[ADMIN] Date Formatting question

1999-08-13 Thread Darren Greer
Hello all. Is there a way to change the datestyle for a single select statement. I dont wnat to play around with PGDATESTYLE, for fear of messing with other program we have using the database, and am not sure if set datestyle sets the style for every database, or just the current database. So,

[ADMIN] Data out of alignment?

1999-08-12 Thread Darren Greer
Hello all. Often times in our database we have web pages built off of the order in which data is retrieved from the database. For the most part this data is retreived in the same order in which it was put in. For Example we put in the following info song1, title2 song2, title2 song3, title3 E

Re: [ADMIN] Drastic reduction in speed

1999-08-10 Thread Darren Greer
NoI haven't vacuumed in a whilebut this change in speed happened almost overnight. Is that possible? Darren - Original Message - From: Lamar Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Darren Greer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 19

[ADMIN] Drastic reduction in speed

1999-08-10 Thread Darren Greer
Hello all. On another maybe related note to my recovery issues, I am noticing a drastic slow down with my database. A couple of days ago, when deleting 20,000 rows of data, it would take roughly 5-10 seconds. Now it is taking about 2-5 minutes for 2,000. Is there anything I can check to see if

Re: [ADMIN] Urgent - Help Needed (Restoriing Data)

1999-08-10 Thread Darren Greer
Ok.thanks to the help of Oliver Elphick, I know have the correct version of Postres installed, and my old data is there and working fine (ie I can do a psql -c "select count(*) yada yada" dbname, with success). My problem now is that, when I try and go into psql, I get a Segmentation fault.

[ADMIN] Urgent - Help Needed (Restoring Data) - Update

1999-08-10 Thread Darren Greer
OkI had mentioned that the PG_VERSION file in my original data directory says 6.4. Well, I installed postgres version 6.3 and then copied my original data directory over the new. This is what I get: gandalf:/# /etc/init.d/postgresql start The database is in an older format that cannot be re

Re: [ADMIN] Urgent - Help Needed (Restoriing Data)

1999-08-10 Thread Darren Greer
directory exactly what version I was running? - Original Message - From: Jay W. Summet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Darren Greer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 8:48 AM Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Urgent - Help Needed (Restoriing Data) > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-

[ADMIN] Urgent - Help Needed (Restoriing Data)

1999-08-10 Thread Darren Greer
Somehow, our version of postgres got upgraded during some system maintenance. To make a long story short we had to completely re-install Posgres (6.3-15). Now I have originaly data directory backed up, but have found no way to import the data. I tried simply replacing the new data directory wit

[ADMIN] Postgres timing out.

1999-06-08 Thread Darren Greer : Information Systems
/report to the group for further information. Darren Greer QTI - Information Systems (414)566-7543 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[ADMIN] Modifying a portion of a text field?

1999-04-26 Thread Darren Greer
Hello all. Ive got a table with a field that is varchar(80). This field has a URL in it. Unfortunately when the data was entered some of the URL's are hardcoded with the IP number. For example: http://207.200.200.2/yada/yada.ra I need to replace the 207.200.200.2 with the domain name. Ive be

[ADMIN] Re: Import/Export Problem

1999-03-30 Thread Darren Greer : Information Systems
I would like to thank all those that replied with my problem importing and exporting into a text field. I will be trying it tonight, and feel quite confident that all will go well. I will let everyone know how it goes. Once again Thanks, Darren Greer QTI - Information Systems (414)566-7543

[ADMIN] Easy way to export/import a field

1999-03-29 Thread Darren Greer : Information Systems
has been answered several times, but have been unable to find any post that actually shows how. I would greatly appreciate it if someone could tell me the steps to solve my dilema. Thanks in advance, Darren Greer QTI - Information Systems (414)566-7543 [EMAIL PROTECTED]