Re: [ADMIN] exceeded MAX_ALLOCATED_DESCS while trying to open file

2013-06-09 Thread Tom Lane
steve.tout...@inspq.qc.ca writes: > Using postgres 9.2, I created a FOREIGN TABLE on a csv file. It works. > But I need to change the structure of the data and I created several sql > select using union, like > select from .foreign table... where... > union > select from .foreign table..

Re: [ADMIN] exceeded MAX_ALLOCATED_DESCS while trying to open file

2013-05-31 Thread Tom Lane
Alvaro Herrera writes: > k...@rice.edu wrote: >> Each SELECT opens your FOREIGN TABLE so you are opening it 10 times. This is >> hardcoded by a #define in ./src/backend/storage/file/fd.c during the build so >> you would need to recompile the software yourself to change it. Can you re- >> write you

Re: [ADMIN] exceeded MAX_ALLOCATED_DESCS while trying to open file

2013-05-28 Thread Alvaro Herrera
k...@rice.edu wrote: > Each SELECT opens your FOREIGN TABLE so you are opening it 10 times. This is > hardcoded by a #define in ./src/backend/storage/file/fd.c during the build so > you would need to recompile the software yourself to change it. Can you re- > write your query using a single SELECT

Re: [ADMIN] exceeded MAX_ALLOCATED_DESCS while trying to open file

2013-05-28 Thread Steve . Toutant
The csv has 34 columns and I need to create a crosstab (using 8 columns so I can't use built in crosstab functions). That is why I need to make several sql select. I'm using foreign table so my client can update is csv file without having to run the ETL to update a table in postgres. Using tem

Re: [ADMIN] exceeded MAX_ALLOCATED_DESCS while trying to open file

2013-05-28 Thread Igor Neyman
> > Hi Steve, > > Each SELECT opens your FOREIGN TABLE so you are opening it 10 times. > This is hardcoded by a #define in ./src/backend/storage/file/fd.c > during the build so you would need to recompile the software yourself > to change it. Can you re- write your query using a single SELECT or

Re: [ADMIN] exceeded MAX_ALLOCATED_DESCS while trying to open file

2013-05-28 Thread k...@rice.edu
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 11:28:02AM -0400, steve.tout...@inspq.qc.ca wrote: > Hi, > Using postgres 9.2, I created a FOREIGN TABLE on a csv file. It works. > But I need to change the structure of the data and I created several sql > select using union, like > select from .foreign table... where

[ADMIN] exceeded MAX_ALLOCATED_DESCS while trying to open file

2013-05-28 Thread Steve . Toutant
Hi, Using postgres 9.2, I created a FOREIGN TABLE on a csv file. It works. But I need to change the structure of the data and I created several sql select using union, like select from .foreign table... where... union select from .foreign table... where... union ... It works for the firs