Re: [ADMIN] archive_command

2005-10-02 Thread Simon Riggs
On Sat, 2005-10-01 at 21:43 -0700, Jeff Frost wrote: > On Fri, 30 Sep 2005, Simon Riggs wrote: > > > If I follow your example, yes. But that assumes there is only one > > timeline's WAL files in your pg_xlog. It could get more complex in that > > situation because you could be in any of the timeli

[ADMIN] backup software for postgresql

2005-10-02 Thread Robert Ngo
Hi,   Which backup software out there work well with postgresql, I cannot find one with backup agent for postgres.   I am looking for a backup solution that will backup the postgres database from a fiber channel san to a fiber channel tape library, any one here have experience with simi

Re: [ADMIN] backup software for postgresql

2005-10-02 Thread Uwe C. Schroeder
I'm going the easy route with that one. I do a full dump every night - which goes to tape (using any type of tape backup software) and is mirrored to another machine using rdist. For continuous backup I use Slony to replicate the master database to two off-site backup servers. That way there ar

Re: [ADMIN] backup software for postgresql

2005-10-02 Thread Hervé Piedvache
Hi, Arkeia do this ... but the PostregSQL agent is not free. regards, Le Dimanche 2 Octobre 2005 14:06, Robert Ngo a écrit : > Hi, > > > > Which backup software out there work well with postgresql, I cannot find > one with backup agent for postgres. > > > > I am looking for a backup solution tha

[ADMIN] Vacuum Full Analyze Stalled

2005-10-02 Thread Jeff Kirby
I'm going to attempt to do my best in describing the situation... so please forgive any ignorance on my part since I am very new to the Postgres community. We have 2 identical Postgres databases, one on a Windows 2003 platform, and the other on a SUSe 9.3 Linux platform (both platforms have iden

[ADMIN] How may I set LC_COLLATE and LC_CTYPE to Russian_Russia.1251 on Fedora Core Linux?

2005-10-02 Thread Петров Р . В .
Hello! When I install Postgresql 8.0.3 on my Windows server, I set LC_COLLATE and LC_CTYPE to Russian_Russia.1251 via install process. But when I install Postgresql server on Fedora Core 4 Linux, I can't set LC_COLLATE and LC_CTYPE to Russian_Russia.1251. Maximum, that I may set, is ru_RU.KOI8-R.

[ADMIN] display function code

2005-10-02 Thread Colton A Smith
Hi: I wrote a function for my database and 'loaded' it, but then misplaced the code. Is there a query I can issue to retrieve it? Thanks ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose

[ADMIN] pg_hba.conf setup

2005-10-02 Thread Ben Sullins
Greetings,   I am attempting to setup a DTS package in Sql Server that will copy over data from a Postgres database. I have followed the instructions found here (http://techdocs.postgresql.org/techdocs/usingpostgresqlwithdotnet.php) but am still unable to connect. The error I receive when

[ADMIN] PostgreSQL Remote Connection

2005-10-02 Thread Guilherme Alberto
Hello,Im trying to make a remote connection using a Windows Program called "EMS PostgreSQL Manager".I am having issues setting up the pg_hba.conf properly to allow a user to make connections only to his assigned database.Following the PostgreSQL documentation I could sucessfuly connect using

[ADMIN] data files corruption after server crash

2005-10-02 Thread Rytis
Hello, Our server crashed and some of the pgsql/base files got corrupted. 2 out of 10 databases now reject all connections with error: psql: FATAL: "/var/db/pgsql/base/17236" is not a valid data directory DETAIL: File "/var/db/pgsql/base/17236/PG_VERSION" is missing. We have dump that's a w

[ADMIN] HP Openview

2005-10-02 Thread taso
Hi all, does anyone have experience with integrating postgres into HP Openview? Looking at different utilities and HPOV was suggested, however I can't seem to find much information regarding this combination. Archives and google don't turn up much so I am hoping for any first hand experience or

[ADMIN] Database protection - restore to the point of failure

2005-10-02 Thread W
Is it possible to do something like that (taken from Oracle world): I have two phisical disc (diskA and diskB). I would like to put: - database data files on diskA, - database WAL on diskA and diskB (dual logging), - database archive logs on diskA and diskB. With this kind of configuration, I cou

[ADMIN] Need help with corrupt pg_statistic

2005-10-02 Thread Kevin Seghetti
I am using postgres 7.4.5, and have a corrupt pg_statistic. Many commands cause the following error: ERROR: invalid page header in block 10 of relation "pg_statistic" I want to preserve my data if at all possible, I figured I would just dump the database and reload it. I tried pg_dump, but it giv

[ADMIN] postgresql on SAN

2005-10-02 Thread Robert Ngo
Hi,   I am looking at using the iscsi version of Dell|EMC AX100i as the SAN storage for my network, this solution is using 7200rpm sata, Is this SAN suitable to be use as storage space for postgresql. Any one here have experience in setting up iscsi SAN for postgresql database?    

[ADMIN] Postgres/Win32- Upgrade from 8.0.1 to 8.0.3 fails

2005-10-02 Thread Claus Scherschel
Hi folks at pgsql.admin, I've Postgres 8.0.1 running natively under Windows XPpro SP2. I would like to update to 8.0.3 using the upgrade-batchfile coming with the zipped download file. The installation stops when trying to install the service, saying the Postgres 8.0 Database Service could not be

Re: [ADMIN] display function code

2005-10-02 Thread Bruce Momjian
Colton A Smith wrote: > Hi: > >I wrote a function for my database and 'loaded' it, but then > misplaced the code. Is there a query I can issue to retrieve it? psql \df+? That works for non-C languages. -- Bruce Momjian| http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha

[ADMIN] pgAdmin guru hints

2005-10-02 Thread Andreas Pflug
In-time for PostgreSQL 8.1 gold, The pgAdmin Developer Team will release pgAdmin III V1.4, which has a new Guru hint feature that tries to give users helpful hints on typical beginner's pitfalls. The current set of hints is at http://svn.pgadmin.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/pgadmin3/docs/en_US

Re: [ADMIN] display function code

2005-10-02 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian writes: > Colton A Smith wrote: >> I wrote a function for my database and 'loaded' it, but then >> misplaced the code. Is there a query I can issue to retrieve it? > psql \df+? That works for non-C languages. Also, consider doing "pg_dump -s yourdb" and then pulling the CREATE FU

Re: [ADMIN] Vacuum Full Analyze Stalled

2005-10-02 Thread Tom Lane
"Jeff Kirby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > the Linux box however is still chugging away this morning... and > appears to be stuck on vacuuming "pg_constraint_contypid_index". How > do I know... well I don't really... I'm inferring based on the order > of the log output on the Windows box. Looking

Re: [ADMIN] Need help with corrupt pg_statistic

2005-10-02 Thread Tom Lane
Kevin Seghetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there any way to nuke pg_statistic (since its contents can be > recalculated anyway?) You want to do "TRUNCATE pg_statistic"; to avoid the permission check, you'll need to do that in a standalone backend with -O option. Do *not* try to drop and recr

Re: [ADMIN] [HACKERS] pgAdmin guru hints

2005-10-02 Thread David Fetter
On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 02:16:37AM +0200, Andreas Pflug wrote: > In-time for PostgreSQL 8.1 gold, The pgAdmin Developer Team will > release pgAdmin III V1.4, which has a new Guru hint feature that > tries to give users helpful hints on typical beginner's pitfalls. > > The current set of hints is a

Re: [ADMIN] pg_hba.conf setup

2005-10-02 Thread Jeff Frost
On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Ben Sullins wrote: I logged onto the linux box via ssh and edited the file by adding a line in pg_hba.conf for my ip. I'm thinking it other lines above my new entry could be affecting my access restrictions. Below are the lines in order as they appear in pg_hba.conf. Any ass