Re: [ADMIN] 7.3 upgrade large tables

2002-12-12 Thread Rajesh Kumar Mallah.
its given in the psql admin docs. it uses split . regds mallah. On Thursday 12 December 2002 07:20 am, Christopher Smith wrote: > Upon each postgresql upgrade the copy command seems just not to parse > correctly. Of course, you say why not copy data into sql statements... I > would however, the

Re: [ADMIN] migrating/backup script

2002-12-12 Thread Justin Georgeson
Anyone? Bueller? What's the usefulness of dumping data (-d/D) and oids (-o) separately? Should I scrap the extra step for oids? If not what order should I restore them in? Other than asking people who were around when the stuff was created, how would I know if I need to dump oids separately? J

Re: [ADMIN] client for solaris

2002-12-12 Thread Mr OCP
Just complie the source and install it, don't do an initdd and add it to your path : psql -h Khat From: Aravind Vinnakota <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ADMIN] client for solaris Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 18:52:00 -0500 (EST) Hi all, I am looking for a postgreSQL cl

[ADMIN] client for solaris

2002-12-12 Thread Aravind Vinnakota
Hi all, I am looking for a postgreSQL client (okay with command line client) for installing on a Solaris 8 machine. The basic idea is to use the client and retreive the data from a database running on another machine. So, I want to know where I can get the client (url) for solaris? I dont want al

Re: [ADMIN]

2002-12-12 Thread Robert Treat
On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 14:50, Robert Treat wrote: > On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 01:39, Mukund Pate wrote: > > hello, > > > > how to modify the datatype of column in a table? > > > > i have created table with one coulmn datatype is varchar(200) so i > > would like to change to text datatype > > > > You

Re: [ADMIN]

2002-12-12 Thread Robert Treat
On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 01:39, Mukund Pate wrote: > hello, > > how to modify the datatype of column in a table? > > i have created table with one coulmn datatype is varchar(200) so i > would like to change to text datatype > You will need to recreate the table. Robert Treat -

Re: [ADMIN] failure on updating database from 7.1 to 7.3

2002-12-12 Thread Tom Lane
Arne Roolfs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > after compiling and installing postgresql 7.3 i tried to dump the old > database of the running 7.1-server with "pg_dumpall -o > test" of the > new version like recommendend by the "INSTALL"-file. > it answered: > bash$ /usr/local/pgsql-7.3/bin/pg_dumpal

[ADMIN] failure on updating database from 7.1 to 7.3

2002-12-12 Thread Arne Roolfs
hello, after compiling and installing postgresql 7.3 i tried to dump the old database of the running 7.1-server with "pg_dumpall -o > test" of the new version like recommendend by the "INSTALL"-file. it answered: bash$ /usr/local/pgsql-7.3/bin/pg_dumpall -o > test pg_dump: column number -1 is o