[ADMIN] Indexes for Foreign Keys?

2007-10-29 Thread Jeff Larsen
I've noticed that PG automatically creates indexes when you create a primary key. But when you create a foreign key on a child table, it does not create an index on the referencing columns of the child table. Does PG *not* need an index to perform joins between parent and child tables quickly? Or

Re: [ADMIN] pg_start_backup without WAL archiving

2007-11-25 Thread Jeff Larsen
On Nov 25, 2007 8:24 AM, Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why is it not allowed to call pg_start_backup when WAL archiving is off? > Wouldn't this be useful as a discrete file system backup without PITR > capability? Because a file system level backup is no good unless the database is

Re: [ADMIN] Enable Syslog on Postgres

2007-11-29 Thread Jeff Larsen
> I have installed Postgres 8.2.5 on windows xp machine using the windows > installer. I am trying to enable syslogs on Postgres so that all Postgress > logs should be forwarded Syslog server. I have installed Syslog server > WinSyslog on the same machine. > > I have modified 'log_destination' para