Re: [GENERAL] Red Hat to support PostgreSQL

2001-06-25 Thread Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos
On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > Is RedHat simply providing PostgreSQL support or are they > > > > placing developers to work on enhancements/bug fixes as well? > > > > > > They are placing developers too. New people. I assume they

Re: [GENERAL] Red Hat to support PostgreSQL

2001-06-25 Thread Trond Eivind Glomsrød
"Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Always a first time for everything bad. Anyway, not wanting to be the > pessimist of the bunch, I'll hold my horses and hope that none of my > "fears" turns into reality. The issue is that none of the other open > source projects RH supporte

Re: [GENERAL] INNER JOIN ON vs ','+WHERE

2001-06-25 Thread Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos
On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Tom Lane wrote: > "Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I noticed that doing a join with the INNER JOIN ON... syntax gives a different >execution plan (for complex queries at least) than when using the ',' syntax with the >join conditions in the WHERE cl

Re: [GENERAL] INNER JOIN ON vs ','+WHERE

2001-06-25 Thread Tom Lane
"Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Changing the type of "join" syntax affects the plan-generation time > and the execution-time. Would it be logical to EXPLAIN the query once > using the 'FROM a,b,c WHERE...' syntax and then assuming that it > returns the optimal execution pla

Re: [GENERAL] Red Hat to support PostgreSQL

2001-06-25 Thread Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos
On 25 Jun 2001, Trond Eivind [iso-8859-1] Glomsrød wrote: > "Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Always a first time for everything bad. Anyway, not wanting to be the > > pessimist of the bunch, I'll hold my horses and hope that none of my > > "fears" turns into reality. T

Re: [GENERAL] More Red Hat information

2001-06-25 Thread Vince Vielhaber
On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, webb sprague wrote: > > > > > I guess I prefer my free software free... > > > > Agreed, but alot of companies want to be able to point a finger at > > someone or some company when something goes awry. With RH being > > the first

Re: [GENERAL] Red Hat to support PostgreSQL

2001-06-25 Thread Trond Eivind Glomsrød
"Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 25 Jun 2001, Trond Eivind Glomsrød wrote: > > > "Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Always a first time for everything bad. Anyway, not wanting to be the > > > pessimist of the bunch, I'll hold my horses and

Re: [GENERAL] It's Apache, not PostgreSQL

2001-06-25 Thread wsheldah
That limit can also be raised by changing a constant and recompiling Apache; 8190 is just the default. Check the online docs for LimitRequestLine at httpd.apache.org. "Bryan White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 06/25/2001 02:59:30 PM To: "Frank Hilliard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "psql-general

Re: [GENERAL] Red Hat to support PostgreSQL

2001-06-25 Thread Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos
On 25 Jun 2001, Trond Eivind [iso-8859-1] Glomsrød wrote: > "Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On 25 Jun 2001, Trond Eivind Glomsrød wrote: > > > > > "Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > Always a first time for everything bad. Anyway, not

[GENERAL] Pg uses non-unique index instead of pkey index

2001-06-25 Thread Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos
EXPLAIN'ing the very simple query: SELECT * FROM experimentsc WHERE expid=12; I get the following plan: NOTICE: QUERY PLAN: Index Scan using experimentsc_expid_i on experimentsc (cost=0.00..2.01 rows=1 width=44) EXPLAIN I have two indeces on the same thing: expid (don't as why :^) One is

Re: [GENERAL] Pg uses non-unique index instead of pkey index

2001-06-25 Thread Tom Lane
"Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Why exactly is experimentsc_expid_i chosen over experimentsc_pkey? There is no reason to prefer either one over the other. So you get a quasi-random choice (whichever one the optimizer happens to consider first, I think).

[GENERAL] Confused about SHMMAX

2001-06-25 Thread Sanjay Bhatia
Hi, Can someone please tell me how to figure the optimal value of SHMMAX? I have not been able to find this information in the docs. Thanks, sb ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscrib

Re: [GENERAL] Confused about SHMMAX

2001-06-25 Thread Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos
It's not in the docs because it has to do with the use you make of your OS. The docs only mention that shmem is used by Pg so increasing it could benefit you. The rule of thumb (last week's list archives) is to tell postgres on startup to use shmem equivalent to approximately 1/4 of you total m

RE: [GENERAL] Red Hat to support PostgreSQL

2001-06-25 Thread Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos
On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Andrew Snow wrote: > > > Yes, but are they going to be collaborating closely with the > > current Pg core devel team or are they going to work on their > > own? The concern is regarding the Cnet article about "Redhat > > forking off eventually with their own pg". Their repre

Re: [GENERAL] pgsql 7.1.2 server hanging...

2001-06-25 Thread Tom Lane
Ed Loehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am trying out postgresql 7.1.2. I'm experiencing a hung server on > linux 2.4.2-2 when I run a sql script that drops & reloads many PL/pgSQL > functions and triggers, as well as hanging during VACUUM ANALYZE. Are you sure it's hung, and not just waiting o

Re: [GENERAL] Storage limits in PostgreSQL?

2001-06-25 Thread Tony Grant
Lamar Owen wrote: >>ACTION: copy 109,128 characters into a phpPgAdmin "Edit" text entry box. >> > >>RESULT: phpPgAdmin cuts off the copy at 28,652 characters [no more >>accepted in box] >>UPDATE EMPTY text cell: >>RESULT: accepted [that is, it accepted 28,652 characters] >> > > Most br

Re: [GENERAL] Red Hat to support PostgreSQL

2001-06-25 Thread Tony Grant
Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos wrote: >>> >>Well, if they fork then we can probably assume Redhat's database will be as >>bad as their OS, so there's nothing to worry about ;-) *chuckle* >> > > That's not true. If you started off with Ygdrassil linux then probably Rh seems too >"soft", but they are t