Re: [ADMIN] a problem

2003-08-25 Thread Robert Treat
On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 05:01, sharvari N wrote: > hello > How do i change the definition of a column? one of the columns width is > not sufficient to store the data. I want to change the width. how to do > that in postgres? I tried doing alter table + change/modify. both of > them doesn't work in p

[ADMIN] a problem

2003-08-24 Thread sharvari N
hello How do i change the definition of  a column? one of the columns width is not sufficient to store the data. I want to change the width. how to do that in postgres? I tried doing alter table + change/modify. both of them doesn't work in postgres.    and what is the maximum size to which a post

Re: [ADMIN] A problem

2003-06-27 Thread Sam Barnett-Cormack
Late as it is, I'll try this monday. I hope it works, other suggestions still welcome of course, thanks very much. On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Tom Lane wrote: > Sam Barnett-Cormack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [ accidentally clobbered pg_control ] > > It sounds like the main problem is too small a va

Re: [ADMIN] A problem

2003-06-27 Thread Tom Lane
Sam Barnett-Cormack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [ accidentally clobbered pg_control ] It sounds like the main problem is too small a value in the XID (transaction ID) counter, so that all your data tuples appear to be in the future. pg_resetxlog has an option to force an initial XID but you nee

[ADMIN] A problem

2003-06-27 Thread Sam Barnett-Cormack
I have a problem partly caused by stupidity, which I desperately need to fix if at all possible. Me and a colleague have tried fixing it and may've made it worse... I have a reasonably big db (21GB on disk, fully vaccuumed). I upgraded from 7.3.2 to 7.3.3, forgetting to shut it down cleanly first.