Re: [ADMIN] newbie qs; fixing and checking databases

2002-10-21 Thread Shawn Michael
On 2002.10.16 00:34 Nigel J. Andrews wrote: > On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Tom Lane wrote: > > > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Rusty Wright wrote: > > >> Are there commands provided with postgresql for checking the databases > > >> and also for repairing them? > > > > > We don't have ch

Re: [ADMIN] newbie qs; fixing and checking databases

2002-10-16 Thread Vincent Janelle
t > because I was searching for documentation on some sort of db check > utility and didn't find anything. > >Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 16:40:21 -0400 >From: Vincent Janelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Rusty Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] &

Re: [ADMIN] newbie qs; fixing and checking databases

2002-10-16 Thread Rusty Wright
m: Vincent Janelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Rusty Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ADMIN] newbie qs; fixing and checking databases The rest of us read the documentation.. On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 13:12:07 -0700 (PDT) Rusty Wright <[EMAIL PROT

Re: [ADMIN] newbie qs; fixing and checking databases

2002-10-16 Thread Vincent Janelle
To: "Bruce Momjian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "Rusty Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: [ADMIN] newbie qs; fixing and checking databases >Date: Wed, 16 Oc

Re: [ADMIN] newbie qs; fixing and checking databases

2002-10-16 Thread Rusty Wright
Some of us are just paranoid and like to be prepared when there really is a fire. From: "ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bruce Momjian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Rusty Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL

Re: [ADMIN] newbie qs; fixing and checking databases

2002-10-16 Thread ken
newbie qs; fixing and checking databases Rusty Wright wrote: > It seems to me that if the machine crashes in the middle of a > transaction that there will be or is a very high chance of database > corruption. I don't know if and how postgresql would detect and > handle that after

Re: [ADMIN] newbie qs; fixing and checking databases

2002-10-16 Thread Bruce Momjian
Rusty Wright wrote: > It seems to me that if the machine crashes in the middle of a > transaction that there will be or is a very high chance of database > corruption. I don't know if and how postgresql would detect and > handle that after the system reboots. We are running mysql here and > have

Re: [ADMIN] newbie qs; fixing and checking databases

2002-10-16 Thread Rusty Wright
It seems to me that if the machine crashes in the middle of a transaction that there will be or is a very high chance of database corruption. I don't know if and how postgresql would detect and handle that after the system reboots. We are running mysql here and haven't had any data integrity pro

Re: [ADMIN] newbie qs; fixing and checking databases

2002-10-15 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Rusty Wright wrote: >> Are there commands provided with postgresql for checking the databases >> and also for repairing them? > We don't have checks because thing rarely break. Or at least: there are seldom any programmable-in-advance patterns to our f

Re: [ADMIN] newbie qs; fixing and checking databases

2002-10-15 Thread Bruce Momjian
Rusty Wright wrote: > Are there commands provided with postgresql for checking the databases > and also for repairing them? I'd like to be able to run something to > check the databases before our nightly backups. We don't have checks because thing rarely break. You can do a VACUUM, which does

[ADMIN] newbie qs; fixing and checking databases

2002-10-15 Thread Rusty Wright
Are there commands provided with postgresql for checking the databases and also for repairing them? I'd like to be able to run something to check the databases before our nightly backups. Thanks ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 5: Have you checked our