Re: [ADMIN] Online Backup and WAL archives

2005-02-03 Thread Simon Riggs
>Pallav Kalva wrote > yes, documentation points to the > recovery_target_time(timestamp) option > in this regard, sorry i missed that. but there is one thing which is > still not clear to me is if we restore the database to some > time back , > what happens to WAL files in the pg_xlog directory ?

[ADMIN] Problem upgrading 8.0.0beta4 to 8.0.1

2005-02-03 Thread Zeki Mokhtarzada
Hello all, I recently tried to upgrade from postgresql8.0beta4 to 8.0.1. When I tried to start postmaster I got the following error: FATAL: database files are incompatible with server DETAIL: The database cluster was initialized with CATALOG_VERSION_NO 200410111, but the server was compiled

Re: [ADMIN] PITR WAL backups

2005-02-03 Thread Simon Riggs
>Mark Reidenbach wrote >The problem I'm having is that you need to > backup this wal > file before it's been archived to have a backup which is > consistent Not sure I agree. Can you explain some more? Is it that you have a very low transaction rate and log files take a long time to fill? Pleas

[ADMIN] Installing Multiple Versions

2005-02-03 Thread Rod MacNeil
I have a need to install multiple versions on my linux box (7.1.2 & 7.4.x on FC3). Both will be installed from source. I know that they will need separate install and data directories and use sepearate ports. My question is about the libraries. I usually put their location in ld.so.conf. Do both

[ADMIN] vacuum ran out of space and now i cant get back into db

2005-02-03 Thread Pam Eggler
I noticed I was running low on space on my system, so I found this vacuum command. I ran it and it failed because it ran out of space: vacuum mytable; FATAL 2: ZeroFill failed to write /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_xlog/xlogtemp.23895: No space left on device server closed the connection unexpectedly

[ADMIN] Regarding Postgres 8.0 !

2005-02-03 Thread Sanjay Rathod
Hi, We are using Postgres 8.0 as a developement database and working fine under Linux. Can you please let me know whether the Postgres 8.0 version available for Solaris-sparc and Solaris -x86 and Solaris-x86 (64 bit). Thanks and regards, - Sanjay Rathod _

[ADMIN] Problem with plpgsql installation!!!

2005-02-03 Thread Ing. Jhon Carrillo
Hi, I have a problem installing "plpgsql" in postgreSQL 7.4.6 on linux. Those Scripts were create succesfull but when i try to create some "store procedure(function)" no gererate errors, no generate nothing in the pgadmin III, i don't know what is the problem. '/usr/lib/postgresql/plpgsql

Re: [ADMIN] Online Backup and WAL archives

2005-02-03 Thread Pallav Kalva
yes, documentation points to the recovery_target_time(timestamp) option in this regard, sorry i missed that. but there is one thing which is still not clear to me is if we restore the database to some time back , what happens to WAL files in the pg_xlog directory ? if we still keep those files