Re: [GENERAL] How to search?

2006-01-04 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 11:21:40 -0800, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am new in this field and would appreciate it if someone points me to > the right direction. > > I have a website with lots of users and each have lots of data in > multiple tables. I want to create a search box where a u

Re: [GENERAL] Putting restrictions on pg_dump?

2006-01-04 Thread Klint Gore
On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 21:00:25 -0800, Benjamin Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to put a limit on pg_dump, so that it doesn't dump ALL data, > but that matching a particular query? > > Something like: > > pg_dump -da --attribute-inserts -t "customers" \ > --matching-query="select

Re: [GENERAL] plpgsql question

2006-01-04 Thread Pandurangan R S
Assuming records is the name of a table... create or replace function getrecord(int,text) RETURNS SETOF records as $$ DECLARE row records%rowtype; BEGIN FOR row IN SELECT * FROM my_tbl WHERE ... LOOP RETURN NEXT row; END LOOP; RETURN; END; $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql; On 1/5/06, Matthew Peter <[EMAIL

[GENERAL] Putting restrictions on pg_dump?

2006-01-04 Thread Benjamin Smith
Is there a way to put a limit on pg_dump, so that it doesn't dump ALL data, but that matching a particular query? Something like: pg_dump -da --attribute-inserts -t "customers" \ --matching-query="select * from customers where id=11"; I'd like to selectively dump information from a query, bu

Re: [GENERAL] Anyone doing a 8.1.0-ia64-RHEL4-as.rpm ?

2006-01-04 Thread Benjamin Smith
I'm using CentOS 4.2 on a dual-opteron, but I'd guess it'd probably work for IA64... Try putting this somewhere in your /etc/yum.repos.d/... #additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages [centosplus] name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$

Re: [GENERAL] Question about how an application should store "system"

2006-01-04 Thread elein
On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 01:36:45PM -0600, John McCawley wrote: > I have decided that I'm going to resume working on my pgDesigner project > ( http://www.hardgeus.com/projects/pgdesigner/ ). I haven't really > maintained it for over a year, but I get about 200 visits a day to the > project homep

Re: [GENERAL] "REFERENCES" and UNIQUE

2006-01-04 Thread Stephan Szabo
On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Stephan Szabo wrote: > Which in this case hints that there's a problem with the schema. > > What is the final effect you're looking for? The above does let you Err, that should be doesn't. > lookup the DE or FR strings for a city of a member (what if two cities had > the sa

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[GENERAL] plpgsql question

2006-01-04 Thread Matthew Peter
I'm trying to do a simple SELECT * in plpgsql that returns a set of records as a row w/ columns, not a row into a variable, w/ some conditionals. The function below is semi-pseudo with what I'm trying to... If anyone could give me an example that works by returning it as a resultset maintain

Re: [GENERAL] insert serial numbers

2006-01-04 Thread Sven Willenberger
Albert Vernon Smith presumably uttered the following on 01/03/06 13:36: I figured it out myself. Not TOO difficult. I was just having a hard time wading through the documentation before. Giving the answer out here, just in case any one else wants to see the solution (not using reserved

[GENERAL] pg admin III and primary keys (for backup/restore)

2006-01-04 Thread Assad Jarrahian
Environment: Deployed on Debian. Test and Development on Windows. Using pg_admin III and Postgresql 8.1 (both test and development). I want to backup Development and restore it in test and vice-versa. So when I do a backup of the db (in PGAdmin III), it backs it up. But when I restore it, all pri

Re: [GENERAL] postgresql7.4 can't start (SSL)

2006-01-04 Thread ctobini
I found how to make it run : the ' tcpip_socket ' must be changed to true in /etc/postgresql/7.4/main/postgresql.conf. C. Tobini ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq

[GENERAL] postgresql7.4 can't start (SSL)

2006-01-04 Thread ctobini
Hello, I installed postgresql 7.4 on Ubuntu Breezy with libpq.dev and an error occurs at postgres start (/etc/init.d/postgresql7.4 start) : * Starting PostgreSQL 7.4 database server: main The PostgreSQL server failed to start. Please check the log output: /usr/lib/postgresql/7.4/bin/postmaster: T

Re: [GENERAL] Moving Tablespaces

2006-01-04 Thread Allen Fair
Tom, Thanks for the reply. That makes sense. Do you or (or anyone else) suggest a method for moving databases from one server to another without the time consuming dump/transfer/restore process? Anything in the contrib directory or a good management tool? Our databases can get large and we w

[GENERAL] I can't use pgsql with my main user session on Linux

2006-01-04 Thread ctobini
Hello, I just installed postgresql 7.4 using Synaptic with Ubuntu Breezy (i386) and I have a problem with my main Linux account. I have created 3 users in postgresql: tobini (main), hadoc and postgres (main postgresql account). First using the postgres account I created 2 postgresql users for th

Re: [GENERAL] Visual FoxPro 9 ODBC errors

2006-01-04 Thread Andrus
Thisis fixed this in December 2005. Recent development snapshot does not have this problem. This problem occurs only when Postgres returns error and VFP application executes next statement i.e. in rare cases. Andrus. >There is an ODBC problem with Visual Foxpro 9. According to a Visual >FoxP

Re: [GENERAL] "REFERENCES" and UNIQUE

2006-01-04 Thread Stephan Szabo
On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Michelle Konzack wrote: > > __( 'stdin' )_ > / > | psql:omegasector.sql:125: ERROR: there is no unique constraint matchi > | ng given keys for referenced table "cities" > \_

Re: [GENERAL] "REFERENCES" and UNIQUE

2006-01-04 Thread Jaime Casanova
On 1/4/06, Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I get the following error: > > __( 'stdin' )_ > / > | psql:omegasector.sql:125: ERROR: there is no unique constraint matchi > | ng given keys for referenced table "cities"

[GENERAL] Question about how an application should store "system"

2006-01-04 Thread John McCawley
I have decided that I'm going to resume working on my pgDesigner project ( http://www.hardgeus.com/projects/pgdesigner/ ). I haven't really maintained it for over a year, but I get about 200 visits a day to the project homepage, and about two or three emails a week asking for help. As the pro

Re: [GENERAL] copy from error

2006-01-04 Thread Tom Lane
marcelo Cortez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > the follow error: > Warning: pg_query(): Query failed: ERROR: no existe > la columna <> > " the column oid don't exists" in english. > CONTEXT: sentencia SQL: < public.pg_ts_cfg where locale = $1 >> You seem to have managed to create the pg_ts_cfg t

Re: [GENERAL] Unique transaction ID

2006-01-04 Thread Jaime Casanova
On 1/4/06, Robert Osowiecki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jaime Casanova napisał(a): > > > it exists a transaction id called XID, you can't get it via sql > > > >though, you need to make a c function and invoke GetTopTransactionId() > >(or GetCurrentTransactionId() in versions prior to 8.0) > > > >

Re: [GENERAL] Unique transaction ID

2006-01-04 Thread Robert Osowiecki
Jaime Casanova napisał(a): it exists a transaction id called XID, you can't get it via sql though, you need to make a c function and invoke GetTopTransactionId() (or GetCurrentTransactionId() in versions prior to 8.0) I've read a little about problems with overlapping XID and how they were

[GENERAL] "REFERENCES" and UNIQUE

2006-01-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello, I get the following error: __( 'stdin' )_ / | psql:omegasector.sql:125: ERROR: there is no unique constraint matchi | ng given keys for referenced table "cities" \__

Re: [GENERAL] inserting many rows

2006-01-04 Thread John DeSoi
On Jan 2, 2006, at 5:34 PM, SunWuKung wrote: What do you suggest is the most effective way to insert this type of data into the db? Issuing multiple inserts from php seems to be a waste of resources. I was thinking of writing the responses into a pg array field with a single insert and than

[GENERAL] create summaries and update a second table?

2006-01-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello *, I have many tables (one per product) and the are two columns where I put my buyed and selled pieces. Second I have a Main-Table with all products and a summary of the stock. What I want is, whenever I buy or sell something, the changements (buy/sell) in the product table must triger an

Re: [GENERAL] copy from error

2006-01-04 Thread Michael Fuhr
On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 06:30:50PM +, marcelo Cortez wrote: > Warning: pg_query(): Query failed: ERROR: no existe > la columna <> > " the column oid don't exists" in english. > > CONTEXT: sentencia SQL: < public.pg_ts_cfg where locale = $1 >> I'd guess that you're using tsearch2 but somehow

[GENERAL] copy from error

2006-01-04 Thread marcelo Cortez
Folks the follow error: Warning: pg_query(): Query failed: ERROR: no existe la columna <> CONTEXT: sentencia SQL: <> using php call the pgsql.so with follow query: COPY caratult(actuacion_car, id_reparticion_uc,fecha_inicio,tipo_actuacion,id_extracto_car,act_extramunicipal,observaciones,c

[GENERAL] copy from error

2006-01-04 Thread marcelo Cortez
Folks the follow error: Warning: pg_query(): Query failed: ERROR: no existe la columna <> " the column oid don't exists" in english. CONTEXT: sentencia SQL: <> using php4 call the pgsql.so with follow query: COPY caratult(actuacion_car, id_reparticion_uc,fecha_inicio,tipo_actuacion,id_extr

Re: [GENERAL] Visual FoxPro 9 ODBC errors

2006-01-04 Thread MargaretGillon
There is an ODBC problem with Visual Foxpro 9.  According to a Visual FoxPro maillist: Since VFP caches a common statement handle that it reuses, it has to call SQLFreeStmt(SQL_UNBIND) and SQLFreeStmt(SQL_RESET_PARAMS) to make sure the cached statement handle is in a cleared state before reusing

Re: [GENERAL] When it is better to use "timestamp without time zone"?

2006-01-04 Thread Andrew - Supernews
On 2006-01-04, Emi Lu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK. When the column is setup as "timestamp with time zone default > now()", the default values will be set based on the Operating System, > right? You have to understand that in the current implementation, pg does not actually store the time zon

Re: [GENERAL] Unique transaction ID

2006-01-04 Thread Jaime Casanova
On 1/4/06, Robert Osowiecki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apart from now() function, is there some kind of sequence that advances > with each transaction started? If not: is it possible to implement that > using sequences? > > Robson. > > it exists a transaction id called XID, you can't get it via

[GENERAL] problem with partitioning and indexed order by

2006-01-04 Thread hubert depesz lubaczewski
hii have a table with 14 milion columns.structure is like this:id (serial), object_id (int8), first_id (int8), second_id (int8), counter (int8)id is primary key,(object_id, first_id, second_id) form together unique index. i partitioned it using first_id and second_id as check params.works.but!when

Re: [GENERAL] When it is better to use "timestamp without time zone"?

2006-01-04 Thread Emi Lu
In postgreSQL, the default value for timestamp is "without time zone". That's true only because the SQL standard says so, not because it's actually a good idea to use timestamps without time zone. Can I say when data is used among diff time zones, timestamp with time zone is a MUST;

Re: [GENERAL] When it is better to use "timestamp without time zone"?

2006-01-04 Thread Andrew - Supernews
On 2006-01-04, Emi Lu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In postgreSQL, the default value for timestamp is "without time zone". That's true only because the SQL standard says so, not because it's actually a good idea to use timestamps without time zone. > Can I say when data is used among diff time zon

Re: [GENERAL] When it is better to use "timestamp without time zone"?

2006-01-04 Thread Emi Lu
I need to know when it is better that we use "timestamp without time zone" ? And when it is better to use "timestamp with time zone"? In my opinion, if you want to store a timestamp, you should always use timestamp with time zone, as the UTC offset information is necessary to provide a un

Re: [GENERAL] Anyone doing a 8.1.0-ia64-RHEL4-as.rpm ?

2006-01-04 Thread Devrim GUNDUZ
Hi, On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 12:04 +0100, DANTE ALEXANDRA wrote: > Is anyone working on an 8.1.0 RPM for IA64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 > AS ? No. This morning I would do it but I could not find a gcc to compile it :-) > Could someone explain me how generate this rpm ? http://pgfoundry.org/d

Re: [GENERAL] generic way to retrieve array as rowset

2006-01-04 Thread SunWuKung
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says... > > SunWuKung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Thank you both, I will make good use of this. > > > > On a side note: isn't it a pity this has to be so difficult? > > It doesn't have to be. > > Look in the contrib directory, build the i

[GENERAL] Anyone doing a 8.1.0-ia64-RHEL4-as.rpm ?

2006-01-04 Thread DANTE ALEXANDRA
Hello, Is anyone working on an 8.1.0 RPM for IA64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS ? On the web site : http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.1.1/linux/rpms/redhat/, I have found a "rhel-as 4" version for RHEL4 but I don't think it is a version for IA64. Could someone explain me how genera

[GENERAL] Unique transaction ID

2006-01-04 Thread Robert Osowiecki
Apart from now() function, is there some kind of sequence that advances with each transaction started? If not: is it possible to implement that using sequences? Robson. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please se

Re: [GENERAL] insert serial numbers

2006-01-04 Thread Alban Hertroys
Albert Vernon Smith wrote: CREATE FUNCTION "return_one_id" () RETURNS "trigger" AS ' Is there any reason you force your identifiers to be case sensitive? > CREATE TRIGGER return_one_id BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON two FOR EACH >> CREATE TABLE "one" ( >> "one_id" BIGSERIAL, >> "text" text