Gary Horton wrote:
>
> I have newcomer type questions about use PostGreSQL and have been
> directed to this mailing list by the site's webmaster. Please feel free
> to redirect me if that's appropriate.
>
> I first wonder if there is a pgsql newgroup or some other type of
> archive with FAQ, etc
> * Dean Browett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000218 15:55] wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > We are running postgres-6.5.3 on a dual pentium 300 machine, 0.5Gb RAM under
> > Linux Redhat 6.0 (kernel 2.2.14). The machine we are using sits on a 100Mb
> > network and the nics are 3com3c590's. We are also using a DPT
* Dean Browett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000218 15:55] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are running postgres-6.5.3 on a dual pentium 300 machine, 0.5Gb RAM under
> Linux Redhat 6.0 (kernel 2.2.14). The machine we are using sits on a 100Mb
> network and the nics are 3com3c590's. We are also using a DPT Raid
> contr
I have newcomer type questions about use PostGreSQL and have been
directed to this mailing list by the site's webmaster. Please feel free
to redirect me if that's appropriate.
I first wonder if there is a pgsql newgroup or some other type of
archive with FAQ, etc.
Secondly, I seek an E/R modelin
Hi,
We are running postgres-6.5.3 on a dual pentium 300 machine, 0.5Gb RAM under
Linux Redhat 6.0 (kernel 2.2.14). The machine we are using sits on a 100Mb
network and the nics are 3com3c590's. We are also using a DPT Raid
controller in a raid5 configuration set up as 1 logical drive.
We are try
hi,
As far as I understand,tracking_num is primary key and uniqe! So when you
sort the date by a uniqe field their would be no place for other fields to
be sort on! May be you are going to sort the data some other way.
so I think your query is doing well.
Omid Omoomi
>From: David Shrewsbury <[E
Hello Lincoln,
On 18-Feb-00 05:40:51, you wrote:
>About transactions, I find that they're not that useful in a typical web
>app, because
>1) Many web apps are simple, and don't need transactions, or have simple
>work arounds.
You mean that applications that require almost read only databases,
I cannot seem to get ORDER BY to work properly when I
want to sort using two different columns. I have code
similar to the following:
SELECT tracking_num, username
FROM reports
WHERE customer='$customer'
ORDER BY tracking_num, username
This will sort by tracking_num (int4, primary key), but
NOT
At 10:10 AM 17-02-2000 +0100, Nemeth Miklos wrote:
>> And if this isn't too inflamatory a question, where does postgresql stand
>> in comparison to MySql and DB2? (both of which aren't free I believe).
>>
>MySQL does NOT support transaction, which is indispensable for a real
>DBMS used as the prim
