Re: [ADMIN] Errors in messages file

2002-10-25 Thread rolf . ostvik
Patrick Meylemans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The problem is detected but the reason is still not clear. It seems that if >one is connecting via a ODBC link from a winbox to a postgresql database >the link first tries to connect via username Admin, see syslog : >Oct 25 07:47:52 backbone logger:

Re: [ADMIN] Enabling ODBC for 7.2.2

2002-10-25 Thread John Burski
Apparently it doesn't need one. On a whim I left the value of "InstallDir" unassigned and continued on. I opened an OpenOffice spreadsheet and added a data source... and it worked! On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 14:17, John Burski wrote: > I'm attempting to enable ODBC support for PostgreSQL 7.2.2 run

[ADMIN] FATAL 1 at startup time.

2002-10-25 Thread Hernan Nunez
Hi, I upgrade my postgreSQL to 7.2.3 release and every thing works fine, but when i run the pg_ctl to start the postmaster i got two FATAL1. The postmaster start and the databases works. Any idea about this errors ?? Thanks in advance !! /usr/local/bin/pg_ctl start -w -D /usr/local/db/pgsql/dat

Re: [ADMIN] SQL query on Database size, no of tables

2002-10-25 Thread YC Nyon
Hi, I am looking for SQL statements that query a database for it's physical size, number of tables, etc. Regards Nyon ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL

[ADMIN] Enabling ODBC for 7.2.2

2002-10-25 Thread John Burski
I'm attempting to enable ODBC support for PostgreSQL 7.2.2 running on Red Hat 8.0. I'm also using OpenOffice.org. I've followed the instructions given in the documentation supplied with the RPMs and all has gone well -- so far. Right now I'm hung up in the configuration file. The last line of

Re: [ADMIN] FATAL 1 at startup time.

2002-10-25 Thread Tom Lane
Hernan Nunez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > /usr/local/bin/pg_ctl start -w -D /usr/local/db/pgsql/data -l /var/log/pgsql > waiting for postmaster to start... > Oct 25 13:26:51 ns6j postgres[4370]: [1] FATAL 1: The database system is > starting up > Oct 25 13:26:51 ns6j postgres[4370]: [1] FATAL 1:

Re: [ADMIN] Recover data from crashed HD

2002-10-25 Thread Nils-Erik Svangård
SOLVED!! I tried a tip of a earlier post - I wiped the new disk clean of all postgres packages. - I moved the old postgres lib dir to /var/lib/postgresql - did a apt-get install postgresql which installed postgres and all packages needed. During the installation process a message appeared the pac

Re: [ADMIN] FATAL 1: configuration file 'postgresql.conf' has wrong permissions

2002-10-25 Thread Michiel Lange
seems like: there's read/write, write, write access on the file. I think the others might want to be able to read the file instead of writing to it. "Andrey Romanchenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht news:a4t5vu$1jt2$1@;jupiter.hub.org... > hi all! > > when I attempt to start postgresql >

[ADMIN] postgresql 7.2.1 and smp ?

2002-10-25 Thread John Doe
Hi, According to some messages found in mailinglists, smp-support for pgsql 7.2.1 has been improved, but I could not find any 'official' documentation confirming this. Anyone has experience with smp and postgresql 7.2.1 (neg/pos) or can redirect me to some url documenting this smp-support ? Thx

[ADMIN] How can I retrieve an info about function arguments ?

2002-10-25 Thread Zuev Dmitry
Hello All Consider a function: create function f(varchar(10), decimal(10,1)) returns integer as 'select 1;' language sql; I need to retreive full set of info about argument and return types (for variable length too). How I can get it from system catalog ? For tables columns I can gen an info from p

[ADMIN] write a daemon config file by using stored procedures!

2002-10-25 Thread NoW
Hi!   I’m new in Postgres, Is there a way to start postgres as user root, yes this isn’t the normal way, but I will use it only for my own, Or is there a other way to write with a stored procedure a file, to a directory where user postgres haven’t access, becourse I will create a config

Re: [ADMIN] Errors in messages file

2002-10-25 Thread Brian E. Parker
"Patrick Meylemans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:5.1.1.6.0.20021024143111.00aef110@;server04.site04.wtcm.be... > How can I trace the IP adres of the client trying to connect as Admin to > our database ? This is a total guess, but maybe it will help until someone who knows the answer i

Re: [ADMIN] [NOVICE] pg or DBI

2002-10-25 Thread Williams, Travis L, NPONS
Unless I am mistaken (which actually happens quite often) DBI is the base modue that perl uses.. the extension of that DBI::Pg (which is called in the script) is postgres specific. That is what I am using and I am new to postgres but have been working with perl for 3-4 years and I have found it ve

Re: [ADMIN] Errors in messages file

2002-10-25 Thread Nigel J. Andrews
On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Patrick Meylemans wrote: > Dear, > > I'm receiving the following messages in the /var/log/message file : > > -> logger: verify_password: user 'Admin' not found in password file. > > We are running on RedHat7.0 > Postgresql7.1.3 > > How can I trace the IP adres of the clien

Re: [ADMIN] Admin software

2002-10-25 Thread Michiel Lange
I'd say: pgAdmin or pgAccess "W. Luijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in bericht news:a5qa9v$142r$1@;jupiter.hub.org... > I installed pg on a Redhat 7 box but dont know which tool > i can us to admininstrate (visual) the databases. > Can anyone help me? > > > ---(end of br

Re: [ADMIN] [NOVICE] pg or DBI

2002-10-25 Thread Jason Earl
Actually there are two PostgreSQL Perl interfaces the DBI based one and Pg. It has been a while since I have used Perl (and it has been even longer since I used the Pg interface), but I can tell you that most people use the DBI version. The two interfaces are very similar, but the Pg interface i

[ADMIN] Help with error message

2002-10-25 Thread JOE
During our load testing we saw the errors below.  I believe that the "Sorry, too many clients already" is because we exceeding the max connections to the database.  The "Socket command type 'unknown" error I do not understand.   Our installation is postgres 7.2.1 on Solaris 8 sun server.  T

[ADMIN] hash function

2002-10-25 Thread Rafael Mueller
anyone here know what's the hash functions used in pgsql? -- Rafael ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster

Re: [ADMIN] line length line break issue

2002-10-25 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 06:00:57PM -0700, David Bear wrote: > \pset recordsep "^" > (and other chars along with the caret) but it seems the postgress is not > using that character. My thinking was to strip all cr/lf, the replace the > caret with a newline. Then we could bring the data into so

Re: [ADMIN] postgresql 7.2.1 and smp ?

2002-10-25 Thread Andrew Sullivan
On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 03:56:44AM -0700, John Doe wrote: > Hi, > > According to some messages found in mailinglists, > smp-support for pgsql 7.2.1 has been improved, but I > could not find any 'official' documentation confirming > this. It was a bugfix. There was a spinlock problem in versions

Re: [ADMIN] How can I retrieve an info about function arguments ?

2002-10-25 Thread Tom Lane
"Zuev Dmitry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Consider a function: > create function f(varchar(10), decimal(10,1)) returns integer as 'select 1;' There is no distinction between such a function and a function declared create function f(varchar, decimal) Function arguments do not have length

Re: [ADMIN] Help with error message

2002-10-25 Thread Tom Lane
"JOE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > During our load testing we saw the errors below. I believe that the "Sorry= > , too many clients already" is because we exceeding the max connections to = > the database. Check. > The "Socket command type ' unknown" error I do not understand. The most likely

Re: [ADMIN] [HACKERS] Security question : Database access control

2002-10-25 Thread Igor Georgiev
> Next your going to ask what will stop root from stopping your > PostgreSQL, compiling a second copy with authentication disabled and > using your data directory as it's source :) He he somebody can blow up ur home with C4, but this don't stop you from locking ur door !?! -

Re: [ADMIN] Security question : Database access control

2002-10-25 Thread Chad R. Larson
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 05:05:38PM +0200, Igor Georgiev wrote: > or my nightmare a cygwin on Win 98 everybody can can access everything Or =my= nightmare: Anything important on any Windows platform. -crl -- Chad R. Larson (CRL22)[EMAIL PROTECTED] Eldorado Computing, Inc. 602-604

Re: [ADMIN] [HACKERS] Security question : Database access control

2002-10-25 Thread Rod Taylor
On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 12:12, Igor Georgiev wrote: > > > edit *pg_hba.conf * > > > # Allow any user on the local system to connect to any > > > # database under any username, but only via an IP connection: > > > host all 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255tr

Re: [ADMIN] [HACKERS] Security question : Database access control

2002-10-25 Thread Stephan Szabo
On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, Igor Georgiev wrote: > > > Next your going to ask what will stop root from stopping your > > PostgreSQL, compiling a second copy with authentication disabled and > > using your data directory as it's source :) > > He he somebody can blow up ur home with C4, but this don't stop