[GENERAL] int8 indices?

2001-08-07 Thread hubert depesz lubaczewski
hi my postgresql is: depesz=# select version(); version --- PostgreSQL 7.2devel on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC 3.0 (1 row) (compiled from cvs 2 days ago). int8 are

[GENERAL] Still wondering about random numbers...

2001-08-07 Thread Dr. Evil
I am running on OpenBSD and Linux, both of which have cryptographic-quality RNGs built in. When I call RANDOM() in PG, do I get the old C library random numbers, which are not very random, or do I get high-quality random numbers from the crypto-RNG that's built in? Any sugestions for getting

[GENERAL] minimum hardware for Postgresql Install

2001-08-07 Thread Michael
Whats the minimum hardware anyone has installed Postgresql on ? Someone is thowing out some old pc's and thought I might make use of one. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://www.postgresql.org/search.mpl

Re: [GENERAL] minimum hardware for Postgresql Install

2001-08-07 Thread Frank Joerdens
On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 08:25:49PM +1000, Michael wrote: Whats the minimum hardware anyone has installed Postgresql on ? Someone is thowing out some old pc's and thought I might make use of one. I tried once to compile some 6.x.x version of Postgresql on a 486SX with 33 Mhz and 8 MB RAM. This

Re: [GENERAL] minimum hardware for Postgresql Install

2001-08-07 Thread Einar Karttunen
On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Frank Joerdens wrote: On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 08:25:49PM +1000, Michael wrote: Whats the minimum hardware anyone has installed Postgresql on ? Someone is thowing out some old pc's and thought I might make use of one. I tried once to compile some 6.x.x version of

Re: [GENERAL] minimum hardware for Postgresql Install

2001-08-07 Thread Frank Joerdens
On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 01:48:40PM +0300, Einar Karttunen wrote: On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Frank Joerdens wrote: On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 08:25:49PM +1000, Michael wrote: Whats the minimum hardware anyone has installed Postgresql on ? Someone is thowing out some old pc's and thought I might