh Kumar Mallah.
Hi Fred, I have only two hardisks and no HW card. how can i utilize them best? i do not want to loose data one fine day discovering one my SCSI havaing DB has failed.:-( should i run database on only 1 18GB scsi and pg_dump every 6 hrs my critical tables on other machine (which has not

Re: [ADMIN] databases and RAID ...

2002-05-24 Thread Tom Lane
"Fred Moyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>(by way of Rajesh Kumar Mallah. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) writes: > use raid 10 (striping with mirroring) if you have more than 2 hard > disks. much faster than raid 1. Is there any rhyme or reason to the various "RAID n" designations? Or were they just invented on th

Re: [ADMIN] databases and RAID ...

2002-05-24 Thread Fred Moyer
use raid 10 (striping with mirroring) if you have more than 2 hard disks. much faster than raid 1. > Hi > > I am setting up a new database server. > the data is critical that is why i am thniking > to mirror the SCSI disks in RAID 1 configuration. > > I do not have a hardware raid controller. >

Re: [ADMIN] databases and RAID ...

2002-05-24 Thread Corey W. Gibbs
Good Morning Mallah, I've heard bad things from a friend that worked at IBM about using RAID and databases. He said there could be a definite performance hit with a hardware raid controller doing RAID5, so i can only imagine that software raid would be worse :(. Mirroring should be as bad, but i

Re: [ADMIN] databases and RAID ...

2002-05-24 Thread Egon Reetz
I would use hardware RAID level 1 for performance reasons. Egon "Rajesh Kumar Mallah." wrote: > Hi > > I am setting up a new database server. > the data is critical that is why i am thniking > to mirror the SCSI disks in RAID 1 configuration. > > I do not have a hardware raid controller. > > cou

[ADMIN] Problem in User Securities

2002-05-24 Thread shreedhar
Hi all,   I went through pg_hba.conf, I tried to change 'local' and 'Host' permissions.   I gave permissions like   local all         password host all x.x.x.x x.x.x.x password   if i tried to login using my database password i got an error like 'password authentication failed'.   can any bod

[ADMIN] Talking to port 5432

2002-05-24 Thread Hal Lynch
Can someone give me a clue as to where I find docs, howto, etc on how to talk to the postgresql backend through port 5432? hal ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org

Re: [ADMIN] databases and RAID ...

2002-05-24 Thread Kris Deugau
"Rajesh Kumar Mallah." wrote: > I am setting up a new database server. > the data is critical that is why i am thniking > to mirror the SCSI disks in RAID 1 configuration. > I do not have a hardware raid controller. If it's that critical, you would be wise to go buy a hardware RAID controller. >

Re: [ADMIN] databases and RAID ...

2002-05-24 Thread Jeremy Buchmann
Rajesh Kumar Mallah. wrote: > Hi > > I am setting up a new database server. > the data is critical that is why i am thniking > to mirror the SCSI disks in RAID 1 configuration. > > I do not have a hardware raid controller. > > could anyone give me some pointer , or suggest me > if its advisable

Re: [ADMIN] How can i drop a foreign key relation

2002-05-24 Thread Stephan Szabo
On Fri, 24 May 2002, shreedhar wrote: > How can i drop a foreign key relation. In my database I gave reverse > relation ships which i should alter. You'll need to drop the three triggers that are created by the foreign key constraint. If you go to techdocs.postgresql.org there are some pages on

[ADMIN] databases and RAID ...

2002-05-24 Thread Rajesh Kumar Mallah.
Hi I am setting up a new database server. the data is critical that is why i am thniking to mirror the SCSI disks in RAID 1 configuration. I do not have a hardware raid controller. could anyone give me some pointer , or suggest me if its advisable to use RAID 1 with database servers. thanks

Re: [ADMIN] Forgot admin pw on initialization/install RH 7.3/PGSQL7.2

2002-05-24 Thread Richard Poole
On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 11:20:27PM -0400, Jeff Kowalczyk wrote: > I made a dumb mistake, and forgot to write down the autogenerated > administrator password when I first started the Postgres database on > RedHat 7.3. I'm having a hard time finding information on how to do this > online, and it's a

[ADMIN] How can i drop a foreign key relation

2002-05-24 Thread shreedhar
Hi all,   How can i drop a foreign key relation. In my database I gave reverse relation ships which i should alter.   thanks alot,   with best regards, baskar