> I'm working a piece on open-source databases for LinuxWorld magazine
and
> I'd like to know what people are actually using postgresql for.
We are using it for financial applications. Both as store for trading
data (in one database we have well over 2-million data points for daily
trading
> > /var/lib/pgsql reports that we're running 6.3 - which I don't find on
the
> > FTP site. Is that not a valid distribution number, or is the source
not
> > available?
>
> Oh, I remember running 6.3. That was a looong time ago. Current version
is
> 6.5.3 and 7.0 is about to be released. I wou
Steve Wolfe wrote:
> /var/lib/pgsql reports that we're running 6.3 - which I don't find on the
> FTP site. Is that not a valid distribution number, or is the source not
> available?
Oh, I remember running 6.3. That was a looong time ago. Current version is
6.5.3 and 7.0 is about to be release
First, I really appreciate the suggestions. On to a reply...
> Restore the /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl directory from a working backup.
You'd think so, wouldn't you? : )
Unfortunately, the last time we put a cleaning tape in the DAT drive, the
drive died, and now needs to be replaced. Be
Well, a couple of suggestions:
Restore the /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl directory from a working backup.
Try doing a ./configure --with-perl in the src directory, then go into
interfaces/Perl5 and type make;make install. Maybe the currently installed
src dir wasn't correct.
Might also want to ch
We have a large departmental database that contains lots of historical
information on students, alumni, faculty, and affiliated scholars that I'm
in the process of porting away from Access. Frontend is Perl/Tk and CGI.
ap
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And
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm working a piece on open-source databases for LinuxWorld magazine and
> I'd like to know what people are actually using postgresql for.
>
> --Rick Cook
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am using it as for self-educational purposes : general database theory,
normalisation, writi
/var/lib/pgsql reports that we're running 6.3 - which I don't find on the
FTP site. Is that not a valid distribution number, or is the source not
available?
steve
Today, our newest employee thought he'd upgrade the Perl interface to
Postgres. So, he went into the source directory, and did "gmake install"
in the /src/interfaces/Perl5 directory. Now, everything's broken. Trying
to use it, we get:
perl: error in loading shared libraries:
/usr/lib/perl5
Graeme Merrall wrote:
>
> I'm just getting into functions in postgres and I've bumped up against a
> couple issues which I think I need explained. I've had a wee read of the
> archives on this but haven't turned up to much. I think it may be a
> conceptual problem on my part though :)
>
> Is it
Well, my problem isn't with the JDBC driver. I still haven't learnt to
use it. I'm doing now. The initial exception, when i was trying to
connect in such a way:
String url = "jdbc:postgresql:BDPrueba";
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(url,"","");
was:
Hello Alex,
On 19-Apr-00 02:08:04, you wrote:
>> I may be mistaken, but the last time that I looked at Perl DBI, it didn't
>> seem to a complete database abstraction layer than it is needed. For
>> instance, you want retrieve data from date fields the results come
>> formatted in a database dep
On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Javier Benito wrote:
> Hi, i'm starting to use PostgreSQL. I'm using 6.5.4 version, and i'm
> having problems using JDBC driver. I'm sure that i'm doing something
> wrong but i don't know how. I'm trying to connect to a database in this
> way:
>
> String url
Hi, i'm starting to use PostgreSQL. I'm using 6.5.4 version, and i'm
having problems using JDBC driver. I'm sure that i'm doing something
wrong but i don't know how. I'm trying to connect to a database in this
way:
String url = "jdbc:postgresql:BDPrueba";
Connecti
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