Re: [GENERAL] cancel query

2003-12-11 Thread H A Prahalad
Thanks. I have access to the Statement object that issued the original query. I used the latest JDBC driver for PostgreSQl7.3 and JDK1.4 and I used threads to achieve it. Thanks once again. prahalad On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Kris Jurka wrote: > > > On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, H A Prahalad wrote: > > > > >

[GENERAL] Build Problem in 7.3.5 version

2003-12-11 Thread Saravanan A
Hello All, I am having the following problem in PostgreSQL build process. If anyone came across this, pls give me a solution to solve this. I followed the steps below given at the build time. 1) postgresql-7.3.5 source files are downloaded from postgresql.org 2) Issued the commands from that loc

Re: [GENERAL] make error Mac OS X (ar: illegal option -- s)

2003-12-11 Thread Joel Rodrigues
Thanks Tom. That got rid of the 'ar' error, but here's the new one that subsequently occurs : - /var/tmp/ccECcaaa.s:2139:Parameter error: r0 not allowed for parameter 2 (code as 0 not r0) make[4]: *** [xlog.o] Error 1 make[3]: *** [transam-recursive] Error 2 make[2]:

Re: [GENERAL] cancel query

2003-12-11 Thread Kris Jurka
On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, H A Prahalad wrote: > > Hello, > I want to know whether PostgreSQL support cancel() [cancel > JDBCStatement]. I want to abort a long running query issued/executed by a > java application using JDBC driver to connect to the database. Thanks. > The JDBC driver does suppo

Re: [GENERAL] [NOVICE] PostgreSQL Training

2003-12-11 Thread Rick Gigger
> Ok, I see what you're trying to do. In looking at this it occurs to me that one > of the way to aid in this effort is through more tech documents. For instance, > I have asked before what is the recommended procedure or stategy for recovering > a database that has "crashed". Something like th

Re: [GENERAL] ERROR: did not find '}' at end of input node (again)

2003-12-11 Thread Andrei Ivanov
I've recompiled without the patch and all is fine now. I'm sorry for waisting your time... On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Tom Lane wrote: > Andrei Ivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > It's an almost clean build (it has > > http://gppl.terminal.ru/hier-Pg7.4-0.3.tar.gz in it)... > > That's your prob

Re: [GENERAL] ERROR: JOIN/USING types 'integer' and 'character

2003-12-11 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 20:14, Michael . wrote: > I had an error before involving a temporary table, and > that has been taken care of... > The last message I wrote where it seemed to have > needed it after I added it was because of different > \connects. Could someone please help me with this > nex

Re: [GENERAL] ERROR: did not find '}' at end of input node (again)

2003-12-11 Thread Tom Lane
Andrei Ivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's an almost clean build (it has > http://gppl.terminal.ru/hier-Pg7.4-0.3.tar.gz in it)... That's your problem, then; it makes incompatible changes in stored rules. The patch should have included a catversion.h change to force you to initdb after app

Re: [GENERAL] add column sillyness

2003-12-11 Thread Rick Gigger
On a more serious note though I stopped doing comparisons between postgres and mysql a long time ago. As soon as I realized that it didn't have unions (yes I know that it does now) I never took it seriously again. But I have noticed some very good things about firebird. Namely: tested, solid, n

Re: [GENERAL] ERROR: did not find '}' at end of input node (again)

2003-12-11 Thread Tom Lane
Andrei Ivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, Tom Lane wrote: >> Andrei Ivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> template1=# select usename from pg_user; >>> ERROR: did not find '}' at end of input node >> >> There's something wrong with the ON SELECT rule for the pg_user view, >

Re: [GENERAL] add column sillyness

2003-12-11 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
Hi, I think it is time to create a pgsql-humour list where such mails can be directed.. No point wasting energy answering such questions especially when they do not appear sincere.. Thomas Zehetbauer wrote: Why do I have to use FOUR queries to accomplish the same result I can get from MySQL with

Re: [GENERAL] Storing Snapshot Data

2003-12-11 Thread Tom Lane
John Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Unfortunately, I am stuck on how to get all three into the monitor table > with the same timestamp. Do all the work in a single SERIALIZABLE transaction. That gives you a static, consistent view of the database for as long as you need.

Re: [GENERAL] Storing Snapshot Data

2003-12-11 Thread Tino Wildenhain
Hi John, John Gibson schrieb: Hi, all. I have a table which is continually updated with the latest totals. I would like to take snapshots of some of the data in that table and store it in a second table to run statistics on it later. What might some ways of doing this be? Illustrative (I ho

[GENERAL] Weird Problem With PostgreSQL 7.3.1 and VB.Net Datagrid

2003-12-11 Thread Greenwich Support
Hi All, I have a very weird problem which is occurring with a VB.Net app and PostgreSQL 7.3.1. There is a form that has a standard .Net datagrid on it that contains some data from a table in PostgreSQL. Now, the datagrid has functionality to allow the developer to programmatically determine what

Re: [GENERAL] Storing Snapshot Data

2003-12-11 Thread Adrian Klaver
On Thursday 11 December 2003 12:42 am, John Gibson wrote: > Hi, all. > > I have a table which is continually updated with the latest totals. I > would like to take snapshots of some of the data in that table and store > it in a second table to run statistics on it later. What might some > ways of

Re: [GENERAL] Moving a database between servers

2003-12-11 Thread Tom Lane
"Michael ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [ SQL function that references a TEMP table ] > How do I get these functions to import correctly if it > fails due to this "current_transaction" table not > being found? I don't think there is any good solution in 7.3, because it will insist on trying to

Re: [GENERAL] [NOVICE] PostgreSQL Training

2003-12-11 Thread Chris Travers
Before I begin, I think that most of us agree on the following points: 1: The PostgreSQL project is not in a position at the moment to bless any attempt to create an official curriculum or certification. 2: The idea of patterning PostgreSQL certifications on Microsoft exams is patently offensiv

[GENERAL] tablespaces in 7.5?

2003-12-11 Thread Brian Maguire
I am curious if tablespaces are going to be seriously targeted for the next version. It really opens up new levels of scalability and is a killer feature from an administration perspective. Thanks, Brian ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9: the

[GENERAL] ERROR: did not find '}' at end of input node (again)

2003-12-11 Thread Andrei Ivanov
This happend again, but now, postgresql tells me where it happens: pg_dump: SQL command failed pg_dump: Error message from server: ERROR: did not find '}' at end of input node pg_dump: The command was: select (select usename from pg_user where usesysid = datdba) as dba, pg_encoding_to_char(enc

Re: [GENERAL] Any commercial shopping cart packages using

2003-12-11 Thread Csaba Nagy
Mike, You could take a look at: http://www.oscommerce.com/ While it is not written for postgres but for mySql, it has all data base access abstracted to a single include file, so it (potentially) could be easy to adapt to postgres. It is also not a finished project, but I think it's good enough al

Re: [GENERAL] datestyle in postgresql.conf, version 7.4

2003-12-11 Thread Jean-Max Reymond
Oliver Elphick wrote: On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 23:01, Jean-Max Reymond wrote: I stop the postmaster (/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl stop) and restart the postmaster (/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_ctl -D /home/local/BasePostgres/ -l logfile -o -i start). I have tried with and without blanks near = ( da

[GENERAL] Storing Snapshot Data

2003-12-11 Thread John Gibson
Hi, all. I have a table which is continually updated with the latest totals. I would like to take snapshots of some of the data in that table and store it in a second table to run statistics on it later. What might some ways of doing this be? Illustrative (I hope) example using fruit-qty-on-

Re: [GENERAL] Users and session ids

2003-12-11 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
C G wrote: Dear All, I wonder if anyone can advise me with this problem. 1. A user logs into the database (through web, webservice, some other piece of software) - connect(user="joe",passwd="blogs") 2. We generate a random session key which will expire in 1 hour. Put this in table (user, SessK