Re: Presentation tools used ?

2023-10-23 Thread Tom Browder
On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 09:46 Bruce Momjian wrote: You might want to watch this video I created, and maybe the bonus one too: > > https://momjian.us/main/presentations/general.html#presenting Excellent! Thanks. -Tom > >

Re: Migrating MySQL DB to PostgreSQL DB.

2023-07-30 Thread Tom Browder
On Sun, Jul 30, 2023 at 19:36 Kaushal Shriyan wrote: Thanks Ron for the suggestion. Much appreciated. Are there any PostgreSQL > GUI applications for MacOS, Windows and Linux similar to MySQL Workbench ( > https://www.mysql.com/products/workbench/) ? > Check out Dbeaver (dbeaver.com). -Tom

Re: Support for dates before 4713 BC

2022-08-22 Thread Tom Browder
This is a bit off topic, but Raku, the sister language of Perl, has a built-in Date object that should be able to handle the situation. I wonder if there is a possibility of someday having an interface with Raku as with Perl. Note Raku has an excellent module to use PostgreSQL. Blessings. -Tom

Re: The tragedy of SQL

2021-09-17 Thread Tom Browder
On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 06:49 Raymond Brinzer wrote: On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 9:06 AM Merlin Moncure wrote: > > I've long thought that there is more algebraic type syntax sitting > > underneath SQL yearning to get out. ... > Now, if this sort of thing suits the way you think, I say, "Great!" > I'm

Re: Even more OT: Ditto machines [was: bottom / top posting]

2021-06-10 Thread Tom Browder
On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 15:52 Dean Gibson (DB Administrator) < postgre...@mailpen.com> wrote: > On 2021-06-10 13:21, Peter J. Holzer wrote: > > On 2021-06-09 14:41:47 -0700, Dean Gibson (DB Administrator) wrote: > > ... when paper memos were the norm ... > > ... before photocopiers were invented..

Re: bottom / top posting

2021-06-09 Thread Tom Browder
e. That's fine; I tend to stop reading > their messages right away. Ditto. Best regards, -Tom Browder

Re: Binary downloads and upgrading the host OS

2020-04-25 Thread Tom Browder
On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 17:07 Magnus Hagander wrote: ... > Also don't forget that on an upgrade from Debian 9 to 10, you most likely > need to reindex your string indexes, see > https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Locale_data_changes > . >

Re: Binary downloads and upgrading the host OS

2020-04-25 Thread Tom Browder
On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 10:24 AM Adrian Klaver wrote: > On 4/25/20 8:04 AM, Tom Browder wrote: > > I am using the PostgreSQL binary downloads for Debian from your apt > > repositories. ... > Looks good to me. I'm assuming you are leaving the Postgres version the > sa

Binary downloads and upgrading the host OS

2020-04-25 Thread Tom Browder
I am using the PostgreSQL binary downloads for Debian from your apt repositories. I am about to upgrade from Debian 9 to Debian 10 and would like comments for my plan: 1. I will follow Debian's instructions for upgrading from 9 to 10. 2. Before I start the actual upgrade, I will: + ensure all i